Össur Skarphéðinsson

The Icelandic foreign minister will take control of the country’s Icesave defence preparations at the EFTA court; despite loud calls from the opposition to keep the case in the hands of the business and commerce minister. Read the full story

Össur Skarphéðinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, and Dr. Riad Malki, the Foreign Minister of Palestine, today formally confirmed the establishment of full diplomatic relations between Iceland and Palestine. Read the full story

Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur Skarphéðinsson, met today with Dr. Riad Malki, the Palestinian Foreign Minister. Read the full story

Iceland has made a reciprocal deal with Russia over the sale of dairy products which paves the way for the export of Icelandic products including skyr, butter and milk powder to the biggest country in the world. Read the full story

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

Icelandic foreign minister Ossur Skarphedinsson has told his Palestinian colleagues at their meeting this week in Ramallah that the Icelandic government is enthusiastic to support Palestinian independence, should the proposed motion be put before the United Nations this autumn. Read the full story

Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs says he is emphasising in Iceland’s EU accession talks that the Icelandic krona must be propped up by the European Central Bank immediately after Icelandic membership of the European Union and until Iceland adopts the euro, if and when that happens. The minister added that accession talks are likely to take longer than optimists had hoped. Read the full story

Johanna Sigurdardottir, Prime Minister of Iceland believes that this week’s Icesave talks in London were more positive than at first reported. Read the full story

Icelandic Foreign Minister Ossur Skarphedinsson met with his British counterpart, David Milliband this morning in London. Read the full story

Icelandic Foreign Minister, Ossur Skarphedinsson this evening said he believes it would be very difficult for the Nordic nations to freeze their loans to Iceland. Read the full story