Guðrún Dóra Clarke has been appointed as Chief Medical Executive at the Healthcare Institution of North Iceland (HSN). It is planned that Guðrún Dóra will start working soon.

A total of 4,677 applications for places in secondary schools in Iceland were received in the autumn of 2024, but enrollment has now been completed. It is nice to report that all new students from elementary schools who applied have been admitted. All applications for vocational studies could therefore be accepted, but in recent years a large part of the students has had to be turned away due to lack of facilities and teachers.

Clear information is amongst the things we at TR emphasise in our work. On the website tr.is you can find a lot of information about social security rights and payments. Now we have updated all the material and installed it in an accessible way on the website Ísland.is.

The annual report of the Directorate of Fisheries has been published.

Recently, 400 downy birch trees of the 'Embla' cultivar were planted in Tumastaðir, Fljótshlíð, Iceland. The primary objective of this initiative is to procure superior-quality birch saplings for prospective cultivation endeavors. The 'Embla' cultivar is the culmination of meticulous breeding initiatives, engineered to cultivate a rectilinear-growing Icelandic birch with an exceptional growth trajectory.

Emergency responders in East Iceland meet regularly with people from the Civil Defense and the Police in the East.

Iceland Health costs for diabetes medications that are also used for weight management have increased twelvefold in the last five years.

As part of simplifying the lives of people in Iceland and improving the digital service of the government, there is increased information and access to services through Ísland.is, the central information and service portal of the government.

Risatómar smásögur, which contains stories by 26 children aged 6 - 12, has now been published for the seventh time at The Directorate of Education and School Services. The publication of Risatómar smásögur is part of the cooperative project Sögur, which hosted its awards ceremony on RÚV last Saturday.

The Communication Centre offers a number of courses in Icelandic sign language in the autumn of 2024.