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The Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs has, as provided for in Act No. 16/2013 of the Icelandic parliament Althingi, published a report on the progress of plans to remove capital controls. ...

One year has passed since the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia. At this point in time Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, reiterates that the sovereignty and territorial integr...

This Nordic Symposium will bring together a multidisciplinary group of experts including administrators, academics and students as well as stakeholders working in the field, to discuss the role of lo...

Minister for Foreign Affairs Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson today met with his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rinkevics, who currently holds the Presidency of the European Union (EU). At the meeting, the Minist...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-December 2014 are now available. Treasury finances January-December 2014

Iceland will donate approx. 75,000 US dollars in humanitarian assistance to Malawi. The funds, which will be channeled through Unicef, will be used to assist those affected by the recent floods in Mal...

The first meeting of the Financial Stability Council in 2015 was held on Monday, 19 January in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs. The Financial Stability Council is the authorities' officia...

The Barbershop Conference, which is an initiative taken by Iceland and Suriname and aims at rallying men and boys to commit to upholding gender equality, will be held at the United Nations in New York...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January - October 2014 are now available. Treasury finances January-November 2014

Statistics for Treasury finances for January - October 2014 are now available. Treasury finances January-October 2014

The new Minister came to the Ministry offices after the State Council meeting, whereupon she took the helm from outgoing Minister Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir and then met with Ministry staff. Cur...

The Icelandic authorities will not approve the LBI hf. winding-up committee's request for exemptions from the capital controls, submitted with a letter dated 12 June 2014. It is not agreed that the bo...

Iceland has reached an agreement in substance with the United States on the terms of a Model 1 intergovernmental agreement (IGA) to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), and has co...

Iceland – All Year-round (Ísland – allt árið) is a marketing initiative that aims to even seasonality in tourism and increase profitability from the industry in Iceland. The initiative aims at a...

Iceland participated along with 77 states in the busy Air Services Negotiation Event (ICAN2014) organized by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), on 17 – 21 November in Bali, Indonesi...

The following is a joint press release from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, Financial Supervisory Authority, and Central Bank of Iceland concerning the advisory opinion of the EFTA Court...

Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson Minister for Foreign Affairs participated in the biannual Ministerial meeting of the European Free Trade Association, EFTA, in Geneva on 17 November.  The Ministers took ...

Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson met with his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, in Tokyo, during his Japan visit 10- 13 November. The ministers discussed the successful relations of the tw...

Information regarding the 2015 fiscal budget Treasury Budget Proposal 2015 - Press release Treasury Budget Proposal 2015 information (PDF, 1,83 MB) Table 1, Treasury Operating Statement 2012-2015&#...

The Prime Minister and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, together with the project management team of the principal reduction actions, today announced the outcome of the government's Debt...