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This afternoon the Icelandic Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Bjarni Benediktsson, submitted before Parliament a bill of Law that sets forth the next steps towards liberalisation of capital c...

The second meeting of the Financial Stability Council in 2016 was held on Wednesday, 18 May, in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs. At its meeting the Council reviewed the main risk factors ...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-March 2016 are now available. Treasury finances January-March 2016      

Are the Nordic Welfare States Ready for Future Risks?  How can we prepare?  The Nordic Welfare Watch final conference in Iceland 10th of November 2016 in Hilton Reykjavík Nordica The Icelan...

The five-year Statement of Fiscal Policy and Fiscal Strategy Plan for the public sector,  that have been presented before Parliament, entail that it will be possible in coming years to ...

Mr. Hrannar Pétursson has been appointed as a political advisor to the Minster for Foreign Affairs, as of today, 4 May. Hrannar is born in 1973 and has a wide-ranging professional experience. He work...

The five-year Statement of Fiscal Policy and Fiscal Strategy Plan for the public sector, presented before Parliament today, entail that it will be possible in coming years to prepare even better for t...

Statistics for Treasury finances for February 2016 are now available. Treasury finances February 2016

On 13 April Parliament approved the Minister for Foreign Affairs' proposed Parliamentary resolution on a national security policy for Iceland, with no dissenting votes. Minister for Foreign Affairs Li...

A Tax Information Exchange Agreement, TIEA, between Iceland and the United Arab Emirates was signed today, thereby completing a joint Nordic campaign on agreements with low-tax jurisdictions, which be...

A Tax Information Exchange Agreement, TIEA, between Iceland and the United Arab Emirates was signed today, thereby completing a joint Nordic campaign on agreements with low-tax jurisdictions, which b...

A new Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ms. Lilja Alfredsdottir,  took office today, succeeding Mr. Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson who had held the position since  23 May 2013. Ms. Alfredsdottir has hel...

Ten ministers will take seat in the Government, five from the Progressive Party, and five from the Independence Party. Two of the current ministries, Ministry of Industries and Innovation, and Ministr...

Volunteer Organizations in Disaster  at the Nordic House on April 25th.

For years, the Icelandic authorities have placed emphasis on participating in collaboration aimed at preventing international tax evasion. The objective is to enhance transparency and increase the eff...

The Icelandic Directorate of Immigration draws attention to the fact that the deadline for applying for the re-granting of Icelandic citizenship under the Interim Provision of the Icelandic Citiz...

This report is published by the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs as provided for in Act No. 16/2013 of the Althingi. Progress of the Plan for Removal of Capital Controls

Presentation made by Dr. Grimur Valdimarsson at the Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromso, Norway 24-29th of January where he discussed what lessons can be learned from developing global fisheries as ...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January 2016 are now available. Treasury finances January 2016

On 17 March Foreign Minister, Mr Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, presented his annual report on Foreign and International Affairs to Althingi, the Parliament of Iceland. A substantive summary of the report ...