The Directorate of Health and the Chief Epidemiologist have published an interactive dashboard with information on antibiotic use outside hospitals in Iceland.

A proposal for the 2022 East Fjords Coastal Zone Plan is available, presented according to Article 12 of the Law on the Planning of the Sea and Coastal Regions No. 88/2018. The plan proposes a policy for the use of an area that covers the fjords and bays from Almenningsfles in the north to the Whites in the south.

When NTÍ has received a notification of damage to property, an assessment request is sent to the assessor and requests that a damage assessment be carried out on the property in accordance with Act no. 55/1992 and regulation no. 770/2023 on NTÍ.

Land and Forest Iceland is calling for applications from non-governmental organisations for afforestation support in the name of Vorviður. The support is intended for forestry by general associations and organisations, not companies or institutions, and in the form of forest seedlings only. The deadline for applications is 12 April.

The Blind community, Sjónstöðin, the Sports Association for the Disabled and Reykjadalur, under the guidance of the University of Reykjavík, will hold skills camps for children and young people aged 9 to 25 from 11 to 13 October.

Newsletter of Digital Iceland September 2024.

District Commissioners and the National Registry of Iceland have now opened for pre-registration and payment for passport applications on Ísland.is.

The real estate company Þórkatla will base its rental prices for residential property in Grindavík on market rentals, taking into account the circumstances in Grindavík at any given time. It has been decided that rentals through this year will amount to 25% of market rentals in Suðurnes.

The Marine Research Institute has sent the Icelandic National Planning Agency, in accordance with Article 4a of the Law on Aquaculture, its proposal for the demarcation of farming areas for aquaculture in Arnarfjörður. This is the first proposal for farming areas that is prepared on the basis of this legal provision. The Marine Research Institute’s decision on farming areas is a prerequisite for the Minister of Fisheries to be able to allocate areas for aquaculture in the sea.

Newsletter of Digital Iceland August 2024.