Remotely Piloted Aircrafts will be used for monitoring by the Directorate of Fisheries in March and we would like to ask fishermen to keep in mind that all recordings are carefully examined and fish that goes overboard is species analyzed.

The sunsetting of the older login on Ísland.is has been in process for almost two years. A new login option for public entities has been developed, which is both more secure and more scalable.

The Directorate of Fisheries has allocated catch quota to vessels for the fishing year 2024/2025.

Yesterday, Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Minister of Social Affairs and Labour, and Unnur Sverrisdóttir signed an agreement on the Ministry’s funding of ISK 25,000 to the pilot project Roadmap.

In a first phase, communication with applicants for Icelandic citizenship will be digital

The Chief Epidemiologist has been informed by Landspítali today about a case of measles diagnosed in an adult who arrived from abroad on Wednesday, January 31st.

Around 326 damage claims have been received in connection with the earthquakes in Grindavík last November. 251 on properties have been inspected and 14 inspections are scheduled for friday and monday

The Chief Epidemiologist was informed last night of an adult in Northern Iceland diagnosed with measles. The individual noticed a rash on April 17th and sought medical attention on April 18th. Measles was suspected and later confirmed. The person is now isolating at home.

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.

Last week, an outbreak of E. coli (STEC) infection occurred among children at Mánagarður preschool in Reykjavík. Investigations into the source of the infection began on the same day the first diagnosis was made, with the preschool closing the following day.