On November 22nd, 2022, an agreement was signed with Öryggismiðstöð Íslands on the purchase of instruments and the rental of software for remote healthcare services. This is a major milestone and a revolution in improving the services of HSU and enhancing the new geriatric and home health services.

Digital Iceland projects just won two awards at the Icelandic Web Awards.

We are extremely proud to introduce Orðatorg, which marks a turning point in publishing material for teaching Icelandic as a second language.

Class A vessels can apply for an additional mackerel authorizations until 10th of September.

Here you can see the schedule of the Session and more information about the Session, which will be held on Friday, 20 September.

The Icelandic Transport Authority has opened its website to Island.is. The aim is for the new website to be user-friendly, to communicate information clearly, and to make services more accessible.

Recently, 400 downy birch trees of the 'Embla' cultivar were planted in Tumastaðir, Fljótshlíð, Iceland. The primary objective of this initiative is to procure superior-quality birch saplings for prospective cultivation endeavors. The 'Embla' cultivar is the culmination of meticulous breeding initiatives, engineered to cultivate a rectilinear-growing Icelandic birch with an exceptional growth trajectory.

The District Commissioners are the first institutions to move its website to Ísland.is. The website syslumenn.is was closed in May 2021 and all the content had been moved to a new landing page for the District Commissioners of Iceland.

In week 42 (October 14-20), 29 people were diagnosed with COVID-19, either through PCR testing or clinical diagnosis (a doctor’s diagnosis without lab tests), a similar number to the previous week.

The 2024 Annual Icelandic Forestry Conference will be held in the Cultural House Hof in Akureyri on 20-21 March. Applications for talks and posters for the second day of the Conference are now open as well as for posters which will be on display during the event.