Iceland and Finland will increase cooperation regarding the Arctic
Ossur Skarphedinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, discussed European affairs and matters concerning the Arctic region at his meeting in Tallinn Estonia, with Erkki Tuomioja, Finland's Minister for...
View ArticleIceland's and Lithuania's Foreign Ministers discuss EU, NATO issues
Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, today met with Audronius Azubalis, Lithuania‘s Foreign Minister, who is in Iceland on an official visit.
View ArticleIceland completes IMF Programme
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed and approved on Friday the sixth and final review of Iceland's Economic Recovery Programme, supported by a Stand-By Arrangement,...
View ArticleMinister meets with Speaker of Croatian Parliament
Minister Skarphéðinsson and Speaker Bebic discussed lessons learned from the two countries‘ EU accession negotiations, the role of small states in international cooperation and bilateral issues between...
View ArticleItaly's full support to Iceland's application
Italy's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Franco Frattini, declared full support to Iceland's application to the European Union during a meeting he had this morning with Ossur Skarphedinsson, Minister for...
View ArticleGermany reiterates support for Iceland
Össur Skarphéðinsson Minister for Foreign Affairs met yesterday with Guido Westerwelle, Germany‘s Minister for Foreign Affairs, discussing Iceland's accession negotiations with the EU
View ArticleEU progress report states Iceland fulfills political and economic conditions
The European Commission today published a progress report on the status in Iceland‘s accession negotiations with the European Union.
View ArticleTwo chapters concluded in negotiations between Iceland and EU
An Intergovernmental Conference was held in Brussels today between Iceland and the EU on two chapters in the current Accession negotiations; free movement of workers and intellectual property rights.
View ArticleForeign Minister and Negotiations Committee Meet With EU Enlargement...
Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson last night met with European Commissioner for Enlargement Štefan Füle who is on a visit to Iceland
View ArticleDenmark supports Iceland's EU aspirations
Össur Skarphéðinsson Minister of Foreign Affairs in Iceland and Villy Søvndal the newly appointed Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, along with the Denmark's new Minister for European Affairs, Nikolai...
View ArticleMeeting with Ireland's European Minister
Today, Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson met with Ms. Lucinda Creighton, Minister of State With Special Responsibility for European Affairs in Ireland. The Ministers discussed measures the European...
View ArticleQuarter of the chapters closed in Iceland's Accession negotiations with the EU
The third meeting of the Accession Conference between Iceland and the EU at Ministerial level took place earlier today in Brussels. The Icelandic delegation was led by Foreign Minister Össur...
View ArticleFirst meeting of the consultative group for Iceland‘s accession negotiations
The consultative group for Iceland‘s accession negotiations with the European Union held its first meeting at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on Friday the 24th of February. The chairperson of the...
View ArticleForeign Minister Skarphéðinsson met with Danish Minister for European Affairs
Icelandic Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson, met yesterday with Nicolai Wammen, Denmark's Minister for European Affairs.
View ArticleA workshop on cooperation in geothermal issues
Representatives of government and industry from Iceland, Japan and the European Union, met in Brussels last week for a workshop on cooperation in geothermal issues. The workshop was held in the...
View ArticleMinister presents annual report on foreign affairs
On 26th April, Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, presented his annual report on foreign affairs to the Icelandic Parliament.
View ArticleIceland expresses concerns over proposed EU regulation on trade measures
At the meeting of the EEA Joint Committee on Monday 30 April Iceland presented a statement on the Commission proposal for a "Regulation on certain measures in relation to countries allowing...
View ArticleThree chapters opened
Negotiations on three chapters were launched this morning in Iceland's accession talks with the European Union in an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) in Brussels. The chapters opened are on Transport...
View ArticleForeign Minister of Denmark visits Iceland
Iceland‘s Foreign Minister, Össur Skarphéðinsson, met today with Villy Søvndal, Foreign Minister of Denmark, who is on an official visit to Iceland.
View ArticleForeign Minister of Cyprus meets with Minister Skarphéðinsson
The Foreign Minister of Cyprus, Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, is on an official visit to Iceland today. Cyprus currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union
View Article
