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Debt statistics 2003-2012
Central government debts and assets 2003-2012 (PDF 40 KB)
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2012/01/09/Debt-statistics-2003-2012/
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Last tranche of Nordic loans disbursed to Iceland
Press release no. 1/2012 The bilateral loan facilities negotiated between the Nordic countries and Poland, on the one hand, and Iceland, on the other, in connection with the authorities' IMF-supporte...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2012/01/04/Last-tranche-of-Nordic-loans-disbursed-to-Iceland/
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Cabinet reshuffle
A new Cabinet was unveiled in Iceland on 31 December. During the reshuffle former finance minister Mr Steingrímur J. Sigfússon was named Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture as well as Minister of Ec...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/12/31/Cabinet-reshuffle/
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Iceland Recognizes Palestine
Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, and Dr. Riad Malki, the Foreign Minister of Palestine, today formally confirmed the establishment of full diplomatic relations between Ic...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/12/15/Iceland-Recognizes-Palestine/
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Foreign minister meets with Palestinian counterpart Dr. Riad Malki
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur Skarphéðinsson, met today with Dr. Riad Malki, the Palestinian Foreign Minister. At the meeting the ministers discussed relations between Iceland and Palestine and ...
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Icesave dispute to the EFTA Court
EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) has today announced in a press statment that it will refer to the EFTA Court a dispute regarding the alleged breach of Iceland of the Deposit Guarantee Directive in r...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/12/14/Icesave-dispute-to-the-EFTA-Court/
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Treasury finances for January - October 2011
Statistics for Treasury finances for January - October 2011 are available now Read more here
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/12/13/Treasury-finances-for-January-October-2011/
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Quarter of the chapters closed in Iceland's Accession negotiations with the EU
The third meeting of the Accession Conference between Iceland and the EU at Ministerial level took place earlier today in Brussels. The Icelandic delegation was led by Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéði...
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Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs visits Iceland
Dr. Riad Malki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Palestine, will visit Iceland on 14-16 December 2011 on the invitation of Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson. During the visit Foreign Minister Malki ...
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Icelandic and Chinese leaders hail 40 years of diplomatic relations
The presidents of Iceland and China and the foreign Ministers of both countries exchanged congratulatory messages Thursday, December 8, to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ...
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Cooperation with the Icelandic Red Cross
The 31st International Conference of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent was held between 28 November and 1 December 2011 in Geneva. The conference convened under the banner "Our World. Your move...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/12/08/Cooperation-with-the-Icelandic-Red-Cross/
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18th OSCE Ministerial Council held in Vilnius
The 18th Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was held in Vilnius, Lithuania on 6-7 December 2011. The Foreign Ministers of the OSCE Member States agr...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/12/08/18th-OSCE-Ministerial-Council-held-in-Vilnius/
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Palestinian appreciation for Iceland´s initiative
Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson has received a letter from Dr. Riad Malki, Foreign Minister of Palestine, where Minister Malki expresses his appreciation to Minister Skarphéðinsson and to the Al...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/12/05/Palestinian-appreciation-for-Icelands-initiative/
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Iceland and Russia: communication cable, adoption, the Arctic and geothermal energy
Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson met yesterday with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, in Moscow. The meeting was a part of the Foreign Minister's official visit to the Russian Federation. H...
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Parliamentary resolution on an independent and sovereign Palestine
The Parliament of Iceland has approved a resolution put forth by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Össur Skarphéðinsson, in which the Government is entrusted with recognising an independent and so...
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Iceland honors the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
On 2 March 2010, The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution by which it proclaimed the period 2011-2020 as the Decade of Action for Road Safety, with the goal to stabilize and reduce the level of ro...
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Decision on a Request to Purchase Land
Act No. 19/1966, on the Right of Ownership and Use of Real Property, as subsequently amended, addresses in some detail the authorisation to obtain a right to ownership and use of real property in Icel...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/11/26/Decision-on-a-Request-to-Purchase-Land/
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Meeting with Ireland's European Minister
Today, Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson met with Ms. Lucinda Creighton, Minister of State With Special Responsibility for European Affairs in Ireland. The Ministers discussed measures the Europea...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/11/24/Meeting-with-Irelands-European-Minister/
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Statistics for Treasury finances January - September 2011
Statistics for Treasury finances in January -August 2011 are available now. Treasury finances January-September 2011 (PDF 43 KB)
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Foreign Minister meets Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation
The Icelandic Foreign Minister, Mr Össur Skarphéðinsson, met last Tuesday with Mr Alexander Grushko, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation in Reykjavík. The two ministers discussed the rel...