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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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

The year 2008 will long be carved into Iceland’s history as the year of the great bank crash that took place last autumn. The year will also be remembered for the economic turbulence that the na...

In January there are several opportunities to see Icelandic art and artists in Berlin. See the Newsletter from the Icelandic Embassy in Berlin for more information (in German).

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Open debate in the Security Council The situation in the Middle East 18 December 2008   ...

The Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) have a long tradition of engagement with Zimbabwe and other countries in Southern Africa. Our strong partnership with countries in t...

A six-person delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been in Iceland during the past four days reviewing economic developments in Iceland, state finances, monetary policy and the res...

The cultural evening was hosted by the Embassy of Iceland, the Icelandic Church and the Icelandic Society in London. This is the largest gathering ever of Icelanders and their friends in the UK. Read ...

- reaction to recent downgrading by international ratings companies, by Mr. Árni M. Mathiesen, Finance Minister of Iceland. In recent days and weeks, all three of the international ratings companies, ...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations On behalf of the Nordic Countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden Commem...

The Prime Minister’s Office has enlisted the services of Swedish banking expert Mats Josefsson, on a temporary basis. Mats Josefsson will succeed the previously appointed Ásmundur Stefánsson as ...