Last Monday, Júlía G. Hreinsdóttir, the Head of Teaching at SHH, showed the educational material that SHH has been involved in, both for teaching Icelandic sign language and for teaching Icelandic sign language.

The annual report for 2023 has been published. It contains information on the activities of the National Archives of Iceland in the last year.

The health category has now taken its first steps in the Ísland.is app.

Now we need think about solar protection. With spring, the strength of the UV radiation from the sun increases. A so-called UV-index indicates the strength UV the radiation. It is recommended to protect yourself from the sun when the UV coefficient is 3 or higher. In Iceland, the UV coefficient can be 3 or higher from May to September.

The Directorate of Fisheries has allocated catch quota to vessels for the fishing year 2024/2025.

A call is open for applications for grants to the Bergþóra Magnúsdóttir and Júlíus Bjarnason Memorial Fund.

Coastal fishing season starts on Thursday, May 2nd.

On October 29th – 31st, ISAC received a visit from our partners at Swedac.

The Directorate of Labour has published the 2022 annual report of the Parental Leave Fund.

Results from a new Gallup survey show that around 8% of children aged 12-17 went to tanning beds once or more in 2023. This result does not differ significantly from the last survey conducted amongst the same age group, which was in 2016. The age limit for using tanning beds in Iceland has been 18 years since 2011. The reason for this is that using tanning beds increases the risk of skin cancer and the risk is greater for children and young people than for adults.