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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...
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Foreign Minister signs an agreement with the United Nations University on the UNU Geothermal Training Programme
Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson, Dr. Konrad Osterwalder, Rector of the United Nations University (UNU) and Dr. Guðni A. Jóhannesson, Director General of the National Energy Authority today signe...
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Nordic countries concerned about measures against Palestinians
The five Nordic foreign ministers discussed the situation in the Middle East today, focusing particularly on relations between Israel and the Palestinians in the wake of this week's vote in UNESCO. Al...
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Denmark supports Iceland's EU aspirations
Össur Skarphéðinsson Minister of Foreign Affairs in Iceland and Villy Søvndal the newly appointed Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, along with Denmark's new Minister for European Affairs, Nikolai Wa...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/11/02/Denmark-supports-Icelands-EU-aspirations/
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Welfare for the future. Priorities 2010 - 2013
This report is the second update of the Icelandic Government's 2002 strategy for sustainable development, which bears the title Welfare for the Future. Though the original strategy presented a fr...
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The Prime Minister and Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the Prime Minister of Denmark met in Copenhagen today
The Prime Ministers discussed the accession negotiations between Iceland and the European Union, as Denmark is the upcoming presidency for the first half of 2012. A special provision in the coalition ...
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Order of priority claims under the Emergency Act deemed valid
The Supreme Court of Iceland today ruled in a case concerning the Emergency Act of October 6th 2008. The ruling entails that the law and associated acts stands undisputed. Since the Supreme Court is a...
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Iceland's responsibility towards developing countries
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of Iceland's development cooperation, 30th anniversary of the Icelandic Development Agency (ICEIDA) and tenth anniversary of the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit a sy...
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CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ICELAND
CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ICELAND (No. 33, 17 June 1944, as amended 30 May 1984, 31 May 1991, 28 June 1995 and 24 June 1999) I. Article 1 Iceland is a Republic with a parliamen...
Path: https://www.government.is/library/01-Ministries/Prime-Ministrers-Office/constitution_of_iceland.pdf
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First steps - Important information for citizens moving to Iceland
The booklets cover important and useful information in seven languages for immigrants planning to settle in Iceland. The information is presented both in Icelandic and the foreign language in each bo...
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Foreign Minister and Negotiations Committee Meet With EU Enlargement Commissioner
Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson last night met with European Commissioner for Enlargement Štefan Füle who is on a visit to Iceland. During their meeting, Minister Skarphéðinsson and Commis...
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Two chapters concluded in negotiations between Iceland and EU
An Intergovernmental Conference was held in Brussels today between Iceland and the EU on two chapters in the current Accession negotiations; free movement of workers and intellectual property rights. ...
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Visit of the Enlargement Commissioner, Stefan Füle
The Prime Minister today received the Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Füle in the Government House. They discussed the progress in the negotiations for accession of...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/10/19/Visit-of-the-Enlargement-Commissioner-Stefan-Fule/
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Foreign Minister submits a proposal to Althingi for a parliamentary resolution on recognition of Palestine
Össur Skarphéðinsson, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, has submitted a proposal to Althingi for a Parliamentary Resolution on the Recognition of the Independence and Sovereignty of Palestine wi...
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Treasury finances January - August 2011
Statistics for Treasury finances in January -August 2011 are now available. Treasury-finances-January-August-2011
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/10/13/Treasury-finances-January-August-2011/
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EU progress report states Iceland fulfills political and economic conditions
The European Commission today published a progress report on the status in Iceland‘s accession negotiations with the European Union. The main conclusions are that Iceland continues to fulfil all polit...
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Germany reiterates support for Iceland
Össur Skarphéðinsson Minister for Foreign Affairs met yesterday with Guido Westerwelle, Germany‘s Minister for Foreign Affairs, prior to the opening of the 2011 Frankfurt Book Fair, where Iceland is...
Path: https://www.government.is/news/article/2011/10/12/Germany-reiterates-support-for-Iceland/
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Foreign Minister disappointed with verdict over Tymoshenko
Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, is deeply disappointed with the verdict in the case of Yulia Tymoshenko, former Prime Minister of Ukraine, who was sentenced to 7 years in prison ye...
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Towards Creative Iceland:building local, going global
A new study on creative industries in Iceland, Towards Creative Iceland: building local, going global has found that they generated turnover of ISK 1891 billion in 2009, accounting for 6.36% of t...
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Health Care System reform and short termsavings opportunities. Iceland Health Care System project
A final report from a 5 week effort to analyze the performance of the Icelandic health care system and identify opportunities for short term savings and more long term Health Care reform. The Boston C...