January 28, 2025 – Page 4

MIL-OSI Russia: Renovation program: more than 5.5 thousand residents of the South-East Administrative District received new apartments last year

January 28, 2025 9:50 pm

Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion – Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow – In 2024, more than 5.5 thousand city residents living in 102 old houses in the south-east of the capital completed documents for comfortable housing under the renovation program. This was reported by the Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Department of City Property Maxim Gaman. “Over 5.5 thousand Muscovites from 102 old houses received keys to apartments in new buildings in the south-east of the capital in 2024. Of these, in Lublin, over 1.4 thousand city residents signed contracts with the Department for comfortable housing under the renovation program, in

MIL-OSI Russia: Vintage Trams and Soviet Taxis: Moscow Transport Museum Turns Five

January 28, 2025 9:50 pm

Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion – Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow – The Moscow Transport Museum is celebrating five years since its opening. On January 28, 2020, it received its name and became a subordinate organization of the capital’s Department of Transport and Development of Road Transport Infrastructure. “In five years of work, the Moscow Transport Museum has become one of the key transport and technical museums of the capital. On behalf of Sergei Sobyanin, we are engaged in preserving the transport heritage and strive to increase interest in it through various projects. The museum is very popular – more than one million people

MIL-OSI Russia: “Winter in Moscow”: “Chinese New Year” venues collected in one app

January 28, 2025 9:50 pm

Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion – Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow – The capital will host the Chinese New Year festival for the second time from January 28 to February 9. Residents and tourists will enjoy master classes, festive processions, drum shows, performances by artists, traditional Chinese dishes and themed souvenirs. You can see all the festival sites in the Moscow Transport app. Thanks to this, guests will be able to easily plan a route to any of them and find out a description of each. “For the second year in a row, we have added the Chinese New Year festival to the Moscow

MIL-OSI New Zealand: Road blocked, Te Poi

January 28, 2025 9:50 pm

Source: New Zealand Police (District News) State Highway 29 at Te Poi is blocked following a serious crash. It involved one vehicle and was reported about 8:10pm. One person is believed to be in serious condition. The Serious Crash Unit is attending and the road is currently blocked at the intersections of State Highway 29 and State Highway 24. Motorists are asked to take alternate routes. ENDS MIL OSI New Zealand News –

MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Financial results for nine months ended December 31, 2024

January 28, 2025 9:50 pm

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region Financial results for nine months ended December 31, 2024Financial results for nine months ended December 31, 2024********************************************************* The Government announced today (January 28) its financial results for the nine months ended December 31, 2024. Expenditure and revenue from April to December 2024 amounted to HK$524.2 billion and HK$349.7 billion respectively, resulting in a deficit of HK$70.5 billion after taking into account HK$114.6 billion received from issuance of Government Bonds and repayment of HK$10.6 billion principal on Government Bonds. 　 A Government spokesperson said that the deficit for the period was mainly due to the fact that some major types of revenue

MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Advance release calendar for monthly financial results

January 28, 2025 9:50 pm

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region Advance release calendar for monthly financial resultsAdvance release calendar for monthly financial results****************************************************** The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region releases a monthly summary of its financial results and debts in compliance with the International Monetary Fund’s Special Data Dissemination Standard. The timetable for the release of the monthly data for the 2025-26 financial year is as follows: MonthRelease date ———-—————– April 2025May 30, 2025 May 2025June 30, 2025 June 2025July 31, 2025 July 2025August 29, 2025 August 2025September 30, 2025 September 2025October 31, 2025 October 2025November 28, 2025 November 2025December 31, 2025 December 2025January 30, 2026

MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: CHP announces one new melioidosis case

January 28, 2025 9:50 pm

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region CHP announces one new melioidosis caseCHP announces one new melioidosis case************************************** The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (January 28) said that one new melioidosis case had been recorded in the past four days (January 24 to 27). The case involves a 70-year-old male with underlying illnesses who lives in Sham Shui Po. He developed dysuria with difficulty in passing urine on January 21. He attended Caritas Medical Centre the next day and was admitted for treatment. His clinical sample was confirmed to be positive for Burkholderia pseudomallei upon testing.

MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Stricter age-verification checks for all knife retailers

January 28, 2025 9:50 pm

Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments Stricter age verification checks and a ban on doorstep drops will be introduced to greater protect young people from knife crime. Image: Getty Images These new measures will also prevent weapons getting into the wrong hands. A stringent 2-step system will be mandated for all retailers selling knives online requiring customers to submit photo ID at point of sale and again on delivery. In addition, delivery companies will only be able to deliver a bladed article to the same person who purchased it. The government has an ambitious mission to halve knife crime within a decade as

MIL-OSI Russia: The main works on the renovation of the park in the Teply Stan district have been completed

January 28, 2025 9:50 pm

Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion – Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow – Specialists from the Moscow City Services Complex have completed the main renovation work on the park located at the intersection of Teply Stan and Akademika Vinogradova streets. They were carried out as part of improving the transport and pedestrian accessibility of the Generala Tyuleneva station on the Troitskaya metro line. “The park’s special feature is its unusual small architectural forms – these are structures that resemble the crown of a palm tree, the “Oasis” swing, the canopy of which also resembles palm branches, as well as round benches and a pergola-arbor. In

MIL-OSI Russia: Polytechnic University student joins leadership of St. Petersburg Youth Parliament

January 28, 2025 9:35 pm

Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion – Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Varvara Bucherova, a Master’s student at the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics and Trade, a resident of the student association “Laboratory of Public Administration”, a member of the youth council of the Kalininsky district and an ambassador of Smolny in SPbPU, was elected Deputy Chairperson of the Youth Parliament of St. Petersburg. The Youth Parliament is an advisory and consultative body under the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. The selection of candidates took place in three stages. 570 people submitted applications. A special

MIL-OSI: 21Shares Adds to its “Core” Suite of Affordable Crypto Exchange-Traded Products with the Launch of the Solana Core Staking ETP (CSOL)

January 28, 2025 9:35 pm

Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) ZURICH, 28 January 2025 – 21Shares AG (“21Shares”), one of the world’s largest issuers of crypto exchange traded products (ETPs), today announced the launch of the 21Shares Solana Core Staking ETP (CSOL) on SIX Swiss Exchange. CSOL joins the 21Shares Bitcoin Core ETP (CBTC), the 21Shares Ethereum Core Staking ETP (ETHC) and the 21Shares Crypto Basket 10 Core ETP (HOLDX) as the fourth addition to the 21Shares’ “core” suite, which offers investors exposure to cutting-edge crypto technologies at exceptionally low fees. Exchange Product Name Ticker ISIN Fee SIX Swiss Exchange 21Shares Solana Core Staking ETP CSOL CH1385084384 0.35% Solana is one of the

MIL-OSI Economics: Development Asia: Simple Interventions, Big Impact: Using Nudges to Promote Handwashing in Sri Lankan Primary Schools

January 28, 2025 9:35 pm

Source: Asia Development Bank The pilot provided proof of concept for school handwashing nudges in Sri Lanka. It demonstrated that nudges can significantly increase handwashing rates, even without behavior change communication. A future scale-up of the pilot should explore whether adding nudge elements (e.g., painted “observing eyes” above the handwash area) could help reduce the impact difference between boys and girls. Handwashing nudges must be adapted to the context of each school. The number, design, and placement of facilities vary greatly, making a one-size-fits-all approach impractical. Involving local stakeholders in the design process helps optimize this adaptation. The timing of nudge installation is crucial to

MIL-OSI Russia: “Winter in Moscow”: VDNKh became the venue for the “Moscow Tea Party” festival

January 28, 2025 9:35 pm

Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion – Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow – VDNKh has become one of the venues for the Moscow Tea Party festival, which is being organized as part of the project “Winter in Moscow”Ice shows, folk festivals and traditional Russian games will take place here. On February 1 at 11:00 and 13:00 and on February 2 at 11:00, 13:00, 17:30 and 19:30, the largest skating rink in the capital will host a performance with the participation of professional figure skaters. Spectators will enjoy a festive atmosphere, bright costumes, dancing and familiar melodies. Entrance by tickets to the skating rink. Throughout the

MIL-OSI Russia: 16.7 thousand entrances of residential buildings to be repaired in the capital

January 28, 2025 9:35 pm

Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion – Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow – This year, specialists from the city services complex will carry out repairs in 16.7 thousand entrances of apartment buildings. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Housing and Public Utilities and Improvement Petr Biryukov. “Maintaining the entrances of residential buildings in a standard condition is under special control, therefore a unified approach to carrying out routine repairs of these premises has been developed in the capital,” noted Pyotr Biryukov. The mandatory list includes painting of entrance groups, ceilings and walls. Electrical wiring will also be put away in special

MIL-OSI New Zealand: Name release: Fatal crash, SH73, Arthurs Pass

January 28, 2025 9:20 pm

Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Police can now release the name of the man who died following a crash on State Highway 73, Arthurs Pass on Sunday. He was 54-year-old Paul Wilcock, of Kumara. Our thoughts are with his family and friends during this difficult time. Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing. ENDS Issued by Police Media Centre MIL OSI New Zealand News –

MIL-OSI Australia: Funding applications available for National Reconciliation and NAIDOC Week events

January 28, 2025 9:20 pm

Source: Government of Western Australia The City is encouraging community groups hosting National Reconciliation and NAIDOC Week events to apply for community funding. The Community Funding Program supports local activities, projects and events that benefit the wider community. The City has up to $5,925 per grant for incorporated associations hosting National Reconciliation Week (27 May-3 June) and NAIDOC Week (6-13 July) activities and events. Mayor Linda Aitken said she encouraged community groups and sporting clubs to apply for the funding to support events in the City. “This program supports the City’s commitment to continuously working towards improving relationships, opportunities and respect between Aboriginal and Torres

MIL-OSI: Vect-Horus further strengthens leadership with appointment of strategy and finance executive Jérôme Berger to its Board of Directors

January 28, 2025 9:20 pm

Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) PRESS RELEASE Extensive expertise in finance and venture capital at telecoms firm Orange Brings life sciences experience and serves as Director of several tech companies Marseille, France, January 28, 2025 – Vect-Horus, a privately held biotechnology company that designs and develops molecular vectors that facilitate the targeted delivery of therapeutic molecules and imaging agents, today announced the appointment of Jérôme Berger as a member of its Board of Directors. Mr Berger’s vast expertise in strategy, finance, and venture capital in the technology and life sciences sectors will be invaluable to Vect-Horus as the company accelerates its growth and development. Bringing over two

MIL-OSI USA: Vice Chair Murray, Ranking Member DeLauro Raise Alarm on New OMB Memoranda, Trump Administration’s Efforts to Defy Federal Law, Constitution to Withhold Approved Federal Funding

January 28, 2025 9:20 pm

US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Washington State Patty Murray WASHINGTON — Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Patty Murray and House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro today wrote to Acting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Matthew J. Vaeth raising the alarm on President Trump’s unlawful executive orders and the new memoranda issued by OMB on Monday directing agencies to withhold vast swaths of approved federal funding. In the letter, Murray and DeLauro wrote, “As leaders of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, we write with extreme alarm about the Administration’s efforts to undermine Congress’s power of the purse, threaten our national security,

MIL-OSI Russia: Humor of the highest level. Polytechnicians performed brilliantly at the KiViN festival

January 28, 2025 9:05 pm

Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion – Source: Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University – From January 12 to 25, the 36th International KVN Team Festival “KiViN-2025” was held in sunny Sochi. The Polytechnicians returned from there with triumph – a ticket to the Central KVN League! The festival became a real arena, where 450 teams from Russia and neighboring countries competed for a place in one of the KVN leagues: Official, Central or Television. The competition was incredible, and among the editors were KVN stars such as Dmitry Bushuev (First League), Mikhail Marfin (Major League) and Leonid

MIL-OSI China: Macao SAR hosts diverse celebrations for Chinese New Year

January 28, 2025 9:05 pm

Source: China State Council Information Office 2 The Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) is hosting a series of celebrations combining traditional and modern elements to welcome the Chinese New Year, or the Year of the Snake, which will fall on Wednesday.The New Year Market, organized by the SAR’s Municipal Affairs Bureau at Tap Seac Square, started last Wednesday and will last seven consecutive days. In addition to booths offering New Year gifts, festive flowers, and snacks, the event also featured cultural performances, a large floral exhibition, and New Year decorations.From the end of January to the end of February, in Macao’s Barra District, the “Barra

MIL-OSI China: Chinese celebrate Spring Festival with traditions, travels and shopping spree

January 28, 2025 9:05 pm

Source: China State Council Information Office 2 With traditional fairs and shopping and travel booms over this year’s extended holiday, China is about to ring in the Spring Festival of the Year of the Snake, the first since its inclusion into the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list.For Chinese across the world, the Spring Festival is a time for family reunions, festive traditions, holiday shopping and diverse cultural and tourism activities. This year, it falls on Jan. 29 with hundreds of millions of people traveling to reunite with families in the world’s largest annual human migration.Celebrations today highlight both traditional and modern elements, from temple fairs,

MIL-OSI China: Spring Festival: A Chinese tradition with growing global appeal

January 28, 2025 9:05 pm

Source: China State Council Information Office 2 Set against a vibrant orange backdrop, a bold green snake rises proudly on a commemorative stamp issued by La Poste Group, France’s postal service, earlier this month to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. 2025 marks the 21st consecutive year France has celebrated the Spring Festival with zodiac-themed stamps. Actors perform the lion dance during the Lunar New Year celebration at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Jan. 24, 2025. (Photo by Winston Zhou/Xinhua)At the close of 2024, UNESCO added the Spring Festival, social practices of the Chinese people in celebration of traditional new year, to its

MIL-OSI China: Tesla, BMW challenge EU tariffs on Chinese EVs

January 28, 2025 9:05 pm

Source: China State Council Information Office 3 Tesla and BMW have joined Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers in challenging the European Union’s (EU) tariffs on Chinese-made EVs, filing cases with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), according to the court’s website. The automakers’ lawsuits follow similar filings last week by Chinese EV manufacturers BYD, Geely, and SAIC, contesting the EU’s additional import tariffs of up to over 35 percent. European Commission spokesperson Olof Gill confirmed at a press conference on Monday that the EU is prepared to respond to the case in court. Despite strong opposition from industry stakeholders in EU member

MIL-OSI Australia: Race Discrimination Commissioner condemns neo-Nazi rally in Adelaide

January 28, 2025 9:05 pm

Source: Australian Human Rights Commission Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner, Giridharan Sivaraman, has condemned the neo-Nazi rally held in Adelaide on Australia Day, warning a National Anti-Racism Framework is the only way to adequately combat the rise of the white supremacy movement. South Australian police arrested 16 men on Sunday, believed to be members of the National Socialist Network, following a march through Adelaide’s CBD. Most of the men were said to be from interstate, including a 25-year-old man from Western Australia who was charged with using a Nazi symbol. “The neo-Nazi rally in Adelaide, that pointedly began at the War Memorial, was shocking. The rise

MIL-OSI: Implementation of share buyback programme

January 28, 2025 9:05 pm

Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Nasdaq CopenhagenEuronext DublinLondon Stock ExchangeDanish FSAOther stakeholders Date 28 January 2025 Implementation of share buyback programme In accordance with the corporate announcement pf 20 November 2024, the bank will implement a new share buyback programme of DKK 500 million for cancellation at a future general meeting. The share buyback programme is based on the general authority which the bank’s annual general meeting of 28 February 2024 granted to the board of directors, enabling the bank to acquire its own shares. The share buyback programme runs in the period 28 January 2025 up to and including 28 May 2025 provided that the forthcoming

MIL-OSI: The Saudi Capital Market Authority: Allowing Foreign Investment in Real Estate Listed Companies Operating in Makkah and Madinah

January 28, 2025 9:05 pm

Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Saudi Capital Market Authority (CMA) has announced that foreigners are allowed to invest in Saudi listed companies in the Saudi capital market that own real estate within the boundaries of the cities of Makkah and Madinah, starting today. This follows the approval of the Controls for the Exclusion of Companies Listed in the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) from the Meaning of the Phrase (Non-Saudi) in accordance with the Law of Real Estate Ownership and Investment by Non-Saudis. Through this announcement, the Capital Market Authority aims to stimulate investment, enhance the attractiveness and efficiency

MIL-OSI Economics: The Danes’ housing debt grew in 2024

January 28, 2025 9:05 pm

Source: Danmarks Nationalbank Housing debt increased by kr. 12.2 billion in 2024 Despite a reduction in the first quarter, Danes gradually increased their housing debt towards the end of the year. Of the total increase in housing debt of kr. 12.2 billion, kr. 4.1 billion is bank debt, while the remaining kr. 8.1 billion is mortgage bank debt. In addition to the increase from new loans, private customers have also made fewer repayments on their mortgage loans in recent years. This is mainly due to the relatively higher interest rates on homeowners’ loans compared to a few years ago, which has meant that a larger

MIL-OSI Economics: Private customers’ deposits continued to increase in 2024

January 28, 2025 9:05 pm

Source: Danmarks Nationalbank The increase in private customers’ deposits in 2024 was evenly split between demand deposit accounts and fixed term deposit accounts, at kr. 32 billion and kr. 31 billion, respectively. Of the increase in private customers’ fixed term deposits, kr. 18 billion was linked to pooling schemes. These typically include pension and children’s savings, which banks invest on behalf of customers. The returns from pooling schemes, which reflect the performance of the investments, are typically credited to private customers’ deposit accounts in December. MIL OSI Economics –

MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: 15th National Games athletics (marathon) test event to be held on February 23

January 28, 2025 8:45 pm

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region 15th National Games athletics (marathon) test event to be held on February 2315th National Games athletics (marathon) test event to be held on February 23***************************************************************************** The 2025 Shenzhen-Hong Kong marathon and the 15th National Games (NG) athletics (marathon) test event will be held in Shenzhen and Hong Kong on February 23 (Sunday) morning. The event is organised by the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government, and hosted by the Executive Committee for the 15th NG, the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities (NGD) and the 9th National Special Olympic Games (NSOG) in Shenzhen and the People’s Government

MIL-Evening Report: DeepSeek shatters beliefs about the cost of AI, leaving US tech giants reeling

January 28, 2025 8:45 pm

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michael J. Davern, Professor of Accounting & Business Information Systems, The University of Melbourne Almost A$1 trillion (US$600 billion) was wiped off the value of artificial intelligence microchip maker Nvidia overnight on Monday, when a little-known Chinese start up, DeepSeek, threatened to upend the US tech market. While Nvidia suffered the biggest one-day loss in sharemarket history, other tech giants – Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon, who are investing heavily in competing AI tools including ChatGPT and Gemini – were also hit. The rout was caused by investors’ shock at the claimed performance of DeepSeek’s new R1 chatbot.

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