Icelandic and British ministers meet in London
Ossur Skarphedinsson, Iceland’s Foreign Minister had a meeting today in London with David Miliband, Britain’s Foreign Secretary. According to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the ministers agreed on...
View ArticleNordic leaders to meet in East Iceland
The annual meeting of Nordic Prime Ministers will take place this year in Egilsstadir, eastern Iceland on 14-15 June. Iceland takes charge of the Council of Nordic Ministers this year, meaning that...
View ArticleNordic Foreign Ministers meet in Reykjavik
The five Nordic Ministers of Foreign Affairs will meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, today, 9 June. During their meeting the ministers will discuss the Stoltenberg report on Nordic foreign and security policy...
View Article‘Secret’ Icesave meeting in The Hague
Iceland’s Finance Minister and the heads of the opposition Independence Party and Progressive Party will meet today with the banking ministers of the Netherlands and the UK. The unusual meeting...
View ArticleIcesave frozen until after UK elections?
It is unlikely anything important will happen in the Icesave issue before British elections take place this spring. That is the opinion of Icelandic Independence Party leader Bjarni Benediktsson...
View ArticleNordic Council takes over Icelandic parliament
The Nordic Council’s spring meeting took place yesterday in Alþingishúsið – the Icelandic national parliament building. It was the first time the Nordic Council had met in the building and 87 members...
View ArticleReports of Trump’s summit with Putin in Iceland retracted
Yesterday’s news reported an alleged meeting between President-elect Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin in Reykjavik. The meeting was to take place within weeks of Trump’s inauguration as...
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