The Directorate of Fisheries is looking to hire an expert in the field of Salmonid fisheries management.

Icelandic Health Insurance, the Ministry of Health and the Healthcare Institution of East Iceland signed an agreement yesterday on ophthalmology in East Iceland. The agreement guarantees this service to residents in East Iceland.

Now, those who have sold their houses in Grindavík to Þórkatla can make a contract regarding use of the house, a so called right of use agreement.

The Directorate of Health will be closed on Thursday, 21 March.

The District Commisioners and the National Registry in cooperation with Iceland.is have now opened for pre-registration and payment for syslumenn.is

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On Sunday, 3 December, a ceremony occurred at Bessastaðir, where Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, President of Iceland, presented an award on Prevention Day 2023. Alma D. Möller, the Medical Director of Health and the President, gave a speech.

The board of Þórkötlu has now approved the purchase of 263 properties in Grindavík and the owners of the properties concerned have received confirmation to that effect.

Fjóla Björnsdóttir, specialist in general medicine, has been employed in a 75% position at the psychiatric ward at the hospital in Akureyri, as of 1 October 2024.

Ragnheiður Diljá Gunnarsdóttir a midwife at Infant and Toddler healthcare at HSN Akureyri is the Main Coordinator for Children's Prosperity at HSN. The Main Coordinator's role is to monitor and support the implementation at all HSN locations, to be a guide for others and to coordinate procedures.