District commissioners were tasked with overseeing the digital implementation of the project, which enabled residents of Grindavík to sell their housing to the government under certain conditions. Applicants could subsequently fill out an application on Ísland.is.

Registration is open for the traffic convention, which will be held on Friday 20 September at Gamla Bíó.

We are extremely proud to introduce Orðatorg, which marks a turning point in publishing material for teaching Icelandic as a second language.

The Directorate of Labour has now opened an application and payment system for applicants for temporary support for the payment of wages for those who have not been able to perform their work in Grindavík.

There are about 14 occupational therapists working at Akureyri hospital - and one quadriplegic. They take care of clients in rehabilitation at Kristnes, in SAk's emergency wards and in the psychiatric ward.

Recently, 400 downy birch trees of the 'Embla' cultivar were planted in Tumastaðir, Fljótshlíð, Iceland. The primary objective of this initiative is to procure superior-quality birch saplings for prospective cultivation endeavors. The 'Embla' cultivar is the culmination of meticulous breeding initiatives, engineered to cultivate a rectilinear-growing Icelandic birch with an exceptional growth trajectory.

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.

The employees of Lands and forests did well in the national campaign Lífshlaupið, which has just ended. The institution was placed eighth in the category of institutions with 70-149 employees. Thirteen teams showed up for the Lands and forests game and the team The Gold Diggers showed the best performance.

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.

HSU in Selfoss // Björk Steindórsdóttir, chief midwife