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Iceland in Continuing Consultations Regarding - Capital Control Liberalization (Glitnir)
The Iceland Ministry of Finance today announced that it has continued its consultations with parties affected by the capital controls in Iceland about the proposals the Government is considering for...
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Iceland in Continuing Consultations Regarding - Capital Control Liberalization (Kaupthing)
The Iceland Ministry of Finance today announced that it has continued its consultations with parties affected by the capital controls in Iceland about the proposals the Government is considering for t...
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Iceland in Continuing Consultations Regarding - Capital Control Liberalization (LBI)
The Iceland Ministry of Finance today announced that it has continued its consultations with parties affected by the capital controls in Iceland about the proposals the Government is considering for t...
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Treasury finances January-March 2015
Statistics for Treasury finances for January-March 2015 are now available. Treasury finances January-March 2015
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Social Services in Times of Disaster - Multidisciplinary Nordic Symposium
The Nordic Welfare Wath - in Response to Crisis) and NSSA (The Nordic Social Security Academy) co-hosted the symposium Social Services in Times of Disaster in Reykjavík, May 4-5, 2015. The objective ...
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Government measures to facilitate private sector wage settlements
Eleven measures to facilitate wage settlements Changes in income tax lead to a rise in disposable income for all wage-earners Total reduction in personal income tax ranging up to ISK 16bn during th...
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Loan from Poland paid off
This week the Republic of Iceland will prepay the loan taken from Poland in 2009, in connection with the Stand-By Arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) following the collapse of the I...
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Treasury finances January-February 2015
Statistics for Treasury finances for January-February 2015 are now available. Treasury finances January-February 2015
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New report on Gender Equality in the Arctic
A conference report on gender equality has just been published. The report Gender Equality in the Arctic: Current Realities, Future Challenges contains summaries and highlights from an international c...
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EU Presidency responds to Foreign Minister's letter
Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson Minister for Foreign Affairs has received a reply from the Presidency of the European Union to a letter from March this year where he announced that the Government of Ice...
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Iceland offers humanitarian assistance to Nepal
Mr. Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has decided to donate 10 million Icelandic kronas to humanitarian assistance through the International National Red Cross and Red Crescent Soc...
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Minister Sveinsson meets with NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg
Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg met in Reykjavík today. During their meeting they discussed security and defence issues and the challenges that N...
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Second Meeting of the Financial Stability Council in 2015
The second meeting of the Financial Stability Council in 2015 was held on Tuesday, 14 April, in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs. The Financial Stability Council is the authorities' offici...
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Republic of Iceland buys back its own bonds denominated in USD
During the first quarter of 2015, the Central Bank of Iceland (the “Bank”), which manages borrowing on behalf of the Treasury, purchased for cancellation nominal value of USD 97,465,000 in the bond se...
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Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy 2015-2018
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has released the Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy (MTDS) for 2015-2018. This is the fifth time the MTDS has been published. The principal changes sin...
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Treasury finances for January 2015
Statistics for Treasury finances for January 2015 are now available. Treasury finances January 2015
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“Fundamental reform of the monetary system must be considered.” Says head of Iceland Parliament's Committee for Economic Affairs
Frosti Sigurjonsson, Member of the Parliament of Iceland and Chairman of the Committee for Economic Affairs and Trade, today published a report outlining the need for a fundamental reform of Iceland'...
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Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs: address at the Annual General Meeting of the Central Bank of Iceland, 26 March 2015
Honoured guests: A year ago, in this room and on the same occasion, I said that spring weather was ahead for the Icelandic economy – that we were slowly and steadily regaining our previous strength....
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Registration for the Nordic Symposium open until March 31
Registration for the Nordic Symposium „Social Services in Times of Disaster“ during May 4-5 2015 is open until March 31. This Nordic Symposium will bring together a multidisciplinary group of experts ...
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Solid foundations of Iceland's foreign policy
Today Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, presented his annual report to Parliament on Foreign and International affairs. In his statement the Foreign Minister said that „our foreign...