Recently, there have been reports of infections with monkeypox virus in several countries in Europe, e.g. the United Kingdom, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Sweden, but the disease has also been detected in the United States and Canada.

In 2022 The Directorate of Fisheries initiated the creation of a working group on innovations in electronic monitoring of fisheries with the participation of fisheries authorities in Canada, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and the UK.

The Directorate of Health is currently conducting an extensive study into the health and wellbeing of residents. Seventeen thousand people have been contacted and asked to answer an electronic questionnaire.

Digital Iceland is nominated in a category that focuses on Government & Citizen Engagement.

The Icelandic Sign Language Day was celebrated on 11 February, and the Icelandic Communication Centre for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired (SHH) organized a festival program at the Reykjavík Art Museum to mark the day. The festival was organized in collaboration with the Icelandic Sign Language Committee and the Ministry of Culture and Commerce. The Minister of Culture and Commerce presented honorary awards, along with the premiere of a sign language song and a video from sign language children.

Brynja Hrafnkelsdóttir, an expert at Land and Forest, will be leading a four-ECT module on the health of plants, which will start on 21 August at the Icelandic Agricultural University’s Re-Education Programme.

Icelandic Health Insurance has announced plans to enter into agreements on public health-related actions with private health companies.

Newsletter of Digital Iceland October 2023.

In a new summary the frequency of respiratory infections and their complications is reviewed and the situation in Iceland compared to the situation in Europe.

The last date for submitting a request for transfer of quota shares in the fishing year 2022/2023 is 31 July 2023.