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25 April 2022 /Iceland to welcome up to 140 vulnerable refugees from Ukraine
The Government of Iceland approved on April 22 a recommendation of the Prime Minister, Minister of Social Affairs and the Labour Market, Minister of Justice, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister of ...
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24 March 2022 /Defence exercise Northern Viking 2022 to take place in Iceland
The defence exercise Northern Viking 2022 will take place in Iceland and surrounding waters on 2-14 April. The main purpose of the exercise is to practice the defence of the sea routes around Iceland ...
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07 March 2022 /The Minister of Justice permits temporary protection due to mass flight
The Minister of Justice has decided, following local and international consultations, to immediately activate Article 44 of the Foreign Nationals Act No 80/2016, in light of the mass flight following ...
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27 February 2022 /Further solidarity measures for Ukraine
Iceland has decided to close its airspace to Russian air traffic and suspend visa facilitation for Russian officials, business people and other such parties. "Like our friends and allies, we stand in ...
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24 February 2022 /Iceland strongly condemns Russia’s attacks on Ukraine
The Government of Iceland strongly condemns Russia’s attacks on Ukraine and expresses deep concern for the destruction and suffering that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will inevitably cause. "Our thoug...
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23 February 2022 /COVID-19: Lifting of all domestic restrictions and restrictions at the border
Minister of Health, Willum Þór Þórsson has decided that as of Friday 25 February all public restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be lifted, both domestically and at the border. Thereby all ...
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28 January 2022 /66°North and UN Women receive grants to create jobs for refugee women
66°North and UN Women have received grants from the Sustainable Development Goals Partnership Fund for development cooperation to work on a job creation project for refugee women from developing count...
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27 January 2022 /Nordic Bridges cultural initiative kicks off today!
Nordic art and culture will be placed firmly in the spotlight when the Nordic Bridges cultural initiative officially launches in Canada on 27 January 2022. Built on pillars such as resilience and arti...
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21 January 2022 /Statement by the Nordic Ministers of Defence regarding the situation in and near Ukraine
Today, the Nordic Ministers of Defence, including Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Cooperation of Iceland, issued the following stateme...
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07 January 2022 /Kerecis receives a grant from the SDG Partnership Fund
The medical fish skin company Kerecis has received a 230,000 USD grant from the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs’s SDG Partnership Fund to support the Kerecis Community Project in Cairo. Kerecis...
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07 January 2022 /COVID-19: Border measures remain unchanged until the end of February
Regulation on COVID-19 measures at the border will remain unchanged until 28 February. Proposals on measures for the spring will be introduced no later than 20 February. This was decided at a cabinet...
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04 January 2022 /Agreement between Iceland and the United Kingdom on Youth Mobility
UK nationals can now apply for Working Holiday residence permits in Iceland and Icelandic nationals are eligible to apply for Youth Mobility Scheme visas in the UK. This is based on an agreement betwe...
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21 December 2021 /Joint statement by the Nordic Ministers of Defence on Ukraine
The Nordic Ministers of Defence, including Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Cooperation of Iceland, issued the following statement on 2...
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03 December 2021 /Foreign Minister Gylfadóttir attended NATO and OSCE ministerial meetings
Thórdís Kolbrún R. Gylfadóttir, who took office as Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Cooperation of Iceland, earlier this week, took part in two international ministerial meet...
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27 November 2021 /COVID-19: Stricter border measures due to new Omicron variant
All passengers that have stayed in a defined high-risk zone for more than 24 hours in the past 14 days shall undergo a PCR test upon arrival followed by quarantine that ends with another test five da...
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24 November 2021 /COP26 results a cause for optimism, says Iceland‘s Environment Minister
Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Iceland‘s Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources, says that the final results of COP26 in Glasgow is a source of optimism for the most urgent task of the 21st ...
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17 November 2021 /Iceland elected to the UNESCO Executive Board
Iceland has been elected to the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation at its ongoing General Conference in Paris. Iceland received 168 votes in today’...
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12 November 2021 /COVID-19: Stricter measures, a 50 person restriction on the number of people at gatherings, and a substantial vaccination push
The Minister of Health has, in keeping with the recommendations of the Chief Epidemiologist, decided to implement much stricter disease-prevention measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 infections...
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10 November 2021 /Iceland’s candidacy emphases presented at the UNESCO General Conference
Delegates of Iceland have presented their points of emphases for Iceland’s Executive Board candidacy to the UNESCO General Conference. Iceland has been increasing its activities and contributions...
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09 November 2021 /Iceland‘s message at COP26: We need to upgrade our pledges
The message from Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir at the UN Climte Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow was clear. We need to do more, since the Paris pledges will not suffice to keep global warming...