World Hepatitis Day 2025

Minister of Health Alma D. Möller has decided to allocate ISK 50 million to six projects that support the objectives of the government’s Regional Development Plan to strengthen telehealth services. The projects will receive funding for the development and implementation of diverse solutions aimed at increasing access to specialist healthcare services, regardless of place of residence

Specialists Bjarki Ívarsson and Sigríður Margrét Möller will join the Department of Diagnostic Imaging at Akureyri Hospital on 1 April. With their arrival, the department will be fully staffed.

The capital area police are warning of thieves who have been traveling in the city centre in recent days.

Minister of Justice Þorbjörg Sigríður Gunnlaugsdóttir has appointed four new board members and four new alternates to the board of directors of the Data Protection Authority for a five-year term, starting on 10 June 2025.

Her Excellency, Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland, has taken on the role of patron for the annual Wellbeing Economy Forum, scheduled to be held at Harpa in Reykjavik on May 8–9, 2025.

The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has reprimanded Frontex, the European Border Agency, for violations of Regulation (EU) 2019/1896.

This year's Great Forest Day will take place on Saturday, June 21st and will begin with a logging competition and games for children at noon, while the formal program will commence at 1 p.m. in Mörkin.

Due to the weather forecast, the National Archives reading room will be closed on Thursday, March 26.