The sole remaining structure at the abandoned Víðidalur farm in the Fjöll region of Northeast Iceland succumbed to the recent storm on Wednesday. This corrugated iron-clad wooden building served as a temporary shelter for sheep during the autumn sheep-gathering season. Moving forward, a roofless enclosure will be utilised at the location instead. The debris from the collapsed structure has been largely cleared away, ensuring that any remaining building materials are secured against further dispersal.

Remotely Piloted Aircrafts will be used for monitoring by the Directorate of Fisheries in October 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 Directorate of Fisheries has compiled information about the catch and fishing of last fishing year.

In the survey, Institution of the Year, which measures staff satisfaction with their workplace, Health East Iceland ranks as the highest healthcare institution nationwide for the second year in a row.

The update of the VOR system will take place on Monday 22nd of January between 10 -11 am and we recommend that users do not work on the system during this time.

From 18 September, we will open the TR service center in Hlíðasmára 11 and telephone consultation at 10.00 and have open until 15.00 every weekday.

Applications for seal hunting licence for own consumption for the year 2025 are now open.

The GEV review of the quality of child protection services in Borgarbyggð revealed, among other things, blurred procedures, lack of instructions to staff and violations of the procedures of the Child Protection Act.

Key healthcare indicators are published for the first time today and the indicators are discussed in the newly released Talnabrunnur, electronic newsletter on health information.

Applications for coastal fishing permits were opened last week and already we have received applications for over 200 vessels.