Today, Friday 13 March, marks World Sleep Day, which has been celebrated since 2008.

Land and Forest Iceland is seeking staff for full-time summer positions involving research and monitoring activities. The work may involve extensive outdoor fieldwork across the country. Appointments are primarily planned for duty stations in North Iceland, East Iceland and the Capital Region. The application deadline is 5 February.

Digital Iceland continues to develop and improve digital solutions with regular updates on both core services and individual digital services. With the latest update we introduce both new functionality and additions and fixes aimed at increasing security, improving user experience and simplifying service processes for both individuals and companies.

The Summer Festival for Sign Language Children and Their Families will take place on Saturday, May 9 from 10:30 to 12:30 at Klambratún.

The AI tool Skríban converts a doctor’s speech into a clinical note, allowing doctors to spend more time with each patient. Testing of Skríban is now underway at HSN in Akureyri.

Information for healthcare professionals

Icepharma Welfare hosted the conference The Future Is at Home – Key Steps for Icelandic Healthcare yesterday, focusing on how to empower individuals in their own healthcare journey and on the implementation of new solutions in Icelandic healthcare through welfare technology and new models of service delivery.

Inspectors are now required to record a remark during routine vessel inspections if a risk assessment on board is not in place.

In 2026 The Icelandic Transport Authority will host examiner standardisation courses for flight examiners on multi-crew aircraft (TRE/SFE/CRE) on the 12th of March and the 14th of October. A course for single-pilot aircraft examiners (FE) will be held on the 5th of March.

The Technology Development Fund has announced the results of its Autumn 2025 call. Seventy-two projects have been selected to enter grant negotiations.