At the Council meeting on 27 July, EU Foreign Affairs Ministers acknowledged Iceland's application for membership of the European Union and invited the Commission to submit an opinion on it. The Government of Iceland submitted its application to the current Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU in a letter dated on 16 July.
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and Parliament from 930 till 1799.
In 1844, it was transferred to Reykjavik.
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Thingvellir, meeting place of the Althingi, Iceland's tribunal
and Parliament from 930 till 1799.
In 1844, it was transferred to Reykjavik.
@ Andreas Tille, Wikimedia