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13 May 2022 /S&P Global Ratings Affirms Iceland‘s ratings at ‘A/A-1’; Outlook Remains Stable
International rating agency S&P Global Ratings has affirmed Iceland‘s sovereign ratings at A/A-1 with a stable outlook. Iceland's economy has continued to recover, growing by more than 4% in 2021 ...
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13 May 2022 /Nordic Defence Ministers joint statement on strengthening Nordic defence cooperation
The Nordic defence ministers met on 11 May 2022 in Kirkenes, Norway and gave the following statement: The war in Ukraine has fundamentally changed European defence and security policy. In light o...
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11 May 2022 /Iceland's support for Ukraine reaches one billion ISK
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir attended the High-Level International Donors’ Conference for Ukraine which took place in Warsaw earlier this month. At the conference, Prime Minister Jakobsdóttir a...
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09 May 2022 /President Volodymyr Zelensky‘s address to the Icelandic Parliament
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, addressed members of the Icelandic Parliament (Althingi), the President of Iceland and the Government of Iceland in a live video address at a special session ...
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09 May 2022Prime Minister's address at a special session of Althingi with the President of Ukraine - May 6th 2022
Mr. President, Dear Icelanders, Dear Ukrainians. Dear Volodymyr: I want to thank you for your powerful and moving words. You truly embody an unbroken spirit of a nation that is under existential threa...
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05 May 2022 /Prime Minister Jakobsdóttir attended Nordic-India Summit
Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir participated in a Nordic-India Summit in Copenhagen yesterday. At the summit the prime ministers of the five Nordic countries met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra...
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27 April 2022 /Increased support for UNICEF, UN Women and UNFPA
The subject of Minister for Foreign Affairs Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir’s meetings with the leaders of the United Nations this week was Iceland’s participation in and support for the United ...
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25 April 2022 /Intellecon and BBA//Fjeldco receive grant to explore geothermal heat utilization for drying tea in Kenya
With the support of the Sustainable Development Goals Partnership Fund, consulting firm Intellecon and law firm BBA//Fjeldco will explore the possibility of utilizing geothermal heat for drying t...
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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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29 March 2022 /Government unveils first fiscal plan: Progress and strong value creation in a progressive society
Icelandic households and businesses are in a strong position, and the public debt outlook has improved substantially. With moderate spending growth and continued advances in growing export sectors, th...
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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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18 March 2022 /Fitch Revises Iceland's Outlook to Stable; Affirms at ‘A’
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Iceland’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘A’ and revised the Rating Outlook to Stable from Negative. The revision of the Outlook to Stable reflec...
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10 March 2022 /Russian redfish trawlers are no longer allowed entry into Icelandic ports
Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Svandís Svavarsdóttir, has cancelled the derogation that has been in place allowing Russian trawlers to land and transship fish in Icelandic ports. Under ...
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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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14 February 2022 /Norwegian capelin fisheries in Icelandic waters
The current Framework Agreement between Greenland/Denmark, Iceland and Norway on the conservation and management of capelin is from 2018. The parties meet annually for a coastal State consultation and...
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11 February 2022 /COVID-19: Abolition of quarantine, 200-person assembly limit, 1000-person events allowed etc.
Close to 10,000 people will be released from quarantine today when the rules on quarantine will be removed through regulation. A regulation on assembly limits will enter into effect at midnight stipu...
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04 February 2022 /COVID-19: Isolation to go from 7 to 5 days
The isolation period for Covid-infected individuals will be shortened from 7 days to 5 days by the Minister of Health’s Regulation which will enter into force on Monday, 7 February. Like before, the i...