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EU Membership application discussed in Parliament
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...
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Iceland increases assistance to Syrian refugees
The Minister for Foreign Affairs has contributed 50 thousand USD to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, towards their Regional Response Plan for Syrian refugees. The conflict in...
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How Safe are We? Conferenceof the Directorate of Health on Patient Safety
Anna Lilja Gunnarsdóttir Permanent Secretary – Address on behalf of the Minister of Health Conference speakers, ladies and gentlemen: We have important topics up for discussion at this conference, th...
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Iceland Chairs Open Skies Consultative Commission
Yesterday, Iceland assumed Chairmanship in the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC), based in Vienna. A total of 34 states are parties to the Open Skies Treaty (OST), negotiated in 1992, includi...
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International community must act on Syria
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, today took part in a meeting of the Nordic and Baltic foreign ministers in Visby in Sweden. After the meeting the eight ministers expressed ...
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Treasury finances January-July 2013
Statistics for Treasury finances for January-June 2013 are now available. Treasury finances January-July 2013
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The Government of Iceland deplores the loss of life and condemns all acts of violence in Egypt
The Government of Iceland deplores the loss of life witnessed in recent weeks in Egypt and has urged the Egyptian Government to do everything possible to prevent further bloodshed. Iceland condems al...
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Statement by the Government of Iceland on EU threats against the Faroe Islands and Iceland
Iceland is a major stakeholder in relation to the management of various shared fish stocks in the North-East Atlantic. Icelandic fisheries management policy has for many years assured the sustainable ...
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Statement by the Government of Iceland on EU threats against the Faroe Islands and Iceland
Iceland is a major stakeholder in relation to the management of various shared fish stocks in the North-East Atlantic. Icelandic fisheries management policy has for many years assured the sustai...
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Statement by the Government of Iceland on EU threats against the Faroe Islands and Iceland
Iceland is a major stakeholder in relation to the management of various shared fish stocks in the North-East Atlantic. Icelandic fisheries management policy has for many years assured the sustainable ...
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Cooperation and diplomacy, not illegal sanctions, are needed to manage the mackerel stock
In an article published today in The Wall Street Journal Europe Minister Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson outlines Iceland's stance on the mackerel dispute, including key messages around the migration of the ...
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IMF Executive Board Concludes 2013 Article IV Consultation and Third Post Program Monitoring Discussions with Iceland
On August 1, 2013, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation and third Post Program Monitoring discussions with Iceland. IMF Press Release
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Treasury finances January-June 2013
Statistics for Treasury finances for January-June 2013 are now available. Treasury finances January-June 2013 (PDF 50 KB)
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Statement from Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Iceland's Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture
"We are disappointed to see that the EU chose to impose sanctions on the Faroe Islands for its herring fisheries. We don't believe this is best way to settle these types of disagreements between frien...
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The Icelandic Transport Authority (ITA)
The locations of the respective headquarters of the former Road Traffic Directorate, the Icelandic Maritime Administration and Icelandic Civil Aviation Administration will remain unchanged for the tim...
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Treasury accounts 2012
The entire accounts, with the associated itemisations and explanatory notes, can be found on The Financial Management Authority's website. The Treasury has been operating at a large deficit ever sinc...
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Statement from Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Iceland Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture
“Iceland continues to call for a fair, reasonable solution to the dispute over mackerel catch levels. The threats of sanctions by the EU are counterproductive and excessive, particularly in light of t...
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Brochure on domestic violence
The Ministry of Welfare and municipalities in Suðurnes region have published a brochure entitled Is domestic violence a part of your life? that has been distributed to every home in Suðurnes region. T...
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Ban Ki-moon visits Iceland, meets with Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson met this morning with Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations. The meeting marked the start of Mr. Ban's official visit to Iceland. Sustainable use...
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Iceland first country to ratify the UN Arms Trade Treaty
Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Foreign Minister of Iceland, announced today that Iceland had ratified the new UN Arms Trade Treaty, ATT, signed on 3 June, the first country to ratify this important treaty. T...