Information on absentee voting is abailable in a video.

Icelandic band Sigur Rós will perform in Ottawa, Montréal & Toronto in March 2013

As part of a focus on Nordic artists at this year’s Canadian Music week, several Icelandic artists have been invited to perform at the festival in Toronto.

The EFTA Court ruling on Icesave rejected all claims by the EFTA Surveillance Authority that Iceland should be declared in breach of the EEA Agreement. The Court rejected the claim that Iceland has breached the Deposit Guarantee Directive or has discriminated against depositors contrary to EEA law. It is a considerable satisfaction that Iceland´s defence has won the day in the Icesave case; the EFTA Court ruling brings to a close an important stage in a long saga.

On Saturday December 8, Ottawa will be one of several select cities to participate in this worldwide launch of Sigur Rós’s Valtari Film Experiment.

On Saturday, October 20th, a statue of Sigtryggur Jónasson was unveiled Riverton, Manitoba commemorating him as a national historic person.

Voters are reminded of the advisory referendum on the proposals submitted by the Constitutional Council for a new Icelandic Constitution.

Mr. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson spoke to Howard Green on the Business News Network about the current situation of the Icelandic economy.

On October 6th a presentation of a special window dedicated to the memory of the 352 Icelandic settlers took place.

This week around 70 representatives from the Arctic states will gather in Reykjavík for negotiations on a legally binding agreement on mutual assistance in the case of a marine oil spills in the Arctic.

Össur Skarphéðinsson, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, called for reform of the United Nations Security Council in his address to the UN General Assembly this weekend.

The Embassy will be closed for Thanksgiving on Monday, October 8.

Grandma lo-fi: The Basement Tapes of Sigríður Níelsdóttir is an icelandic documentary showcasing the talent of cult figure Sigríður Níelsdóttir who started recording, producing and publishing her own music in her seventies.

Minister for Foreign Affairs Össur Skarphéðinsson gave the opening address at a three day Conference of Arctic Parliamentarians (CPAR) in Akureyri last week.

The Embassy and our Honorary Consuls across the country have organized absentee balloting in which the nation decides on the changes to the Icelandic constitution as drafted by the Constitutional Council.

Between November 4-6 2012, Reykjavik will host the 5th edition of You Are In Control, a hothouse for creatives and thinkers interested in cross-platform explorations and ideas relating to future business models created by the digital revolution.

One of the most anticipated Nordic films of the year, Baltasar Kormákur's The Deep is a proud representative of Icelandic cinematography on this years Toronto International Film Festival.

The newly published Global Peace Index of 2012 from the international research organization Institute for Economics and Peace places Iceland and Canada among the four most peaceful countries in the world.

The Nordic and Baltic embassies of Canada have created a Canada-Nordic-Baltic Parliamentary Friendship Group.