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Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson today expressed deep concern over the forthcoming referendum in Crimea on Sunday, 16 March,  where inhabitants will be asked to vote on Crimea's access...

The Icelandic Foreign Ministry today called the Ambassador of Norway and representatives of the European Union and Faroe Islands in for a meeting to raise Iceland‘s serious concerns to the manner in...

Yesterday, the European Union, Norway and the Faroe Islands reached an agreement on the total allowable catch and sharing of quotas of the mackerel stock. Iceland was excluded from  the agreement...

Today the Icelandic government presented a policy on Europe aimed at reinforcing the representation of Iceland's interests on the platform of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) and othe...

Mr Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has decided to deploy an Icelandic civilian delegate to participate in a visit to Ukraine organised by the OSCE participating states upon a req...

The Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, Mr. Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, regrets that the meeting in Edinburgh yesterday on the management of the mackerel stock concluded without an agreemen...

Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure for me to address the Edmonton Economic Development Corporation here in these beautiful surroundings – the Art Gallery of Alberta, which I had the opportunity ...

Icelandic authorities strongly emphasize that Russian military activities in Ukraine must cease without delay and international law must be respected, says Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson. The...

The right to vote Under the Local Government Elections Act, all persons in the following categories who were born on or before 31 May 1996 have the right to vote in the local government elections on 3...

A proposal has been put forward in Parliament on the withdrawal of Iceland‘s application for accession to the European Union and on entrusting the Government with strengthening cooperation with the EU...

Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of registered nurses and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 512/2013  

Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of social workers and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 1088/2012  

Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of biomedical scientists and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 1132/2012  

Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of psychologists and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 1130/2012 

Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, deplores that the President of Uganda has signed an Anti-Homosexuality Bill which further criminalizes homosexuality and makes it punis...

Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of emergency medical technicians and paramedics and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1110/2012 

Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of physiotherapists and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 1127/2012 

Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of pharmacists and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 1090/2012 

Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of dental technicians and clinical dental technicians for granting of licences, No. 1123/2012 

Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of dentists and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 1121/2012