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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 ...

The Prime Minister of Iceland, Geir H. Haarde, has written an open letter to those nations which have officially offered financial support to implement plans by the Icelandic government and the Inter...

Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, today and yesterday attended the annual OSCE Ministerial Council in Helsinki, Finland. This year 50 foreign ministers partic...

STATEMENT BY ICELAND Convention on Cluster Munitions Signing Conference Oslo, 3 December 2008 Distinguished Ministers and other participants, First, allow me to join others in expressing ...

Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ingibjorg Solrún Gisladottir, has signed an international convention banning cluster munitions in Oslo, Norway. The convention bans the development, produ...

On the website of the Icelandic Central Bank you can find information about the New Rules on Foreign Exchange as well as "Questions and answers" about foreign exchange matters in Iceland.

Women and Men in Iceland 2008 

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Treasury finances January-October 2008 (PDF 53K) Cash Flow Statement in January–October 2004–2008 Millions of krónur 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Revenue 228 745 ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved Iceland’s request for a two year stand-by arrangement. Iceland will receive USD 2.1 bn. from the IMF. Additional loans ...

Icelandic art, music and dance will be the center of attention at the festival "Les Boréales" that is held between 17-30 of November in France. The program in French can be found here

Iceland will receive USD 2.1 bn. from the IMF. Additional loans of up to USD 3 bn. have been secured from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Russia and Poland. The Faroe Islands have announced that the...

The government of Iceland has made public the letter of intent sent to the IMF on November 3.

In the wake of the recent international financial turmoil, Iceland’s economy is facing a banking crisis of extraordinary proportions. The economy is heading for a deep recession, a sharp rise in...

Significant progress has been made towards solving the differences on the interpretation of legal obligations with respect to deposit guarantees in the European Economic Area. The issue stemmed from d...

Significant progress has been made towards solving the differences on the interpretation of legal obligations with respect to deposit guarantees in the European Economic Area. The issue stemmed from d...

National summary sheets on education systems in Europe and ongoing reforms - Iceland (PDF- 91KB)

Dr. Gunnar Pálsson, Ambassador-designate of Iceland to Mauritius attends on behalf of the Icelandic Foreign Ministry the conference “Doing Business 2009, Small Islands Developing States, Report ...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations On behalf of the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) Commemorative meeting for th...

Payment intermediation to and from the United Kingdom is proceeding much more smoothly. However, it is important to bear in mind that payments generally take a longer time to reach their destination t...