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Today marks a new chapter in the collaboration between Iceland and Sierra Leone with the official opening of Iceland’s Mission in Freetown. The mission will strengthen further Iceland’s partnership wi...

NATO’s cyber defence exercise Locked Shields 2024 has concluded with Iceland participating in a joint team with Sweden, the newest member of the Alliance. The exercise is organized and executed by NAT...

The proposed parliamentary resolution on Iceland's long-term support for Ukraine 2024-2028 put forward by the Minister of Foreign Affairs was approved by Alþingi today with overwhelming support. Forei...

Martin Eyjólfsson, Permanent Secretary, and Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, signed a new multi-year framework agreement outlining Iceland’s continued flexible and predic...

Matthías G. Pálsson, Permanent Representative of Iceland to International Organisations in Rome, and Cindy McCain, Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), signed a new framework agreemen...

Le pavillon de l’Islande à la Biennale de Venise s’est ouvert officiellement hier mettant à l’honneur l’artiste, Hildigunnur Birgisdottir. L’ambassadrice d’Islande en Italie, Unnur Orradottir-Ramette,...

Iceland will provide 140 million ISK over the next two years in support of humanitarian relief efforts in Sudan. Martin Eyjólfsson, Permanent Secretary, announced this new pledge at an international h...

During the period of the government‘s Fiscal Strategy Plan for 2025-2029, presented today by Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, emphasis will be placed on moderate exp...

Hydrogen and E-fuels Roadmap for Iceland

Over 200 cyber security experts from NATO member states took part in NATO’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Conference in Reykjavík on 9-11 April. During the conference experts discussed the principal cyber...

The Nordic countries welcome the Israeli government’s announcement that life-saving humanitarian assistance to Gaza can be received in the port of Ashdod, that the Erez crossing will be reopened to fa...

Au début du mois, l'ambassade d'Islande a eu le plaisir d'assister à l'avant-première du film "Le vieil homme et l'enfant", en présence de la talentueuse réalisatrice Ninna Pálmadóttir. La salle du ci...

Regulation on the processing of applications for professional licenses and specialist licenses according to the Healthcare Practitioners Act No. 34/2012, from applicants from countries with...

The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution that addresses the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran put forward by a core group led by Iceland. The resolution renews the ...

L'exposition "Living Gods" de l'artiste islandais Reinar Foreman a été inaugurée hier soir à la Galerie de Buci, à Paris. Reinar Forman a déja été exposé en Allemagne, en Russie et en Islande, et pré...

The undersigned members of the Media Freedom Coalition welcome the adoption by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Development Assistance Committee (OECD DAC) of new Deve...

Iceland will support the Czech initiative to provide ammunition for Ukraine and fund equipment for women in the Ukrainian military. Ukraine is facing severe shortage of artillery shells, and the Czech...

Foreign Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has introduced a draft parliamentary resolution on Iceland’s long-term support for Ukraine. The aim is to signal Iceland's unwavering commitment and solidarity wit...

Bjarni Benediktsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has decided that the payment of Iceland's core contribution to the United Nations Palestine Refugee Agency (UNRWA) will be made by 1 April.  Thi...

Hier soir a eu lieu la première du documentaire "Le chant des origines - Le manuscrit grégorien d'Islande" de Marie Arnaud et Jacques Debs. L'ambassade est fière d'avoir soutenu la première de ce fil...