The evaluation of the contracts for coordinated reception of refugees by the GEV showed that there are discrepancies in the implementation of the service by the municipalities and that the contract for the service had to be clearer and more precise.

Since digital driving licences were made available in Iceland in the spring of 2020, 133 thousand individuals have downloaded this for their smartphones.

The Teddy Bear Hospital will be open for injured or sick teddy bears on Saturday October 28th. Teddy bears and their owners are welcome at the HSN Akureyri Health Care Center, where medical students receive them.

A total of 495 damage claims have been reported to NTI after the natural catastrophy in Grindavik. Assessment of 354 damage claims has been concluded, Assessors have started work on 138 cases and 3 new cases await processing. 430 of the total of 495 are damages to properties, 57 claims are for contents or liquid assets and 8 are claims of damage to utility systems in Grindavík.

The Akureyri Clinic

The European transport week, which starts on Monday 16 September and runs until 22 September, will feature many good events, with the theme this time being Public space – active modes of transport.

The song "Our Forest" by Hreinn Halldórsson was the winner of the Song Competition of the Great Forest Day, which was among the programme items at the festival held 22 June.

Over 500 damage claims have been reported to NTI for damages that has occurred after the disaster in Grindavik. Assessors on behalf of NTI have surveyed all properties that have been reported, save for very few properties, which owners have been unreachable.

Figures on drug-related deaths in 2023 have been published on the Directorate of Health‘s web. Drug-related deaths refer to death caused by intoxication by narcotic and addictive drugs and by pharmaceuticals.

The Marine Research Institute has sent the Icelandic National Planning Agency, in accordance with Article 4a of the Law on Aquaculture, its proposal for the demarcation of farming areas for aquaculture in Arnarfjörður. This is the first proposal for farming areas that is prepared on the basis of this legal provision. The Marine Research Institute’s decision on farming areas is a prerequisite for the Minister of Fisheries to be able to allocate areas for aquaculture in the sea.