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The export of Sirkus bar to London has been described as a "zany nomadic act reflecting the drive of Icelandic art, producing a situation of one circus within another to artists to respond to". The Ic...

The waterfalls by the artist Ólafur Elíasson that have taken the US by storm since June 28 will run thru October 13 2008. Read more about the New York City Waterfalls.

The Government of Iceland and the major shareholders of Glitnir, in cooperation with the Central Bank of Iceland and the Financial Supervisory Authority, have come to an agreement under which the Gove...

First of all, many thanks to UNIFEM and UNFPA for organizing this event. The issues of gender equality and women's empowerment are particularly close to my heart. Ever since I became engaged in po...

Informal consultations on System-Wide Coherence - Gender Statement by Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland.   Distinguished Co-Chairs, I have the honor to take the floor on behalf...

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

Mr. President. I have asked for the opportunity at the beginning of this session – that was scheduled at the beginning of September pursuant to the new Parliamentary Procedures Act – to ...

A conference on the development of renewable energy in Africa and the co-operation between Iceland and African states opened today at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa. The African ...

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 Working Metho...

Treasury finances January-June 2008 (PDF 52K) Cash Flow Statement in January–June 2004–2008 Millions of krónur   2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Revenue ...

Greco - Evaluation Report on Iceland Transparency of Party Funding (Theme II) (pdf)

Greco - Evaluation Report on Iceland Incriminiations (ETS 173 and 191, GPC 2) (Theme I) (pdf)

Statement on behalf of the Nordic Countries Mr President I have the honour to speak on behalf of the five Nordic countries – Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Mr President C...

Permanent Mission of Iceland to the United Nations Third Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in...

Figures for Treasury finances in the first five months of 2008 are now available. Cash Flow Statement in January–May 2004–2008 Millions of krónur   2004 2005 2...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations at the Substantive Session of the Economic and Social Council High-level segment New Y...

"The Icelandic government has formulated its 2008 to 2012 policy on the information society, following the motto Iceland, the e-nation. This is the third time the Icelandic government has formulated ...

Statent 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 Open debate...

Fellow Icelanders!  I send my best wishes to all my compatriots from Austurvellir on this National Day.  I would also like to greet our foreign guests, and in particular diplomatic represen...

Distinguished colleagues, ladies and gentlemen,   First of all let me thank all the speakers for their excellent presentations, which have highlighted the larger role of small states in the 21s...