Due to the landslide near the town of Grindavík, a previous ban on aircraft, including drones, in its vicinity has been extended until 15 December. Media will be granted conditional exemptions.

Class A vessels can apply for an additional mackerel authorizations until 10th of September.

The National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police, in consultation with the Chief Epidemiologist, has decided to cancel the uncertainty level of civil protection due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Applications are now accepted for regional quota for the fishing year 2023/2024.

The Food and Veterinary Authority has received a report of a suspected Brucella canis bacterial infection in a dog. Such infection has not been suspected before in Iceland. Brucella canis is the canis, which is a disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans. It should be noted that infection in humans with Brucella canis is rare.

Newsletter of Digital Iceland August 2023.

1.7 newborns per day

The digital journey and development of digital solutions align with the will and expectations of Icelanders in a recent survey.

On October 24th, an international day was dedicated to polio as a reminder of the efforts to eradicate it worldwide.

Fiskistofa, in collaboration with Ísland.is and Stefna, have been working on setting up new data pages.