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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Workers must be protected from extreme weather

    Source: Scottish Greens

    28 Jan 2025 Climate Economy

    Scottish Greens echo calls from the Scottish Trade Union Council to stop endangering the lives of workers.

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    Storm Éowyn caused mass chaos across Scotland on Friday, with schools, public transport, and football all being cancelled due to high winds.

    However, many hospitality and retail businesses remained open despite a red weather warning from the Met Office. Now, Scottish Greens Co-Leader Lorna Slater MSP is calling on the UK Government to protect workers from extreme weather events.

    Extreme weather events such as Storm Éowyn will only become more frequent with the looming climate breakdown. The Met Office’s red weather warning is a rare precaution but one that many Scots could become more used to in coming years.

    Despite advice to remain at home, many businesses forced their employees to travel to work during the storm. Many bartenders, shop workers, and waiters all had to brave 100mph winds to attend work.

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    Scottish Greens Co-Leader Lorna Slater said:

    “Red weather warnings are rare, but the damage that they do is severe. It’s appalling that any business forced workers to ignore government advice and come into work during one of the worst storms for a long time.

    “We’ve seen the devastating impact of Storm Eowyn on communities across Scotland, with hundreds of thousands of homes losing power, railways brought to a standstill, and, tragically, the loss of life.

    “As the climate crisis worsens, we will face increasing climate chaos, so we must be prepared to protect communities and workers against these extreme weather events.

    “The best thing the UK government can do is take real action to tackle the climate crisis and reduce emissions, but they must also adapt to the damage already done.

    “Governments must face the reality of climate breakdown and adapt legislation to protect workers; we need to see robust rights in place for workers to stay safe during red weather warnings by rejecting shifts or avoiding unnecessary travel.”

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Additional £1.18M investment for parking improvements

    Source: City of Winchester

    As part of the council’s ongoing commitment to support a vibrant local economy, Cabinet agreed the investment, which will see improvements delivered at pace this year.

    Winchester Park and Ride service

    £305,000 will be spent to improve CCTV provision, tackle anti-social behaviour at the Park and Ride sites and upgrade payment machines. A further £40,000 will be invested to improve and upgrade the multi-storey phone signal.

    As part of the improvements programme budget, further resurfacing works will take place at St Catherine’s Park and Ride facility, alongside improved signage, enhanced cycle storage and new digital signs, supporting the council’s commitment to become a carbon neutral district by 2030.

    Cllr Kelsie Learney, Cabinet Member for the Climate Emergency, said: “Tackling the climate emergency and improving air quality across the Winchester district, whilst ensuring our town centres thrive, underpins the significant investment we are making.

    “Our ambitious programme of works over the coming year will improve the visitor experience by ensuring our Park & Ride, Park and Walk and cycle parking facilities are well maintained, safe and accessible, which supports the Winchester Movement Strategy.”

    Winchester City Council’s Park and Ride and Park and Walk facilities have both seen an increase in user numbers over the last 12 months, which is supported by positive city centre footfall data which also shows an increase over the same time period.

    Later this year, Middle Brook Street car park will be upgraded to become a Pay and Display facility. This enables the council to provide disabled parking spaces closer to the shops, make entry and exit easier, and improve traffic flow along Friarsgate. This will require some phased closure periods, but the council is committed to minimising disruption and ensuring users are kept well informed throughout the process.

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  • MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Poland and UK suspended

    Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

    Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Poland and UK suspended
    Import of poultry meat and products from areas in Poland and UK suspended
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         The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (January 28) that in view of notifications from the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) about outbreaks of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in Kutno District of ??ódzkie Region in Poland, and in Hambleton District of North Yorkshire County and East Lindsey District of Lincolnshire County in the United Kingdom (UK), the CFS has instructed the trade to suspend the import of poultry meat and products (including poultry eggs) from the above-mentioned areas with immediate effect to protect public health in Hong Kong.     A CFS spokesman said that according to the Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong imported about 6 600 tonnes of frozen poultry meat from Poland, and about 910 tonnes of chilled and frozen poultry meat and about 1 340 000 poultry eggs from the UK last year.     “The CFS has contacted the Polish and British authorities over the issues and will closely monitor information issued by the WOAH and the relevant authorities on the avian influenza outbreaks. Appropriate action will be taken in response to the development of the situation,” the spokesman said.

     
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  • MIL-OSI: Tosyalı Launches one of the World’s Largest Self-Consumption Solar Power Plant Projects

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As one of the leading global green steel producers, with 15 million tons/year crude steel capacity, Tosyalı continues to expand its efforts to produce its energy. Tosyalı invests in cutting-edge technology, artificial intelligence, and renewable and clean energy sources, adhering to the principle of eco-efficiency.

    Tosyalı is making significant strides toward becoming a fully integrated green steel producer. Tosyalı achieved a global milestone by reaching 235 MW of installed capacity with its SPP project, which covered all its facilities, making it the holder of the world’s largest rooftop solar power installation.

    Tosyalı is embarking on an even larger project, and the company has signed an agreement with GE Vernova and its regional provider Inogen for the first 120 MWp of the 1,2 GW self-consumption SPP project. The first project is scheduled to become operational in 2025, while the 1,2 GW capacity project is targeted for completion in 2027.

    Fuat Tosyalı, Chairman of Tosyalı Holding, announced at Davos 2025: “With this investment, Tosyalı will generate approximately 50% of its self-consumption from solar energy.”

    During his interview at the World Economic Forum, Fuat Tosyalı highlighted, “We continue to invest in advanced clean energy technologies under our vision of ‘Tosyalı for a sustainable life.’ We have taken the first step toward one of the world’s largest self-consumption SPP projects with a capacity of 1,2 GW by initiating the first project in Osmaniye. We are happy to collaborate with GE Vernova, one of the world’s leading companies in this field, and Inogen, Turkey’s leading EPC contractor. These panels will be deployed across SPP sites in eight provinces. By doing so, we aim to meet approximately 50% of our energy needs from solar energy, making us stronger and more independent in energy usage and strengthening our position among the world’s leading green steel producers.”

    Tosyalı’s 1,2 GW project stands out as one of the largest self-consumption-focused projects carried out under a single umbrella in Turkey and worldwide.

    Contact:

    Emre Ersezer

    eersezer@medyaevi.com.tr

    Photo accompanying the announcement: https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/17372b3b-1aff-43c0-ab66-2bc8b0b2a007

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  • MIL-OSI: Proposals to Annual General Meeting 2025 concerning the Number of the Board Members, Their Remuneration and Reimbursement of Their Costs, and Nomination of the Board Members

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    eQ Plc Stock Exchange Release
    28 January 2025, at 11:00 am

    Shareholders of eQ Plc, who control over 60 per cent of the outstanding shares and votes, have proposed to the Annual General Meeting to be held at 25 March 2025 concerning the number of members of the Board of Directors, their remuneration and reimbursement of their costs, and the nomination of members of the Board of Directors.

    Proposal relating to number of persons on the Board of Directors

    The shareholders propose no changes to the number of the Board members, i.e. that six persons be elected to the Board of Directors, or five persons, if a person proposed by the shareholders is prevented from being a Board member of the company.

    Decision relating to the compensation of the members of the Board of Directors

    The shareholders propose no changes to the compensation of the Board members, i.e. that the Chair of the Board of Directors receives 5,000 euros per month, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors receives 4,000 euros per month and the members of the Board of Directors receive 3,000 euros per month. In addition, a compensation of 750 euros per meeting is proposed to be paid for all the Board members for each attended Board meeting and travel and accommodation expenses are reimbursed according to the effectual guidelines of eQ Plc.

    Nomination of the Board of Directors

    The shareholders propose that Päivi Arminen, Nicolas Berner, Georg Ehrnrooth, Janne Larma and Tomas von Rettig are re-elected to the Board of Directors and Caroline Bertlin will be elected as a new member to the Board. If one of the persons proposed by the shareholders is prevented from being a Board member of the company, such persons will be elected who are not prevented from being Board members. The term of office of the Board members ends at the close of the next Annual General Meeting.

    Caroline Bertlin (born 1978) is an experienced business leader with vast experience in the Nordics and internationally. Bertlin is based and has spent most of her career in Sweden. Currently she is engaged in strategy and funding of energy infrastructure for Nordion Energi. Prior to that she was the CEO of Nordisk Renting and Managing Director in NatWest Structured Finance (2016-2023). Previously she worked as Head of Restructuring, Turnaround CEO and Project Lead for Strategic projects in the NatWest Group (2009-2015). Earlier experience includes portfolio management and analyst positions within banking and alternative investments. In addition, she is a member of the Board of Nordisk Renting AB (2016-). Caroline Bertlin holds a Master of Science (Economics) degree from Hanken School of Economics.

    All nominees have given their consent to the proposal. In addition, the nominees have indicated that on selection, they will select Georg Ehrnrooth as Chair of the Board of Directors.

    Helsinki, 28 January 2025

    Additional information: Juha Surve, Group General Counsel, tel. +358 9 6817 8733

    Distribution: Nasdaq Helsinki, www.eQ.fi

    eQ Group is a Finnish group of companies specialising in asset management and corporate finance business. eQ Asset Management offers a wide range of asset management services (including private equity funds and real estate asset management) for institutions and individuals. The assets managed by the Group total approximately EUR 13.3 billion. Advium Corporate Finance, which is part of the Group, offers services related to mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and equity capital markets.

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Final permit consultation for Lower Hare Farm landfill, Devon

    Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

    The Environment Agency has launched its final consultation today on a permit application to open a landfill site at Lower Hare Farm in Whitestone near Exeter.

    The Environment Agency is ‘minded to’ issue a permit to operate a landfill based on information from previous consultations

    GRS Stone Supplies Ltd needs an environmental permit from the Environment Agency to operate the proposed site. The company has provided all the information needed, and the Environment Agency is now likely to grant the permit, unless new information gives a reason not to.

    Two previous consultations by the Environment Agency received a good deal of interest, resulting in the site being declared as one of “High Public Interest”. 

    An environmental permit sets the conditions which GRS Stone Supplies Ltd must meet when operating the landfill site.  It covers the management and operation of the site and the control and monitoring of emissions.   

    When the Environment Agency considers a permit application, it reviews the design of the proposed site, how it will be operated, the emissions it will generate (to air, water and land) and whether it will meet the required standards. Partner organisations, including the UK Health Security Agency, are consulted as part of the process. 

    Issues such as suitability of the site, operating hours and traffic management to and from it, are matters for the planning authority, not the Environment Agency. The Environment Agency can only consider issues covered by the environmental permit and can only refuse a permit application based on technical information.  

    Once the consultation closes, all the comments received will be reviewed before a final decision is made. GRS Stone Supplies Ltd has the right to appeal if the permit is refused. The company will need to have both an environmental permit and planning permission in order to operate a landfill site.

    Anyone wishing to comment on the application, can do so by using the online consultation portal, Citizen Space: https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/ex4-2hw-grs-stone-supplies-limited-epr-lb3502ht-a

    or by:

    Email: pscpublicresponse@environment-agency.gov.uk  

    Post:

    Environment Agency Permitting and Support Centre,
    Land Team,
    Quadrant 2,
    99 Parkway Avenue,
    Sheffield,
    S9 4WF.  

    If you need help accessing this consultation in another format, please contact us by: 

    We may charge for copying costs. 

    Please use the application reference number, EPR/LB3502HT/A001. The consultation closes at 11.59pm on 10 March, 2025.

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    Published 28 January 2025

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Councillor Louise Upton set to become Lord Mayor of Oxford

    Source: City of Oxford

    Councillor Louise Upton is set to become the new Lord Mayor of Oxford.

    The ceremonial role will see Councillor Upton carry out a wide range of civic engagements during 2025/26, from leading Oxford’s Remembrance service to school visits and charity events.

    Councillor Susan Brown, the Leader of Oxford City Council, made the announcement at the Council meeting last night (27 January).

    She also announced that Councillor Mike Rowley will be the Deputy Lord Mayor of Oxford, and Councillor Andrew Gant will be the Sheriff of Oxford for 2024/25.

    Mayor making

    The Lord Mayor, Deputy and Sheriff will be sworn in at the traditional mayor making ceremony in Oxford Town Hall in May.

    The ceremony will see the outgoing Lord Mayor, Councillor Mike Rowley, officially step down and hand over their chains of office to Councillor Upton.

    The bells of Carfax Tower will then be rung by the Oxford Society of Change Ringers to commemorate the ceremony.

    Councillor Louise Upton

    Councillor Louise Upton was born in Shropshire and first came to Oxford to study for a degree in Biochemistry at New College, Oxford, where she also captained the university’s Women’s Football Team. After that came a PhD in Cell Physiology from University College London. Since then she has worked as a research scientist, first in Paris for several years and then for 25 years at the University of Oxford, where she continues to teach neuroscience.

    Councillor Upton was elected to Oxford City Council in 2013 and represents Walton Manor ward. She is currently Cabinet Member for Planning, and for many years held the role of Cycling Champion.

    Lord Mayor of Oxford

    The Lord Mayor generally carries out more than 300 engagements each year. These cover a wide range, from Royal visits and leading Oxford’s annual Remembrance Sunday service to small community group meetings and charity events.

    The Lord Mayor also raises money for charity during their year-long term of office. Councillor Upton has chosen The Gatehouse, OXSRAD and TRAX to be her Lord Mayor’s charities for 2024/25.

    The first recorded Mayor of Oxford is Laurence Kepeharme, 1205-1209. Mayors’ names stretch in an unbroken line until 1962, when the dignity of the Lord Mayor was granted to Oxford by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

    Comment

    “I am so looking forward to being the Lord Mayor. We live in one of the most vibrant, most historic, most diverse cities in the UK, and I will be incredibly proud to represent every single one of our citizens.

    “The number of engagements is daunting, but it will be an amazing opportunity to meet many of the wonderful people who make Oxford tick.”

    Councillor Louise Upton

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Shape of local government across Kent set to change

    Source: City of Canterbury

    Home  »  Latest News   »   Shape of local government across Kent set to change

    At the end of last year, the government published a white paper which outlined its desire to devolve decision making and spending power from Whitehall to the regions.

    To do this, the government wants to create region-wide strategic authorities led by elected mayors.

    To complement its devolution agenda, the government also wants to see local government reorganisation.

    The latter will see the abolition of Kent County Council (KCC), Medway Council and the 12 district councils, of which Canterbury City Council is one.

    They will be replaced by unitary authorities serving populations of roughly a minimum of 500,000 people, carrying out most of the tasks currently undertaken by KCC and Canterbury.

    At the start of January, KCC and Medway Council asked to be part of the government’s Devolution Priority Programme.

    This is effectively a fast-track to reform that allows the historic county of Kent to shape the process and benefit from any extra money available.

    The government will let KCC know its decision soon.

    If it is a yes, the government will pass a law to postpone KCC’s elections which were due to take place in May this year.

    In that instance, elections for a mayor and strategic authority will take place in May 2026.

    Then, in the coming weeks, the government will write to councils to ask them to submit their proposals for unitary councils – including how many and what areas should be covered by each new council – by March of this year.

    There are still a lot of unknowns about the future shape of local government in the district and lots of decisions to be made.

    Despite the uncertainty, Leader of the Council, Cllr Alan Baldock, welcomes the government’s proposals but says the city council and its staff must maintain a laser-like focus on delivering the top-quality services that Canterbury is known for, and its residents rely on.

    He said: “While we all think strategically about the historic county of Kent’s future and how council services should be shaped, Canterbury City Council will still be here for a number of years and we are all determined, councillors and officers, to deliver the council’s priorities and the best possible services for our residents.”

    On devolution and local government reorganisation itself, he said: “There is a huge number of factors to consider when thinking about the best way of delivering services.

    “And there will be huge amounts of day-to-day detail that will need to be thrashed out.

    “We do know that there are likely to be three or four unitary councils delivering services on the ground in the county while working with the mayor and the strategic authority.

    “While no decisions have been made, our district is likely to be covered by an east Kent unitary which brings together our neighbouring councils – Ashford, Dover, Folkestone and Hythe and Thanet – as well as some of the services currently delivered by KCC.

    “Such a grouping would serve around 660,000 people which is close to the optimal size for a unitary authority.

    “Everyone needs to remember that arrangements to create such an authority are some way off and would be no earlier than 2027, more likely 2028.

    “Elections for councillors to be part of that new unitary authority would need to be held.

    “As Leader, I am not afraid to admit the change is daunting, for our staff especially, and at all levels of the organisation.

    “But I am sure that, far from being the end, it will be the beginning of new and exciting times.

    “We will need the very best team possible, officers and councillors alike.

    “I have been here long enough to know we have the commitment to punch above our weight and create a better future alongside those neighbouring councils we have served alongside for years and years.”

    There is lots of information about devolution and local government reorganisation online.

    KCC has its devolution web pages and the Local Government Association also has an online devolution hub.

    Published: 28 January 2025

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: January 2025 euro area bank lending survey

    Source: European Central Bank

    28 January 2025

    • Credit standards tightened for firms in the fourth quarter of 2024, driven by higher perceived risks and lower risk tolerance
    • Credit standards remained unchanged for loans to households for house purchase but continued to tighten for consumer credit
    • Housing loan demand continued to rebound strongly, while demand for firm loans remained weak

    According to the January 2025 bank lending survey (BLS), euro area banks reported a renewed net tightening of credit standards – banks’ internal guidelines or loan approval criteria – for loans or credit lines to enterprises in the fourth quarter of 2024 (net percentage of banks of 7%; Chart 1). Banks also reported broadly unchanged credit standards for loans to households for house purchase (net percentage of 1%), whereas credit standards for consumer credit and other lending to households tightened further (net percentage of 6%). For firms, the net tightening followed the unchanged credit standards seen in the third quarter and was higher than banks had expected in the previous survey round. It was driven by higher perceived risks related to the economic outlook, the industry-and-firm-specific situation and banks’ lower risk tolerance. For loans to households for house purchase, the stability of credit standards, after three quarters of easing, was in contrast to the strong net easing that banks had expected in the previous quarter. Credit standards tightened further for consumer credit, mainly owing to higher perceived risks. For the first quarter of 2025, banks expect a further net tightening of credit standards for loans to firms and consumer credit, and a small net tightening for loans to households for house purchase.

    Banks’ overall terms and conditions – the actual terms and conditions agreed in loan contracts – remained broadly unchanged for loans to firms and consumer credit, but eased strongly for housing loans. For loans to firms, the contribution to easing from lower lending rates and narrower margins on average loans was broadly offset by stricter collateral requirements and other terms and conditions, such as loan covenants, to compensate for the higher perceived risks. For housing loans, lower lending rates and margins on average loans were the main drivers of the net easing. For consumer credit, lending rates had an easing impact, offset by widening loan margins.

    In the fourth quarter of 2024, demand from firms for loans or the drawing of credit lines increased slightly (Chart 2), while remaining weak overall. Loan demand from firms was supported mainly by declining interest rates, with fixed investment having a still-muted impact after its small positive contribution in the previous quarter. Net demand for housing loans continued to increase strongly, driven mainly by declining interest rates, substantiating still further the signs of a rebound from the strong declines seen in housing loan demand over previous years. Demand for consumer credit and other lending to households increased slightly, supported by declining interest rates, whereas spending on durable goods and consumer confidence, among other factors, dampened demand for consumer credit. In the first quarter of 2025, banks expect loan demand to remain broadly unchanged for firms and to increase further for households, especially for housing loans.

    Euro area banks’ access to funding worsened somewhat for retail funding, money markets and debt securities in the fourth quarter of 2024. In the first quarter of 2025, banks expect access to funding to remain broadly unchanged across all market segments.

    In response to the new regulatory or supervisory requirements in 2024, euro area banks reported a net increase in their required capital as well as increases in their liquid and risk-weighted assets. Banks also reported a net tightening impact on credit standards stemming from the requirements, especially for loans to firms, with further net tightening expected in 2025.

    Euro area banks reported that non-performing loan ratios and other indicators of credit quality had a net tightening impact on their credit standards for loans to firms and consumer credit in the second half of 2024, the largest since the height of the pandemic and the period of balance sheet clean-up in 2014-17. By contrast, for housing loans credit quality had a neutral impact on bank lending conditions. Banks expect these developments to continue in the first half of 2025.

    Banks’ credit standards tightened further in all main economic sectors in the second half of 2024, especially in commercial real estate (CRE), wholesale and retail trade, construction and energy-intensive manufacturing. Banks also reported a net decrease in loan demand in CRE, construction and energy-intensive manufacturing. For the first half of 2025, banks expect a further net tightening of credit standards in most economic sectors, except for services. They expect muted loan demand in all sectors but residential real estate, for which they expect a moderate increase.

    Banks reported that the changes in excess liquidity held with the Eurosystem had a neutral impact on bank lending conditions in the second half of 2024. They expect similar effects in the first half of 2025.

    The quarterly BLS was developed by the Eurosystem to improve its understanding of bank lending behaviour in the euro area. The results reported in the January 2025 survey relate to changes observed in the fourth quarter of 2024 and changes expected in the first quarter of 2025, unless otherwise indicated. The January 2025 survey round was conducted between 10 December 2024 and 7 January 2025. A total of 155 banks were surveyed in this round, with a response rate of 99%.

    Chart 1

    Changes in credit standards for loans or credit lines to enterprises, and contributing factors

    (net percentages of banks reporting a tightening of credit standards, and contributing factors)

    Source: ECB (BLS).

    Notes: Net percentages are defined as the difference between the sum of the percentages of banks responding “tightened considerably” and “tightened somewhat” and the sum of the percentages of banks responding “eased somewhat” and “eased considerably”. The net percentages for “Other factors” refer to an average of the further factors which were mentioned by banks as having contributed to changes in credit standards.

    Chart 2

    Changes in demand for loans or credit lines to enterprises, and contributing factors

    (net percentages of banks reporting an increase in demand, and contributing factors)

    Source: ECB (BLS).

    Notes: Net percentages for the questions on demand for loans are defined as the difference between the sum of the percentages of banks responding “increased considerably” and “increased somewhat” and the sum of the percentages of banks responding “decreased somewhat” and “decreased considerably”. The net percentages for “Other factors” refer to an average of the further factors which were mentioned by banks as having contributed to changes in loan demand.

    For media queries, please contact William Lelieveldt, tel.: +49 69 1344 7316.

    Notes

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Traditional lanterns and panda figurines: how the capital was decorated in honor of the Chinese New Year

    Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion –

    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    Specialists from the city services complex decorated the central streets and alleys of the capital in honor of the Chinese New Year, which will begin on January 29. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Housing and Public Utilities and Improvement Petr Biryukov.

    “On Manezhnaya and Tverskaya squares, in Kamergersky Lane, Kuznetsky Most Street and Tverskoy Boulevard, festive arches were additionally decorated with traditional red Chinese lanterns. The all-season “starry sky” in Kamergersky Lane will be painted in red shades, decorative consoles in the form of scrolls with congratulations appeared on the street lamps,” said Pyotr Biryukov.

    The central entrance to the Moscow Zoo was decorated with light boxes, flags and glowing light discs. Chinese red lanterns and light panda figures were placed on the territory.

    In recent years, Moscow has formed a sufficient stock of festive elements, allowing to decorate the metropolis. All light and decorative structures are multifunctional. They can be used repeatedly, changing their appearance.

    Project“Winter in Moscow”— the main event of the season, which until February 28 unites various events of the capital. Citizens and tourists are invited to remember traditions and history, warm up with tea and hot buns, go skating, skiing and tubing, watch ice shows, give gifts to people who find themselves in a difficult life situation, show care for those who need it.

    Muscovites and guests of the capital are offered a huge selection of events in the open air and in cultural and sports institutions. The atmosphere of winter traditions has engulfed the entire city – more than 1.9 thousand sites are open. The largest festivals of the capital are organically woven into the project: “Moscow Estates”, “Moscow Tea Party”, “City of Light”, “Snow and Ice in Moscow” and many others. All information about the project and winter season events can be foundin a special sectionmos.ru.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: In the Eastern Administrative District, 10 non-residential real estate objects were built in a year using extra-budgetary funds

    Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion –

    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    In the Eastern Administrative District of the capital, 10 non-residential real estate objects were built using extra-budgetary funds in 2024. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Urban Development Policy and Construction Vladimir Efimov.

    “In 2024, 10 non-residential real estate objects with a total area of about 40 thousand square meters were built in the east of Moscow using extra-budgetary funds. Among them are four kindergartens, retail, household and utility facilities, a church, and an industrial building. New buildings were built in the districts of Golyanovo, Sokolniki, Preobrazhenskoye, Metrogorodok, Kosino-Ukhtomsky, Bogorodskoye, Severnoye Izmailovo. As a result, more than 465 jobs appeared in the east of the capital,” said Vladimir Efimov.

    The buildings house educational, sports and entertainment facilities, and additional workspaces have appeared.

    “Four new kindergartens with a total area of over 10.4 thousand square meters are designed for 555 pupils. The largest of them was built in the Bogorodskoye district and transferred to the capital’s education system. This kindergarten with an area of over 4.3 thousand square meters is designed for 275 places,” said the Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Department of Urban Development Policy of the capital

    Vladislav Ovchinsky.

    This three-story building was equipped with 11 group cells, a full-cycle food service unit, a medical office, a gym and a music room. The area around the kindergarten was adapted for walks and sports.

    Mosgosstroynadzor experts checked all stages of construction of non-residential buildings in the Eastern Administrative District, the agency chairman added Anton Slobodchikov. The inspectors carried out a total of 169 control and supervision activities, which allows us to guarantee the high quality and safety of buildings after they are put into operation.

    Earlier Sergei Sobyanin told, that in 2024 more than 80 social infrastructure facilities were built in the capital.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The third season of the school theatre festival has begun in Moscow

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    The third season of the Moscow Theatre Festival-Competition of School Theatres “Live Stage” has begun in the capital. More than 20 thousand students from schools and colleges of the city will take part in it. This was reported by Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development.

    “Moscow education is not only fundamental sciences, but also comprehensive creative development. Theater workshops operate on the basis of the capital’s schools, colleges and centers of additional education, where children, under the mentorship of famous directors and actors, participate in acting master classes and master stage professions. Theater is not just art, but first and foremost a space for intellectual experimentation. It trains the flexibility of thinking, imagination, concentration. Therefore, we are pleased to open a new season of the large-scale theater project of the capital’s schools “Live Stage”. This is a serious festival, where children not only act, but can also declare themselves on the stage of Moscow theaters, create colorful scenery, and get advice from professionals. The competition is very popular among young Muscovites; over 20 thousand schoolchildren are taking part in it in the new season – 30 percent more than last year,” noted Anastasia Rakova.

    The festival is being held for the third time. As part of the project, outstanding Russian actors and directors become mentors to young Muscovites throughout the year. They help them select a repertoire, participate in rehearsals, promote the development of a creative association and prepare the children for the big stage.

    Future artists will present their productions in two traditional categories: “Dramatic Performance”, “Musical Performance” and this year’s new categories: “Theatrical Olympus” and “Historical Memory”.

    For several years, “Theatre Olympus” was a separate competition, but last year it became one of the nominations of the “Live Stage” project. Groups that organize small-scale performances – short productions with a small number of actors – can take part in it. The best will receive grant support.

    The nomination “Historical Memory” is dedicated to significant events and outstanding personalities of different eras. Participants will prepare performances based on reliable facts. The children will have to conduct research and use archival documents in organizing the production.

    Last year, 30 best productions reached the finals, which were watched by more than seven thousand spectators in April. There are several categories in the Dramatic Performance nomination. In one of them, School Melpomene, the winner was the pedagogical theater of teenagers of Academic School No. 1534 with the production Romeo and Juliet, and the Country of Buffoonery studio of School No. 1353 named after General D. F. Alekseev with the fairy tale The Little Humpbacked Horse. The first place in the Musical Performance nomination was won by the Sounds of Music musical studio of the Sinegoriya extracurricular activities center.

    In the category “Blessed Thalia”, the victory went to the children’s theater “Gallagrant” of the children’s creativity center “Sviblovo”. In second place was the theater “Ostrov trekuri” of school No. 45 named after L.I. Milgram, in third place was the puppet theater studio “Prevrashchenie” of school No. 1249. Separately, the jury awarded special prizes for the achievements of the participants, including a careful attitude to family values, a bright debut, the power of artistic words, the most daring idea and an original adaptation of a work. The productions were presented on the stages of the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute, the Children’s Musical Theater of the Young Actor, the Moscow New Drama Theater, the Palace on the Yauza and the Shchukino Culture and Art Center.

    The organizer of the competition-festival is the Moscow Center for Educational Practices of the capital Department of Education and ScienceLast academic year, over 15,000 schoolchildren and college students from more than 500 children’s and youth theaters took part in the festival.

    You can find out more about additional education in the capital in Telegram channels “Moscow education” And “Moscow Center for Educational Practices”.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Three commercial premises in the Vernadsky Prospect area have been put up for auction

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    The city has put three non-residential premises in the west of the capital up for auction. This was reported by the head of the capital’s Department of Competition Policy Kirill Purtov.

    “Commercial properties in basements, on the first and ground floors of residential buildings and business centers, located in areas with developed infrastructure, are in demand among entrepreneurs. The city currently offers two properties for sale and one for rent in the Prospekt Vernadskogo area. The winners of the auction will be able to open various service businesses in them: shops, pharmacies, pick-up points, educational and other institutions, and in the rental lot – catering establishments. Open auctions in electronic form will be held from February 3 to March 11,” said Kirill Purtov.

    Two free-use premises with an area of 128.1 and 683.6 square meters are located on Leninsky Prospect AndUdaltsova street and have a separate entrance.

    The third commercial property the city plans to lease to businesses is located on Lobachevsky street. Its area is 566.4 square meters. It is possible to open a catering establishment there. All three lots are connected to the main communications: electricity, sewerage and water supply.

    The city regularly puts commercial properties up for auction. Currently, entrepreneurs have access to more than 310 non-residential premises and buildings. Application campaigns will end between January 29 and February 27. Registration is required to participate in the auction. on the electronic trading platform “RoselTorg” and enhanced qualified electronic signature.

    Moscow is a city that develops entrepreneurship. The capital puts various properties up for auction, and the showcase of the offered objects is Moscow Investment Portal. In the section “Property from the city” All necessary information about the lots is published: photographs, documentation, conditions and form of implementation. Here you can also take a 3D tour of the objects. It is convenient to participate in city auctions remotely – the entire procedure takes place online.

    Development of electronic services for business corresponds to the objectives of the national project “Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State” and the regional project of the city of Moscow “Digital Public Administration”.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: In Moscow, over 12,000 online transactions with city property have been concluded in five years following auctions

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    Five years ago, Moscow began concluding transactions based on the results of auctions in electronic format. During this time, more than 12.1 thousand contracts have been drawn up with buyers and tenants of city property. This was reported by the Minister of the Moscow Government, head of the capital’s Department of City Property Maxim Gaman.

    “At the beginning of 2020, the Moscow investment portal began to conclude electronic contracts for the sale and purchase of non-residential real estate based on the results of auctions. In 2021, tenants of premises and plots received a similar opportunity, and in 2023 – buyers of land for the construction of private residential buildings. Thus, the entire process of selling capital property was transferred to a digital format. This made it possible to increase the circle of potential auction participants who no longer need to waste time visiting various authorities to complete documents. Since 2020, based on the results of competitive procedures, the city has conducted over 12.1 thousand online transactions, of which about 2.8 thousand were in 2024,” said Maxim Gaman.

    The electronic auction format has been in operation for 11 years, but until 2020, the execution of documents, registration of property rights and signing of contracts were carried out exclusively on paper. The process consisted of 11 stages, and buyers had to personally visit various authorities to submit, sign and receive documents.

    Now you can draw up a purchase and sale or lease agreement, as well as an act of acceptance and transfer of an object in a few minutes through your personal account on the Moscow investment portal. The capital’s office is responsible for registering rights in Rosreestr. Department of City Property.

    In the capital Department of Information Technology they said that the section “Property from the city” on the investment portal contains full information about available lots. Online tools help find suitable movable and immovable property – from parking spaces to business premises or land plots for the construction of residential buildings. A detailed description of each lot includes information about connected utilities, transport and social infrastructure, as well as photographs and a 3D tour. Here you can also sign up for an inspection and find out about the deadlines for submitting applications, the format of the auction and the venue.

    To participate in the auction, you will need to register on the electronic trading platform “RoselTorg” and enhanced qualified electronic signature.

    Development of electronic services for business corresponds to the objectives of the national project “Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State”.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Development of fish markets “Moscow – on the wave” will be discussed on the platform “City of ideas”

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    On the platform “City of Ideas” the project has started, dedicated to the fish markets “Moscow – on the wave”. They invite you to share initiatives for the development of popular gastronomic spaces until January 30. This was reported by Natalia Sergunina, Deputy Mayor of Moscow.

    “City residents will offer options for events and weekly promotions, ideas for introducing new services and filling social networks of “Moscow – on the Wave”. At the same time, participants will discuss the assortment and seasonal design of fish markets,” said Natalia Sergunina.

    There are two Moscow-on-the-Wave fish markets in the capital. The first opened in November 2023 in the Kosino-Ukhtomsky District, the second in September 2024 in Mitino. Visitors can expect more than 600 items of goods from three oceans and 13 seas, as well as food courts, areas for master classes and an open kitchen. Chef competitions, concerts and theatrical performances are also held here.

    In 2024, the City of Ideas platform turned 10 years old. Users share suggestions on how to make life in the capital even more comfortable. The project is being developed Department of Information Technology of Moscow and the State Institution “New Management Technologies”.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Triage system, digital X-ray and 11 operating rooms: how the flagship center of City Clinical Hospital No. 1 named after N.I. Pirogov is organized

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    The triage system, modern equipment, the principle of a digital clinic and 11 multidisciplinary operating rooms – doctors flagship center of the City Clinical Hospital (CCH) No. 1 named after N.I. Pirogov provide emergency and planned care to patients with a wide range of illnesses. During the first month of operation, the medical facility received almost six thousand people, its specialists performed hundreds of high-tech operations and thousands of diagnostic studies.

    How the new flagship is designed and equipped, what are the advantages of the “doctor to patient” principle, how advanced equipment helps save lives, and how much the Moscow healthcare system has improved thanks to the opening of the fifth emergency care center – in a report by mos.ru.

    Diagnostics and treatment in one place

    Flagship center of City Clinical Hospital No. 1 named after N.I. Pirogov opened December 20, 2024 on Leninsky Prospekt (building 10, block 7). The seven-story building is located on the territory of the First City Hospital, one of the oldest and largest clinics in the capital.

    One of the 27 buildings of the medical facility was completely reconstructed over the course of three years to become the new flagship; it is easy to find by the signs and the blue sign with the logo of the capital city. Department of Health— the letter M enclosed in a heart. Heated overground walkways connect the building with neighboring buildings.

    The center’s patients undergo a full diagnosis and, if necessary, undergo surgery, followed by recovery in intensive care and hospital treatment, as indicated.

    “Our flagship center represents almost all medical specialties: surgery, traumatology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, gynecology, urology and others. The staff consists of 350 people, including academicians and doctors of science. To equip the center, we purchased about 2.8 thousand units of medical equipment and furniture, including an angiographic system, a magnetic resonance imaging scanner, a whole-body X-ray computed tomography system and a mobile C-arm X-ray machine. After providing the necessary assistance, patients are either discharged for outpatient observation or sent to inpatient departments for further treatment,” says Daria Tuul, head of the emergency medical care center of City Clinical Hospital No. 1 named after N.I. Pirogov.

    Red Stream for Emergency Patients

    The flagship center of City Clinical Hospital No. 1 named after N.I. Pirogov meets modern medical standards. In the lobby and emergency department there are soft chairs and sofas, boxes for patients’ personal belongings, water coolers and coffee machines, snow-white calla lilies bloom in wooden tubs. Navigation stripes are applied to the floor – red, yellow and green, showing the directions of the corresponding flows, on the walls – illuminated signs and large screens for educational videos. The doors open at the touch of a button.

    To the right of the main entrance is the emergency medical care department, where patients are brought by ambulances. In a spacious heated vestibule, patients are transferred to gurneys. Red category patients who require urgent care are taken to the anti-shock room, where a team of resuscitators is already waiting for them, or to the operating room.

    Such patients are immediately connected to monitors that track temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, lung saturation and other vital signs. Among the modern equipment that the anti-shock room is equipped with are artificial lung ventilation and ultrasound devices, an indirect heart massage system, an anesthesia and respiratory apparatus and an electric cardiac pacemaker.

    “While the ambulance is transporting the patient, the doctors collect the anamnesis and transmit the information to us online, that is, we already understand with what preliminary diagnosis and in what condition the person will be admitted, whether he has chronic diseases, where he was taken from and how long it took. All this information is displayed on the screens in the anti-shock room and the admissions department. According to the regulations, red stream patients should receive assistance in the first minutes after admission,” explains Roman Emelin, an anesthesiologist-resuscitator at the flagship center of City Clinical Hospital No. 1 named after N.I. Pirogov.

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    Operating rooms with telemedicine

    The “heart” of the flagship center is a multidisciplinary operating block located on two floors. For the first time, City Clinical Hospital No. 1 named after N.I. Pirogov has an integrated digital operating room with automated data transfer, visualization and intelligent control. Sensors and high-resolution video cameras allow you to observe the surgical process in great detail on large screens and broadcast it to anywhere in the world, consulting with experts and training colleagues from Moscow and other regions.

    The hybrid operating room allows for simultaneous surgical interventions for various pathologies. Thanks to sophisticated angiographic equipment, doctors can penetrate the finest vessels and simultaneously perform operations on the head, chest, abdomen or limbs without moving patients.

    “In addition to the digital operating room with telemedicine and hybrid, we have nine multi-profile operating rooms equipped with the most modern equipment. Anesthesia and respiratory devices, defibrillators, endoscopic video stands, surgical microscopes, portable scanners, artificial blood circulation devices, X-ray arc and other advanced equipment allow us to perform any surgical interventions,” explains Vadim Konstantinov, a resuscitation specialist and anesthesiologist at the flagship center of City Clinical Hospital No. 1 named after N.I. Pirogov.

    After the operation, patients are transferred to the intensive care unit on the second floor. There are 11 beds, including two single boxes. Patients are under constant medical supervision for 24 hours. Each bed, which is separated by thick screens, has a syringe dispenser, an artificial lung ventilation device, a vital signs monitor, and for greater comfort, heated blankets powered by the electrical network are provided. The department is equipped with defibrillators, electrocardiographs, portable ultrasound machines, and pneumatic mail. Radiologists and endoscopists visit patients, so they leave the ward only to have a CT or MRI scan. After stabilization, patients are transferred to other hospital departments, where they stay until discharge.

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    Bracelets with clips

    The distribution of incoming patients is done using a digital triage system. At two medical stations, their temperature, blood pressure, and pulse are measured, and after a brief anamnesis, they are distributed into yellow and green streams. Each patient receives a bracelet of the corresponding color, and if necessary, clips. Red indicates a risk of falling, yellow indicates the presence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, and turquoise indicates an allergy to medications or food.

    “The red line takes patients to the anti-shock ward, and the yellow and green lines take them to the examination rooms, which are located on the first floor. There are seven of them, each with a surgeon, traumatologist, neurosurgeon, ophthalmologist, neurologist, otolaryngologist, maxillofacial surgeon, urologist and gynecologist. The center has all the latest diagnostic equipment: a CT scanner, digital X-ray, expert-class ultrasound machines, vital function monitors,” says Marat Magomedov, deputy chief physician for emergency care at the flagship center of City Clinical Hospital No. 1 named after N.I. Pirogov.

    In addition to the six-bed examination and shock wards, the first floor houses a diagnostic ward, an isolation ward for infectious patients, and five multi-profile operating rooms for emergency interventions, including hybrid and digital ones. The second floor is occupied by six operating rooms for scheduled patients, as well as an intensive care unit with 11 beds. The hospital’s inpatient departments are located from the third to the sixth floors: neurosurgery, two traumatology departments, and cardiovascular surgery. The seventh floor houses a diagnostic complex. The minus first and minus second floors are allocated for technical premises.

    The center provides care on a doctor-to-patient basis. After a quick check-in at the emergency department, further examinations and procedures, except for CT and MRI, are performed at the patient’s bedside. And digitalization provides specialists with online access to patients’ medical records using tablets.

    The doctors are assisted in their work by employees of the capital’s government service centers. They perform administrative functions and also create a comfortable environment for patients and their accompanying relatives.

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

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    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 Kuzminki – over 1.2 thousand people, almost 900 – in the Nizhegorodsky district. The rest live in Vykhino-Zhulebino, Kapotnya, Lefortovo, Ryazansky, Yuzhnoportovy districts and in Tekstilshchiki,” he said.

    In total, last year in the South-Eastern Administrative District, the paperwork for apartments was completed and residents of 73 old houses completely moved into new buildings.

    “In 2024, about 1.9 thousand families who moved to the South-East Administrative District used the city’s help in moving. Thanks to the “Moving Assistance” service, residents can order movers and a truck for free. Specialists will help to disassemble and pack things, and then move them from the old apartment to the new one. You can use the service online by leaving a request on the mos.ru portal, or at resettlement information centers, which are located on the first floors of new buildings,” said the Minister of the Moscow Government, head of the capital’s Department of Urban Development Policy

    Vladislav Ovchinsky.

    As noted in Department of Information Technology of the City of Moscow, will help you prepare for your planned move general instructions, available in the super service “Moving under the renovation program” on the mos.ru portal. With its help, you can find out how the move is organized and get information on the documents required to draw up a contract, as well as use links to useful services. If you configure the parameters of the move, the super service will provide the opportunity to read the instructions taking into account a specific life situation.

    In total, since the start of the program, more than 31.1 thousand Muscovites from 173 old buildings in the southeast have received modern housing.

    In the South-Eastern Administrative District of the capital, 818 buildings, in which more than 164 thousand city residents live, are included in the renovation program.

    Renovation program approved in August 2017. It concerns about a million Muscovites and provides for the resettlement of 5,176 houses. Earlier, Sergei Sobyanin instructeddouble the pace of program implementation.

    Moscow is one of the leaders among regions in terms of construction rates and volumes. Over the past five years, within the framework of the national project “Infrastructure for life” The volume of construction and commissioning of residential buildings in the capital has doubled – from three million to five to seven million square meters per year.

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

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    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 have already visited our exhibitions, festivals, lectures, master classes and excursions,” said the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry

    Maxim Liksutov.

    The museum is engaged in the restoration and storage of exhibits, exhibition, publishing, research and educational activities. Its collection contains 1,515 artifacts and 237 units of equipment. There are also exhibits that are unique in world history: for example, the only horse-drawn tram from 1872 recreated on the original chassis, one of the two surviving BF tram cars in the world, a KIM-10-50 passenger car, a SVARZ crane platform, a ZIS-154 bus, as well as the only surviving B.

    Since 2020, the institution’s employees have restored 20 exhibits and 76 artifacts, and performed local repairs on 16 items. Most of them can be seen in the permanent exhibition. This year, the museum continues a large-scale program to restore unique equipment, including buses, trams, metro cars, and cars.

    Over five years, 32 exhibitions were held here, 59 special projects were implemented, 626 educational events, 1845 excursions were organized, and eight books were published. The museum collection was replenished with 17.5 thousand archival files and more than six thousand publications.

    “From the very beginning, we created the Moscow Transport Museum as a living public space that answers an important question: what moves the city? We consider transport as part of urban culture and study it as a system, the main aspect of which is the relationship with a person. This is a museum about people and for people – all our projects, from children’s master classes to festivals for thousands, are designed to unite a variety of visitors and show them the amazing world that the topic of transport opens up. Over the past five years, the museum team has done a huge amount of work, which can be expressed in numbers, but the most significant thing is the growing love and interest in our projects and the urban culture of movement,” added Oksana Bondarenko, Director of the Moscow Transport Museum.

    Exhibitions and excursions

    Many major projects were implemented in the USSR Transport Pavilion at VDNKh. In 2021, the exhibition “Muscovite’s Dream” opened there (it was visited by 140 thousand people), a year later – the exhibition “You are here. Always. Today. The day after tomorrow” (it attracted 85 thousand visitors). In November last year, the exhibition opened “You look 100%!”, over 25 thousand people visited it during 2.5 months of work. In addition, the museum regularly holds thematic exhibitions at the Northern and Southern river terminals.

    Since 2021, the museum has had its own tour desk. In addition to tours of the exhibition and the storage facility, employees organize walks on the metro, as well as around the Northern and Southern river terminals.

    “New Era of the Moscow Metro” is the most popular year-round tour of the stations of the Big Circle Line (BCL). During the walk, guides talk about the innovative technologies used in the design of the stations, reveal the meaning of hidden messages and symbols left by the architects. Participants will learn how the design of the platforms reflects the features of the areas where the stations are located, how new lines are built, and how the metro works in general.

    In summer, visitors show great interest in exploring the museum’s collections. Here you can see over 100 exhibits of passenger cars, trucks and city vehicles from the USSR – taxis, police cars, rare Moskvichs, buses and legendary cars from the 1980s. Guests are also shown how museum employees restore equipment.

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    Festivals and conferences

    In 2022, the first Retroreis festival took place — since then, it has annually brought together tens of thousands of people interested in transport culture. Since 2023, as part of the city’s Night at the Museum event, the Tour of Cultures museum rally has been held, in which the capital’s largest institutions participate.

    That same year, the Moscow Transport Museum organized the first scientific and practical conference, “Museums of Movement — Museums in Motion.” Its goal was to unite museum and transport communities to discuss similar tasks, as well as expand professional interaction. After the conference, an annual experience exchange program was launched.

    This year, the museum team continues to work on creating a permanent exhibition, which will be located in the garage of the architect Konstantin Melnikov on Novorizhanskaya Street (building 27). The building, which is a monument of avant-garde architecture, is currently undergoing restoration. It will be returned to its historical appearance.

    Moscow Transport Museum — is an open urban space and research center. Its collections include more than 250 examples of passenger cars, trucks, buses, trolleybuses, taxis, city service vehicles, bicycles and motorcycles. The exhibits can be seen at exhibitions and transport infrastructure facilities.

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

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    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 Transport app. We have posted a poster for each of its points and added the ability to build a route to the selected site – this will allow residents and guests of the capital to plan their time. At the request of Sergei Sobyanin, we are creating more convenient and useful functions in our mobile applications for the comfort of users,” said Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry

    Maxim Liksutov.

    Finding festival sites in the app is easy. To do this, you need to move the bottom menu up, go to the “Interesting” section and click on the festival logo. After all the sites open, you should select the one you need and plot a route. You can download the app by link.

    The Moscow Transport app was launched in 2017. During this time, it has been downloaded more than eight million times. It combines all city routes in one service. A single platform allows users to get the best solution based on their personal needs, budget, and preferences. The app is convenient for both drivers and passengers of public transport. It makes it easy to manage the Troika card, make biometric payments for travel, order trips, buy tickets (including for river cruises), activate charging for electric vehicles at city stations, and use many other services.

    Project “Winter in Moscow”— the main event of the season, which until February 28 unites various events of the capital. Citizens and tourists are invited to remember traditions and history, warm up with tea and hot buns, go skating, skiing and tubing, watch ice shows, give gifts to people who find themselves in a difficult life situation, show care for those who need it.

    Muscovites and guests of the capital are offered a huge selection of events in the open air and in cultural and sports institutions. The atmosphere of winter traditions has engulfed the entire city – more than 1.9 thousand sites are open. The largest festivals of the capital are organically woven into the project: “Moscow Estates”, “Moscow Tea Party”, “City of Light”, “Snow and Ice in Moscow” and many others. All information about the project and winter season events can be found in a special section Mos.ru.

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

    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.

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    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 part of the Plan for Change and a core element of this will be addressing problems in the online sales space. 

    Under the new measures a person may need to submit a copy of a photo ID such as driving licence or passport, as well as proof of address such as a utility bill, before showing ID again when the package is delivered. This could also include a person submitting a current photo or video of themselves to an online retailer alongside their ID.

    It will also be illegal to leave a package containing a bladed weapon on a doorstep when no one is in to receive it.

    Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said:

    It’s a total disgrace how easy it still is for children to get dangerous weapons online.

    More than two years after Ronan Kanda was killed with a ninja sword bought by a teenager online, too many retailers still don’t have proper checks in place.

    It’s too easy to put in false birth dates, parcels are too often being dropped off at a doorstop with no questions asked.

    We cannot go on like this. We need much stronger checks – before you buy, before it’s delivered.

    The measures I am setting out today will be crucial in addressing this problem and are part of our Plan for Change and mission to make streets safer.

    Last year the Home Secretary commissioned Commander Stephen Clayman, the national police lead on knife crime, to carry out a full review into the online sale and delivery of knives. 

    The full report is expected at the end of the month and stronger ID checks are one of the recommendations.

    We have also already announced that we will hold social media executives to account for knife crime related content which glorifies and incites violence amongst young people. Senior execs of social media companies will face significant fines in the region of £10,000 for failing to swiftly remove knife crime related content from their platforms.

    The measures announced today are set to be included as part of the Crime and Policing Bill which is expected to be introduced to Parliament by spring, with more proposals still to come in the coming weeks.

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

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    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 the spring, seasonal elements will be added to them, such as chess tables. In total, there will be more than 100 small architectural forms in the park,” said the deputy head of the capital’s Department of Capital Repairs

    Anton Akulov.

    The park, with an area of 15.1 thousand square meters, is located next to a residential area.

    In addition to the arrangement of convenient approaches and entrances to metro stations, an important task was to create a comfortable urban environment for local residents.

    Nearby is the Sergei Andriaka Academy of Watercolor and Fine Arts. To play on the theme of the institution, the benches in the park were made in the form of multi-colored drops of paint.

    Old worn-out tiles were replaced with new ones on areas with a total area of over four thousand square meters. For comfortable and safe evening walks, 95 modern street lamps of bright yellow color were installed.

    A children’s science playground was created in the play area intended for children aged seven to 12 years. This new development appeared recently. It combines an educational approach with a game format. Children on such playgrounds not only have fun, but also learn something new and become familiar with physical phenomena.

    The park has five themed elements of the scientific playground. By mastering the “Electric Maze” and “Electric Circuit” modules, children learn the principles of electrical engineering. The “Cinema” element fascinates even adults: by rotating the disks and looking into the window, a person immerses himself in the world of illusions created by the movement of the picture. With the help of the “Shadow Theater” element, children can create their own performances, choosing the silhouettes of animals and other images that they want to show. Another element is “Morse Code”, during the game, children can encrypt and transmit a message, and then ask their friends on the intercom whether they understood them correctly.

    In 1941, the main line of the Moscow defense zone passed through the Teply Stan area, workers left for the front from here, and in 2022, a memorial sign dedicated to four divisions of the people’s militia was installed in the park. Patriotic events are now often held here. As part of the improvement, the area around the monument was tidied up.

    In addition, specialists expanded the area around the dry fountain to use this place for various district events. Now there is a decorated New Year tree here.

    In the spring, it is planned to lay a lawn in the park. The soil for it has already been prepared.

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

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    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 commission, based on a number of criteria, determined 150 participants in the next stage – a business game, which helped to evaluate the skills and abilities of the candidates. Based on its results, a pool of 64 participants was formed for the third stage – voting for candidates. At this stage, the candidates were supported by more than 71 thousand people. 32 candidates entered the parliament.

    Varvara told us in an interview how she achieved such heights.

    — How did you prepare for the competition for this position? Did you have any doubts about whether you were ready to take on such responsibility?

    — I was worried until the very end about whether I would be able to become deputy chairman or not. For the most part, everything depended on who would be the chairman, because I hoped that I would work with Filipp Chufistov, whom I already knew. In terms of preparation, I was required to do one thing — a speech for nomination, which was not difficult for me.

    — Why did you choose the “State and Municipal Administration” program when you applied?

    — In the eleventh grade, I attended preparatory courses at SPbPU, I think that gave me a push. There were many people there who recommended the direction “State and Municipal Administration”.

    — How did the knowledge you gained at university help you adapt to your new responsibilities?

    — At the university, I gained my first management experience, which will undoubtedly be useful to me. Thanks to the Polytechnic, my colleagues and I were able to create a student association, the Public Administration Laboratory.

    — Have you had any moments of doubt or failure on your way to this position?

    — Of course, I had my doubts, since the election of deputy chairmen is conducted by secret ballot, where a candidate must gain a majority of votes from the total number of members. In other words, if there was a quorum, it was necessary to gain at least 26 votes, regardless of the number of members of parliament present. I managed to gain 37 votes.

    — What do you think is the most important quality of a successful leader?

    — I believe that the most important quality of a successful leader is the ability to listen and hear his team. Of course, there is a whole set of qualities that are necessary for a leader, for example, the ability to speak correctly, organize the work process and delegate tasks, but it is the skill of building high-quality communication with the team that allows you to lead it and be 100% confident in it.

    — What role do mentors play in your professional development?

    — A huge role in most of my achievements and projects is played by mentors, to whom I can always turn. First of all, these are IPMEiT teachers, associate professors of HSAU Maxim Ivanov and Tamara Selentyeva. They are always ready to help, answer any questions, support in difficult times. In addition, another mentor of mine is Nikita Golubov, Chairman of the Youth Council of the Kalininsky District of St. Petersburg. He has his own, no less effective, mentoring methods. He always provides an opportunity to reach a completely new level, even if you are not ready for it. This gives the skill to find a way out of any situation.

    — How do you plan to use this experience for further professional growth? Are there any specific goals you want to achieve in the near future?

    — In the near future, I plan to organize work in the Youth Parliament, defend my master’s thesis, and try to enroll in graduate school. The experience I will gain will definitely help me in building my future career.

    — What advice would you give to a young professional starting out in their career?

    — My advice is to participate everywhere, always and in everything: olympiads, competitions, case championships. Sooner or later you will succeed. The main thing to remember is that you are gaining experience, which gives you an impetus for further development.

    Vladimir Shchepinin, Director of IPMEiT, joined in the congratulations: I am proud that the students of our institute achieve such heights during their student years. Varvara Bucherova was elected to such a responsible position in the Youth Parliament under the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg. This achievement demonstrates her leadership qualities, active civic position and desire to contribute to the development of our society. I am confident that she will successfully cope with her new responsibilities and will continue to benefit the city and the country.

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

    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 top blockchain networks powering innovation, and – due to its high-speed and low fees – Solana is expected to reach an all-time high in Total Locked Value (TLV) in 2025, with net inflows of $1.2billion in 2024. With transaction costs less than $0.01 and an average of 2,400 transactions per second, Solana’s performance has led to a noticeable market shift that puts the network front and center in 2025. In addition, Solana has proven itself in the traditional finance ecosystem, evidenced by PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin processing $13 billion as well as partnerships with Visa and Shopify to enable crypto payments. Further, institutional players like Franklin Templeton and Citibank are adopting Solana, underlining its potential to bridge crypto and traditional finance.1  

    “Launched in 2020, Solana emerged as a clear solution to the outdated technology in the blockchain space. The Solana ecosystem evolved quickly, boasting unparalleled speeds and cost efficiency, making transacting on the network essential,” said Mandy Chiu, Head of Financial Product Development at 21Shares. “21Shares launched the world’s first Solana ETP in 2021. With the launch of CSOL, the firm is continuing to leverage its expertise and track record in crypto, product development savvy and operational excellence in order to provide investors with access to Solana, one of the top growing blockchain networks, at an incredibly affordable cost.”

    With a management fee of 0.35%, CSOL offers innovative and cost-efficient exposure to a leading blockchain shaping the future. 100% physically backed, CSOL also benefits from staking rewards, which are seamlessly generated by adding the yield to the investor’s coin entitlement. By integrating staking rewards into 21Shares ETPs, investors enjoy a potential additional income stream without having to keep their assets locked, enhancing overall returns while maintaining exposure to the respective underlying assets. As of 23 January 2025, the average staking yield for Solana was 6.60%.2

    For more details about the 21Shares Solana Core Staking ETP, including the factsheet, please click here.

    Press Contact

    Audrey Belloff, Head of Global Communications, audrey.belloff@21.co

    About 21Shares

    21Shares is one of the world’s first and largest issuers of crypto exchange traded products. We were founded to make cryptocurrency more accessible to investors, and to bridge the gap between traditional finance and decentralized finance. In 2018, 21Shares listed the world’s first physically-backed crypto ETP, and we have a six-year track-record of creating crypto exchange-traded funds that are listed on some of the biggest, most-liquid securities exchanges globally. In addition to our six-year track record, 21Shares offers investors best-in-class research and unparalleled client service.

    21Shares is a member of 21.co, a global leader in decentralized finance. For more information, please visit www.21Shares.com.

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    This document is not an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for securities of 21Shares AG in any jurisdiction. Neither this document nor anything contained herein shall form the basis of, or be relied upon in connection with, any offer or commitment whatsoever or for any other purpose in any jurisdiction. Nothing in this document should be considered investment advice.

    This document and the information contained herein are not for distribution in or into (directly or indirectly) the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan or any other jurisdiction in which the distribution or release would be unlawful.

    This document does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in or into the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. The securities of 21Shares AG to which these materials relate have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will not be a public offering of securities in the United States. Neither the US Securities and Exchange Commission nor any securities regulatory authority of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States has approved or disapproved of an investment in the securities or passed on the accuracy or adequacy of the contents of this presentation. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.

    Within the United Kingdom, this document is only being distributed to and is only directed at: (i) to investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the “Order”); or (ii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”); or (iii) persons who fall within Article 43(2) of the Order, including existing members and creditors of the Company or (iv) any other persons to whom this document can be lawfully distributed in circumstances where section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply. The securities are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such securities will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this document or any of its contents.

    Exclusively for potential investors in any EEA Member State that has implemented the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 the Issuer’s Base Prospectus (EU) is made available on the Issuer’s website under www.21Shares.com.

    The approval of the Issuer’s Base Prospectus (EU) should not be understood as an endorsement by the SFSA of the securities offered or admitted to trading on a regulated market. Eligible potential investors should read the Issuer’s Base Prospectus (EU) and the relevant Final Terms before making an investment decision in order to understand the potential risks associated with the decision to invest in the securities. You are about to purchase a product that is not simple and may be difficult to understand.

    This document constitutes advertisement within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 and the Swiss Financial Services Act (the “FinSA”) and not a prospectus. The 2024 Base Prospectus of 21Shares AG has been deposited pursuant to article 54(2) FinSA with BX Swiss AG in its function as Swiss prospectus review body within the meaning of article 52 FinSA. The 2024 Base Prospectus and the key information document for any products may be obtained at 21Shares AG’s website (https://21shares.com/ir/prospectus or https://21shares.com/ir/kids).

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    1 Source: 21Shares State of Crypto #13: Market Outlook 2025
    2 Source: Coinbase, as of 23 January 2025

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

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    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 winter season, the skating rink hosts master classes, competitions, costume parties, themed performances, morning exercises, night skating and other events.

    On weekends until February 22, from 12:00 to 15:30, open-air folk festivities are held behind pavilion No. 58 “Agriculture”. The program includes musical and theatrical performances by artists, as well as Russian traditional games. Admission is free. On January 24, the program was opened by the folklore ensemble “Slavyane” of the Moscow State Academic Theater “Russian Song” under the direction of People’s Artist of Russia Nadezhda Babkina.

    This year, the VDNKh skating rink is located in its traditional location — between pavilions No. 1 “Central” and No. 58 “Agriculture”. The ice rink goes around the fountains “Friendship of Peoples” and “Stone Flower”. The area of the artificial surface is more than 20 thousand square meters. About five thousand people can be here at the same time.

    Project “Winter in Moscow”— the main event of the season, which until February 28 unites various events of the capital. Citizens and tourists are invited to remember traditions and history, warm up with tea and hot buns, go skating, skiing and tubing, watch ice shows, give gifts to people who find themselves in a difficult life situation, show care for those who need it.

    Muscovites and guests of the capital are offered a huge selection of events in the open air and in cultural and sports institutions. The atmosphere of winter traditions has engulfed the entire city – more than 1.9 thousand sites are open. The project organically intertwined with the largest festivals of the capital “Moscow Estates”, “Moscow Tea Party”, “City of Light”, “Snow and Ice in Moscow” and many others. All information about the project and the events of the winter season can be found in a special section of mos.ru.

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

    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 decades of experience in global finance and strategic leadership, Mr Berger has held pivotal roles at Orange Group, one of the world’s largest telecommunications providers, where he is currently Global Head of Strategy and Venture Capital. He was previously President and Managing Partner of Orange Ventures, where he oversaw investments in cutting-edge technology startups, and also served as Global Head of Financing and Treasury, managing equity and debt markets funding operations and leading infrastructure financing initiatives. This included structuring and executing several multi-billion-dollar international mergers and acquisitions.

    Mr Berger has a deep understanding of life sciences and digital health, serving as Director of several technology companies, including Future4Care, a leading digital health accelerator he co-founded on behalf of Orange in partnership with Sanofi, Capgemini, and Generali.

    “We are thrilled to welcome Jérôme Berger to our Board of Directors, as Vect-Horus is poised to enter its next phase of growth,” said Alexandre Tokay co-founder and CEO of Vect-Horus. “Jérôme’s unparalleled experience in strategy, venture capital and global financing, coupled with his strong background in digital health and life sciences, will be invaluable in supporting the development of Vect-Horus as we aim to revolutionize targeted drug delivery.”

    “I am honored to join the Board of Directors of one of the most advanced biotechnology companies in its domain, which deploys important partnerships with tier1 Pharmaceutical companies and life science actors around the world, promising to improve the lives and conditions of countless current and future patients suffering from CNS diseases or certain cancers, with currently little or no efficient therapeutic solutions.” said Jérôme Berger.

    About Vect-Horus

    Vect-Horus designs and develops vectors that facilitate targeting and delivery of therapeutic or imaging agents to organs, including the brain, and to tumors. Founded in 2005, Vect-Horus is a spin-off of the Institute for Neurophysiopathology (INP, UMR7051, CNRS and Aix Marseille University), formerly headed by Dr Michel Khrestchatisky, co-founder of the company. Vect-Horus has 42 employees (most in R&D).

    To learn more about Vect-Horus, visit www.vect-horus.com.

    Contacts

        For more information, please contact Vect-Horus

        Emmanuelle Bettendorf, BD & Alliance Management,

        Vect-Horus contact@vect-horus.com

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

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    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 Kuprido (International League). This added tension and excitement.

    The Polytechnic University was represented by two teams at once: the daring and ambitious Cherchez la Femme and the already well-known in the vastness of St. Petersburg Velikim Byt. The Cherchez la Femme team debuted at the festival, but the girls already have two years of productive play in KVN on their native Polytechnic stage and successful seasons in the Malaya Neva and Fontanka leagues behind them. On the first day of the festival, the ladies in blue delighted the jury and spectators with a tightly assembled program and relevant jokes, becoming a real discovery!

    We collected the best jokes of the season and tried to fit them into one performance. Our Masha even sawed a garbage can! It was cool! – shared 2nd year student of IPMET Daria Mukhtedinova.

    On the fifth day of the festival, the legendary team “Velikim Byt’” (Great Will Be) took to the stage, known for its performances in the Murmansk, Samara and Moscow student leagues. Thanks to careful preparation and boundless love for creating large-scale props, the team in green uniform was remembered by the jury for its polished roles and jokes and received an “increased rating” – the coveted ticket to the Central League!

    Preparations for KiViN began before the New Year. We sent our performance to the editors, and they helped collect the best. Coming up with the props was not as difficult as finding or making them. We had to travel around the resort town and meet the locals. The Sochi festival is the main event for every KVN player. We are glad that we were able to show our best material, – said 4th year student of IPMET Erika Patrusheva.

    The student club is actively developing the KVN movement at the Polytechnic University, annually attracting many teams that from the first year begin to participate in the city leagues of St. Petersburg and win their first awards, – noted the deputy director of the SPbPU Student Club Angelina Kulanova.

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

    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, lantern displays, lion dances and intangible cultural heritage bazaars to village galas, light and drone shows, museum exhibitions, and travels at home and abroad.
    This year, festive glee and activities are further boosted by the UNESCO recognition, pro-consumption policies and the extension of the traditional seven-day holiday by an extra day.

    A performance is staged at the Hetou ancient street scenic area in Tangshan, north China’s Hebei Province, Jan. 26, 2025. China is alive with vibrant celebrations with the Spring Festival just around the corner. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)
    FAMILY REUNIONS AND TRADITIONAL FESTIVITIES
    For migrant workers like Zhang Changfu, a native of Baise in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south China, the Spring Festival offers a rare opportunity for a family reunion.
    “I’ve been working away from home for 20 years, but I return home every Spring Festival,” said Zhang, 41, who works as a machinist in the southwestern metropolis of Chengdu, adding that he is looking forward to taking his family to the local temple fair.
    The temple fair, a panoply of folk performances, local delicacies and traditional handicrafts, is a familiar sight at this time of year. While such activities contain more traditional elements in the countryside, large cities like Beijing and Shanghai have a tradition of holding large-scale fairs.
    For others, like Lin Jia who works in Nanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, Spring Festival is the perfect time for a family tour. Lin’s parents and grandmother have traveled from Hunan Province to join her for the holiday.
    Lin plans to take them sightseeing around the city after a New Year’s Eve dinner at a hotpot restaurant. “It’s both a reunion and a mini vacation,” she said.
    This year, many cities are holding more traditional festive activities, motivated by the inscription of the Spring Festival on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in December. The southwestern megacity of Chongqing has planned more than 100 intangible cultural heritage exhibitions, bazaars and performances during the holiday.
    “We hope visitors can feel the strong festive ambiance and the special charm of our cultural heritage,” said Tang Mao, the organizer of a cultural heritage bazaar in Chongqing’s bustling Jiefangbei commercial area, where over 40 artisans display traditional crafts like paper-cutting, New Year picture drawing and sugar-figure making.
    HOLIDAY SHOPPING
    For centuries, shopping has been a crucial part of Spring Festival preparations: from nice food to new clothes and carefully chosen gifts.
    Liu Fengmei, a woman in her 70s in Shanghai, traveled over an hour by subway to First Foodhall, a time-honored food store on the iconic Nanjing Road, to stock up on traditional holiday snacks.
    A long queue is seen outside the store, which, like many across the country at this time of the year, is filled with festive decorations and a dazzling array of traditional foods.
    Following the UNESCO recognition, Chinese consumers also appear to be particularly interested in goods with a cultural festival flair.
    Li Gang with the Ministry of Commerce said sales of neo-Chinese-style jewelry and goods featuring intangible cultural heritages have grown by 52.6 percent and 26.6 percent in the month-long online shopping event for the festival initiated by the ministry.
    In recent years, the Spring Festival shopping lists have included more imported goods, reflecting Chinese people’s rising purchasing power and growing appetite for imported quality goods.
    Earlier this month, a cargo ship loaded with 20,000 tonnes of Chilean cherries arrived at the Nansha Port in south China’s Guangzhou, perfectly timed to offer a festive treat for millions ahead of the Spring Festival.
    “Chilean cherries, Australian lobsters and Russian snow crabs … the prices of imported products are quite attractive, so I plan to prepare a New Year’s Eve dinner that blends both Chinese and foreign flavors,” said a customer surnamed Guo at a store of fresh-food chain Freshippo in Beijing.
    Driven by government-subsidized trade-in programs, mobile phones, wearable devices, and green and smart home appliances are also highly sought-after items ahead of the festival, according to the ministry.
    “Spending on New Year’s goods can offer a glimpse into the resilience and vitality of consumption throughout the year,” said Hong Tao, director of the Institute of Business Economics at Beijing Technology and Business University, who expects a new wave of holiday consumption growth.
    Tourists take a selfie at Jiangjunshan Ski Resort in Altay, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 21, 2025. As the Spring Festival approaches, Altay in Xinjiang has ushered in peak tourist season. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
    HOLIDAY TRAVEL
    In addition to local festivities, many are venturing farther afield to make the most of the eight-day Spring Festival holiday.
    Fang Xue, a resident of Shanghai, plans to take her parents on a holiday trip to Shantou, a coastal city in Guangdong Province. “Traveling during the Spring Festival has become quite fashionable,” Fang said. “My parents in their 80s are very eager to travel.”
    The extended holiday has given a boost to the travel industry. While tourist cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and Chengdu are attracting large numbers of holidaymakers, smaller cities are also getting more travelers who wish to savor celebrations with local flavors, according to Fliggy, a leading online travel agency.
    “Expectations for intangible cultural heritage activities are especially high during the first Spring Festival after the UNESCO recognition,” said Wang Liyang, operations manager at Fliggy.
    Thanks to China’s further easing of visa policies, many Chinese cities are also witnessing an influx of international visitors, with many eager to experience the festival traditions.
    “The UNESCO heritage status gives Spring Festival worldwide recognition and increases its appeal to international tourists,” said Zhou Huijie, an analyst at Trip.com research institute.
    Trip.com Group has estimated that inbound bookings would jump by 203 percent during the Spring Festival, with tourists from the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, the United States, Australia, Thailand and Britain topping the list.
    Lukas Muller from Germany is traveling in northeast China’s Jilin Province for skiing and to experience the Spring Festival.
    “My friends and I will experience Chinese New Year up close, including eating dumplings, putting up spring couplets, setting off fireworks, and many other customs I’m not familiar with yet,” he said, also praising China’s visa-free policy that facilitated his trip.
    Spring Festival serves as the most direct cultural window to understand the Chinese people and it is also a traditional festival with the most Chinese cultural characteristics, said Feng Jicai, a renowned Chinese writer who has long championed intangible cultural heritage protection. 

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

    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 Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. A year earlier, the 78th UN General Assembly recognized the Chinese New Year as an official UN holiday, underscoring the festival’s growing global presence.
    Spring Festival customs are now celebrated in nearly 200 countries and regions, with almost 20 nations designating it as an official public holiday. Each year, around one-fifth of the global population takes part in this cherished tradition.
    CUSTOMS WITH GLOBAL APPEAL
    Spring Festival’s core customs — celebrating family reunions, wishing for good fortune and creating traditional crafts — captivate cultural enthusiasts worldwide with its unique approach to welcoming the new year.
    In the Hungarian capital of Budapest, the streets of Chinatown bustled with a two-day Spring Festival celebration. Visitors took part in dumpling-making, calligraphy workshops and lantern crafting. This vibrant celebration mirrors a global trend where Spring Festival traditions are increasingly embraced across diverse cultures.
    “It’s amazing to see the performances and learn about traditions that are so different yet so universal,” said Kata Szabo, a local resident who attended the event with her young daughter.

    People watch a demonstration of sugar figure art during a temple fair celebrating the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in Budapest, Hungary, on Jan. 18, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Hao)
    To Giacomo Bechini, a 29-year-old web designer from Florence, Italy, this year’s Spring Festival is more than a holiday: It is an opportunity to connect with his wife’s Chinese heritage and immerse himself in the festival’s traditions.
    His fascination with the Chinese Lunar Calendar, a lunisolar dating system, has deepened his appreciation even further. “It’s incredible how the Spring Festival is tied to a different calendar. I’ve been learning about its symbolic meanings and how the festivities last for days,” Bechini said.
    For Tichaona Zimuto, a 34-year-old professional acrobat from Zimbabwe, Spring Festival traditions have evolved from a simple interest into a meaningful practice. About two weeks ago, Zimuto and his group, Blackstar Acrobatics, captivated a local audience in Harare with a rhythmic lion dance performance during a Spring Festival celebration.
    The lion dance, which originated in ancient China, blends dance, music and martial arts, with performers mimicking a lion’s movements in elaborate costumes. This traditional art has grown on Zimuto over the past year.
    “When I was wearing the lion dance costume, I just felt excited. I just felt great, something special. I just felt like a lion, a real lion,” he said.

    A lion dance performance is staged at the 4th edition of the Chinese New Year cultural festival at the National Arts Center in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, Jan. 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Mengxin)
    The Chinese New Year and its rich cultural heritage are also being shared in exciting new ways. Disney California Adventure Park recently launched its 2025 Lunar New Year celebrations, offering a lively blend of Asian cultural performances. Legendary Chinese warrior Mulan and her quick-witted dragon sidekick, Mushu, led the Lunar New Year procession, celebrating family, friendship and the hope for a prosperous year ahead.
    Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia recently hosted a one-of-a-kind Spring Festival Market at the Cultural Palace in Riyadh, which buzzed with energy during its two-day run. The Chinese e-sports zone was a standout attraction, featuring popular titles such as “Black Myth: Wukong” and “Honor of Kings.”
    Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud, president of the Saudi National E-Sports Association, said e-sports are a powerful way to connect young people around the globe.
    “We can create games about Saudi culture and bring them to China and the world,” he said.
    VALUES OF UNIVERSAL RESONANCE
    Beneath its traditional customs, the Chinese New Year carries a universal resonance of hope, family unity and aspirations for a better life — values that underpin its global appeal.
    People believe that celebrating the Chinese New Year will bring them good luck, good fortune and happiness in the new year, said Heoun Thary, a 32-year-old Cambodian housewife.
    She was referring to the recent Lunar New Year festivities in Phnom Penh, which drew hundreds of revelers. Thary noted that the event not only introduced Cambodians to Chinese traditions but also strengthened the bond between the two nations.
    In Tanorn village, 60 km south of Phnom Penh, Cambodian villagers participating in a China-aided poverty alleviation project also embraced the spirit of the Spring Festival. The celebration featured red lanterns and couplets.
    “People believe that celebrating the Chinese New Year can help increase their luck, promoting their business to make more money,” said Khlok Chamroeun, a 62-year-old deputy chief of the village.

    People watch a lion dance performance at the 2025 Chinese New Year Festival and Market Day in Auckland, New Zealand, Jan. 25, 2025. The event was held here on Saturday. (Photo by Wu Jiaxiang/Xinhua)
    In New Zealand, a Year of the Snake concert put together Eastern and Western musical traditions. Musicians from China’s Yijing Chamber Ensemble of the Central Conservatory of Music and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra performed in Christchurch, blending the pipa, erhu and bamboo flute with classical symphonies. “Music knows no boundaries. The unique qualities of Eastern and Western music can truly resonate with each other,” said Chinese Consul General He Ying.
    This vision of harmony came alive at the United Nations in New York on Friday night. At a Lunar New Year celebration, Miguel Angel Moratinos, UN under-secretary-general and high representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, delivered Lunar New Year wishes in Chinese, “Chunjie Kuaile (Happy Spring Festival),” in the lobby of the main building at the UN Headquarters.
    “The Lunar New Year marked the beginning of the Year of the Snake, which is associated with characteristics like wisdom, caution and strategy, and signifies transformation and growth,” he said.
    “With the numerous challenges the world is facing, the spirit embodied by the Lunar New Year offers us a beacon of hope and positivity,” Moratinos said.

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  • MIL-OSI: Haffner Energy, LanzaJet, and LanzaTech Join Forces to Unlock Alcohol-To-Jet SAF Production from Biomass Residues

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    VITRY-LE-FRANÇOIS, France and CHICAGO, Jan. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) —

    Haffner Energy, a leading advanced solid biomass-to-clean fuels solutions provider, LanzaTech, a carbon management company providing a differentiated syngas-to-ethanol solution, and LanzaJet, the leading ethanol-to-jet technology company and fuels producer, announce today they are working together to explore joint biomass-to-Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) projects covering the entire production value chain.

    The three companies are exploring SAF production opportunities, including the development of commercial plants, joint technology licenses, and offtake opportunities as they become available, and funding support and/or investment in specific SAF projects.

    “The three companies together demonstrate the type of partnership and technology alignment this industry will need to be successful in meeting the global demands of aviation,” says LanzaJet CEO Jimmy Samartzis. “CirculAir™, the joint product between LanzaJet and LanzaTech, brings together our proprietary technologies to create low-carbon SAF from a variety of feedstocks, including discreet biomass sources. The technology developed by Haffner Energy further opens new opportunities for additional SAF production because it is biomass-agnostic.

    France-based Haffner Energy relies on its 31-years of experience to design, manufacture, supply, license, and operate proprietary disruptive clean fuels solutions using all types of biomass residues wet or dry, including agricultural and municipal waste.

    LanzaJet, a U.S.-based company with operations around the world, has a leading, exclusive, and patented Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology. LanzaJet is backed by global airport operator group Aéroports de Paris (ADP), British Airways, Airbus, Southwest Airlines and Microsoft, among others. In 2024 LanzaJet was named to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list, and opened the world’s first commercial-scale ATJ plant in the U.S.

    LanzaTech is a proven leader in commercial-scale carbon management solutions, with operations worldwide that transform waste carbon into valuable raw materials, such as ethanol. Ethanol is the essential input required to produce SAF through the ATJ pathway. LanzaTech’s waste-based ethanol provides a tremendous resource for the scalability of the ATJ pathway and CirculAir™, the initiative unveiled last year by LanzaTech and LanzaJet, formally brings together both companies’ technologies into one integrated solution to take advantage of the immense opportunity in using waste-based feedstocks for SAF production.

    LanzaTech’s extensive experience using synthetic gas (syngas) as a feedstock to produce ethanol coupled with the proven flexibility of Haffner Energy’s proprietary technology to use a wide array of biomass residues to produce syngas, creates a strong foundation upon which to connect LanzaJet’s ATJ technology. The combination of the three companies’ technology unlocks a compelling pipeline of opportunities to develop and build multiple profitable projects together.

    “We are excited to team up with LanzaTech and LanzaJet to develop our first SAF projects together, says Haffner Energy co-founder and CEO Philippe Haffner. We’re confident that CirculAir™ is an exciting pathway, and we look forward to growing our global pipeline together thanks to our combined technologies.”

    Dr. Jennifer Holmgren, Chair and CEO of LanzaTech, and Board Chair of LanzaJet, stated, “The powerful combination of CirculAir and Haffner Energy’s technologies widens the range of waste-based feedstocks able to be used to meet growing SAF demand. Together, our technologies and teaming can drive innovation and economic growth through advanced technology. This partnership is about more than just fuel production; it’s about creating well-paid jobs in rural areas, generating additional value from agricultural and forestry waste, and building new refineries that can bolster local economies.”

    About Haffner Energy

    Haffner Energy designs, manufactures, supplies, and operates biofuel and hydrogen solutions using biomass residues. Its innovative, patented thermolysis technology produces Sustainable Aviation Fuel, as well as renewable gas, hydrogen, and methanol. The company also contributes to regenerating the planet through the co-production of biogenic CO2 and biochar. A family-owned company co-founded 31 years ago by Marc and Philippe Haffner, Haffner Energy has been working from the outset to decarbonize industry and all forms of mobility, as well as governments and local communities. Further information is available at https://​www.haffner-energy.com.

    About LanzaJet

    LanzaJet is a leading alternative fuels technology and engineering company with a patented Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ) technology, LanzaJet is creating an opportunity for future generations by catalyzing the deployment of SAF and other energy solutions capable of building new industries, creating next generation jobs, and transforming the global economy. LanzaJet was named to TIME100 Most Influential Companies list in 2024. The company is backed by investors and supporters including: LanzaTech, Suncor, Mitsui, Shell, British Airways, All Nippon Airways, Microsoft, Breakthrough Energy, Southwest Airlines, MUFG, Groupe ADP and Airbus. Further information is available at https://​www.lanzajet​.com/.

    About LanzaTech

    LanzaTech Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNZA) is the carbon recycling company transforming waste carbon into sustainable fuels, chemicals, materials, and protein for everyday products. Using its bio-recycling technology, LanzaTech captures carbon generated by energy-intensive industries at the source, preventing it from being emitted into the air. LanzaTech then gives that captured carbon a new life as a clean replacement for virgin fossil carbon in everything from household cleaners and clothing fibers to packaging and fuels. By partnering with companies across the global supply chain like ArcelorMittal, Coty, Craghoppers, and LanzaJet, LanzaTech is paving the way for a circular carbon economy. For more information about LanzaTech, visit https://lanzatech.com.

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    meg.whitty@lanzajet.com
    +1 (515) 554 4244

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    press@lanzatech.com
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  • MIL-OSI: Euronext to acquire Nasdaq’s Nordic power futures business

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Euronext to acquire Nasdaq’s Nordic power futures business

    Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Milan, Oslo and Paris / New York – 28 January 2025 – Euronext (Euronext: ENX), the leading European capital market infrastructure, and Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ), a leading transatlantic market operator and global technology company, today announced the signing of a binding agreement under which Euronext will acquire Nasdaq’s Nordic power futures business, subject to receipt of applicable regulatory approvals.

    The agreement entails the transfer of existing open positions in Nasdaq’s Nordic power derivatives, currently held in Nasdaq Clearing, to Euronext Clearing, with approval of the members. Trading of power futures will be operated from Euronext Amsterdam and will be cleared through Euronext Clearing. Nasdaq Clearing AB, Nasdaq Oslo ASA, and their respective infrastructure are not included in the sale. Nasdaq will continue to operate its European Markets Services business and multi-asset clearinghouse.

    The anticipated combination of Euronext Nord Pool’s market initiative with Nasdaq’s Nordic power futures business is fully aligned with Euronext’s “Innovate for Growth 2027” strategic priority to expand in power and accelerates the delivery of Euronext’s power futures ambitions. The transaction complies with Euronext’s capital allocation policy and will be fully financed with existing cash.

    Camille Beudin, Euronext Head of Diversified Services, said: “Euronext, with its strong presence in the Nordics and efficient integrated trading and clearing setup, is in an excellent position to deliver a long-standing and liquid power futures market for the Nordic and Baltic region. The acquisition of Nasdaq’s Nordic power futures is a major accelerator for our power futures ambition and positions Euronext as a leading player for trading and hedging of power in Europe.”

    Roland Chai, President of European Markets at Nasdaq, said: “Nasdaq’s European multi-asset class market infrastructure is an integral part of our business as an operator of transatlantic markets. This transaction will further sharpen our focus on strategic growth areas as we lead the European capital markets with strong client commitment, state of the art infrastructure for multi-asset class trading and clearing, and expertise in sustainability solutions. We are pleased that Euronext can offer a compatible power product structure and are confident that it will provide our members with the scale and expertise needed to further their power businesses.”

    In August 2024, Euronext and Nord Pool announced their plan to launch a Nordic and Baltic power futures market that addresses the need expressed by the market to have a long-standing, sustainable market infrastructure committed to developing secure power futures trading in the Nordic and Baltic regions. Client testing for the Euronext Nord Pool power futures offering will open in March 2025. The infrastructure created as part of this project is expected to go live in June 2025 and will be able to support the existing Nasdaq Nordic power futures business.

    Euronext and Nasdaq intend to work closely together to ensure a smooth migration of Nasdaq’s Nordic power futures in the first half of 2026. Until the migration is completed, Nasdaq will continue to operate its Nordic power futures business as usual. On receipt of the required approvals, Nasdaq will inform the market about the timing for the transfer of existing open positions to Euronext and Nasdaq will exit its commodities business post migration. No financial details of the transaction are disclosed.

    CONTACTS – EURONEXT  

    ANALYSTS & INVESTORS – ir@euronext.com

    Investor Relations        Aurélie Cohen         

            Judith Stein        +33 6 15 23 91 97          

    MEDIA – mediateam@euronext.com 

    Europe        Aurélie Cohen         +33 1 70 48 24 45   

            Andrea Monzani         +39 02 72 42 62 13 

    Belgium        Marianne Aalders         +32 26 20 15 01                 

    France, Corporate        Flavio Bornancin-Tomasella        +33 1 70 48 24 45                 

    Ireland        Andrea Monzani         +39 02 72 42 62 13                 

    Italy         Ester Russom         +39 02 72 42 67 56                 

    The Netherlands        Marianne Aalders         +31 20 721 41 33                 

    Norway         Cathrine Lorvik Segerlund        +47 41 69 59 10                 

    Nord Pool        Irene Zeier        +47 905 79 250

    Nord Pool        Stuart Disbrey         +44 7887 409 044

    Portugal         Sandra Machado        +351 91 777 68 97                

    Corporate Services        Coralie Patri         +33 7 88 34 27 44                                         

    CONTACTS – NASDAQ

    ANALYSTS & INVESTORS – Ato.Garrett@nasdaq.com

    Investor Relations        Ato Garrett        +1 212 401 8737

    MEDIA – Hampus.Stenberg@nasdaq.com 

    European Market Services        Hampus Stenberg         +46 73 449 64 31   

    About Euronext

    Euronext is the leading European capital market infrastructure, covering the entire capital markets value chain, from listing, trading, clearing, settlement and custody, to solutions for issuers and investors. Euronext runs MTS, one of Europe’s leading electronic fixed income trading markets, and Nord Pool, the European power market. Euronext also provides clearing and settlement services through Euronext Clearing and its Euronext Securities CSDs in Denmark, Italy, Norway, and Portugal.

    As of December 2024, Euronext’s regulated exchanges in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal host over 1,800 listed issuers with around €6 trillion in market capitalisation, a strong blue-chip franchise and the largest global centre for debt and fund listings. With a diverse domestic and international client base, Euronext handles 25% of European lit equity trading. Its products include equities, FX, ETFs, bonds, derivatives, commodities and indices.

    For the latest news, go to euronext.com or follow us on X and LinkedIn.

    About Nasdaq

    Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) is a global technology company serving corporate clients, investment managers, banks, brokers, and exchange operators as they navigate and interact with the global capital markets and the broader financial system. We aspire to deliver world-leading platforms that improve the liquidity, transparency, and integrity of the global economy. Our diverse offering of data, analytics, software, exchange capabilities, and client-centric services enables clients to optimize and execute their business vision with confidence. To learn more about the company, technology solutions and career opportunities, visit us on LinkedIn, on X @Nasdaq, or at www.nasdaq.com.

    CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

    This communication contains forward-looking information related to Nasdaq and the proposed sale of the Nasdaq Nordic power futures business by an affiliate of Nasdaq to an affiliate of Euronext, which transaction involves substantial risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. When used in this communication, words such as “will”, “enable”, “intends”, “plans”, “expected” and similar expressions and any other statements that are not historical facts are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this communication include, among other things, statements about the potential benefits of the proposed transaction, including statements relating to expectations of future operating results and financial performance, the anticipated timing of closing of the proposed transaction, preparations for the transfers of open interest and the actions of Nasdaq after the closing. Risks and uncertainties include, among other things, risks related to the ability of Nasdaq to consummate the proposed transaction on a timely basis or at all; Nasdaq’s ability to secure regulatory approvals on the terms expected, in a timely manner or at all; the ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction, including the possibility that the expected benefits from the proposed transaction will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period; disruption from the transaction making it more difficult to maintain business and operational relationships; risks related to diverting management’s attention from Nasdaq’s ongoing business operations; the negative effects of the announcement or the consummation of the proposed transaction on the market price of Nasdaq’s common stock or on Nasdaq’s operating results; significant transaction costs; unknown liabilities; the risk of litigation or regulatory actions related to the proposed transaction; and the effect of the announcement or pendency of the transaction on Nasdaq’s business relationships, operating results, and business generally.

    Further information on these and other risks and uncertainties relating to Nasdaq can be found in its reports filed on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and in other filings Nasdaq makes with the SEC from time to time and available at www.sec.gov. These documents are also available under the Investor Relations section of Nasdaq’s website at http://ir.nasdaq.com/investor-relations. The forward-looking statements included in this communication are made only as of the date hereof. Nasdaq disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

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    This press release is for information purposes only: it is not a recommendation to engage in investment activities and is provided “as is”, without representation or warranty of any kind. While all reasonable care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the content, Euronext does not guarantee its accuracy or completeness. Euronext will not be held liable for any loss or damages of any nature ensuing from using, trusting or acting on information provided. No information set out or referred to in this publication may be regarded as creating any right or obligation. The creation of rights and obligations in respect of financial products that are traded on the exchanges operated by Euronext’s subsidiaries shall depend solely on the applicable rules of the market operator. All proprietary rights and interest in or connected with this publication shall vest in Euronext. This press release speaks only as of this date. Euronext refers to Euronext N.V. and its affiliates. Information regarding trademarks and intellectual property rights of Euronext is available at www.euronext.com/terms-use.

    © 2025, Euronext N.V. – All rights reserved. 

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