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Iceland in Fifth Place on ILGA‘s Rainbow Map and First Place on the Transgender Europe Map
Iceland holds the 5th place on ILGA‘s Rainbow Map and the first place on the Transgender Europe Map. The results were presented today at the
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Speeches and Articles
Address at the IDAHOT+ Forum - May 11th 2023
Dear all! I am happy to be here with you today. It is a real pleasure for the Icelandic government to host the IDAHOT+ forum this year. IDAHOT is an occasion where we come together to celebrate milest...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2023/05/11/Address-at-the-IDAHOT-Forum-May-11th-2023/
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International Wellbeing and Sustainability Forum held in Reykjavík 14-15th June
The Prime Minister's Office in cooperation with the Directorate of Health and the City of Reykjavík are organizing an International Wellbeing and Sustainability Forum in Harpa in Reykjavík on the...
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News
Co-creating for a better future: Conference in Iceland on June 1st 2023
During Iceland's chairmanship in the Nordic Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour in Iceland organizes a Nordic conference in Reykjavik on June 1st 2023. The name of the conf...
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Response to MAST Report on Monitoring of Whaling in 2022
In August 2022, Iceland‘s Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Ms. Svandís Svavarsdóttir, issued a regulation requiring the Food and Veterinary Authority (MAST) to carry out regular inspection...
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Legislation
Act on the Integration of Services in the Interest of Children’s Prosperity No 86/2021
Act on the Integration of Services in the Interest of Children’s Prosperity No 86/2021
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Supreme Allied Commander Europe visits Iceland
Christopher G. Cavoli, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) is making a short visit to Iceland. Today he met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Thórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörd Gylfadóttir and receive...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2023/05/05/Supreme-Allied-Commander-Europe-visits-Iceland/
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Exercise Dynamic Mongoose concludes with a port visit in Reykjavík
Five ships from Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 have arrived in Reykjavík for a short port visit as they conclude their participation in the annual NATO-led Anti-Submarine Warfare exercise Dynamic...
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Joint Iceland-Sweden team wins NATO’s largest cyber defence exercise
The joint team of Sweden and Iceland won the cyber defence exercise Locked Shields which took place last month. The exercise is organized annually by NATOs Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellen...
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Updated Sovereign Sustainable Financing Framework and an Annex on Financing for Gender Equality
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs has issued an updated Sovereign Sustainable Financing Framework, but the original framework was issued in September 2021. The update consists of minor adju...
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News
First service stop by a US Navy submarine in Icelandic territorial waters
The American nuclear-powered submarine USS San Juan visited Iceland today for a brief service stop in the waters outside of Garðskagi, southwest Iceland. The Icelandic Coast Guard vessel Thor provided...
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Mission
Prix international Vigdís pour l'année 2023
Les candidatures aux nominations au Prix international Vigdís pour l'année 2023 sont désormais ouvertes et doivent être soumises avant la date du 22 mai via le site de l'Université d'Islande. Le pr...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2023/04/26/Prix-international-Vigdis-pour-lannee-2023/
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News
Exercise Dynamic Mongoose taking place in the North Atlantic
Eleven Allied nations are set to take a part in Dynamic Mongoose 2023, a large-scale Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) exercise in the North Atlantic from April 24 to May 5. Iceland is the primary hos...
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News
Annual Strategic Dialogue between the US and Iceland
The annual Strategic Dialogue between Iceland and the United States took place in Washington, Friday, April 21. The security situation in the Euro-Atlantic area following Russia's war of aggression ag...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2023/04/24/Annual-Strategic-Dialogue-between-US-and-Iceland/
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Service visits of US submarines authorised
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland has informed the Government of the United States that nuclear-powered submarines of the US Navy will be authorised to make a brief service visit in Iceland ...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2023/04/18/Service-visits-of-US-submarines-authorised/
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Medium-term Fiscal Strategy Plan 2024-2028: to counter inflation, safeguard living standards and support growth
The government's fiscal strategy plan for the next five years lays out its strategy to utilise fiscal policy in a targeted manner to counter inflation and overheating by increasing expenditure restrai...
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Investing in Children – the Key to Prosperity
Ásmundur Einar Daðason, Minister of Education and Children in Iceland, and the Council of Europe will host a conference on March 30 on the advantages of investing in children. The event is organized a...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2023/03/28/Investing-in-Children-the-Key-to-Prosperity/
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Iceland hosts first ever CDENF meeting outside of Strasbourg
The Ministry of Education and Children in Iceland hosts a meeting for the Council of Europe Steering Committee for the Rights of the Child (CDENF) in Reykjavik, Iceland on March 28 and 29. The ev...
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Legislation
Parliamentary Resolution on a national security policy for Iceland
Parliamentary Resolution on a national security policy for Iceland No. 26/145
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Mission
アイスランドツーリズムセミナー&商談会 2023
この度、アイスランドより10社の観光事業企業が来日し、日本のアウトバウンド担当者を対象としたアイスランドツーリズムセミナーとスピード商談会を行います。 【詳細】 ●イベント:アイスランドツーリズムセミナー&商談会 2023 アイスランドはコロナ禍において潤沢な検査体制を敷き、世界でも先駆けて国境を開き、旅行者を迎え入れました。海外旅行がしやすくなったアフターコロナの今、アイ...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2023/03/17/-2023/