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Opening Speech of H.E. Mr. Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, at an International Conference in Reykjavik on UNSC 1325, 19.-20. June 2009. View the speech in English (pdf ...

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

United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development Statement by Mr. Emil Breki Hreggviðsson Deputy Permanent Representative 26 June 2009 ...

News release No 43/2009 Loan agreements have today been signed between Iceland and Denmark, Finland and Sweden respectively, and between Seðlabanki Íslands, guaranteed by Iceland and Norges Bank, gua...

Pursuant to Article 23, Paragraph 1 of the Act on the Central Bank of Iceland, the Prime Minister has appointed Már Guðmundsson to the position of Governor of the Central Bank for a term of five years...

Agreement has now been concluded on a Stability Pact which forms a cornerstone in the government’s plans for economic reconstruction. Leaders of central and local government, employers’ an...

Statement by Ambassador Gunnar Pálsson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations at the  Tenth Meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on ...

Informal thematic Dialogue of the UN General Assembly on "Energy, Efficiency, Energy Conservation and New and Renwable Sources of Energy" Thursday, 18 June 2009 Statement by the Permanent Represe...

News release No 39/2009 Because of the uncertainities in the financial markets, Landsvirkjun and the Icelandic state have entered ito a response agreement. The Icelandic economy has been dominated b...

Fellow Icelanders. Iceland’s National Day, the 17th of June, holds a special place in the hearts of Icelanders. On this day, when the sun is close to its zenith and the day at its longest, Icel...

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Meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Nordic Countries Reykjavík, 8-9 June 2009 Declaration The Foreign Ministers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden met in Reykjavik on...

The five Nordic Ministers of Foreign Affairs will meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, tomorrow, 9 June. During their meeting the ministers will discuss the Stoltenberg report on Nordic foreign and security po...

The Netherlands and UK Governments have signed agreements with the Iceland Compensation Scheme to reimburse UK and the Netherlands for monies paid to eligible depositors in the Dutch and UK branches o...

Climate change and its possible security implications Statement by the Permanent Representative of Iceland Ambassador Gunnar Pálsson In the United Nations General Assembly 3 June 2009 ...

Ossur Skarphedinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs has today and yesterday visited Malta where he met with Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi and Foreign Minister Tonio Borg. Malta is one of the sm...

Ministry of Finance, Press Release Nr. 31/2009 The Ministry of Finance together with representatives of the New Banks and its advisers will be meeting with the Resolution Committees and their adviser...

A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), headed by Mark Flanagan, visited Reykjavik May 19-28 to continue discussions for the first review under the US$2.1 billion Stand-By Arrangement, a...

The IMF Mission to Iceland under the direction of Mark Flanagan has, in co-operation with Icelandic authorities, has made considerable progress towards concluding its first review of the government&rs...

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