Individuals who wish to hold bonfires and/or fireworks displays on New Year's Eve and/or on the 6th of January are encouraged to apply for permits in a timely manner.

The renovation of the psychiatric ward in the Akureyri Hospital will begin in early August.

Visits to the internal medicine ward temporary closed for visits.

The graduation of the School for emergency medical technicians was held at the Icelandic Air Museum in Akureyri on Friday, May 31st.

A joint press release from the Directorate of Fisheries, the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority, and the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute on the status of origin analyses of caught salmon.

The Directorate of Fisheries, the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority, and the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute have been collaborating on research and fishing of suspected farmed salmon in several rivers in recent days.

The Directorate of Fisheries has allocated capelin quota to Icelandic vessels.

The Directorate of Fisheries recently received the 2025 Gender Balance Award. This is the third time the Directorate has received the award, having also received it in 2023 and 2024.

In mid-September, representatives from the Directorate of Fisheries went on a work trip to the Faroe Islands and had working meetings with the staff of Vørn in Tórshavn

At the end of September, the Directorate of Fisheries' surveillance division received a special guest from Greenland.