On Sunday, 3 December, a ceremony occurred at Bessastaðir, where Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, President of Iceland, presented an award on Prevention Day 2023. Alma D. Möller, the Medical Director of Health and the President, gave a speech.

A comprehensive history of the Gunnarsholt farm in Rangárvellir has been published in a book by Sveinn Runólfsson, a former Director of the Icelandic Soil Conservation Service. To celebrate this occasion, the author and the publishing house Sæmundur are hosting a celebratory event marking the publication in collaboration with Land and Forest Iceland.

A temporary ban on bottom trawling fishing in Barðið by Halinn came into force at 22:00 on 4th of September and will expires on the 26th of July 2022.

Every month, approximately 70 thousand individuals receive payments from TR and for part of the group, namely those with low payments, it can be more economical to receive one payment once a year. Thus, the rights of the person concerned are calculated annually based on the tax return of the last year and one payment is received afterwards.

will be held on 22 November 2023.

Services for applicants for international protection have been transferred from the Directorate of Immigration to the Directorate of Labour. The changes took effect on July 1st.

The Directorate of Fisheries has processed applications for Class A vessels in accordance with Regulation 725/2020 on the allocation of 4,000 tonnes of additional fishing allowances for mackerel.

This morning, employees of the port State control detained the container shipping vessel Vera D (IMO 9290177) flying the flag of Portugal, following an incident that occurred yesterday in Akureyri.

The annual farewell party for retiring staff of Akureyri Hospital (SAk) was held 24 May.

The Communication Centre offers a number of courses in Icelandic sign language in the autumn of 2024.