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Minister of Health Alma D. Möller visited the West Iceland Healthcare Institution (HVE) on 13 August.

The European Union has launched a public consultation on ways to simplify the recognition of qualifications and skills of individuals from non-EU countries who wish to work in the Union. The deadline to participate in the consultation is 27 February.

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims to be held on November 16. Events will take place at several locations around the country. This year, special attention will be given to seat belt use.

The Icelandic National Radiation Safety Authority (‘IRS) has been monitoring the development of the situation in Iran closely since the Israeli air strikes on several nuclear installations on 13 June. The US then attacked three nuclear installations in Iran on 22 June, including two installations with centrifuges for uranium enrichment.

On Friday, March 10th, the Supreme Court received a visit from a Masters Degree Law Student in European Law at the University of Iceland.

The board meeting of the National Archives was held last week, the third meeting of the year. It was the last meeting of the current chair of the board, Anna Agnarsdóttir. At the end of the meeting, she was presented with flowers and thanked for her hard work over the past eight years, which is the maximum number of years serving on the board.

As of 1 June 2026, follow-up on the following existing requirements for the registration of crews on passenger vessels and passenger boats will be increased, and their implementation will be formally integrated into the seafarers’ registration system, Skútan. The aim is to ensure a harmonised application of regulations and to further strengthen the safety of passengers and crew.

Bergþór Steinn Jónsson, an emergency medicine specialist at Akureyri Hospital (SAk), was among the participants in a new European study on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests – the European Registry of Cardiac Arrest Study THREE (EuReCa-THREE) – which was recently published in the journal Resuscitation.

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