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Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs: address at the 53rd Annual General Meeting of the Central Bank of Iceland, 27 March 2014: It is particularly satisfying to me to have this opportunity to dis...

The  Foreign  Minister  of  Iceland,  Mr.  Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, and the Minister  of EEA and EU Affairs of Norway, Mr. Vidar Helgesen, met today in Reykjavík. Th...

Total scope of the debt relief around ISK 150 billion. Will assist as many as 100,000 households. Average housing mortgage can decrease by around 20%. Simple to apply for the debt relief on the we...

The government has approved the proposal submitted by the Minister of Industries and Innovation to the effect that Golden Redfish fisheries within Icelandic territorial waters should henceforth be m...

1 Ministry of Education, Science and Culture THE ICELANDIC NATIONAL CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR COMPULSORY SCHOOLS - WITH SUBJECTS AREAS Ministry of Education, Science and Culture2 THE ICELANDIC ...

Today Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, submitted his report on Foreign Policy and International Affairs to Althingi. The contents of the report cover the period from February 20...

Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson today expressed deep concern over the forthcoming referendum in Crimea on Sunday, 16 March,  where inhabitants will be asked to vote on Crimea's access...

Yesterday, the European Union, Norway and the Faroe Islands reached an agreement on the total allowable catch and sharing of quotas of the mackerel stock. Iceland was excluded from  the agreement...

The Icelandic Foreign Ministry today called the Ambassador of Norway and representatives of the European Union and Faroe Islands in for a meeting to raise Iceland‘s serious concerns to the manner in...

Today the Icelandic government presented a policy on Europe aimed at reinforcing the representation of Iceland's interests on the platform of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA) and othe...

Mr Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has decided to deploy an Icelandic civilian delegate to participate in a visit to Ukraine organised by the OSCE participating states upon a req...

The Icelandic Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, Mr. Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson, regrets that the meeting in Edinburgh yesterday on the management of the mackerel stock concluded without an agreemen...

Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure for me to address the Edmonton Economic Development Corporation here in these beautiful surroundings – the Art Gallery of Alberta, which I had the opportunity ...

Icelandic authorities strongly emphasize that Russian military activities in Ukraine must cease without delay and international law must be respected, says Foreign Minister Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson. The...

The right to vote Under the Local Government Elections Act, all persons in the following categories who were born on or before 31 May 1996 have the right to vote in the local government elections on 3...

A proposal has been put forward in Parliament on the withdrawal of Iceland‘s application for accession to the European Union and on entrusting the Government with strengthening cooperation with the EU...

Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, deplores that the President of Uganda has signed an Anti-Homosexuality Bill which further criminalizes homosexuality and makes it punis...

Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of midwives and criteria for granting of licences and specialist licences, No. 1089/2012 

Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of dental technicians and clinical dental technicians for granting of licences, No. 1123/2012 

Regulation on the education, rights and obligations of emergency medical technicians and paramedics and criteria for granting of licences, No. 1110/2012