The latest issue of EPI ICE touches on healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial use in the EU/EEA and respiratory infections in Iceland during the season of 2023-2024.

Broken link to a document from the Directorate of Fisheries in the digital postbox Ísland.is.

Assisting refugees from Ukraine to enter the labour market in Iceland has been a success.

Remotely Piloted Aircrafts will be used for monitoring by the Directorate of Fisheries in September and we would like to ask fishermen to keep in mind that all recordings are carefully examined and fish that goes overboard is species analyzed.

Mandates for the VOR system need to be renewed as the old mandates will cease to function on August 14th. Expect disruptions to the system on that day due to an update.

The Directorate of Fisheries draws attention to the fact that deadline for moving catch quota between vessels in the 2023/2024 fishing year is the 16th of September.

HSU in the Westman Islands / Una Sigríður Ásmundsdóttir, Head of Nursing at Hraunbúðir, the residence and nursing home of HSU in the Westman Islands

The Social Affairs Minister’s bill on temporary support for wages due to natural disasters in Grindavík was approved by the Icelandic parliament, Althingi, on 27 November.

In light of the uncertainty that exists due to the circumstances in Grindavík, the Directorate of Labour would like to make the following statement.

A Nordic point-of-sight conference was held from 25 - 26 October at the Blind Society's house in Hamrahlíð 17. Participants from Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden attended the conference, as well as several participants from Teams.