We are delighted to announce that the permanent appointment of three specialists in general medical practice at HSN has been completed.

The stairwell in front of the maternity ward will be closed again on Tuesday 3 December due to construction work. People who need to go to the maternity ward must therefore use a lift through a cafeteria in the basement of the A-wing.

In the past week the Supreme Court was visited by the Nordic Embedsmandskomité for justitsspörgsmål.

In the following week, the Supreme Court received a visit from interns at the Danish and Swedish embassies in Iceland.

Unemployment rate in November was 3.7%

Work on preparing allocation for lumpfish, which is scheduled to take place at the end of January, is going well, and therefore we would like to emphasize a few things.

Three representatives from the international accreditation company Det Norske Veritas (DNV-GL) are spending three and a half days this week at SAk to audit the operations in accordance with DNV and ISO9001 standards. A large number of SAk staff are involved in the project, as the certification auditors conduct their work across various parts of the institution.

“Information security in archives and records management - is there anything to be wary of?” was the title of the 2024 National Archives of Iceland’s Spring Conference, but all the lectures have now been published on the National Archives’ YouTube channel.

The initial implementation of Land and Forest Iceland's quality criteria for land selection in forestry is currently underway at the Institute. A review of these criteria is anticipated in the near future, informed by practical experience gathered throughout the summer and autumn. The complete quality criteria documentation is accessible in Icelandic on the Land and Forest Iceland website.

The Chief Epidemiologist has issued guidelines regarding when individuals connected to a group infection at the preschool can return to school or work.