Consulate General of Iceland - Winnipeg, Canada

SÍM - The Icelandic Association of Visual Artist runs 2 residency apartments situated in 2 different places in Reykjavík. The residencies are applicable for Icelandic and foreign artists and the length of the stay is 1 -3 month. The Apartment / studio is now open for applications for the period July through December 2010. >>>

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

The Government of Iceland has decided to hold a national referendum on the so-called Icesave legislation, following broad consultations with both coalition and opposition parties as well as employers' associations and labor unions. The referendum is expected to take place late February. >>>

The President of Iceland has declined to sign a law authorising a state guarantee for repayment of loans provided by the UK and the Netherlands to the Depositors' and Investors' Guarantee Fund, intended to cover payment of the minimum deposit guarantees to depositors in the UK and Netherlands branches of the failed Landsbanki Íslands hf. Despite the President's decision, the government of Iceland remains fully committed to implementing the bilateral loan agreements and thus the state guarantee provided for by the law.

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HönnunarMars 2010 verður haldinn dagana 18.- 21. mars. Dagskrá HönnunarMarsins verður spennandi og glæsileg en fjöldi viðburða, áhugaverðra fyrirlestra og sýninga munu endurspegla fjölbreytileika íslenskrar hönnunar. >>>

The 120th Annual Íslendingadagurinn July 31 - August 3rd. >>>

Gimli Film Festival July 24 - 28, 2009 >>>

Canada Iceland Art Convergence April 24 - May 23, 2009 >>>

"The Nordic countries have every opportunity to be world leaders in innovative and climate-friendly energy. Investments in environmental technology and the sustainable use of energy resources will also create positive opportunities for growth," the Icelandic Prime Minister, Johanna Sigurdardottir, told a press conference held by the Nordic prime ministers on Thursday. >>>

The Nordic prime ministers fully support Iceland and are committed to helping the country out of its economic crisis, they told a press conference at the Blue Lagoon after their meeting on Thursday during the two-day Nordic Globalisation Forum. >>>

Gylfi Magnússon, Iceland's Minister for Business Affairs, reiterates in an Interview with the German newspaper, die Welt, that the Icelandic Government will honour its legal obligations abroad; the assets of Kaupthing Edge in Germany will almost certainly be sufficient for paying off depositors. >>>

The Icelandic Designer Katrín Ólína was handed over the Forum Aid Prize earlier this week. >>>

Please find information on the Exchange rate of the Central Bank of Iceland at the following website

www.sedlabanki.is/?PageID=183

A Government of the Social Democratic Alliance and the Left-Green Movement took office on February 1, 2009. >>>

As a modern globalised economy and an active participant in EU´s single market, Iceland was among the first to become seriously hit in this unprecedented financial crisis. >>>

The Minister of Health Mr. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson visited Manitoba and attended the Celebration of Iceland´s Independance Day in Winnipeg >>>

June 17 Concert in Winnipeg, Choir from Iceland >>>

Iceland´s Independance Day in Winnipeg - Wreath-Laying Ceremony- Jón Sigurdsson Statue, Legislative Building at 7:00pm >>>

The second annual Núna (now) festival, celebrating the contemporary artistic and cultural connection between Iceland and Canada    

www.nunanow.com             

 

On January 26 the Consul General Atli and his wife Þrúður, attended the first Ljósanótt Tribute Dinner, Honouring Dr. Ken Thorlakson for his significant contribution to Icelandic culture and heritage >>>

Dr. Bjarki Sveinbjörnsson - Lecture in Winnipeg November 27 - Scandinavian Centre 764 Erin St. at 8 P.M  >>>

Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Minister of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, delivered her first address on foreign affairs to the Icelandic Parliament on November 8 2007

www.mfa.is/speeches-and-articles/nr/3965

Sunday June 17 at the Legislative Building >>>

Sunday, 17 June, at 3:30 pm at The Winnipeg Art Gallery -  Free admission >>>

Hulda Stefánsdóttir The Neutral: In Motion Opening Thursday 5, 8:00pm. at Plug in ICA

www.plugin.org

www.nunanow.com

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Wednesday, April 11 7:30 Eva Clare - U of M School of Music Featuring Rising Stars from New York´s Juilliard School -   Víkingur Ólafsson Icelandic Pianist and Karen Ouzounian Armenian-Canadian Cellist >>>

Ragnheiður Gröndal from Iceland is performing at the "Inn at the Forks" >>>

Third annual Viking Golf Tournament at  "Links at the Lake" Golf Course in Gimli >>>

Saturday June 17 >>>

Opening reception: March 19, 2006, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Dr. Paul H.T. Thorlakson Gallery, The Iceland Reading Room, Elizabeth Dafoe Library. >>>

Tröllabundin Tour - Canada 2006, with Bill Bourne and Eivör Pálsdóttir Wednesday 22 march, at the West End Cultural Centre, Winnipeg Great Concert.  www.wecc.ca

Sigurður Flosason, Icelandic jazz saxophonist in Winnipeg >>>

Februar11.2006 Ron Halldorson Trio, Icelandic food. >>>

Thursday Feb. 9, 8pm. & Saturday Feb. 11, 8pm. >>>

A talk/tour by Louise Jonasson at Plug In Gallery. >>>