1+ day, 9+ min ago   (337+ words) Iceland plans to reduce the number of police offices while strengthening the capacity of the remaining commands under a major restructuring due to be presented in November. The changes form part of Justice Minister Þorbjörg S. Gunnlaugsdóttir’s 17-item legislative agenda…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (257+ words) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stopped in Iceland on Wednesday on his way to Canada, meeting Foreign Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir at Keflavík International Airport. The talks focused on Ukraine’s preparations for winter, particularly air defence and energy infrastructure, as Iceland…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (223+ words) Iceland’s government has confirmed that it will not continue accession negotiations with the European Union following Saturday’s referendum. Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir said the result would be respected and that the issue would not move forward during the current government’s…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (282+ words) Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide says Iceland’s No vote makes the European Economic Area agreement an even more important framework for the country. In an interview with mbl.is, Eide said it is becoming increasingly difficult to be a…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (164+ words) By 06.47 Sunday, RÚV called the result determined. With final results in the Southwest Constituency arriving later, RÚV confirmed that 52,8% had voted No, while 47,2% had voted Yes. The referendum asked whether Iceland should restart accession negotiations with the European Union. It…...

2+ week, 15+ min ago   (217+ words) Iceland’s referendum result is politically decisive but legally more limited than a membership vote would have been. The ballot was advisory and asked only whether accession negotiations should restart; it did not ask Icelanders whether to join the European Union....