According to the closing schedule, the General Ledger (GL) will be closed on 31 January 2026 for all periods of the year. This means that it will no longer be possible to post transactions to the financial system for the year 2025.

A new national standard on sustainable forestry has been published by Standards Iceland (Staðlaráð Íslands). This is the first Icelandic standard to set out harmonised requirements and guidance for sustainable forestry in Iceland. According to an agreement with Standards Iceland, users are not required to purchase the standard – it can be downloaded free of charge from the council’s website.

The catalogue is the core of the archive's operations, as it contains all information about the archives' collections—document records, loans, and more. In recent months, work has been underway to implement a new document registry system at the National Archives. Now, the launch of a new online catalogue is underway, which will replace the older one.

The Directorate of Civil Protection has been working to obtain information from the police authorities in the Nordic countries regarding the unmanned aircraft that flew at Kastrup Airport in Copenhagen and Gardemoen Airport in Oslo last night.

Following a comprehensive review by the Directorate of Health of the mental health services at Akureyri Hospital (SAk), extensive improvements have been initiated to enhance the services and improve conditions for both patients and staff. A targeted improvement plan has been systematically implemented with the aim of strengthening SAk’s mental health services.

This year, there have been 127 deportation cases at the border with Iceland at Keflavík International Airport.

For residence permit and citizenship applicants

Iceland officially became EUROCONTROL’s 42nd Member State on 1 January 2025, exactly a decade since the last Member State accession.

The General Assembly of the EA (European Co-operation for Accreditation) was held on 20-21 November in Estoril, Portugal.

A milestone in services for children and families in the region