The cargo ship Fethiye-M was detained on Monday 5 February 2024

The ban is valid until 19:00 on 17 March 2024.

Ban on fishing with bottom trawl at Berufjarðarálshorni.

Coastal fishing starts tomorrow, May 2nd, and the Directorate of Fisheries would like to draw attention to the rules applicable for fishing days and the catch counting for regional quotas in coastal fishing.

Icelandic Health Insurance has issued its first newsletter. In the future, it will be issued as many times as possible monthly and the goal is to provide information related to the operations and activities of the institution.

On an "Exciting Sunday," October 6 between 14 and 16, Land and Forest Iceland and the Icelandic Museum of Natural History will host an event about moss and moors at the National Museum of Natural History’s exhibition, “The Water in Iceland’s Nature” on the 2nd floor of Perlan in Reykjavík.

In June 2023, the Directorate of Health published updated Guidelines on good practice for physicians when prescribing addictive drugs. The guidelines are now being republished, with a slightly changed introduction. The Directorate of Health reminds physicians once again of these guidelines, which were first published in 2017.

Two new electronic requests have now been launched on Ísland.is.

Newsletter of Digital Iceland July 2023.

On 1 September 2024, amendments to the Medical Director of Health and Public Health Act came into force regarding, among other things, the reporting of serious incidents in healthcare.