The Chief Epidemiologist´s dashboard on respiratory infections has been updated with data through Week 3 of 2025 (January 13–19, 2025).

The Directorate of Fisheries received news on the afternoon of the 13th of August that farmed salmon might have been caught in Haukadals River.

She holds a BSc degree in nursing from the University of Akureyri and a master’s degree in leadership and management with an emphasis on human resource management.

The enrollment of all new students moving from primary to upper-secondary school has been completed successfully. Thanks to concerted efforts by upper-secondary schools and the authorities, the process finished earlier than in previous years. In total, 5,131 new students applied for places in upper-secondary school for autumn 2025—454 more than last year.

At a well-attended Psychology Conference held at Hotel Reykjavík Nordica on 27 March, two psychologists from HSN, Anna Lilja Sigurvinsdóttir and Aðalheiður Jónsdóttir, delivered presentations.

Digital Iceland newsletter September 2025.

The European Court of Human Rights held an annual conference for the contact points of the highest courts of the Council of Europe member states from 6 to 7 June.

Follow battery rules when flying to keep everyone safe.

Mógilsá, by Kollafjörður, will continue to serve as a centre for forestry activities, even though Land and Forest will no longer maintain a permanent office there. The Icelandic Forestry Association will relocate its offices to the site in the near future, and the Reykjavík Forestry Association will also establish part of its operations there to begin with. An agreement to this effect was signed at the Forestry Conference held in Hella last week. Mógilsá will serve as a hub for forestry, education and community engagement.

Eleonora Bergþórsdóttir and Kristín Fjóla Fannberg have been hired as legal experts at the Icelandic Data Protection Authority.