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
Posted on 15 December 2011.
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
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Posted on 14 December 2011.
Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur Skarphéðinsson, met today with Dr. Riad Malki, the Palestinian Foreign Minister. Read the full story
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Posted on 13 December 2011.
Following Iceland’s decision to become the first, and so-far only, Western nation to officially recognise the Palestinian State, the disputed nation’s foreign minister will tomorrow touch down in Iceland for a two-day official visit. Read the full story
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Posted on 30 November 2011.
The Parliament of Iceland has approved a resolution put forth by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Össur Skarphéðinsson, in which the government is entrusted with recognising an independent and sovereign State of Palestine within the pre-1967 Six Day War borders. Th Read the full story
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Posted on 27 October 2011.
Denmark’s foreign minister has criticised a decision by Israel to start building a new settlement in East Jerusalem. Read the full story
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Posted on 19 October 2011.
A notorious Palestinian gang member and drug dealer will be deported from Denmark, despite his bid to remain in the country with his wife and eight children. Read the full story
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Posted on 27 September 2011.
The Icelandic government next week intends to put a parliamentary resolution for debate before Althingi that Iceland should recognise Palestinian independence, the country’s foreign minister told the UN yesterday. Read the full story
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Posted on 22 July 2011.
Activists on the Swedish Ship to Gaza have claimed that a cyber attack on their website is the latest attempt to sabotage the aid mission of the Freedom Flotilla II. Read the full story
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Posted on 11 July 2011.
Ossur Skarphedinsson, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, and his entourage had their trip to Gaza interrupted yesterday when Israeli soldiers obstructed the path of their cars with large rocks. Read the full story
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Posted on 10 July 2011.
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
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Currency exchange privacy case thrown out of Icelandic court
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Murder in Hafnarfjörður
