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29 October 2020Embassy of Iceland in Washington DC

U.S. Iceland Economic Dialogue held for the second time

The United States and Iceland held their second Economic Dialogue earlier this week, on October 27. The Economic Dialogue was jointly established by Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson following their meeting in Reykjavik in February 2019.

01 October 2020

Foreign Minister of Iceland addressed the UN General Assembly

Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation of Iceland, stressed the importance of safeguarding and strengthening multilateral cooperation in his annual address to the United Nations General Assembly earlier this week.

11 September 2020

Call for action - International Equal Pay Day, 18 September

International Equal Pay Day will be celebrated for the first time this 18 September. On the occasion of this event the Equal Pay International Coalition (EPIC), of which Iceland is a member, hosts a virtual global event and Call to Action to encourage all labour market actors to take the necessary steps to ensure that equal pay is at the heart of recovery efforts worldwide.

04 September 2020

Joint Nordic Statement at a UNSC meeting on the situation in Belarus

Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Development Cooperation of Iceland, delivered a Joint Nordic Statement at a special meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Belarus today.…

18 August 2020

New rules on quarantine, isolation and screening at the border

Passengers arriving in Iceland on and after 19 August 2020 may choose either to submit to two screening tests for COVID-19, separated by five days’ quarantine until the results of the second test are known, or else not to undergo border screening but instead to spend 14 days in quarantine after arrival. The ministerial regulation announcing this takes effect as from midnight on 18 August.…

14 August 2020

Double border screening for all arriving passengers

The Government of Iceland has decided to impose more comprehensive border-screening measures as of 19 August. All arriving passengers must choose between a 14-day quarantine and a double testing procedure along with a quarantine for 5-6 days.

30 July 2020

Iceland takes precautionary measures

New clusters of domestic infections are being investigated. Gathering limit set at 100 individuals and continued emphasis on personal hygienic measures and individual responsibility

23 July 2020

Further easing of restrictions announced

No new domestic infections in the last three weeks and 11 active infections found in border screening during the same period. Local incidence in the past 14 days is 0, but 2,2 per 100 thousand when the border-screening cases are included.

16 July 2020

Revised list - residents of twelve non-EEA and Schengen states allowed to visit Iceland

European Union Member States have updated the list of countries for which travel restrictions at the external border should be gradually lifted. Two countries have been removed from the list: Serbia and Montenegro.

14 July 2020

Travellers from Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Germany to be exempt from screening and quarantine requirements

As of next Thursday, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Germany will be removed from the list of high-risk countries.

13 July 2020

Residents of fourteen non-EEA and Schengen states allowed to visit Iceland

Restrictions for residents of fourteen non-EEA and Schengen states will be lifted as of July 15, in line with the decision of EU Member States.

10 July 2020

Icelanders and residents in Iceland to take special precautions after arriving in Iceland

The Minister of Health has decided, based on the recommendations of the Chief Epidemiologist, that Icelandic citizens and residents of Iceland will have to take special precautions during the first five days after arrival in Iceland or until they can be tested for the second time for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.