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The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Business Iceland have made an agreement for Business Iceland to take over an increasing level of services for Icelandic businesses in foreign markets by recruiting...

A Bomber Task Force (BTF) from the US Air Force is set to deploy to Iceland today, Sunday August 13th. The BTF will conduct exercises with allied nations in Northern Europe, and will be operating out...

The Ministries for Foreign Affairs for Iceland and Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania have agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding that will grant diplomats and other representat...

Operations of the Embassy of Iceland in Moscow have been suspended as of today. Countries represented by the embassy will be covered by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland. On June 9, the Mini...

A squadron of six Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets from the German Air Force will arrive in Keflavik to conduct a training mission in Icelandic airspace later this week. The German Air Force seeks to ...

Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) has today changed the outlook on Government of Iceland’s ratings to positive from stable and affirmed the local and foreign-currency issuer ratings at A2. The key...

On 13 July 2023, the Presidents of Finland and the United States and the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden met in Helsinki for the third U.S.-Nordic Leaders’ Summit. Building on ...

Risk to populated areas and critical infrastructure considered low No disruptions to international aviation Any attempts to visit the site of the eruption are strongly discouraged Vol...

Iceland, together with the Nordic countries and Lithuania, has since March this year been leading an EOD training programme in Lithuania. Iceland has decided in connection with the training to provide...

Alþingi (Parliament) has approved the Minister of Infrastructure‘s parliamentary bill on the management and development of airports and air navigation services, thereby creating a comprehensive legal ...

An English excerpt from the annual Report of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to the Icelandic Parliament is now available. The report provides an overview of Iceland's foreign relations and the main ...

Representatives from all the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) participant nations and partners came together at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, this week for a Security Forum on Critical Undersea Infrastru...

  Joint Statement by the Prime Ministers of the Nordic countries and Canada Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, 26 June 2023   On 26 June 2023, the Prime Ministers and the Heads of Government of Denma...

The Nordic Ministers of Defence met in Iceland for a two-day meeting where they discussed Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, closer cooperation between the Nordic countries in security and de...

The Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, has decided to suspend hunting of fin whales until 31 August.  The Food and Veterinary Authority’s control report on the t...

On June 25-26th, the annual summer meeting of the Nordic Prime Ministers will be held in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a special guest. One of the main topics...

Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, has been appointed WHO Champion for the Well-being Economy Initiative for the next two years. The initiative aims to shift attention to actions that imp...

Defence Ministers from Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) partner nations met in Amsterdam today to discuss the current situation in Ukraine and explore how the JEF can respond to, and further mitigate, ...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iceland has decided to suspend operations of the Embassy of Iceland in Moscow from August 1st. Today, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs summoned the Russian Ambassado...

Iceland has submitted its first Adaptation Communication to the UNFCCC, allowing Iceland to communicate its progress on adaptation planning processes and the implementation of actions, including the ...