A proposal for the 2022 East Fjords Coastal Zone Plan is available, presented according to Article 12 of the Law on the Planning of the Sea and Coastal Regions No. 88/2018. The plan proposes a policy for the use of an area that covers the fjords and bays from Almenningsfles in the north to the Whites in the south.

All processes that drivers, driving instructors, and driving schools use through driving studies are now digital.

The Teddy Bear Hospital will be open for injured or sick teddy bears on Saturday October 28th. Teddy bears and their owners are welcome at the HSN Akureyri Health Care Center, where medical students receive them.

Remotely Piloted Aircrafts will be used for monitoring by the Directorate of Fisheries in June 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.

A digital application for parental leave is now also open to expectant parents who are studying, who are out of the labour market, and those who receive unemployment benefits.

The number of customers who received payments in December is 74,475, including 45,407 (61%) women and 29,068 (39%) men.

Digital Iceland projects receive 7 nominations for the Icelandic Web Award this year.

In accordance with Act No. 54/2023, Social Security payments will increase by 2.5% from 1 July 2023. The change in the monthly payments will be determined by the income of those who receive co-payments from TR.

Sigurður Ingi Jóhannesson has now appointed Magnús Jóhannesson as chair of the regional councils for the development of coastal planning in the East Fjords and West Fjords.

The Directorate of Health recently published a revised version of official recommendations on physical activity and the limitation of sedentary time. Recommendations on physical activity for people with disabilities were, for the first time, a particular item in the publication.