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The Government Efficiency Group has handed in its proposals for enhance the productivity and efficiency of government management. Objectives and priorities The recommendations of the Government Eff...

Minister of Industry and Commerce Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Minister of Social Affairs and Housing Eygló Harðardóttir, and Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir accepted the award on ...

The Icelandic government yesterday announced an action plan aimed at reducing the country's housing debt. Firstly, the principal of indexed housing mortgages is to be written down and, secondly, tax...

Agreed minutes were signed in Brussels today, to mark the conclusion of an agreement on Croatia's membership of the EEA  The agreement will enter into force once legal procedures are completed by...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-September 2013 are now available. Treasury finances January-September 2013

Iceland‘s Prime Minister, Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson, launched today  Iceland‘s Presidency of the Nordic governments' official co-operation forum, the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2014. The p...

Following the 2013 Progress reports by the European Commission on enlargement , EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule expressed his view that "... we were not that far from being able to present the...

The Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, addressed the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik today where he gave a broad overview of Iceland´s priorities and the future of...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-August 2013 are now available. Treasury finances January-August 2013

On October 1st, the Budget Proposal for 2014 was released. Below are links to information regarding the proposal. Information regarding the Budget Proposal for 2014.

Information regarding 2014 budget proposal. The Fiscal Budget  Proposal for 2014, Medium Term Outlook 2014-2017, October 1st 2013, presentation (PDF 300 KB) Treasury Budget proposal 2014, pre...

Last Thursday the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES), the independent scientific organisation which provides guidance on sustainable fishing levels, has issued its recommende...

The Minister of Industries and Innovation Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir signed the Investment Agreement on the construction of new state-of-the-art silicon metal smelter plant that will be located at Ba...

Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, addressed the 68th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations on 30 September 2013. At the outset, the Minister...

The Treasury Budget proposal for 2014 provides balanced Treasury operations for the first time since 2007. Stopping debt accumulation and achieving balanced public sector finances are the foundations ...

Iceland‘s Foreign Minister, Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, took part in yesterday‘s special event on achieving the Millienum Development goals and on a new development framework, at the UN General Assembly. ...

Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson met yesterday with General Knud Bartels, chairman of NATO‘s Military Committee. At the meeting they discussed the future of the Alliance, the Middle East, NATO ...

Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson visited Ottawa Canada on 17-18 September where he met with Canadian officials and representatives of the Canadian business community. The visit is in keeping ...

Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson welcomes the agreement between the United States and the Russian Federation on the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria. "The agreement gives us hop...

The Icelandic Government has a positive and ambitious vision on European issues and wishes to strenghten its relations with the EU without becoming member of the Union, according to Mr Gunnar Bragi Sv...