150 years since the Icelandic national anthem was composed in Edinburgh, First Minister Humza Yousaf met President of Iceland and Eliza Reid to discuss the strong historic and modern policy links between Scotland and Iceland 🇮🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hugely welcome visit to Scotland by Iceland‘s President Gudni Jóhannesson. Great opportunity to discuss further cultural, economic and regional cooperation between Northern European neighbours.
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Lord Cameron welcomed President of Iceland Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson to UK Government hub Queen Elizabeth House, during his state visit to Scotland.

They discussed:

🔵 the work of UK departments based there &
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🇮🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 We're excited to share that the President of Iceland, His Excellency Dr Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, is coming to the University. The lecture by President of Iceland examines the power and pitfalls of patriotism in a globalised world.

Book for free here: iceland-the-brave.eventbrite.co.uk/?aff=s

Many thanks to our UK colleagues for a productive 🇬🇧🇮🇸 bilateral dialogue, reflecting our excellent partnership, shared interests and values. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office UK in Iceland 🇬🇧🇮🇸

The Nordic Societies of Oxford and Cambridge Universities had their annual dinner this weekend at St. Hugh's College. Per tradition the Nordic Ambassadors were guests of honor at the dinner

Pictured are Ambassador Sturla Sigurjónsson with the presidents of the Nordic Societies

Iceland has, together with PACE, issued a call for nominations for the Vigdís Prize for Women's Empowerment.

The annual prize of 60,000 Euros will reward outstanding initiatives that promote the empowerment of women.

👉Deadline for submitting nominations is 15 February.

Today´s theme is “learning for lasting peace”. The world is seeing a surge of violent conflicts paralleled by an alarming rise of discrimination, racism, xenophobia, and hate speech. Education helps us remember, to progress and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.

All five Nordic Ambassadors gathered over breakfast in Dublin this morning. Thank you, Lars Thuesen for hosting!
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Secretary General Jacqui Mccrum was delighted to meet earlier today with Iceland’s Ambassador to Ireland, Sturla Sigurjónsson. They had productive discussions on common areas of interest and priorities, including shared critical undersea infrastructure.

Development and the longstanding relationship between Iceland and Malawi were among the topics of discussion at a recent meeting between Ambassador Sturla Sigurjónsson and HE Dr. Thomas Bisika, High Commissioner of Malawi to the United Kingdom

A further eruption has started on the Reykjanes peninsula

🔹It does not present a threat to life
🔹Nearby town has been evacuated
🔹No disruption to international or domestic flights
🔹All roads to Keflavik international airport are unaffected

More info: bitly.ws/39LpX

Iceland strongly condemns Russia’s appalling continued attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine. We are committed to sustain & expand our support. Ongoing Russian terror only serves to firm our resolve. Russia must face harsh consequences for its atrocities. #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦🇮🇸

Icelandic Civil Protection authorities have declared a state of emergency following increased seismic activity in Reykjanes Peninsula. As a precautionary measure the town of Grindavík (population 3669) was successfully evacuated last night and thankfully everyone is safe.

Ambassador Sturla Sigurjonsson was honoured to be present at the State Opening of Parliament earlier today, where HM The King delivered the Speech from the Throne.

Strong Iceland - UK relations and current international affairs were amongst the topics discussed by Ambassador Sturla Sigurjónsson and Leo Docherty, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Europe, at a meeting earlier today.

Today we repeat the event of the first full day women’s strike since 1975, marking the day when 90% of Icelandic women took the day off from both work and domestic duties, leading to pivotal change including the world’s first female elected president of a country #kvennaverkfall

Yesterday Governor Asgeir Jonsson of Central Bank Iceland discussed current economic challenges and building long-term resilience in the Icelandic economy during our in-person roundtable at the Embassy of #Iceland , London.

Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon was pleased to welcome Icelandic Agriculture Minister Svandís Svavarsd to Scotland today.

They discussed opportunities for mutual learning on sustainable agriculture, food production and the marine economy.

Iceland is proud to have contributed to the establishment of the international #EqualPayDay celebrated today. The gender pay gap is rooted in systemic inequalities. It is high time for #equalpay ! Across all regions, women are paid less than men. We need awareness to change.