The Natural catastrophe insurance of Iceland (NTÍ) and Þórkatla have agreed on the prioritization of issues in Grindavík. Some of the houses that Þórkatla has bought in recent weeks in Grindavík have been damaged by the earthquakes. The purchase of around 720 residential buildings has been approved and a considerable part of them will have to go through a damage assessment by NTÍ, and some have already gone through such an assessment.

The residents are gradually moving into a new nursing home in Selfoss and are in the clouds with their new home, as the rooms are semi-detached suites.

Ísland.is is one of the 8 best public service portals in Europe and Iceland sits in 7th place when it comes to digital public service.

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.

Ash Wednesday is tomorrow and SAk welcomes singing teams to the pediatric ward.

Iceland Health has set up web services to receive electronically the following applications for participation by Iceland Health in dentistry.

National Electoral Commission archive key approved. The National Electoral Commission is considered to be a party required to deliver in the sense of item 3. Paragraph 1, Article 14 of Act No. 77/2014 on Public Archives.

The 2024 Annual Icelandic Forestry Conference will be held in the Cultural House Hof in Akureyri on 20-21 March. Applications for talks and posters for the second day of the Conference are now open as well as for posters which will be on display during the event.

Around 326 damage claims have been received in connection with the earthquakes in Grindavík last November. 251 on properties have been inspected and 14 inspections are scheduled for friday and monday

NordGen Forest and partners are happy to invite you to a Nordic forest conference entitled "Forest regeneration in the north – the past, the presence and the future". The conference will be arranged by NordGen and partners in Santa’s Hotel Santa Claus Rovaniemi, northern Finland, 18-19 September 2024.