The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture awards annually a number of scholarships to foreign students for study of the Icelandic language, literature and history at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík.

A new Cabinet was unveiled in Iceland on 31 December. During the reshuffle former finance minister Mr Steingrímur J. Sigfússon was named Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture as well as Minister of Economic Affairs. Mrs Oddný G. Harðardóttur was promoted into Cabinet as Minister of Finance. Mr Jón Bjarnason, Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture, and Mr Árni Páll Árnason, Minister of Economic Affairs, stepped down from the Cabinet. Other ministers retained their posts.

Encouraging a nation-wide participation, The President of Iceland, Olafur Ragnar Grimsson has invited tourists to enjoy pancakes at his home in an effort to make tourists feel welcome in Iceland.

Keilir Aviation Academy announces "The first Winter Operation Forum", presented in partnership with AirTransportNews, ACI, AEA, SITA, Icelandair and the Ministry of Interior and Transport in Iceland.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed and approved on Friday the sixth and final review of Iceland's Economic Recovery Programme, supported by a Stand-By Arrangement, making the country the first to complete such a program following the international financial recession. The objectives have been met and the successful collaboration between Iceland and the IMF has drawn considerable attention.

An exciting programme in Harpa on August 20th from 13 until midnight culminating in the lighting of the glass facade by artist Ólafur Elíasson thirty minutes before the firework display.

The Snorri Sturluson Icelandic Fellowships are granted to writers, translators and scholars (not students) in the field of humanities from outside Iceland, to enable them to stay in Iceland for a period of at least three months, in order to improve their knowledge of the Icelandic language, culture and society. Application information.

Iceland is the world's most peaceful country according to the Global Peace Index 2011. There is minimum risk in almost all categories, including the one addressing the degree to which political instituions are sufficiently stable to support the needs of its citizens, businesses and overseas investors.

The Department of Civil Protection has abated emergency levels to normal. Volcanologist Steinunn Jakobsdóttir at the University of Iceland, told AFP News, that no volcanic activity has been detected since 28 May.

Utankjörfundaratkvæðagreiðsla erlendis vegna þjóðaratkvæðagreiðslu, um framtíðargildi laga nr. 13/2011 sem fram fer 9. apríl 2011, hefst 16. mars n.k. og fer fram í öllum sendiráðum Íslands.

Samkvæmt fréttatilkynningu innanríkisráðuneytisins 25. febrúar s.l. mun þjóðaratkvæðagreiðsla um Icesave-lögin fara fram 9. apríl n.k.

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir forsætisráðherra er í öðru sæti á lista fréttatímaritsins Time yfir tíu helsu kvenleiðtoga heims.

Spænsk-íslenska listamannatvíeykið Libia Castro og Ólafur Ólafsson hefur verið valið til að sýna fyrir Íslands hönd á Feneyjatvíæringnum, La Biennale di Venezia 2011.

Hönnuðurinn Katrín Ólína hlaut hin virtu Forum Aid Verðlaun í gær fyrir hönnun sína á Cristal Bar í Hong Kong, en verðlaunin eru stærstu norrænu verðlaunin innan hönnunar og arkitektúrs.

Í dag, mánudaginn 17. desember, fór fram samsráðsfundur embættismanna Íslands og Bretlands um öryggis- og varnarmál.

Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, utanríkisráðherra, tók þátt í reglulegum ráðherrafundi NATO í dag.

Mánudaginn 5. nóvember sl. fór fram fyrsti reglulegi samsráðsfundur embættismanna á grundvelli samkomulags Íslands og Danmerkur um samstarf á sviði öryggis- og varnarmála.

Í morgun gafst aðildarríkjum NATO kostur á að bjóða fram flugsveitir til loftrýmisgæslu við Ísland

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Á mánudag hitti Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, utanríkisráðherra, framkvæmdastjóra NATO, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer