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Ossur Skarphedinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, met yesterday with Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund in New York. Discussions centred on the I...

Iceland's Foreign Minister, Ossur Skarphedinsson, met with his Spanish counterpart, Miguel Angel Moratinos, yesterday evening at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Ministers discussed Iceland's...

Press release nr. 62/2009 Following the heads of agreement announced on 20 July 2009, the Government of Iceland announces the signing of definitive agreements with the Resolution Committee of Glitnir...

A questionnaire, presented yesterday by the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Olli Rehn, to the Icelandic Prime Minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir, has been made public. The questionnaire is to ass...

Last week OECD announced a survey regarding Icelandic economy. Following are the main findings of it. Againinst the backdrop of the global financial turmoil and recession, Iceland has been struck by ...

Press release nr. 61/2009 Following the heads of agreement announced on 20 July 2009, the Government of Iceland announces the signing of definitive agreements with the Resolution Committee of Kaupthi...

Today, following 10 weeks of debate, Iceland’s Parliament, the Althing passed legislation authorising a state guarantee for the loans granted by the Governments of the United Kingdom and the Net...

Treasury finances January-July 2009 (PDF 53K) Cash Flow Statement in January–July 2005–2009 Millions of krónur   2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Revenue ...

At its meeting this morning, the cabinet approved a proposal from the Minister of Finance to set up a working group to investigate the possibility of the state bringing suit against those individuals ...

Ossur Skarphedinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, chaired an annual meeting of Nordic and Baltic Foreign Ministers in Iceland on Thursday 21 August. Amongst the issues discussed at the m...

The Nordic and Baltic Foreign Ministers made the following declaration on the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka at their meeting in Iceland today, 21 August 2009: We, the Nordic and Baltic Foreign ...

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, visits Iceland on Thursday, 20 August. This is the first visit of the new Secretary General to a NATO member country. Anders Fogh Rasmussen will meet ...

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Further to the announcement of 20 July 2009 and following shareholder meetings of Islandsbanki and New Kaupthing today, the Government of Iceland is pleased to announce that it has committed to capita...

Treasury finances January-June 2009 (PDF 53K) Cash Flow Statement in January–June 2005–2009 Millions of krónur   2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Revenue ...

Chronicle of economic events 2009 (PDF 30K) September On September 2nd, Act no. 93/2009 was signed into law, authorising the Minister of Finance, on behalf of the Treasury, to authorise a state guar...

Open debate in the Security Council on "Women and peace and security" and Security Council resolution 1820 Statement by Mr. Jón Erlingur Jónasson Deputy Permanent Representative 7 August 20...

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“Important advances have been made in recent weeks in the joint Economic Recovery Programme agreed by Iceland and the IMF. A number of milestones have been achieved in rapid succession and major...