Around 60 guests visited the National Archives on Friday 7 February and participated in a program dedicated to dissidents and punk in Icelandic society.

On 28 January, the Data Protection Authority held a seminar titled “Data Culture and the Security of Personal Data in a Modern Society”.

On January 10th, significant restrictions on air traffic at Reykjavík Airport were announced. These restrictions involve the closure of two runways during nighttime due to the impact of vegetation on approach and departure surfaces. The Icelandic Air Ambulance Center expresses serious concerns regarding these restrictions, as unrestricted access for air ambulances to Reykjavík Airport is, in many cases, a matter of life and death for critically ill and injured patients from large parts of the country.

Two best posters for a scientific project at the Landspítali Science Festival, Science in the Spring, in Hringsalur, on April 26, 2023, were awarded in kind. The writers of the awards are medical student Þórður Björgvin Þórðarson and PhD student Kirstine Nolling Jensen.

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Land and Forest Iceland (LOGS) is pleased to announce the commencement of afforestation and shelterbelt project application acceptance via our online service portal. A dedicated digital mailbox on island.is centralises applicant communication and key project data, streamlining project request administration. The application deadline is January 31st.

The number of applications that passed through the Iceland.is application system increased by 79% between years. The total number of applications in the system was around 300,000 in 2024.

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

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has issued guidelines on the transfer of personal data to authorities in third countries pursuant to Article 48 of the GDPR.

Iceland Health wants to inform you about the changed work procedure regarding the issue of medicinal product licences for certain medicinal products (R-labelled medicinal product licences).