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The Government of Iceland is organising, jointly with NATO, a seminar in Reykjavík on 29 January 2009 on “Security Prospects in the High North”. The aim of the seminar is to bring together ministers, ...

Iceland’s Prime Minister, Geir H. Haarde, announced today the resignation of the coalition government of the Independence Party and the Social Democratic Alliance. At 16:00 the Prime Minister met with...

The coalition government of the right-wing Independence Party and the Social Democratic Alliance has come to an end. The Prime Minister met with the President of Iceland at 4 pm today to formally deli...

Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, returns from Stockholm today, where she has been undergoing treatment there for a brain tumour. Doctors at the Karolinska Institut...

23 January 2009 A regular medical examination which I underwent at the National and University Hospital last week revealed a small tumour of the oesophagus. On Tuesday I was informed that a biopsy ha...

Mr. Speaker. I welcome this opportunity for an organised discussion of the economy and employment so soon after parliament has reconvened following its Christmas recess. There is no denying that at t...

The medical treatment of Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, in Stockholm has been extended. She was due to undergo radiation therapy there this week for a brain ...

The Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East, Christopher S. Wilson, and the acting Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Össur Skarphéðinsson, today sig...

In order to build sustainable peace and security there is a need for increased attention on women's equal and active participation in conflict prevention, peace negotiations, reconstruction and po...

The UK legal office of Lovells LLP has provided advice to the Government of Iceland on possible legal action against the UK aimed at overturning the Landsbanki Freezing Order. The Freezing Order, issu...

Treasury finances January-November 2008 (PDF 53K) Cash Flow Statement in January–November 2004–2008   Millions of krónur 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Revenue ...

Statement by Mr. Emil Breki Hreggvidsson Deputy Permanent Respresentative of Iceland to the United Nations Open debate in the Security Council The situation in the Middle East 7 January 2009 M...

The Government of Iceland has decided to examine any and all possibilities of Iceland seeking redress before the European Court of Human Rights for the application by UK authorities of the Anti-Terror...

Statement from the Icelandic Government Concerning Legal Proceedings Against UK Authorities The Government of Iceland has decided to examine any and all possibilities of Iceland seeking redress befo...

Today the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs have met with representatives of Kaupthing Bank’s Resolution Committee. The Ministers had previously met with Landsbanki’s Reso...

Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, will undergo radiation therapy at the Karolinska hospital in Stockholm next week. This concludes a treatment of a brain tumour...

Programme for the Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2009 

Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, and honorary member of the International Women’s Commission (IWC) for a Just and Sustainable Palestinian-Israeli Peace, enc...

Nr. 10 17. desember 2008 SAMNINGUR milli ríkisstjórnar lýðveldisins Íslands og ríkisstjórnar lýðveldisins Indlands um eflingu og vernd fjárfestinga. Ríkisstjórn lýðveldisins Íslands og ríkisstjó...

Good evening, my fellow Icelanders, and Season’s Greetings! This evening the year 2008 will draw to a close. We see it depart with mixed emotions. In economic terms, this could be called a year...