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Today, Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, presented his annual report on Foreign and International Affairs to Parliament and said that the past year had been especially eventful in ...

Under the Constitution of the Republic of Iceland, any person who has reached the age of 35 and who meets the requirements for being able to vote in elections to the Althingi (with the exception of th...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-December 2015 are now available. Treasury finances January-December 2015

In light of increased emphasis put on fighting bribery in international business, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Ministry of the Interior, has distributed an information s...

In light of a recent reports which state that the U.S. Navy is returning to Keflavík air base, the Ministry for Foreign Affairs wishes to clarify the following: There are no talks taking place betwe...

Siv Friðleifsdóttir, chair of the Welfare Watch, presented the Icelandic and Nordic Welfare Watch at the conference where the main topic was "How can work, welfare and culture be combined?" Here you c...

Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, Prime Minister, addressed a conference in London on Thursday, supporting Syria and it's neighbouring countries. The Prime Minister said Iceland plans to contribute ISK500...

An official website for the project Welfare consequences of financial crises has been launched, www.welfarecrisis.hi.is. The website includes information about the project, statistical information, re...

The first meeting of the Financial Stability Council in 2016 was held on Friday 22 January at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs. The topic of the meeting was risk in the financial system. I...

Icelandic State Financial Investments (ISFI) on behalf of the Icelandic state manages 98.2 % holding in Landsbankinn hf. (Landsbankinn), 13.0 % holding in Arion Banki hf., 5.0 % holding in Íslandsbank...

Over the past years, the rise in the number of tourists visiting Iceland has far exceeded forecasts and the sector is expected to continue to grow. In order to support the successful development of to...

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has published its evaluation of the political and economic interests as regards sanctions towards Russia due to the conflicts in the Crimea and the eastern Ukraine. A ...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-November 2015 are now available. Treasury finances January-November 2015

As of 1 January 2016, following the adoption by Althingi of a proposal amending Act no. 121/2008 on Development Cooperation, all activities of the Icelandic International Development Agency, ICEIDA, ...

At year-end 2015 the Treasury made a payment of ISK 49.9 billion on a bond, issued to the Central Bank of Iceland. This represents one of the largest single repayments of Treasury debt to date. The in...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-October 2015 are now available. Treasury finances January-October 2015

Mr. Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, the Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, today made opening remarks at two events in relation to the Climate Change Conference in Paris. One was on the ways in which the...

In his opening remarks to a meeting held in connection with the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris, the Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, today announc...

Increased funding for forestry, soil reclamation and wetland restoration Infrastructure for electric vehicles Government cooperation with fisheries and agriculture on reducing emissions Icela...

Statistics for Treasury finances for January-September 2015 are now available. Treasury finances January-September 2015