Icelandic Customs participated in an international Europol operation targeting the trade and import of illegal medicines, with support from the Icelandic Medicines Agency.

If you have not yet registered your vehicle’s mileage this year, you must do so to avoid a late registration fee. Those who have already registered this year or have a valid registration from 2025 do not need to take any action.

In April, an awareness campaign will be launched regarding the registration of next of kin in patients’ medical records. The aim of the initiative is to raise patients’ awareness of next-of-kin registration and encourage them to update the information as needed.

The Healthcare Institution of North Iceland (HSN) will host a Science and Education Day for the first time on Wednesday, 20 May 2026. The event will be held in the Hamrar hall at the Hof Cultural and Conference Centre in Akureyri and will begin at 12:30 p.m.

Iceland’s national greenhouse gas inventory for 2024 has now been submitted. Continuous efforts are undertaken to improve the completeness and accuracy of the land use, land-use change and forestry part of the inventory. In addition, a range of research activities across Iceland contributes to strengthening the scientific basis of the estimates. The main improvements in the latest submission relate to wetlands, grazing land on mineral soils and cultivated land. The main improvements in the latest submission relate to the Wetlands, grazing land on mineral soils, and Cropland categories.

A diverse group of stakeholders gathered at a seminar on carbon markets titled Market Conditions and Financing of Nature-Based Solutions, held at Kjarvalsstaðir in Reykjavík on Thursday, 30 October. Participants agreed that there is a need to strengthen the framework for carbon projects and reduce uncertainty so that such projects can be seen as attractive options—both as climate actions and as investment opportunities.

New legislation was passed in Althingi yesterday which entails new criteria for determining annual increases in social insurance.

About 140 people take part in the Icelandic Forestry Conference 2026 which takes place at Stracta Hotel Hella on 18–19 March. The theme of the first day is the life in the forest. The theme touches on various aspects of life in the forest such as forest ecosystems, ongoing quality work in forestry and the relationship between people and forests. The second day features a diverse range of presentations on various forestry-related topics. The Conference will be streamed online.

Changes in the administration of assistive devices to improve service, shorten waiting times, and increase efficiency in application processing.

Representatives of the Friends of the Hospital visited the Department of Internal Medicine today and presented the staff with a bouquet of flowers and a message of sympathy following the passing of Sólveig Hulda Valgeirsdóttir, former head of the department.