Increased birth rate

As of 25th of April 2024 the longline discount for cod is terminated.

The Icelandic Sign Language Day was celebrated on 11 February, and the Icelandic Communication Centre for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired (SHH) organized a festival program at the Reykjavík Art Museum to mark the day. The festival was organized in collaboration with the Icelandic Sign Language Committee and the Ministry of Culture and Commerce. The Minister of Culture and Commerce presented honorary awards, along with the premiere of a sign language song and a video from sign language children.

Hjúkrun 2023 - The Nursing conference - took place at the end of September at the Hilton Reykjavík Nordica. The conference was organized by the Association of Icelandic Nurses in collaboration with the University of Iceland, the University of Akureyri, Landspítali and the health care centers of the capital region.

It has been decided to use the results of the research on housing assistance for disabled people to strengthen the internal supervision of the municipalities.

The Directorate of Fisheries has granted Landsvirkjun, for its part, license for expansion of Sigölduvirkjun.

A study on the iodine status of 2.5-year-old children in Iceland has begun under the auspices of the Directorate of Health, the University of Iceland, the Primary Health Care of the Capital Area and the Development Centre for Icelandic Health Care.

The Icelandic Natural Disaster Insurance (NTÍ) has been in the process of preparing a new solution to replace the current damage register.

In October 2023 pre-registration and payment for passport applications became available on island.is. Since then, approximately 7,000 people have applied for a passport electronically, or about half of applicants.

The horticultural School of the South Iceland College FSu will be holding a course in tree felling and chain-saw techniques 18 to 20 April in Vaglaskógur Forest, North-Iceland. The number of participants is limited to ten people.