Ban on fishing with bottom trawl in Djúpál. The ban will take effect at 18:00 o'clock on the 17th of January 2024 and will remain effective until 18:00 o'clock on the 31st of January 2024.

The NTÍ Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday 25 May at least from 11.30 to 13.00 at the Grand Hotel in Reykjavík. The meeting will be streamed live

As of November 1st 2022, changes will be made to phone consultation and messages through Heilsuvera with these physicians in team work, Valur Helgi Kristinsson, Arngrímur Vilhjálmsson, Kristrún Erla Sigurðardóttir and Hafdís Alma Einarsdóttir.

A dashboard showing statistics on the health workforce in Iceland has now been published on the Directorate of Health's website.

Every year on the 12th of May, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, we celebrate International Day of Nurses.

Due to a possible volcanic eruption near the town of Grindavík on the Reykjanes Peninsula of Iceland a ban on drone flights in the vicinity of the town has been issued by the Police Commissioner of Suðurnes. The ban has already come into effect and will be valid till midnight on November 29th, 2023.

A women's strike has been called for on Tuesday 24 October 2023, urging women and the women, who can do so, to lay down paid and unpaid jobs.

Ban on fishing with bottom trawl north of Eldeyjarrost.

The Directorate of Fisheries has completed processing of bids submitted for the catch quota switch in October.

The Directorate of Fisheries has compiled information on results of the 70 infringement cases that were closed by decision in the last fishing year.