Today, 4 January is International Date of the Letter. On 4 January 1809, Louis Braille was born in the small town of Coupvray, France.

Coastal fishing season starts on Thursday, May 2nd.

A COVID-19 vaccine will be ready for delivery from the distributor from today, 2 October. A vaccine that will be used for vaccinations in the winter of 2023–2024 according to contracts from the Ministry of Health is Comirnaty XBB. 1.5 vaccines.

The Welfare Committee has decided in cases 521, 530, 534 and 616/2021 that the holiday and holiday allowance should not result in a reduction in the part-time allowance in the month in which the payment of the holiday was made.

Annually, the Nordic archivists meet with senior managers to discuss specific issues. This year, the focus was on security in a broad sense.

Connecting the State is the annual conference of Digital Iceland on the digital future of the public sector, which will take place at Hilton Reykjavík Nordica as well as online - on 26 September 2024.

On February 3rd, the first case of measles was diagnosed in our country since 2019. Several groups of people were potentially exposed in the two days prior. Those who were unvaccinated and may have been in close contact with the infected person were offered vaccinations on Monday, February 5th.

Iceland has signed an agreement with the United Kingdom on the coordination of social security, which will apply in particular to old-age, invalidity, and survivor’s pensions, maternity or childbirth benefits, unemployment benefits, death benefits, sickness benefits and work accident benefits.

The application of bonemeal as a means of expediting land reclamation initiatives has proven highly successful in the southern region of Iceland, particularly in areas where the goal is to establish birch forests. A notable example is an area in Rangárvellir called Heiðarlækur, where the landowner has undertaken dedicated efforts in land reclamation and forestry endeavours. A recent video captured at Heiðarlækur in Rangárvellir showcases the methods employed for distributing bonemeal.

On 22 May 2022, a monkeypox had been confirmed in 59 individuals in nine countries in Europe (Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) and in addition 10 were suspected of being infected.