The electronic test for additional driving licences (ÖR-próf) will begin on Friday 31 January.

Interested parties can submit their suggestions and views regarding the arrangement of the Digital Iceland framework agreement tender via a simple survey.

Today, Minister of Health Alma Möller, together with Guðmundur Viðar Gunnarsson and Hjalti Steinþórsson of GV-Gröfur, signed a construction contract with New Landspítali Ltd. (NLSH) for groundworks associated with the construction of a new inpatient ward at Akureyri Hospital. The contract was witnessed by Guðjón Hauksson, Chief Executive Officer of Akureyri Hospital, and Sigríður Inga Rúnarsdóttir, a registered nurse at the hospital.

Since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, rehabilitation services at Kristnes have had to be reduced, mainly due to staff shortages. At the same time, the growing patient-flow problem in the emergency departments at SAk has increasingly led to patients being directed to the rehabilitation unit at Kristnes.

The Directorate of Labour offers deaf immigrants a basic course in Icelandic Sign Language.

This is an important project to support individuals and families at the end of their lives.

Today, 2 February, marks World Wetlands Day. The protection and restoration of wetlands is one of the Icelandic government’s key measures in climate action, and preparations are underway for a wetland restoration initiative on state-owned land under the management of Land and Forest Iceland.

There is every reason to remind drivers who pass through Austurberg in Reykjavík to reduce their speed.

Land and Forest Iceland is recruiting research assistants for summer fieldwork, encompassing ecological monitoring and research in drylands, wetlands, and forests to support Iceland's climate accounting. We also require summer personnel for fencing projects in Northeast Iceland.

The Icelandic National Radiation Safety Authority (‘IRS) has been monitoring the development of the situation in Iran closely since the Israeli air strikes on several nuclear installations on 13 June. The US then attacked three nuclear installations in Iran on 22 June, including two installations with centrifuges for uranium enrichment.