A new issue of Talnabrunnur, the newsletter from the Directorate of Health, highlights key aspects of the Icelandic population’s diet from 2020 to 2024.

The Directorate of Fisheries is looking to hire a lawyer for a position in Akureyri.

The new disability pension scheme will take effect on September 1st 2025. As part of the implementation of the new system, payments for those individuals who have a valid disability assessment will be calculated on August 31st 2025 and will appear in the new payment plan for 2025. New payment plans for approximately 19,000 individuals have been published on My pages of TR. The vast majority of the group will receive higher payments.

Holiday and December supplements for disability pension, partial disability pension and medical- and rehabilitation allowance have been calculated and the payment plans for individuals entitled to these payments have been updated on My Pages. The holiday supplements will be paid on 1 July and the December supplement on 1 December.

Following enforcement proceedings by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), the European Commission has demonstrated compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 in relation to its use of Microsoft 365 as examined by the EDPS.

There is every reason to remind drivers who pass through Austurberg in Reykjavík to reduce their speed.

On 27 November 2024, a new Regulation on the amounts of payments in the mourning leave and the payment of the mourning grant came into force.

The annual influenza outbreak is continuing, and the number of confirmed cases has remained similar over the past 12 weeks. The peak was in December 2025, and confirmed cases declined after the New Year and have remained stable since then.

Cases of influenza continue to be diagnosed, but diagnoses have been decreasing.

Ásgeir Bragason graduated from Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð in 1978 and subsequently began his medical studies at the University of Iceland, graduating in 1984. After completing his internship year, he worked as a junior doctor in the psychiatric department at Borgarspítalinn Hospital.