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Johanna Sigurdardottir, Prime Minister of Iceland, has sent the Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, a letter of condolences on the death of President Lech Kaczynski and several Polish representatives ...

Absentee voting for Local Government Election 29. May 2010 began last Tuesday, 6 April 2010. Voters can cast their ballots in all Icelandic embassies, permanent missions to international organisations...

  The Icelandic Government has decided to put forward a parliamentary bill to amend Defence Law nr. 34/2008. The decision is based on the report of a working group of five ministries appointed ...

Travelling restrictions remain in the area around where a volcanic eruption begun in Southern Iceland late Saturday night. Traffic on main roads has been reopened but travellers in the area are advise...

Press Release No. 8/2010 Total Treasury debt at the end of 2009 corresponded to 78 per cent of GDP. Net Treasury debt (i.e. debt less financial assets) amounted to 39 per cent of GDP at the same ti...

Key points: The first referendum held since the foundation of the Republic of Iceland. Initial figures indicate clearly that the December amendment to the Icesave legislation of August 2009 will be...

Key points: The first referendum held since the foundation of the Republic of Iceland. Initial figures indicate clearly that the December amendment to the Icesave legislation of August 2009 will b...

Press Release No. 07/2010 The Government of Iceland has for the last three weeks been engaged in a dialogue with the Governments of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, hoping for a resolution of ...

Revised Forecast for the Housing Financing Fund (HFF), 2010 (HFF bond issuance, lending and payments)

Treasury finances January-December 2009 (PDF 37K)

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has set up a press centre for foreign journalists, coming to Iceland to follow the national referendum on the Icesave legislation, which is planned for Saturday 6 Marc...

Press Release No. 06/2010 The Government of Iceland today announced that the latest round of talks with the Netherlands and the United Kingdom regarding the Icesave matter have adjourned without a fi...

The Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs, The Agricultural University of Iceland, The Soil Conservation Service of Iceland and the United Nations University have signed an agreement to operate the U...

Iceland welcomes the opinion of the European Commission on Iceland's application for EU membership, which recommends the opening of accession negotiations. In the opinion, Iceland’s adherence to EU´s...

The Icelandic government has formally protested a meeting of five member states of the Arctic Council, which is scheduled to take place in Canada this March, whithout the participation of Iceland, Swe...

Press release No. 5/2010 The negotiation committee representing the Icelandic government met today with representatives of the UK and Dutch governments in the Icelandic embassy in London. At this mee...

Ms. Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland met today with Mr. José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission and Mr Olli Rehn, Commissioner for Enlargement and Commissioner Desig...

The governments of Iceland, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have held regular consultations on the Icesave issue during the past few weeks. A delegation led by Iceland's Minister of Finance, St...

Press release No. 4/2010 The Netherlands and UK Finance Ministers today met the Icelandic Finance Minister, who was accompanied by the leaders of the Independence Party and the Progressive Party. The...

Iceland ranks first among 163 countries in an Environmental Performance Index produced by environmental experts from Yale University and Columbia University. The Index was published on 28 January at t...