Top: Regional: Europe: Iceland: Government and Politics

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Form of Govenrment

Constitutional democracy with a directly elected (but powerless) head of state. Elections are held every 4 years.


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International Organisations

Iceland has been a member of the UN, NATO and the Council of Europe since 1949, the Nordic Council since 1953 and is a member of the EFTA and thus of the EEA and the Schengen Agreement.


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Enviromental issues

The Alþing declared the country a nuclear free zone in 1985 and the country is a member of the Kyoto Agreement. 



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