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A new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ossur Skarphedinsson, took office yesterday, replacing Mrs. Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, who had held the position since 24 May 2007. Minister Skarphedinsson w...

Kristján Guy Burgess has been appointed political advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ossur Skarphedinsson. Mr. Burgess has a masters' degree in international politics and internation...

A Government of the Social Democratic Alliance and the Left-Green Movement takes office today. It aims to assure an effective administration to carry out urgent measures, particularly for the benefit ...

The Treasury’s debt position has been under intense discussion in recent days as well as the changes that have taken place since the collapse of the banks in October 2008. The Ministry of Finan...

The Government of Iceland is organising, jointly with NATO, a seminar in Reykjavík on 29 January 2009 on “Security Prospects in the High North”. The aim of the seminar is to bring together ministers, ...

The coalition government of the right-wing Independence Party and the Social Democratic Alliance has come to an end. The Prime Minister met with the President of Iceland at 4 pm today to formally deli...

Iceland’s Prime Minister, Geir H. Haarde, announced today the resignation of the coalition government of the Independence Party and the Social Democratic Alliance. At 16:00 the Prime Minister met with...

23 January 2009 A regular medical examination which I underwent at the National and University Hospital last week revealed a small tumour of the oesophagus. On Tuesday I was informed that a biopsy ha...

Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, returns from Stockholm today, where she has been undergoing treatment there for a brain tumour. Doctors at the Karolinska Institut...

The medical treatment of Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, in Stockholm has been extended. She was due to undergo radiation therapy there this week for a brain ...

The Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East, Christopher S. Wilson, and the acting Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Össur Skarphéðinsson, today sig...

In order to build sustainable peace and security there is a need for increased attention on women's equal and active participation in conflict prevention, peace negotiations, reconstruction and po...

The UK legal office of Lovells LLP has provided advice to the Government of Iceland on possible legal action against the UK aimed at overturning the Landsbanki Freezing Order. The Freezing Order, issu...

Treasury finances January-November 2008 (PDF 53K) Cash Flow Statement in January–November 2004–2008   Millions of krónur 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Revenue ...

Statement by Mr. Emil Breki Hreggvidsson Deputy Permanent Respresentative of Iceland to the United Nations Open debate in the Security Council The situation in the Middle East 7 January 2009 M...

Statement from the Icelandic Government Concerning Legal Proceedings Against UK Authorities The Government of Iceland has decided to examine any and all possibilities of Iceland seeking redress befo...

The Government of Iceland has decided to examine any and all possibilities of Iceland seeking redress before the European Court of Human Rights for the application by UK authorities of the Anti-Terror...

Today the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs have met with representatives of Kaupthing Bank’s Resolution Committee. The Ministers had previously met with Landsbanki’s Reso...

Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, will undergo radiation therapy at the Karolinska hospital in Stockholm next week. This concludes a treatment of a brain tumour...