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The Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Valgerdur Sverrisdóttir, has decided to support the Red Cross campaign against child soldiers in Sierra Leone with a contribution of 10.6 million Icela...

Ladies and gentlemen. The Icelandic economy has done very well in recent years. Business earnings have improved and the standard of living of the country as a whole is one of the best in the world. B...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Discussion on the progress achieved in the work of the Peacbuilding Commission Mr. President...

Ladies and Gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to open this Symposium at the University of Akureyri. Since the 19th Century, Akureyri has been a vibrant centre for agriculture, commerce and fisheri...

Treasury finances January-December 2006 (PDF 52K) Cash Flow Statement, January–December Millions of krónur   2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Revenue 233 76...

Principal tax rates 2007 (PDF 78K) This paper describes the principal tax rates applicable to individuals and companies as they stand at the beginning of 2007 as well as tax rate changes as they ha...

In pdf format: Chronicle_of_economic_events_2007 (PDF 40K) January 2007 A number of changes in the tax system took effect as of the beginning of January. The personal income tax rate was cut by one ...

At Year’s End In a recent book by Árni Þórarinsson and Páll Kristinn Pálsson, The Passenger, the philosophy of sages in the world of politics and media is described as an effort “to look over one’s sh...

Weekly Web Release January 25, 2007 (PDF 705 KB) 1. The housing boom has subsided 2. A policy for efficiency in government operations 3. The debt of the Treasury

Good evening, my fellow countrymen. The year 2006 is ending tonight and tomorrow we face another day and a new year. This point in time is created by man, something that we have set ourselves to set ...

Madam Chair, ladies and gentlemen, For more than sixty years, Icelanders have benefited from the fact that friendly nations have ensured the security of the Atlantic Ocean and the of region around Ic...

Treasury finances January-November 2006 (PDF 52K) Cash Flow Statement, January–November   Millions of krónur   2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Revenue ...

The Government Policy on the Integration of Immigrants

Weekly Web Release December 21, 2006 (PDF 724K) 1. The finances of the Treasury and local governments, 1998-2005 2. Tax concessions for environment-friendly energy sources and motor vehicles 3. Who g...

If you are seven years old, routine is very important. Things like regular meals, going to school, meeting your friends and bedtime are an essential pattern of daily life. There are special days and s...

Weekly Web Release December 14, 2006 (PDF 706K) 1. Appropriations to Local Authorities’ Equalisation Fund 2. On the measurement of inflation 3. Extension of the temporary reduction in the diese...

Statement by Ambassador Hjálmar W. Hannesson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations Sixty-first Session of the United Nations General Assembly Report of the Security Council [9]...

Weekly Web Release Desember 7, 2006 (PDF 711K) 1. Merchandise imports in November 2. A review of government tasks 3. Payments to stay-at-home parents 4. Different rates of increase in income from emp...

Nr. 1 3. nóvember 2006 SAMNINGUR milli ríkisstjórnar Íslands annars vegar og ríkisstjórnar Danmerkur og heimastjórnar Færeyja hins vegar. Ríkisstjórn Íslands annars vegar og ríkisstjórn Danme...

Weekly Web Release November 30, 2006 (PDF 704K) 1. Treasury finances, January-October 2006 2. Amendments to the Pensions Act 3. The cost of operation of the University Hospital