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France and Iceland have agreed to reinforce their cooperation on arctic matters. This was discussed at a meeting today in Paris between Össur Skarphédinsson, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, an...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-November 2011 are available now (PDF 100 KB)

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-December 2011 are available now. Treasury finances January-December 2011 (PDF 150 KB)

Icelandic Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson, met yesterday with Nicolai Wammen, Denmark's Minister for European Affairs. Mr. Skarphéðinsson explained the status of Iceland's accession negotiations...

The consultative group for Iceland‘s accession negotiations with the European Union held its first meeting at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on Friday the 24th of February. The chairperson of the gr...

The Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Villy Søvndal, today delivered a statement on behalf of the five Nordic countries and the three Baltic states at the “Friends of Syria” conference held in Tuni...

The Commissioner regularly conducts visits to help raise the standards of human rights protection in all Council of Europe member states, in accordance with his mandate. Visits aim at pursuing a direc...

At the annual meeting of the Hoyvik Council, held in Reykjavík yesterday, Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson  and Kaj Leo Johannesen, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands, discussed increased t...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Össur Skarphéðinsson met with Ms. Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, the Foreign Minister of Cyprus, during his official visit to Cyprus. Ms. Kozakou-Marcoullis pledged f...

EuroWeek magazine has selected the bond issue of Iceland among the best in their choice of the best bond issues for 2011. The Icelandic issue last June in US Dollars for 1 bn. 4.875% 5 year trade wit...

The Althing resolves under Article 11 of the Act on Equal Status and Equal Rights of Women and Men, No. 10/2008, to adopt the following governmental action programme on gender equality for the years 2...

Information regarding 2012 budget proposal. Table 1, Treasury operating statement 2009-2012 (PDF 20 KB) Table 2, Treasury cash flow and capital transactions 2009-2012 (PDF 20 KB) Table 3, Treasu...

Mrs. Oddný G. Harðardóttir, is Iceland´s new Minister of Finance. She was appointed on the 31. December 2011 and is the first woman in Iceland to hold this position. She is a member of The Social Demo...

Today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Össur Skarphéðinsson, met with the Romanian Foreign Minister, the speaker of the Romanian Parliament and the Minister of European Affairs, during his offici...

Ambassador Gudmundur Árni Stefánsson presented today to the Honorable Barack Obama, the President of the United States of America, the Letters of Credence accrediting him as Ambassador Extraordinary a...

The Minister for Foreign Affairs Össur Skarphéðinsson today announced his decision to instruct Tim Ward QC as lead counsel in the infringement proceedings brought to the EFTA Court by the EFTA Surveil...

Central government debts and assets 2003-2012 (PDF 40 KB)

Press release no. 1/2012 The bilateral loan facilities negotiated between the Nordic countries and Poland, on the one hand, and Iceland, on the other, in connection with the authorities' IMF-supporte...

A new Cabinet was unveiled in Iceland on 31 December. During the reshuffle former finance minister Mr Steingrímur J. Sigfússon was named Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture as well as Minister of Ec...

Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, and Dr. Riad Malki, the Foreign Minister of Palestine, today formally confirmed the establishment of full diplomatic relations between Ic...