Recently, an agreement was signed in our building on the development project Education Receives Culture (MEMM). It is intended to promote the acceptance and active participation of children of foreign origin in Icelandic society. The project is part of the Government's comprehensive vision on foreigners and the action plan on the issue of the Icelandic language.

The closing of the accounts for the year 2025 will be 31 January 2026.

The Planning Agency confirmed, on 16 July 2024, a minor change to the 2013-2030 Main Plan of Keflavík Airport, which was approved by the Planning Committee of Keflavík Airport for Area A and by the Icelandic Coast Guard for Area B, on 6 May 2024.

A new and improved website for Lögbirtingablað has been launched

The National Archives of Iceland is looking for a new Director of Operations. This is an exciting managerial position at a powerful cultural and administrative organisation that preserves documents on the history of the nation and leads the government's archives and records management.

From 1 January 2025, the National Labour Inspectorate will assume the role that the Directorate of Labour has had on the basis of the Law on Foreign Service Employees and duties, the Law on Temporary Workers and the Law on Workplace Certificates and Workplace Surveillance.

Iceland Health regrets that information for healthcare was mistakenly sent out to a limited group of service recipients and healthcare professionals, in connection with a change in the transmission of data. Processing was stopped as soon as the case was discovered.

Due to volcanic eruption near Grindavík, and necessary emergency and investigative flights, the Icelandic Transport Authority has, at the request of the Civil Protection Coordination Centre, prohibited drone flights in the area.

Three fintech solutions have met the Financial Management Authority's basic technical requirements in the project on digital data submission for the government's business cards, thereby completing the project's first phase. The solutions Kardio, Kortalausnir and Síminn Pay have therefore advanced to the next phase of testing.

The EDPB and the European Commission have adopted the first joint guidelines on the interaction of the GDPR with other regulations. Work is underway to clarify the interaction of additional regulations with the GDPR.