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03 August 2022

A small volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland

At 13:18 GMT today lava began flowing from a ground fissure around Fagradalsfjall near the town of Grindavík on the Reykjanes peninsula. The eruption follows intense seismic activity over the past few days.

14 July 2022

MAR Advisors to enhance profitability and quality of seafood in Vietnam with support from SDGs fund

Consultancy firm MAR Advisors has been awarded a grant from the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs' Sustainable Development Goals Partnership Fund to explore opportunities for better market access for Vietnamese Seafood in Europe.

07 July 2022

RetinaRisk receives grant from SDGs Partnership Fund to prevent vision loss among people living with diabetes in India

RetinaRisk, a HealthTech company founded by Icelandic doctors and scientists, has been awarded a grant of 10 million ISK from the Sustainable Development Goals Partnership Fund of the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs for a project that aims to revolutionize eye screening for people living with diabetes in India.

06 July 2022

Iceland accepts the protocols on the accession of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty

Bergdís Ellertsdóttir, the Ambassador of Iceland to the United States, today delivered to the U.S. Department of State the instruments of accession to the protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on the accession of Finland and Sweden. The Parliament, Althingi, adopted a Parliamentary Resolution on June 7th authorizing the Government to accept the protocols once they were ready.

29 June 2022

Verkís to explore direct geothermal utilisation in Djibouti

Engineering firm Verkís has recently been awarded a grant from the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs‘ Sustainable Development Goals Partnership Fund to explore opportunities for direct geothermal utilisation in Djibouti.

28 June 2022

Össur Receives Grant from SDGs Partnership Fund to Support Ukrainians in Need

Icelandic health technology company Össur has been awarded a grant from the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ Sustainable Development Goals Partnership Fund for a project the company recently initiated in Ukraine.

28 June 2022

Five companies awarded grants from SDGs partnership fund

Five companies in the fields of health care technology, geothermal technology, and fisheries have received grants from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ Sustainable Development Goals Partnership Fund for development cooperation projects in Djibouti, Ethiopia, India, Vietnam, and Ukraine. The total allocation from the fund amounts to 72 million ISK.

15 June 2022

JEF Defence Ministers' statement: Finland and Sweden's application for NATO membership

Today, the Defence Ministers of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) – comprising Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK – met in Oslo.

08 June 2022

Defence Ministers of the Northern Group met in Reykjavik

Regional security in Northern Europe was the main topic of the ministerial meeting of the Northern Group which concluded in Reykjavik today.

08 June 2022

Joint statement on the limited resumption of Arctic Council cooperation

In response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a flagrant violation of the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, based on international law, the other Arctic Council founding states -- Canada, Finland, Iceland, the Kingdom of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the United States -- on March 3 announced a pause in their participation in the Arctic Council.…

08 June 2022

Joint Statement by the Ministers of Defence of the Northern Group

The Ministers of Defence of the Northern Group met in Reykjavík, Iceland, on 8 June, and gave the following statement.

24 May 2022

Statement by Nordic Ministers of Defence on Nordic Defence Cooperation

The Nordic defence ministers or their representatives met on 24 May 2022 on the island of Bornholm, Denmark, and gave the following statement:

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A small volcanic eruption in southwest Iceland

MAR Advisors to enhance profitability and quality of seafood in Vietnam with support from SDGs fund

RetinaRisk receives grant from SDGs Partnership Fund to prevent vision loss among people living with diabetes in India

Iceland accepts the protocols on the accession of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty

Verkís to explore direct geothermal utilisation in Djibouti

Össur Receives Grant from SDGs Partnership Fund to Support Ukrainians in Need

Five companies awarded grants from SDGs partnership fund

JEF Defence Ministers' statement: Finland and Sweden's application for NATO membership

Defence Ministers of the Northern Group met in Reykjavik

Joint statement on the limited resumption of Arctic Council cooperation

Joint Statement by the Ministers of Defence of the Northern Group

Statement by Nordic Ministers of Defence on Nordic Defence Cooperation

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