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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...

Out of country voting for the national referendum on the so-called Icesave issue on 6 March 2010, will begin on 28 January 2010. Voters can cast their ballots in all Icelandic embassies, permanent mis...

There were 8,430 men without a job in December 2009 or 8.9%, which is up with 362 from the previous month when unemployment by men was 8.5%.  The unemployment by women was 5,346 or 7.3%, up with ...

Weather information comes from automatic weather stations and is therefore updated on a 24-hour basis. Weather forecasts can be found at the Icelandic Meteorological Office homepage. More...

A national referendum on the so-called Icesave legislation will be held on 6 March 2010, as announced by the Icelandic Minister of Justice, Ragna Arnadottir, today. Out of country voting will start on...

“I would like to emphasize that the Economic Programme in co-operation with the IMF should continue without interruption, even though a solution to the Icesave matter will be postponed because of the ...

A 35-man strong Icelandic International Search and Rescue Team has pulled the first two eartquake-victims alive out of the rubble of the Caribbean Market in Port-au-Prince in Haiti. The team was deplo...

A 37-man strong Icelandic International Search and Rescue Team has landed in Port-au-Prince, one of the first rescue teams to reach Haiti following the devastating earthquake which hit 24 hours ago. ...

The foreign minister of Iceland, Mr Ossur Skarphedinsson, has decided to deploy the Icelandic International Search and Rescue Team to Haiti to participate in rescue efforts after an earthquake hit sou...

The Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs has offered to assist in evacuating foreign nationals from Haiti with plane which is leaving the capital, Port-au-Prince, tonight, 13 January, at 18:30 local...

The Foreign Minister of Iceland, Ossur Skarphedinsson, spoke today with Miguel Ángel Moratinos, the Foreign Minister of Spain, which holds the Presidency of the European Union. In their conversation,...

The Icelandic Parliament, Althingi, convened today to debate a Government bill regarding the preparation for a national referendum on the so-called Icesave legislation. This comes in the wake of the P...

The Icelandic Parliament, Althingi, convened today to debate a Government bill regarding the preparation for a national referendum on the so-called Icesave legislation. This comes in the wake of the P...

Press release No. 1/2010 The Icelandic Minister of Finance, Steingrimur J. Sigfusson, met today with the Norwegian and Danish Finance Ministers, and the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and spo...

Main points: A referendum is expected to take place late February. The Government of Iceland remains fully committed to implementing the bilateral loan agreements with the UK and the Netherland...

Treasury finances January-October 2009 (PDF 40 KB)

Treasury finances January-November 2009 (PDF 40 KB)

Main points: A referendum is expected to take place late February. The Government of Iceland remains fully committed to implementing the bilateral loan agreements with the UK and the Netherlands. ...

Treasury finances January-September 2009 (PDF 40 KB)

The President of Iceland has declined to sign a law authorising a state guarantee for repayment of loans provided by the UK and the Netherlands to the Depositors‘ and Investors‘ Guarantee Fund, intend...