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11 November 2022 /Joint statement by JEF Defence Ministers
Defence Ministers of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) met in Edinburgh on 9-10 November. During the Ministerial, the security situation in Europe, support to Ukraine and collective approaches to se...
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10 November 2022 /Financing for Gender Equality
Today the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs met with Ms. Sima Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, who is in Iceland for the Reykjavík Global Forum – Women Leaders. The Minister and the Exec...
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09 November 2022 /Iceland takes over the Presidency of the Council of Europe
Iceland took formally over the Presidency of the Council of Europe from Ireland today at a meeting of the Committee of Ministers in Strasbourg. This is the third time Iceland assumes the Presidency o...
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09 November 2022 /Open presentation on grants from the Development Fund for Immigration Issues
On Friday, 11 November, the Immigration Council will host an open presentation on the Development Fund for Immigration Issues, and the application process, this year’s focus points and the Fund’s...
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07 November 2022 /Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe held in Iceland
The fourth Summit in the history of the Council of Europe will be held in Iceland on May 16-17, 2023. The Prime Minister of Iceland and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ireland today announced...
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03 November 2022 /Iceland’s Presidency in the Nordic Council of Ministers 2023
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir has presented the programme for the Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers for 2023. The Prime Minister presented the one-year Presidency programme ...
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02 November 2022 /Call for Applications for grants from the Development Fund for Immigration Issues
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour and the Immigration Council invite applications for grants from the Development Fund for Immigration Issues. The Fund's purpose is to enhance research and de...
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31 October 2022 /Female foreign ministers publish joint statement on women's rights in Iran
Sixteen female foreign ministers met online on 20th October to discuss the serious human rights violations taking place in Iran, not least against women and children. Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadó...
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20 October 2022 /Report to Althingi on the HF-Fund’s position and the next steps
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has issued a report on the status of the HF-Fund. The report sets out scenarios for possible evolution of the fund over the coming decades, given assumed c...
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13 October 2022 /Declaration on Future Cooperation between Greenland and Iceland
Today, the prime minister of Greenland Mr. Múte B. Egede and the Prime Minister of Iceland Ms. Katrín Jakobsdóttir signed a declaration in Reykjavik on future cooperation between the two countries. In...
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11 October 2022 /Gender Equality Forum focuses on the status of women of foreign origin in the Icelandic labour market
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir convenes the 2022 Gender Equality Forum in Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center on October 26th. The theme for discussion will be the status of women of foreign ...
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03 October 2022 /JEF Defence Ministers Statement
Following the deliberate damage caused to the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, today Defence Ministers of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) met virtually to share assessments of the blatant ...
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30 September 2022 /Joint statement by the Nordic Ministers of Defence
The Nordic defence ministers issued the following statement after a virtual meeting on 30 September 2022: We, the Nordic Ministers of Defence are deeply concerned about the damage to the Nord Stream p...
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26 September 2022 /Foreign Minister of Iceland addressed the UN General Assembly
The efforts of every country to safeguard the multilateral system were the guiding principles in Minister Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjord Gylfadóttir's first annual address to the United Nations General Ass...
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21 September 2022 /Iceland supports EOD and demining efforts for Ukraine
On 11 August, Defence Ministers of 26 nations met in Copenhagen for a conference jointly hosted by Ukraine, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. The conference, organised to complement the efforts of the ...
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16 September 2022 /Fitch Affirms Iceland at ‘A’; Outlook Stable
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Iceland’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘A’ with a Stable Outlook. Iceland's 'A' rating is driven by its very high income per capita and very str...
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15 September 2022 /Multi-country Consortium Comes Together to Launch Pan-European Payments Pilot for EU Digital ID Wallet
A new multi-country consortium of Europe’s most trusted identity experts has today announced its proposal to deliver a large-scale, cross-border payments pilot strongly aligned with the aims of ...
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12 September 2022 /2023 fiscal budget proposal: protecting purchasing power and combating inflation
Safeguarding a strong position and taking targeted but sensible steps forwards – these are the main tasks for the coming term. This is the main theme of the fiscal budget proposal for 2023, pre...
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31 August 2022 /Iceland‘s National Cybersecurity Strategy 2022-2037 released in English
The Icelandic National Cybersecurity Strategy for the years 2022-2037 has been released in English on the Government’s website. The strategy includes the Government’s vision and objectives for the sta...
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26 August 2022 /Presidents and Foreign Ministers of the Baltic States visit Iceland
The foreign ministers of the Baltic states and Iceland signed a Joint Declaration today at a gathering in Höfði, Reykjavík, celebrating three decades of diplomatic relations between the countries. In...