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Icelandic president’s views on Icesave vex government minister


Ossur Skarphedinsson, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, believes the President of the Republic went too far when he recently criticised the government over the Icesave dispute in the foreign media. Read the full story

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Greenland PM on official visit to Iceland, oil and gas co-operation on the cards


The Greenlandic self-rule Prime Minister, Kuupik Kleist is on a three-day official visit to Iceland, which began yesterday. Read the full story

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Riga names city square after Iceland


The Latvian capital city has named a new square Iceland Square in commemoration of the fact that Iceland was the first country to recognise Latvian independence 20 years ago. Read the full story

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Iceland standing with Norway following attacks


Johanna Sigurdardottir, Prime Minister of Iceland, has conveyed her country’s condolences to her Norwegian counterpart and encouraged Icelanders to fly their flags at half mast following Friday’s bomb and shootings in the Oslo area. Read the full story

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Gunrunner Holck avoids Indian extradition


Notorious Danish gunrunner Niels Holck will not be extradited to India, after Denmark’s Director of Public Prosecutions rejected a call by the Indian government to appeal a Supreme Court ruling. Read the full story

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Angela Merkel meets with Icelandic PM in Berlin


Johanna Sigurdardottir, Prime Minister of Iceland, and the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel held a meeting yesterday in Berlin. Read the full story

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Icelandic FM on Palestinian visit


Iceland’s foreign minister is on his way to Gaza and the West Bank for a visit that is not scheduled to take in Israel. Read the full story

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NATO vice head on visit to Iceland


Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs met this week in Reykjavik with the NATO deputy chief. Read the full story

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Afghanistan ambassador food blog leaves bad taste


The Norwegian ambassador to Afghanistan has stirred up a storm of controversy by writing in a Foreign Ministry blog about his efforts to train his cook in Kabul to make him fancy French food. Read the full story

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Norwegian diplomats trained in black metal


The Norwegian foreign ministry has announced that it has begun training aspiring diplomats in True Norwegian Black Metal (TNBM), as the musical genre increasingly becomes a cornerstone of Norwegian culture. Read the full story

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