The Directorate of Fisheries draws attention to the fact that all special fishing permits must be applied for separately for each fishing year. Current permits expire on August 31 st.

Applications are now accepted for regional quota for the fishing year 2023/2024.

The forthcoming implementation of a new regulation on the operation of drones will require drone operators to register with the Civil Aviation Authority.

The NTÍ annual meeting will be held electronically at this time. The meeting will be broadcast from 12.00 to 13.00 and will be open to all.

Iceland Health recently conducted a survey of satisfaction and trust among users of healthcare centres in Iceland. The survey is part of the regular monitoring of services provided by Iceland Health on the basis of agreements with the institution. The results are useful for both Iceland Health, health authorities and the healthcare centres themselves for policy making, development and promotion of services.

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.

An application for the purchase of residential properties in Grindavík has been opened for individuals.

In October 2023 pre-registration and payment for passport applications became available on island.is. Since then, approximately 7,000 people have applied for a passport electronically, or about half of applicants.

District Commissioner's have been working for over a year to ensure that all procedures in death cases can be electronic. The electronic handling of death cases is one of a number of digital steps taken by the District Commissioner's to increase digital services where the user and his/her needs are put first.

Longer reponse time due to heavy workload and summer holidays