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25 March 2021Ministry of Justice, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Regulation exempting vaccinated non-Schengen travellers from travel restrictions to come into force on 6 April

The Minister of Justice of Iceland has decided that the previously announced decision to exempt from travel restrictions those who can provide proof of vaccination or prior infection will take effect on 6 April. The change in regulation will allow travellers from non-Schengen countries, who meet the criteria, to travel to Iceland for non-essential reasons.

22 March 2021Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs

Fiscal plan 2022-2026: The right measures delivered progress and a positive outlook

The Government’s measures in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic have been highly successful, and the medium-term outlook is more favourable than was assumed last year. Households’ disposable income increased in 2020, and the contraction turned out considerably less than previously estimated. These are the main elements of the fiscal plan for 2022-2026, introduced today.

23 February 2021Ministry of Education and Children, Ministry of Health, Prime Ministers Office, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Significant easing of domestic restrictions in Iceland to take effect tomorrow

The Government of Iceland announced today new loosening on COVID-19 measures. The general limit on gatherings will be raised from 20 to 50, with ongoing emphasis on distancing and other personal precautions. As of tomorrow, a general limit of 150 people within confined areas will apply to higher level schooling, including universities.

16 February 2021Ministry of Health, Prime Ministers Office, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Travelers required to present negative PCR test before boarding

New border measures will come into force on February 19 which requires all arriving passengers in Iceland to present a negative PCR taken within 72 hours of their time of departure to Iceland. This is in addition to the current system of double screening, that also requires all arriving passengers to submit to a PCR test upon arrival, followed by a 5-day quarantine and a second PCR test.…

04 February 2021

Sendiherra afhendir trúnaðarbréf sem sendiherra Íslands í Rúmeníu

Helga Hauksdóttir, sendiherra Íslands í Danmörku, afhenti í dag trúnaðarbréf sitt sem sendiherra Íslands í Rúmeníu með aðsetur í Kaupmannahöfn. Þar sem kórónafaraldurinn leyfir ekki ferðalög til Rúmeníu eins og er, fór afhendingin fram í sendiráði Rúmeníu í Kaupmannahöfn, sem jafnframt er sendiráð gagnvart Íslandi. Sendiherra Rúmeníu, Alexandru Gradinar, tók við trúnaðabréfinu úr hendi sendiherra.…

18 January 2021Prime Ministers Office, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Iceland hosts first activist led conference against gender-based violence in over 25 years

The Government of Iceland and city of Reykjavik will host the Reykjavik Dialogue and Conference, on August 16th-18th 2021. This three-day event will be the first conference led by international activists and survivors of gender-based violence since the Brighton conference in 1996 which was inspired by the 1976 International Tribunal on Crimes against Women.

15 January 2021Ministry of Health, Prime Ministers Office, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Covid-19 screening mandatory for arriving passengers until spring

As of today, all passengers must undergo a PCR test upon arrival in Iceland, followed by a 5–6-day quarantine and a second screening at the end of quarantine period. This procedure will remain in place until 1 May, when cautious steps will be taken to ease restrictions, based on the epidemiological situation at passenger's point of departure. This was decided at today's cabinet meeting.

18 December 2020Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate, Prime Ministers Office, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Iceland announces enhanced ambition at Climate Ambition Summit

Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland, announced on 12 December that Iceland would enhance its ambition in emissions cuts. The announcement came at the Climate Ambition Summit, convened by the United Nations, United Kingdom, and France, in partnership with Chile and Italy, at the 5th Anniversary of the landmark Paris Agreement.

17 December 2020

Ísland styður réttindabaráttu LGBTI-fólks í Tsjetsjeníu-lýðveldinu í Rússlandi.

Ísland var í hópi nokkurra aðildarríkja Öryggis- og samvinnustofnunar Evrópu (ÖSE), sem minntust þess á fastaráðsfundi stofnunarinnar í dag (17. desember), að tvö ár eru liðin síðan ríkin settu af stað rannsókn á alvarlegum mannréttindabrotum gagnvart LGBTI-fólki og formælendum þess í Tsjetsjeníu-lýðveldinu í Rússneska sambandsríkinu innan ramma Moskvu-aðferðarinnar svokölluðu hjá ÖSE.