Hildur Ösp Gylfadóttir has been hired as human resource manager at HSN.

The Minister of Justice has temporarily appointed Svavar Pálsson, the district commissioner of North East Iceland, as the district commissioner of East Iceland from November 1, 2024, to October 31, 2025.

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.

The plan is to negotiate with one party on responsibility for ambulance flights abroad.

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.

Every year a service survey among state institutions is conducted. This year Maskína oversaw the survey which was sent out in March, April and May. The number of participants was 4,904 people from all over the country, aged 18 and over. A total of 134 organizations were asked.

Digital Disability Card is now available in the Ísland.is app and on Ísland.is My Pages.

Increased birth rate in the first month of the year.

New data released earlier this week by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) suggest that European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries are not on track to meet their goal of reducing antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic use.

The 15th of October is the Day of the White Star; the Day of Confrontation and Awareness for the Blind and Visually Impaired. The Day is international and its purpose is to raise awareness of the issues of the blind and visually impaired, especially accessibility and the barriers to access that prevent them from living independently and being socially active.