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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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-June 2013 are now available. Treasury finances January-July 2013

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-June 2013 are now available. Treasury finances January-June 2013 (PDF 50 KB)

"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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-May 2013 are now available. Treasury Finances January-May 2013

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...