The European Medicines Agency’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has initiated a safety review of chickenpox vaccines following a fatal case of encephalitis in Poland after vaccination with Varilrix.

A new type of grant for electric car purchases took effect in 2023-2024. The grants are intended to support energy exchange and promote more environmentally friendly transport.

The December bonus for old-age and disability pension and medical- and rehabilitation allowance will be paid on December 1st along with the monthly allowance to our clients.

The Chief Epidemiologist’s respiratory infections dashboard has been updated with data for weeks 15-17 of 2025 (April 7 – April 27, 2025).

Those who are preparing an application for a pension from TR and want to get more information can follow the following video of a presentation that was given at the TR briefing held on February 12th.

On 10 November, the Judical Administration adopted rules on the delivery and access to audiovisual recordings of the District Courts and the Court of Appeal. The rules will take effect on 1 January 2023.

The results of a scientific article recently published in the journal New Forests indicate that the natural regeneration of Lodgepole pine can be a promising option for rehabilitating severely degraded land in Iceland and sequestering carbon. The study shows that the pine can quickly regenerate naturally into barren areas but spreads slowly where there is dense vegetation or moss cover. The article's authors believe that the spread of the pine is easy to control.

Application deadline is June 13 (2026) at 15:00 GMT.

On the occasion of International Day of Sign Language, we posted these videos with the speakers of ÍTM on SignWiki.