The Directorate of Fisheries has compiled information on vessels and sent them to the functional mailbox of parties that have vessels that have not yet complied with fishing obligations, i.e. to fish 50% of the allocated catch limit and the catch limit that was transferred from the previous year.

The Icelandic language test for citizenship was held from 14 to 31 May. It is a pleasure to report that 90% of the 460 who took the test met the basic requirements for Icelandic knowledge for Icelandic citizenship.

The reception center for applicants for international protection has been relocated from Bæjarhraun in Hafnarfjörður to Egilsgata 3 in Reykjavík.

Applications for grants are being made to the Memorial Fund for the couple Bergþóra Magnúsdóttir and Jakob Júlíus Bjarnason.

A tiny capsule containing radioactive material has been found

The other day, a group accident drill was held in which responders from all over Northwest Iceland participated, but the drill was initiated by the local police.

The annual Icelandic Forestry Conference will be held in Hof, Akureyri, 20-21 March under the title Forest Resources - Infrastructure and Planning. About 140 people are registered to the event.

An innovation meeting was recently held by the Government of Iceland where Guðný Stella Guðnadóttir, a geriatrician at the Healthcare Institution of South Iceland, had a message about HSU Hospital at home, an entrepreneurial project which is currently being implemented.

GEV has now completed an investigation into a serious unexpected incident that occurred at a treatment home run on the basis of the Child Protection Act no. 80/2002. According to the Quality and Supervisory Agency of Welfare Act no. 88/2021 (the GEV Act), the administration is required to publish inspection reports, or extracts from them, in an accessible and organized manner. Taking into consideration the privacy concerns of the person concerned, GEV does not believe it is possible to publish the report in its entirety but an extract will be published on the GEV website.

Applications are now accepted for regional quota for the fishing year 2023/2024.