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  • MIL-OSI: Sampo plc: Notice of the Annual General Meeting

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Sampo plc, stock exchange release, 26 March 2024 at 10:25 am EET

    Sampo plc: Notice of the Annual General Meeting

    Notice is given to the shareholders of Sampo plc of the Annual General Meeting to be held on Wednesday, 23 April 2025 at 2.00 pm (EEST) at the Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre’s Congress Wing, address Rautatieläisenkatu 3, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland. The reception of persons who have registered for the meeting and serving of coffee prior to the meeting will start at 12.30 pm (EEST).

    Shareholders have the opportunity to exercise their voting rights also by voting in advance on certain matters on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting. In addition, shareholders may follow the meeting through a live webcast. The webcast begins on 23 April 2025 at 2.00 pm (EEST). Following the meeting through the webcast is not considered as participation in the Annual General Meeting or the exercising of shareholder rights. It is not possible to ask questions, make counterproposals, address the meeting otherwise or vote through the webcast. Shareholders who wish to follow the webcast can exercise their voting rights by voting in advance. To receive the link for the webcast, shareholders are required to register through the registration system. The instructions regarding the advance voting and registering for the webcast are presented in Section C.6-7 herein.

    A. Items on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting

    The information and proposals of agenda items 1 to 5 concerning the formal organisational matters of the Annual General Meeting are included in a separate organisational document published on Sampo’s website at www.sampo.com/agm, which document also constitutes a part of this notice. The document may be supplemented at the meeting with any information that is not available before the Annual General Meeting.

    At the Annual General Meeting, the following items will be considered:

    1. Opening of the meeting

    2. Calling the meeting to order

    3. Election of persons to scrutinise the minutes and to supervise the counting of votes

    4. Recording the legality of the meeting

    5. Recording the attendance at the meeting and adoption of the list of votes

    6. Presentation of the Financial Statements, Report of the Board of Directors, the Auditor’s Report and the Sustainability Reporting Assurance Report for the financial year 2024

    • Review by the Group CEO
    • Auditor’s Report and Sustainability Reporting Assurance Report presented by the Auditor and Sustainability Reporting Assurance Provider

    7. Adoption of the Financial Statements

    8. Resolution on the use of the profit shown on the balance sheet and the payment of dividend

    The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that a total dividend of EUR 0.34 per share be paid to all shares except for the shares held by Sampo plc on the dividend record date of 25 April 2025. The dividend will be paid to the shareholders registered in the Company’s shareholders’ register maintained by Euroclear Finland Oy as at the record date of 25 April 2025. The Board proposes that the dividends be paid on 6 May 2025.

    The issuer of the Swedish depository receipts shall ensure that the dividend is paid to the depository receipt holders registered in the securities depository and settlement register maintained by Euroclear Sweden AB as at the record date of 25 April 2025, which payment shall be made in Swedish Krona. The dividend payment for shares registered in the form of share entitlements book-entered in VP Securities A/S in Denmark as at the record date of 25 April 2025 will be administered by VP Securities A/S subsequent to receipt of the dividend from Euroclear Finland.

    9. Resolution on the discharge of the members of the Board of Directors and the CEO from liability for the financial year 2024

    10. Consideration of the Remuneration Report for Governing Bodies

    The Board of Directors proposes that the Remuneration Report for Governing Bodies for the financial year 2024 be adopted by the Annual General Meeting through an advisory resolution.

    The Remuneration Report for Governing Bodies is available on Sampo plc’s website at www.sampo.com/agm.

    11. Resolution on the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors

    The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the following annual fees be paid to the members of the Board of Directors until the close of the next Annual General Meeting:

    • EUR 243,000 for the Chair of the Board (prev. EUR 235,000);
    • EUR 140,000 for the Vice Chair of the Board (prev. EUR 135,000);
    • EUR 108,000 for each member of the Board (prev. EUR 104,000);
    • EUR 30,000 for the Chair of the Audit Committee as an additional annual fee (prev. EUR 29,000); and
    • EUR 6,800 for each member of the Audit Committee as an additional annual fee (prev. EUR 6,600).

    A Board member must acquire Sampo plc A shares at the price paid in public trading with 50 per cent of his/her annual fee after the deduction of taxes, payments and potential statutory social and pension costs. Notwithstanding this, a Board member is not required to purchase any additional Sampo plc A shares if the Board member owns such amount of said shares that their value is equivalent to twice the respective Board member’s gross annual fee. The Company will pay any possible transfer tax related to the acquisition of the shares.

    12. Resolution on the number of members of the Board of Directors

    The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the number of Board members is decreased by one and that eight members be elected to the Board.

    13. Election of the members of the Board of Directors

    The Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board of Directors proposes that the current members of the Board Christian Clausen, Steve Langan, Risto Murto, Antti Mäkinen, Markus Rauramo, Astrid Stange and Annica Witschard be re-elected for a term continuing until the close of the next Annual General Meeting. Of the current members, Georg Ehrnrooth and Jannica Fagerholm are not available for re-election. The Committee proposes that Sara Mella be elected as a new member to the Board.

    All the proposed Board members have been determined to be independent of the Company and its major shareholders under the rules of the Finnish Corporate Governance Code 2025.

    The CVs of all persons proposed as Board members are available at www.sampo.com/agm.

    14. Resolution on the remuneration of the Auditor and the Sustainability Reporting Assurance Provider

    The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that compensation be paid to the Company’s Auditor and to the Sustainability Reporting Assurance Provider against invoices approved by the Company.

    15. Election of the Auditor and the Sustainability Reporting Assurance Provider

    The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the Authorised Public Accountant Firm Deloitte Ltd be re-elected as the Company’s Auditor for the financial year 2025. If Deloitte Ltd is elected as Sampo plc’s Auditor, the firm has announced that APA ASA Jukka Vattulainen will continue as the auditor with principal responsibility.

    The Audit Committee also proposes to the Annual General Meeting that Authorised Sustainability Audit Firm Deloitte Ltd be re-elected as the Company’s Sustainability Reporting Assurance Provider for the financial year 2025. If Deloitte Ltd is elected as Sampo plc’s Sustainability Reporting Assurance Provider, the firm has announced that APA ASA Jukka Vattulainen will continue as the principal authorised sustainability auditor.

    16. Authorising the Board of Directors to decide on the repurchase of the Company’s own shares

    The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the Annual General Meeting authorise the Board to resolve to repurchase, on one or several occasions, a maximum of 250,000,000 Sampo plc A shares. The maximum number of shares represents approximately 9.29 per cent of all outstanding A shares of the Company as of number of shares on the date of the Board’s proposal. The repurchased shares will be cancelled.

    The shares may be repurchased either through an offer to all shareholders on equal terms or through other means and otherwise than in proportion to the existing shareholdings of the Company’s shareholders (directed repurchase) if the Board of Directors deems that there are weighty financial reasons for such directed repurchase. Directed repurchases may be carried out, among others, through open market purchases, participation in accelerated book-building processes or through arranging reversed accelerated book-building processes.

    The purchase price per share shall be no more than:

    (i) the highest price paid for the Company’s shares in public trading on the day of the repurchase or the offer to repurchase the Company’s own shares, or alternatively,

    (ii) the average of the share prices (volume weighted average price on the regulated markets where the Company’s share is admitted to trading) during the five trading days preceding the repurchase or the offer to repurchase the Company’s own shares.

    The lowest purchase price per share shall be the price that is 20 per cent lower than the lowest price paid for the Company’s shares in public trading during the validity of this authorisation until the repurchase or the offer to repurchase the Company’s own shares.

    It is proposed that the authorisation be valid until the close of the next Annual General Meeting, however no longer than 18 months from the Annual General Meeting’s decision.

    17. Closing of the meeting  

    B. Documents of the Annual General Meeting

    The proposals for decisions on the items on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting and this notice are available on Sampo plc’s website at www.sampo.com/agm. The Financial Statements, the Report of the Board of Directors, the Auditor’s Report, the Sustainability Reporting Assurance Report and the Remuneration Report for Governing Bodies for the financial year 2024 are available on Sampo plc’s website at www.sampo.com/year2024. The proposals for decisions and the other above-mentioned documents are also available at the meeting. Copies of these documents and of this notice will be sent to shareholders upon request. The minutes of the meeting will be available at www.sampo.com/agm on 7 May 2025 at the latest.

    C. Instructions for the participants in the Annual General Meeting

    The registration for the Annual General Meeting and the advance voting will commence on 26 March 2025 at 3:00 pm (EET) and end on 14 April 2025 at 4.00 pm (EEST). For holders of Swedish depositary receipts, the registration for the Annual General Meeting will commence on 26 March 2025 at 3.00 pm (EET) and end on 14 April 2025 at 9.00 am (EEST). For Danish shareholders, the registration for the Annual General Meeting and the advance voting will commence on 26 March 2025 at 2:00 pm (CET) and end on 11 April 2025 at 3:00 pm (CEST), Instructions on the registration for the Annual General Meeting for shareholders wishing to participate in the meeting at the meeting venue are set out in Subsections 1, 2 and 3 below. Instructions for holders of nominee-registered shares are set out below under Subsection 4. Information on proxy documents and Suomi.fi authorisations are set out in Subsection 5 below. The instructions for advance voting are set out in Subsection 6 below. Instructions regarding the registration for the live webcast are set out in Subsection 7 below.

    In connection with the registration and advance voting, at least the following information is requested: the shareholder’s name, date of birth (except for shareholders with shares registered with VP Securities A/S in Denmark) or business ID, email address, telephone number and information on a possible authorised representative. Strong electronic identification is required for the registration on the Company’s website of shareholders, their authorised representatives and proxy representatives who are private persons by using Finnish, Swedish or Danish online banking IDs or mobile certificates. For shareholders that are Finnish legal persons, electronic registration requires providing the entity’s business ID and that the relevant authorised person uses strong electronic identification for the registration. For shareholders that are legal persons with shares registered with VP Securities A/S in Denmark, registration requires providing the entity’s business ID, name of the shareholder, name and birthdate of the authorised representative, and an email address, the entity’s address and telephone number as contact information.

    The personal data provided by the shareholders to the Company is only used in connection with the Annual General Meeting and the processing of related registrations.

    More information on registration for the meeting and advance voting is available until 14 April 2025 by phone from Innovatics Ltd at +358 10 2818 909 from Monday to Friday between 9.00 am and 12.00 noon and between 1.00 pm and 4.00 pm (EET/EEST).

    1. Shareholders registered with Euroclear Finland Oy in Finland

    Each shareholder who is on 9 April 2025 registered in the shareholders’ register of Sampo plc held by Euroclear Finland Oy has the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting. A shareholder whose shares are registered on their personal Finnish book-entry account is registered in the shareholders’ register of the Company.

    A shareholder who is registered in the Company’s shareholders’ register and who wishes to participate in the Annual General Meeting shall notify the Company thereof according to the instructions set out below.

    Notification of participation shall be made no later than by 4.00 pm (EEST) on Monday 14 April 2025

    a) On the Company’s website at www.sampo.com/agm

    b) By email to agm@innovatics.fi or regular mail to Innovatics Oy, Yhtiökokous / Sampo Oyj, Ratamestarinkatu 13 A, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland.

    c) By telephone to Innovatics Ltd at +358 10 2818 909 from Monday to Friday between 9.00 am and 12.00 noon and between 1.00 pm and 4.00 pm (EET/EEST). When registering by phone, a shareholder cannot vote in advance.

    Registration must be received by 4.00 pm (EEST) on Monday 14 April 2025 irrespective of the registration method.

    2. Shareholders registered with VP Securities A/S in Denmark

    Each shareholder who is on 9 April 2025 registered in the shareholders’ register of Sampo plc held by VP Securities A/S (Euronext Securities Copenhagen) has the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting. Such shareholders who wish to participate in the Annual General Meeting shall notify Euronext thereof according to the instructions set out below.

    Notification of participation shall be made no later than by 3.00 pm (CEST) on Friday 11 April 2025

    a) On the Company’s website at www.sampo.com/agm

    b) By email to CPH-investor@euronext.com

    c) By telephone to Euronext at +45 4358 8866 from Monday to Friday between 9.00 am and 4.00 pm (CET/CEST). When registering by phone, a shareholder cannot vote in advance.

    Registration must be received by 3.00 pm (CEST) on Friday 11 April 2025 irrespective of the registration method.

    If you represent a legal entity/person, you must present proof of identification and rights of representation. Such identification may consist of a document that proves your authorisation to sign on behalf of the entity or a document that process you are part of the management of the entity.

    Shareholders whose shares are held in trust in Denmark and who wish to participate in the Annual General Meeting are advised to request their trustee for the necessary instructions regarding the registration and advance voting. The trustee shall register the shareholder according to the instructions above to Euronext Securities Copenhagen no later than 11 April 2025 at 3.00 pm (CEST).

    3. Holders of Swedish depository receipts

    Holders of Swedish depository receipts (SDRs) have the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting by virtue of shares represented by the SDRs based on which they would be entitled to be registered in the shareholders’ register of the Company held by Euroclear Finland Oy on 9 April 2025. In addition, the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting requires that the holder of SDRs has been registered, on the basis of such shares represented by the SDRs, into the temporary shareholders’ register held by Euroclear Finland Oy at the latest by 10.00 am (EEST) on 16 April 2025, and the request regarding such registration must be delivered to the issuer of the SDRs and all necessary actions taken at the latest by 9.00 am (EEST) on 14 April 2025. As regards holders of SDRs, this constitutes a due registration for the Annual General Meeting.

    A holder of SDRs is advised to request without delay necessary instructions regarding the registration in the temporary shareholders’ register of the Company, the issuing of proxy documents and voting instructions from their custodian bank which the holder of the SDRs has appointed to hold the SDRs on their account. Said custodian bank shall take necessary actions to the effect that a holder of SDRs who wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting is registered into the temporary shareholders’ register of the Company at the latest by 10.00 am (EEST) on 16 April 2025 and, if necessary, arrange for advance voting on behalf of the holders of SDRs before the end of the registration period.

    Further information on these matters can also be found on the Company’s website www.sampo.com/agm.

    4. Holders of nominee-registered shares

    Holders of nominee-registered shares have the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting by virtue of shares based on which they would be entitled to be registered in the shareholders’ register of the Company held by Euroclear Finland Oy on 9 April 2025. In addition, the right to participate in the Annual General Meeting requires that the shareholder has been registered on the basis of such shares into the temporary shareholders’ register held by Euroclear Finland Oy at the latest by 10.00 am (EEST) on 16 April 2025. As regards nominee-registered shares, this constitutes a due registration for the Annual General Meeting.

    A holder of nominee-registered shares is advised to request without delay necessary instructions regarding the registration in the temporary shareholders’ register of the Company, the issuing of proxy documents, voting instructions and registration and advance voting for the Annual General Meeting from their custodian bank. The custodian bank shall register a holder of nominee-registered shares who wants to participate in the Annual General Meeting into the temporary shareholders’ register of the Company at the latest by the date stated above and, if necessary, arrange for advance voting on behalf of the holder of nominee-registered shares before the end of the registration period for holders of nominee-registered shares.

    Further information on these matters can also be found on the Company’s website www.sampo.com/agm.

    5. Proxy representative and powers of attorney

    A shareholder may participate in the Annual General Meeting and exercise their rights at the meeting by way of proxy representation. A proxy representative may also vote in advance in accordance with the instructions provided herein. The proxy representative shall authenticate in the electronic registration service and advance voting (if applicable) personally with strong authentication, after which they will be able to register and vote in advance on behalf of the shareholder whom they represent.

    A proxy representative shall produce a dated proxy document or otherwise in a reliable manner demonstrate their right to represent the shareholder at the Annual General Meeting. Providing the right to represent can be done by using the suomi.fi e-authorizations service available in the electronic registration service.

    When a shareholder participates in the Annual General Meeting by means of several proxy representatives representing the shareholder with shares on different securities accounts, the shares by which each proxy representative represents the shareholder shall be identified in connection with the registration for the Annual General Meeting.

    Possible proxy documents shall be delivered primarily as an attachment as part of the electronic registration, or alternatively, through email to agm@innovatics.fi or as originals to the address Innovatics Oy, Yhtiökokous / Sampo Oyj, Ratamestarinkatu 13 A, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland before the end of the registration period.

    Delivering of a proxy prior to the end of the registration period is considered as registration for the meeting if all required information for registration described above is given.

    Shareholders may also use the electronic Suomi.fi authorisation service instead of a traditional authorisation. In such case, the shareholder authorises a representative in the Suomi.fi service at www.suomi.fi/e-authorizations by using the category “Representation at a general meeting”. The representative shall in connection with the registration to Innovatics’ general meeting service identify oneself through strong electronic identification. After that, the electronic authorisation will be proofed automatically. Online banking credentials or a mobile certificate may be used for strong electronic identification. More information is available at www.suomi.fi/e-authorizations and Sampo plc’s website at www.sampo.com/agm.

    6. Advance voting

    Shareholders may vote in advance on certain items on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting.

    a. Shareholders with shares registered with Euroclear Finland Oy in Finland

    Each shareholder who is registered in the shareholders’ register of the Company maintained by Euroclear Finland Oy as described in Subsection 1 above may vote in advance on certain items on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting between 26 March 2025 at 3.00 pm (EET) and 14 April 2025 at 4.00 pm (EEST):

    a) On the Company’s website at www.sampo.com/agm

    b) By email by submitting the advance voting form available on the Company’s website or equivalent information to agm@innovatics.fi or regular mail to Innovatics Oy, Yhtiökokous / Sampo Oyj, Ratamestarinkatu 13 A, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland.

    b. Shareholders with shares registered with VP Securities A/S in Denmark

    Each shareholder who is registered in the shareholders’ register of Sampo plc held by VP Securities A/S (Euronext Securities Copenhagen) as described in Subsection 2 above may vote in advance on certain items on the agenda of the Annual General Meeting between 26 March 2025 at 2.00 pm (EET) and 11 April 2025 at 3.00 pm (CEST):

    a) On the Company’s website at www.sampo.com/agm

    b) By email to CPH-investor@euronext.com

    Shareholders whose shares are held in trust in Denmark and who wish to vote in advance are advised to instruct the trustee to vote in advance on behalf of such shareholders by 3.00 pm (CEST) on 11 April 2025 at the latest according to the instructions set out in this notice.

    The advance votes must be received by the end of the advance voting period. The submission of votes by email or by regular mail before the end of the registration and advance voting period shall be regarded as registration for the General Meeting, provided that it contains the above information required for the registration.

    A shareholder who has voted in advance may request information under the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act, request a vote at the Annual General Meeting or vote on a possible counterproposal if they are present or represented at the Annual General Meeting at the meeting venue.

    The agenda items subject to advance voting are deemed to be presented unchanged at the Annual General Meeting. Therefore, under agenda item 13, if any of the members proposed to be elected to the Board of Directors are unavailable for election to the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting for any reason, the number of the proposed members unavailable for election will be automatically decreased from the number of the members of the Board of Directors to be elected, and the remaining candidates available for election will be elected in accordance with the proposal of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

    Instructions regarding the advance voting, and the terms related to the electronic advance voting are also available on the Company’s website at www.sampo.com/agm.

    7. Webcast

    A shareholder who is entitled to attend the Annual General Meeting may also follow the meeting via live webcast. Following the meeting through the webcast is not considered as participation in the Annual General Meeting or the exercising of shareholder rights. It is not possible to ask questions, make counterproposals, address the meeting otherwise or vote through the webcast. Webcast access to the Annual General Meeting will be provided through Inderes Oyj’s virtual general meeting service on the Videosync platform, which includes video and audio access to the General Meeting. Following the webcast does not require any paid software or downloads. In addition to an internet connection, following the webcast requires a computer, smartphone or tablet with speakers or headphones for sound. One of the following browsers is recommended: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, or Opera. It is advisable to log in to the meeting system well in advance of the meeting.

    The link and password for following the meeting via the webcast will be sent by e-mail and/or SMS to the e-mail address and/or mobile phone number provided at the time of registration to all those who have registered for the General Meeting no later than the day before the General Meeting.

    For more information on the general meeting service, additional instructions for proxies representing more than one shareholder, contact details of the service provider and instructions in case of possible disruptions can be found here: https://vagm.fi/support. A link to test the compatibility of your computer, smartphone or tablet with the network connection can be found here: https://demo.videosync.fi/agm-compatibility?language=en. It is recommended that you read the detailed instructions before the meeting. More information and instructions can also be found on the Company’s website at www.sampo.com/agm.

    8. Other instructions and information

    Pursuant to Chapter 5, Section 25 of the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act, a shareholder who is present at the Annual General Meeting has the right to request information with respect to the items to be considered at the meeting.

    Any changes in the ownership of shares that have occurred after the record date of the Annual General Meeting do not affect the right to participate in nor the number of votes of the shareholder at the Annual General Meeting.

    On the date of this Notice of the Annual General Meeting the total number of shares in Sampo plc is 2,690,238,860 A shares, representing 2,690,238,860 votes, and 1,000,000 B shares, representing 5,000,000 votes, i.e. a total of 2,691,238,860 shares and 2,695,238,860 votes. At the Annual General Meeting, each A share carries one vote and each B share carries five votes.

    All of Sampo plc’s B shares are owned by a shareholder independent from the Company. Based on Sampo plc’s articles of association, each B share can be converted into an A share at the request of the holder of the B share. Subject to the Finnish Limited Liability Companies Act, the general meeting may resolve upon a directed acquisition of own shares, decide on the amendment of the articles of association to the effect that share classes are combined or otherwise reduce share class rights only provided such a proposal is supported by at least two thirds of the votes and shares, per share class, represented at the meeting. Thus, the authority to decide on the combination of Sampo plc’s share classes does not rest with the Company.

    Helsinki, 26 March 2025

    SAMPO PLC
    Board of Directors

    For further information, please contact:

    Sami Taipalus
    Head of Investor Relations
    tel. +358 10 516 0030

    Maria Silander
    Communications Manager, Media Relations
    tel. +358 10 516 0031

    Distribution:
    Nasdaq Helsinki
    Nasdaq Stockholm
    Nasdaq Copenhagen
    London Stock Exchange
    FIN-FSA
    The principal media
    www.sampo.com

    The MIL Network –

  • MIL-OSI: Ress Life Investments A/S publishes notice for Annual General Meeting

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

                                                                                                                            Ress Life Investments A/S
                                                                                                                            Nybrogade 12
                                                                                                                            1203 Copenhagen K
                                                                                                                             Denmark
                                                                                                                             CVR nr. 33593163
                                                                                                                             www.resslifeinvestments.com

    To: Nasdaq Copenhagen
    Date: 26 March 2025

    Corporate Announcement 11/2025

    Ress Life Investments A/S publishes notice for Annual General Meeting

    TO THE SHAREHOLDERS OF RESS LIFE INVESTMENTS A/S

    In accordance with Article 9.8 of the Articles of Association, notice is hereby given of the Annual General Meeting of Ress Life Investments A/S (the “Company“) which will take place on Wednesday 16 April 2025 at 10.00 a.m. at Nybrogade 12, 1203 Copenhagen K, Denmark.

    Shareholders in the Company are invited to participate.

    Agenda for the Annual General Meeting:

    1)     Adoption of the annual report
    2)     Appropriation of profit or loss as recorded in the adopted annual report
    3)     Election of members of the Board of Directors
    4)     Approval of the Remuneration Report
    5)     Approval of remuneration for the Board of Directors for the financial year 2025
    6)     Appointment of auditor
    7)     Any other business

    COMPLETE PROPOSALS

    Re. item 1

    The Board of Directors proposes that the annual report be adopted.

    Re. item 2

    The Board of Directors proposes that the profit as recorded in the annual report as adopted by the general meeting should be distributed in accordance with the annual report.

    Re. item 3

    The Board of Directors proposes that Søren Andersen, Jeppe Buskov and Henrik Franck be re-elected to the Board of Directors.

    Mr Søren Andersen has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since August 2019. Mr Andersen is the managing director of Nordic I&P DK ApS, S.A. Consulting ApS, FPension A/S and NHMSA ApS. Mr Andersen currently is a board member of FPension A/S.

    Mr Jeppe Buskov has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since February 2014. Mr Buskov currently holds the position as chairman of the board of directors of Advokatfirmaet Kromann Reumert International A/S. Mr Buskov is a board member of KR 649 A/S.

    Mr Henrik Franck has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since April 2024. Mr Franck has 35 years of experience from the Asset Management Industry including 24 years in CIO positions.

    Re. item 4

    The Board of Directors proposes that the Remuneration Report attached to this notice be approved.

    Re. item 5

    The Board of Directors proposes the following remuneration for the Board of Directors for the financial year 2025:

    • Ordinary members will receive a basic remuneration of DKK 100,000
    • The chairman will receive a basic remuneration of DKK 215,000

    Re. item 6

    The Board of Directors proposes that Deloitte Statsautoriseret Revisionspartnerselskab should be re-elected as auditor. The Board of Directors has not been influenced by any third party and has not been bound by any third-party agreement, restricting the general meeting’s choice of auditor to certain auditors or audit firms.

    REGISTRATION, ADMISSION, PROXY AND POSTAL VOTE

    Registration date

    A shareholder’s right to participate in the general meeting and the number of votes, which the shareholder is entitled to cast, is determined in accordance with the number of shares held by such shareholder on 9 April 2025 (the registration date). The shares held by each shareholder are determined at the registration date on the basis of the shareholdings registered in the share register in accordance with any notices on shareholding received, but not yet registered, by the Company in the share register.

    Deadline for notice of attendance

    A shareholder or its proxy wishing to attend the general meeting must give notice of their participation to the Company no later than 11 April 2025, see Article 11.5 of the Articles of Association. Similarly, the shareholders’ advisor or the shareholders’ proxy’s advisor must give notice of their participation to the Company no later than 11 April 2025. Notice of participation may be given to the Company using the form attached as Appendix 1, which shall be sent, duly completed and signed, to Ress Life Investments A/S, Nybrogade 12, 1203 Copenhagen K, Denmark by letter or by email to RessLifeGroup@citco.com for receipt no later than 11 April 2025, 23:59 p.m.

    Proxy

    If you are prevented from attending the general meeting, you may appoint a proxy, e.g. the Board of Directors, to cast the votes carried by your shares. If you wish to appoint a proxy, please return the instrument of proxy form attached as Appendix 2, duly signed and dated, to Ress Life Investments A/S, Nybrogade 12, 1203 Copenhagen K, Denmark by letter or by email to RessLifeGroup@citco.com for receipt no later than 11 April 2025, 23:59 p.m.

    Postal vote

    You may also submit your votes by post before the date of the meeting. If you wish to vote by post, please fill in and return the postal vote form attached as Appendix 2, duly signed and dated, to Ress Life Investments A/S, Nybrogade 12, 1203 Copenhagen K, Denmark by letter or by email to RessLifeGroup@citco.com for receipt no later than 15 April 2025, 17:00 p.m.

    SHARE CAPITAL AND VOTING RIGHTS

    The Company’s share capital is EUR 87,873,500 divided into shares of EUR 500, cf. Article 3.1 of the Company’s Articles of Association. Pursuant to Article 11.1, each share of EUR 500 carries one (1) vote:

    Number of shares: 175,747
    Number of votes: 175,747

    AGENDA ETC.

    The agenda and the Annual Report for the period 1 January – 31 December 2024 will be available for inspection by the shareholders on all business days and within normal business hours at the office of the Company at Nybrogade 12, 1203 Copenhagen K, Denmark no later than 3 weeks before the general meeting.

    The following information will be made available at the Company’s website (http://resslifeinvestments.com/) not later than 3 weeks before the meeting:

    1. Notice convening the meeting.
    2. The total number of shares and voting rights as at the date of the notice.
    3. The documents to be submitted to the general meeting.
    4. The agenda and the full text of the proposals.
    5. The forms to be used for voting by proxy and by post, if relevant

    RIGHT TO INQUIRE

    At the general meeting, the management will answer questions from the shareholders on matters of relevance to the assessment of the Annual Report for the period 1 January – 31 December 2024, the Company’s position, and other questions to be addressed by the meeting.

    Questions related to this announcement can be made to the Company’s CEO Ketil Poul Petersen, email: ketilp.rli@gmail.com or to the Company’s AIF-manager, Resscapital AB, Gustaf Hagerud, email: gustaf.hagerud@resscapital.com.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: With the support of the State University of Management: “School in Nekrasovka” becomes a forge of banking personnel

    Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion –

    Source: State University of Management – Official website of the State –

    GUU and “School in Nekrasovka” will create entrepreneurship and environmental classes. Agreements on this were reached during a meeting held on March 25, 2025 at the State University of Management between Rector Vladimir Stroyev and the school director, Deputy Chairperson of the Commission on Education and Youth Policy of the Moscow City Duma Maya Bulaeva.

    Also present at the meeting from the GUU side were Vice-Rector Dmitry Bryukhanov and Advisor to the Rectorate Nikolay Mikhailov, Director of the Career Guidance Center Elena Likhatskikh and her deputy Andrey Kolchin. And from the guests side – Deputy Director of the school for maintenance Olga Shuvanova and partner-employer, representative of Alfa-Bank Dmitry Belyavsky.

    At the beginning of the meeting, welcoming the guests, the rector called the State University of Management a “district-forming university” since residents and enterprises of Vykhino-Zhulebino use the university’s infrastructure, its swimming pool, sports complex, assembly hall, and the former prefect of the South-Eastern Administrative District Vladimir Zotov still actively works at the Department of State and Municipal Management.

    Director of the School in Nekrasovka Maya Bulaeva shared that she has been trying to build a school-university-enterprise line for a long time, but has not been able to establish connections with the middle management. The school actively cooperates with Alfa-Bank within the framework of the Moscow Department of Education and Science project “Entrepreneurial Class”. “The school works, the bank invests, but ultimately does not receive results in the form of young specialists. We ask for help to fill this gap,” Maya Valeryevna addressed the management of the State University of Management.

    Vladimir Stroyev agreed that today there is a noticeable shortage of personnel even in the most prestigious banks. Modern youth should be prepared in advance for a serious attitude towards their career, build personal connections, otherwise graduates will be immediately “taken apart” by competitors. “Our option of training specialists from school is very effective, it is almost an ideal scheme, especially since we are also geographically close,” the rector noted.

    Maya Bulaeva also suggested creating environmental classes, especially since the rector’s advisor Nikolai Mikhailov is the head of the department of “Ecology and Nature Management” and a member of the Russian Geographical Society. The university has a solid scientific foundation, and the “School in Nekrasovka” has excellent teachers who prepare winners of environmental Olympiads. In addition, there is already a partner in mind that is ready for cooperation – the Moscow Zoo.

    Vladimir Stroyev expressed readiness for any cooperation options, provided that the planned initiatives are worked out in detail. In addition, he, together with the vice-rector of the State University of Management Dmitry Bryukhanov, spoke about the unique system of project-based learning at our university, which allows employers to select potential employees starting from the first year without financial investments.

    During the further conversation it became clear that the School in Nekrasovka has developed the teaching of Chinese, which is useful for future specialists given Russia’s current orientation toward Eastern markets. Continuing this topic, Vladimir Stroyev told the guests about cooperation with the Ministry of Economic Development, in particular about foreign internships and the All-Russian competition of socially responsible initiatives of entrepreneurs and NPOs “My Good Business”, the third season of which is nearing completion. Maya Bulaeva was especially interested in the competition of social entrepreneurs and received an invitation from the rector to take part in the award ceremony for the winners.

    Subscribe to the TG channel “Our GUU” Date of publication: 03/26/2025

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  • MIL-OSI New Zealand: Update: Arrest in aggravated burglary investigation, Miramar

    Source: New Zealand Police (National News)

    Attributable to Detective Inspector Nick Pritchard:

    Police have arrested and charged a man following extensive enquiries into an aggravated burglary in Miramar.

    At around 2am on Monday 17 March, Police were called to a Darlington Road address, where the occupants located an intruder inside their home. After an alleged altercation with the occupants of the house, the alleged offender fled.

    One person in the house received minor injuries and the other three were uninjured.

    Today, Wednesday 26 March, Police arrested and charged a 28-year-old man.

    The man is due to appear in Wellington District Court on Thursday 27 March, charged with aggravated burglary and aggravated injury.

    Wellington Police continue to investigate the death of 63-year-old Abdul Nabizadah and are working to establish if there is a link between the aggravated burglary and Mr Nabizadah’s death.

    We are grateful for the assistance so far from the public and continue to appeal for information to assist in our enquiries.

    At 12.28am, a man was seen walking down Camperdown Road from Totara Street and turned right in to Darlington Road from Camperdown Road. The man was wearing a light-coloured top and dark pants.

    We know Mr Nabizadah arrived in Totara Street in his silver-coloured Toyota Aqua, registration NQE681, at 12.25am, so this man may well have seen Mr Nabizadah and or his vehicle. We urge this person, or anyone who may know them, to come forward as soon as possible.

    At 1.30am, a man in fitness clothing or activewear was seen running south on Darlington Road, before crossing the Camperdown Road intersection. He was wearing a blue shirt, and we also need to hear from him.

    We understand these incidents are upsetting and concerning for the community and the investigation team are working tirelessly to determine the circumstances around Mr Nabizadah’s death and to bring closure for his family.

    If you have any information that could help the investigation teams, please update us at 105 online now or call 105.

    Please use the reference number 250317/6324, or reference Operation Celtic.

    Information can also be provided anonymously via Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.

    ENDS

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  • MIL-OSI: Proposals of the Board of Directors of Sampo plc and its Audit Committee to the Annual General Meeting

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Sampo plc, stock exchange release, 26 March 2025 at 10:20 am EET

    Proposals of the Board of Directors of Sampo plc and its Audit Committee to the Annual General Meeting

    The Board of Directors of Sampo plc and its Audit Committee have made proposals for the election and remuneration of the Auditor and the Sustainability Reporting Assurance Provider as well as a proposal for repurchase of own shares to Sampo’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held on 23 April 2025.

    The Audit Committee proposes to the AGM that the Authorised Public Accountant Firm Deloitte Ltd be re-elected as the Company’s Auditor and Sustainability Reporting Assurance Provider for the financial year 2025. Furthermore, the Audit Committee proposes that compensation be paid to the Company’s Auditor and to the Sustainability Reporting Assurance Provider against invoices approved by the Company.

    The Board of Directors proposes that the AGM authorise the Board to resolve to repurchase, on one or several occasions, a maximum of 250,000,000 Sampo plc A shares. The maximum number of shares represents approximately 9.29 per cent of all outstanding A shares of the company. The repurchased shares will be cancelled. It is proposed that the authorisation be valid until the close of the next AGM, however no longer than 18 months from the AGM’s decision.

    The proposals of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee to Sampo AGM were published on 9 December 2024. In addition, the Board proposal for distribution of profit was published on 6 February 2025. These proposals,as well as the proposals of the Audit Committee, are available at www.sampo.com/agm. The proposals of the Audit Committee are also attached in full to this release.

    SAMPO PLC
    Board of Directors

    For further information, please contact:

    Sami Taipalus
    Head of Investor Relations
    tel. +358 10 516 0030

    Maria Silander
    Communications Manager, Media Relations
    tel. +358 10 516 0031

    Distribution:
    Nasdaq Helsinki
    Nasdaq Stockholm
    Nasdaq Copenhagen
    London Stock Exchange
    FIN-FSA
    The principal media
    www.sampo.com

    APPENDIX 1

    Proposal for the remuneration of the Auditor and the Sustainability Reporting Assurance Provider

    The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that compensation be paid to the Company’s Auditor and to the sustainability reporting assurance provider against invoices approved by the Company.

    As background to the proposal, the Audit Committee states that the Authorised Public Accountant Firm Deloitte Ltd has acted as Sampo plc’s Auditor since 2021 and as Sampo plc’s sustainability reporting assurance provider since 2024.

    Sampo plc’s fees to Deloitte Ltd for statutory audit services in 2024 totaled to approximately EUR 450,000 and approximately EUR 137,000 for sustainability reporting assurance. In addition, Sampo plc’s fees to Deloitte Ltd for non-audit services totalled to approximately EUR 204,000.

    Sampo Group’s fees to audit firm Deloitte for statutory audit services in 2024 totaled to approximately EUR 4,322,000. In addition, Sampo Group’s fees for non-audit services to audit firm Deloitte totalled to approximately EUR 712,000, which is at most approximately 16.5 per cent of Sampo Group’s fees to audit firm Deloitte for statutory audit services.

    The Auditor’s fees for services provided to Sampo Group have been presented in note 6 of the consolidated financial statements.

    26 March 2025

    SAMPO PLC
    Audit Committee

    APPENDIX 2

    Proposal for the election of the Auditor and the Sustainability Reporting Assurance Provider

    The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the Authorised Public Accountant Firm Deloitte Ltd be re-elected as the Company’s Auditor for the financial year 2025. If Deloitte Ltd is elected as Sampo plc’s Auditor, the firm has announced that APA ASA Jukka Vattulainen will continue as the auditor with principal responsibility. Jukka Vattulainen has acted as the Company’s principally responsible auditor since 2021.

    The Audit Committee also proposes to the Annual General Meeting that Authorised Sustainability Audit Firm Deloitte Ltd be re-elected as the Company’s Sustainability Reporting Assurance Provider for the financial year 2025. If Deloitte Ltd is elected as Sampo plc’s Sustainability Reporting Assurance Provider, the firm has announced that APA ASA Jukka Vattulainen will continue as the principal Authorised Sustainability Auditor. Jukka Vattulainen has acted as the Company’s principal Authorised Sustainability Auditor since 2024.

    The Audit Committee notes that its proposal is free from influence by a third party, and the Audit Committee is not subject to compliance with any such clauses referred to in Article 16(6) of the Audit Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on specific requirements regarding statutory audit of public-interest entities and repealing Commission Decision 2005/909/EC) that restrict the choice as regards the election of a statutory auditor or audit firm.

    The election of Deloitte Ltd as the Company’s Sustainability Reporting Assurance Provider is conditional on Deloitte Ltd being elected as the Company’s Auditor.

    26 March 2025

    SAMPO PLC
    Audit Committee

    APPENDIX 3

    Proposal for authorisation to decide on the repurchase of the company’s own shares

    The Board of Directors proposes that the Annual General Meeting authorise the Board to resolve to repurchase, on one or several occasions, a maximum of 250,000,000 Sampo plc A shares. The maximum number of shares represents approximately 9.29 per cent of all outstanding A shares of the company. The repurchased shares will be cancelled.

    The shares may be repurchased either through an offer to all shareholders on equal terms or through other means and otherwise than in proportion to the existing shareholdings of the company’s shareholders (directed repurchase) if the Board of Directors deems that there are weighty financial reasons for such directed repurchase. Directed repurchases may be carried out, among others, through open market purchases, participation in accelerated book-building processes or through arranging reversed accelerated book-building processes.

    The purchase price per share shall be no more than

    (i) the highest price paid for the company’s shares in public trading on the day of the repurchase or the offer to repurchase the company’s own shares, or alternatively,

    (ii) the average of the share prices (volume weighted average price on the regulated markets where the company’s share is admitted to trading) during the five trading days preceding the repurchase or the offer to repurchase the company’s own shares.

    The lowest purchase price per share shall be the price that is 20 per cent lower than the lowest price paid for the company’s shares in public trading during the validity of this authorisation until the repurchase or the offer to repurchase the company’s own shares.

    The repurchases under the authorisation are proposed to be carried out by using funds in the unrestricted shareholders’ equity, which means that the repurchases will reduce funds available for distribution of profit.

    The Board of Directors shall be authorised to decide on all other terms relating to the repurchase of the company’s own shares. It is proposed that the authorisation be valid until the close of the next Annual General Meeting, however no longer than 18 months from the Annual General Meeting’s decision. The holder of all of Sampo plc’s B shares has given its consent to a buy-back of A shares.

    26 March 2025

    SAMPO PLC
    Board of Directors

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  • MIL-OSI Submissions: Global Economy – KOF Economic Forecast, spring 2025: Swiss economy caught in the tension between trade conflict and fiscal stimulus

    Source: KOF Economic Institute

    Uncertainty is currently unusually high owing to the geopolitical strategy of the new US administration. Assuming that the international trade conflict does not escalate any further, KOF is forecasting that real sport-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) will increase by 1.4 per cent in 2025. Although this international trade conflict is a burden, the fiscal stimulus expected in individual European Union (EU) countries is boosting economic activity. This is improving the outlook for the Swiss economy. KOF is predicting GDP growth of 1.9 per cent for 2026. The labour market will turn the corner and inflation will remain low. However, this forecast is subject to considerable downside risks.

    The economic outlook is largely being determined by the latest economic policy events. In particular, the geopolitical strategy adopted by the new US administration has far-reaching consequences for global economic developments. While the current trade conflict is acting as a drag on the international economy, EU countries’ additional fiscal packages should provide increasing impetus from the end of this year and improve the economic outlook in Switzerland’s key European markets.

    Growing trade policy uncertainty is weighing on the investment plans of Swiss firms and households. Adjusted for one-off effects, the investment situation remains subdued for the time being. If the fiscal programmes of European trading partners take effect, this should reduce economic policy uncertainty in Europe, provide positive stimulus and boost the economy. This will primarily benefit manufacturing – especially suppliers to the defence sector – and industry-related services. Through the transmission mechanism of foreign trade this should stimulate investment in equipment and, indirectly, private consumption. Major infrastructure projects and fiscal stimulus from Europe should also directly or indirectly support construction investment during the forecast period.

    Swiss labour market stabilising, real wages rising

    Private consumption will be underpinned by the stabilising labour market. Employment and the number of people in work are likely to increase in line with GDP growth over the next few years, while the unemployment rate as defined by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) will rise only slowly and will soon peak at 3 per cent. KOF expects real wages – according to the Swiss wage index (SLI) – to rise by 0.9 per cent this year and 0.6 per cent next year.

    Low inflationary pressures: KOF does not expect any further interest-rate cuts by the SNB during the forecast period

    Inflation – as measured by the national consumer price index (CPI) – fell to 0.3 per cent in February compared with the same month last year and has thus been below 1 per cent for six months now. KOF is forecasting inflation rates of 0.5 per cent for this year and 0.6 per cent for next year. Following the recent reduction in the Swiss National Bank’s (SNB) key interest rates by 25 basis points to 0.25 per cent, KOF does not expect to see any further interest-rate cuts during the forecast period.

    High uncertainty during the trade conflict; downside risks predominant

    As it is still unclear which of the trade policy measures threatened by the Trump administration to date will ultimately be implemented and what further measures might follow, the latest forecast is subject to greater uncertainty than usual, with downside risks predominating. In order to factor in this uncertainty, KOF has used its new trade model to carry out additional calculations, which analyse in detail the possible trade policy measures and their potential impact on both international trade and the Swiss economy. This analysis shows that if the trade conflict spread, this could entail considerable downside risks for the Swiss economy.

    The main downside risk is that the US government imposes further tariffs on other countries and products, including any retaliatory tariffs implemented in response. In addition, the fiscal stimulus introduced in Europe may be ineffective or only materialise with a delay. And, finally, geopolitical conflicts such as the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East could escalate, impacting commodity prices and global trade.

    There is an upside risk that the US government’s threatened tariffs will only be used as a bargaining chip and will either not be introduced or will be withdrawn after just a short period of time. And, last but not least, a swift end to the war in Ukraine and a solution to the Middle East conflict could have a positive impact on energy prices and global trade.

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  • MIL-OSI Global: Kenya’s decision to make maths optional in high school is a bad idea – what should happen instead

    Source: The Conversation – Africa – By Moses Ngware, Senior Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center

    Kenya’s education ministry announced in March 2025 that mathematics would be an optional subject in senior secondary school, which begins in grade 10. Most students in this grade are aged 15 years. The education minister said the mathematics taught from grade 4 to grade 9 was sufficient for foundational “numeracy literacy”.

    The change, in January 2026, is part of a shift to a new education system styled as the competence based curriculum. The decision is not to scrap maths altogether but rather to make it optional. However, given the poor performance in this subject, it is expected there will be few takers.

    Maths is a compulsory subject in the first 12 years of basic education in many African countries. This is the case in Mauritius, Nigeria and South Africa, which opted for a choice between maths and mathematical literacy for grades 10-12.

    The older education system, known as 8-4-4, featured eight years of primary school and four each at high school and university. Under this, core maths, dubbed Alternative A, is compulsory for all schoolgoing children until the second year of high school (form 2). Most students in this grade are aged 16 years. In the final two years of high school, one has the option of switching to Alternative B, a simplified version of Alternative A introduced in 2009. Alternative B is similar to South Africa’s mathematical literacy subject.

    The decision has triggered heated debates in the country, in favour and against.

    As a researcher who has taught high school maths and researched maths teaching for over 20 years, I have the view that making maths optional is not a good idea. This is because both individuals and society need maths, regardless of the career path they might choose.

    It’s been argued that the change applies to the last two senior years of high school, which was the case in the old system too. For the new curriculum, however, this should not have been a problem as it is competence-based. This implies that what matters is the specific skills and knowledge mastered by a student, and not the examination scores.

    The Kenyan education department should establish the root causes of the low performance in maths, and fix them. Research shows that chief among these are resource allocation; weak teacher preparation and support for foundational numeracy instruction; a learning disability known as dyscalculia; and the behavioural performance of maths teachers.

    Kenya’s maths problem

    In the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams, graded between A (highest) and E (lowest), over half of the 881,416 candidates’ maths scores fell in the lowest two grades, D and E. This improved only marginally in 2023. To put the performance in context, the pass rate in high school certificate maths examinations in Mauritius improved from 81.4% to 91.8% between 2019 and 2022.

    There are a number of reasons for this dismal performance in Kenya:

    Resource allocation: The better-resourced national schools can only admit a small number of students, leaving out over 70% who join low-resourced day schools. Resources for learning maths range from teachers to interactive teaching and learning materials inside the classroom. With the support of partners such as the Global Partnership for Education, the government aims to achieve a 1:1 textbook-per-student ratio goal. However, the flow of capitation grants to secondary schools has been wanting, jeopardising access to resources at the school level.

    Teacher preparation: Teachers aren’t well prepared to support learners in foundational numeracy (maths in early grades). Foundational numeracy skills are critical in creating strong building blocks for future learning and success in later grades.

    Teacher behaviour: Classroom observation studies reveal that maths teachers favour boys. Furthermore, above average learners sit in the front closer to the chalkboard, and learners are denied positive reinforcement that would motivate them to learn maths. There are also negative attitudes about maths as a difficult subject, reinforcing the stereotype that it is only suitable for boys and “bright” children.

    Dyscalculia: Worldwide, 3%-7% of the general population are affected by a disability known as dyscalculia. In Kenya, 6.4% among primary and secondary school children have the disability. It is a condition that affects a person’s ability to understand numerical concepts. By implication, the number of the 962,512 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education candidates of 2024 with this disability works out to between 28,000 and 68,000 candidates. But Kenya’s education system doesn’t support teachers in diagnosing learners with dyscalculia, or managing their disability.

    Policy options

    There are alternatives to making maths an optional subject in senior secondary school.

    The system needs to focus on the root causes of low performance, and then on how to fix them.

    I suggest the following solutions.

    • Avoid unnecessarily using achievement in maths to determine access to academic and training programmes. This way, one’s career will not solely be determined by performance in maths.

    • Keep a simpler maths alternative, or maths literacy, for senior secondary instead of making maths optional.

    • Teachers should continue to develop their competence in maths, focusing on content knowledge as well as knowledge of how to teach numeracy.

    • The general public should communicate effectively to eliminate negative stereotypes and unhelpful attitudes in society. The aim is to shift mindsets so that maths is perceived as part of life – making it necessary to support all children to succeed in maths.

    • Help learners to overcome dyscalculia, using multisensory teaching approaches – a way of teaching that engages more than one sense at a time: sight, hearing, movement and touch.

    Moses Ngware receives funding from the African Population and Health Research Center. He is affiliated with the African Population and Health Research Center.

    – ref. Kenya’s decision to make maths optional in high school is a bad idea – what should happen instead – https://theconversation.com/kenyas-decision-to-make-maths-optional-in-high-school-is-a-bad-idea-what-should-happen-instead-252965

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  • MIL-OSI Europe: EU citizens most concerned with security and unity, survey shows

    Source: European Union 2

    The European Parliament’s Winter 2025 Eurobarometer survey, released today, highlights historic levels of approval for EU membership linked to peace and security.

    European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said: “Two thirds of Europeans want the EU to play a greater role in their protection. This is a clear call for action which we will answer. Europe needs to be stronger so that our citizens feel safer. The European Parliament will ensure that every proposal put forward is bold and ambitious enough to match the serious level of threat Europe faces. Europe must step up today, or it risks being stepped over tomorrow.”

    66% of EU citizens want the EU to take a more important role in protecting them against global crises and security risks. This view is particularly strong amongst younger respondents to the survey. At the national level, results for a stronger role of the EU range from 87% in Sweden to 47% in Romania and 44% in Poland.

    Almost three quarters of EU citizens (74%) believe their country has benefited from being a member of the EU. This is the highest result ever recorded in a Eurobarometer survey for this question since it was first asked in 1983. Fitting the current context, respondents mention the EU’s contribution to maintaining peace and strengthening security (35%) as the main reason why membership is considered beneficial.

    In addition, there is wide agreement among EU citizens that EU Member States should be more united to face current global challenges (89%) and that the European Union needs more means to deal with the challenges ahead (76%).

    Citizens expect the EU to strengthen security and defence and to enhance competitiveness

    In a rapidlychanging geopolitical environment, defence and security (36%) as well as competitiveness, economy and industry (32%) are identified as the areas on which the EU should focus most to reinforce its position in the world. These are also the topics that featured high on last week’s European Council with Parliament’s President calling for faster action and bolder ambition. While the results for defence and security have remained stable compared to February/March 2024, those for competitiveness, economy and industry have increased by five points. These two areas are followed by energy independence (27%), food security and agriculture (25%) and education and research (23%).

    Economic and security issues are also at the forefront when it comes to the topics citizens want the European Parliament to address as a priority. Four in ten Europeans mention inflation, rising prices and the cost of living (43%), followed by the EU’s defence and security (31%), the fight against poverty and social exclusion (31%) and support to the economy and the creation of new jobs (29%). Inflation, rising prices and the cost of living is a main priority across all age groups and with peak results recorded in Portugal (57%), France (56%), Slovakia (56%), Croatia (54%) and Estonia (54%).

    As shown by the EP’s previous survey, inflation and the cost of living had already played a major role as a driving force in the last European elections and the economic situation continues to be a main concern for many Europeans. A third (33%) expect their standard of living to decrease in the next five years, seven points more than in June-July 2024. This is the case for 53% of French respondents (+8 pp) and 47% of Germans (+15 pp).

    Peace and democracy remain EU core values

    Looking at the values Europeans would like the European Parliament to defend, peace (45%), democracy (32%) and the protection of human rights in the EU and worldwide (22%) come first. The results for this question have remained stable, underlining citizens steadfast support for the EU’s founding values and principles.

    Two-thirds of citizens support a stronger role for the EP

    As historic trend lines show, in moments of crisis citizens look to the EU for decisive actions and solutions. When the EU is perceived as coming together and delivering results, support indicators are high – which is currently the case.  50% of respondents have a positive image of the EU. In the last decade, this positive perception was only higher once (at 52%), in spring 2022 in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The positive image of the EP is stable at a high level (41%). A few months into the legislative term, over six in ten (62%) citizens would like to see the European Parliament play a more important role, a six- percentage point increase compared to February-March 2024, a few months before the June 2024 European elections.

    Full results can be found here.

    Background   

    The European Parliament’s Winter 2025 Eurobarometer survey was carried out between 09 January and 04 February 2025 in all 27 EU Member States. The survey was conducted face-to-face, with video interviews used additionally in Czechia, Denmark, Finland, Malta, Netherlands, and Sweden. 26.354 interviews were conducted in total and EU results are weighted according to the size of the population in each country.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: More than 1.7 thousand square meters of real estate were transferred to social institutions in the South-East Administrative District

    Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion –

    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    Since the beginning of the renovation program, the city has selected and transferred 10 new premises for work to socially significant organizations that were located in demolished buildings in the southeast of the capital. This was reported by Maxim Gaman, Minister of the Moscow Government and Head of the Department of City Property.

    “During the entire period of implementation of the renovation program, the city transferred 10 real estate properties in the South-Eastern Administrative District with a total area of over 1.7 thousand square meters to the operational management of socially significant organizations that occupied premises in old buildings. The relocation affected public utility enterprises and administrative institutions. The city allocated real estate in five districts: Lyublino, Nizhegorodsky, Yuzhnoportovy, Lefortovo and Tekstilshchiki,” he said.

    Maxim Gaman.

    The city allocated seven premises with a total area of over 1.3 thousand square meters to housing and communal organizations. Another three facilities with an area of almost 400 square meters were received by administrative institutions.

    “The first floors of new buildings under the renovation program are designed and built as non-residential. Social and household facilities are opened on them. Today, more than 80 premises are used to accommodate such facilities in the South-Eastern Administrative District. They house shops, pick-up points, beauty salons and other businesses,” clarified the Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Department of Urban Development Policy

    Vladislav Ovchinsky.

    For socially significant organizations located in buildings included in the renovation program, the city selects new premises without waiting for the start of resettlement. This applies to healthcare, sports, culture and leisure institutions, as well as utilities. When selecting facilities for placement, the infrastructure formed in the districts is taken into account. Therefore, not only areas in new buildings are used for relocation, but also premises in existing buildings.

    Earlier, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin told on the use of prefab technologies in the construction of houses under the renovation program.

    The renovation program was approved in August 2017. It concerns about a million Muscovites and provides for the resettlement of 5,176 houses. Earlier, Sergei Sobyanin instructed to double the pace of implementation of the renovation program.

    Moscow is one of the leaders among regions in terms of construction volumes. High rates of housing construction correspond to the goals and initiatives of the national project “Infrastructure for life”.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Moscow experts to hold webinars on financial literacy for teachers

    Translartion. Region: Russians Fedetion –

    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    Moscow experts will hold free webinars for teachers who introduce elements of financial literacy into the educational process. On March 28 at 14:00, school and college employees will be able to join the online class, and on April 15 at 13:00, preschool teachers will be able to join.

    The educational mini-marathon is being held by the financial literacy center at the capital Department of Finance, organizational support is provided by the Department of Human Resources Services of the Moscow Government.

    “Today, financial literacy is not just a useful skill, but a vital necessity. Without knowledge in this area, it is difficult to make informed decisions and achieve serious financial goals. With the help of our webinars, teachers from Moscow and other regions can receive up-to-date information on modern trends in financial education. In an accessible and convenient format, participants will get acquainted with popular teaching methods, analyze practical examples, ask questions to experts and gain access to educational materials. This will make classes for children more diverse and interesting,” she noted.

    Elena Zyabbarova, Minister of the Moscow Government, head of the capital’s Department of Finance.

    The audience will get acquainted with new methodological developments that will help conduct exciting and meaningful classes on financial literacy. Participants will learn what interactive training formats exist today and how to improve the educational process with their help.

    Olga Lukacheva, head of the Moscow financial literacy center, will talk about thematic educational projects in the capital and suggest which lectures and master classes to attend in order to improve your own knowledge and consolidate it in practice. She will also explain how to organize financial literacy events with the participation of experts in a kindergarten, school or college.

    Olga Guryanova, two-time winner of the “Budget for Citizens” competition, will share her own ideas and explain how characters from popular cartoons can motivate children to understand financial issues.

    History teacher at school #854, lecturer at the Russian Society “Knowledge” Alexander Odzho will use examples to prove why social studies lessons in grades seven through nine are an excellent platform for developing financial literacy. And Ekaterina Lavrenova, candidate of pedagogical sciences, will tell how to interest preschoolers during their studies and keep their attention.

    Teachers of educational institutions can view the detailed program and sign up for webinars on the page “Showcase of HR services”. Registration closes at the beginning of the event. All listeners will receive a reminder letter with a link to join. Upon completion of the seminar, participants will receive an electronic certificate and access to materials for independent study.

    The most convenient way to follow announcements of financial literacy events is on the Telegram channel “Open Budget of Moscow” and on the portal “Open Budget of the City of Moscow”.

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  • MIL-OSI Submissions: Telco Sector – Japan multiplay service revenue to surpass $27 billion in 2029, forecasts GlobalData

    Source: GlobalData

    The total multiplay service revenue in Japan is set to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1%  from $26.4 billion in 2024 to $27.7 billion in 2029 with the growing adoption triple- and quad-play services helping offset the anticipated decline in dualplay service revenues, reveals GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

    GlobalData’s Japan Multiplay Forecast (Q4 2024) reveals that the total multiplay service households in Japan will increase at a CAGR of 2.2% over the period 2024-2029, driven by the high-demand for bundled telecom services in the country, and continued increase in coverage and availability of high-speed fiber-broadband services that enable the delivery of high-quality service bundles to customers.

    Srikanth Vaidya, Telecom Analyst at GlobalData, says: “Doubleplay services will remain the most popular multiplay service category through the forecast period in terms of service adoption. However, its share in the total multiplay households will gradually drop from 75.8% in 2024 to 70.9% in 2029 as more subscribers start adopting tripleplay and quadplay service bundles.

    Tripleplay services category will see its share in the total multiplay-households grow from 20.6% in 2024 to 24.5% in 2029. Quadplay services, which attract highest average monthly- household spending among all the multiplay service categories, will also see strong growth in adoption, thereby boosting the overall multiplay service revenue in the country

    Vaidya concludes: “KDDI will lead the doubleplay market, by subscription share, through 2029. The operator is leveraging its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks to accelerate multiplay services adoption and offers discounted doubleplay plans, with focus on reducing churn and increasing revenue-generating units (RGUs). NTT, on the other hand, will lead the tripleplay segment in terms of households through 2029.”

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Major £1.6 billion equipment contract to support British Defence jobs and boost Army readiness

    Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

    Press release

    Major £1.6 billion equipment contract to support British Defence jobs and boost Army readiness

    British Army equipment, including tanks and armoured vehicles, will receive world-class maintenance and spare parts under a contract which supports 1,600 UK jobs. 

    • Significant contract update to provide kit maintenance and increased vehicle availability.   

    • Directly supports 1,600 defence jobs across the country, supporting a 6,000-strong business supply chain.   

    • Investment in British firm Babcock boosts defence as an engine for UK economic growth.    

    British Army equipment, including tanks and armoured vehicles, will receive world-class maintenance and spare parts under a contract which supports 1,600 UK jobs.    

    The five-year £1.6 billion contract extension with British defence firm Babcock will cover vital military assets including Challenger 2 tanks, 105mm artillery guns and Trojan armoured vehicles, ensuring they remain combat-ready to meet emerging threats.   

    The Service Provision and Transformation Contract will sustain 1,600 highly skilled jobs in locations across the UK, including over 400 in Telford and over 250 in Dorset. The investment follows the Prime Minister’s historic commitment to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, recognising the critical importance of military readiness in an era of heightened global uncertainty.   

    Maintenance services will cover preventative maintenance, emergency repairs and spare parts management. It will also include digital transformation to improve fleet management efficiency, keeping more vehicles and equipment primed for soldiers to use – boosting national security and renewing Britain’s economy as we deliver on our Plan for Change.  

    The move to boost the readiness of British Army combat vehicles comes as the UK continues to lead planning efforts for a Coalition of Willing nations to help secure a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. Following the planning meeting attended by approximately 30 nations last week, further operational planning meetings will be led by UK Commander Joint Operations, General Nick Perry.   

    Defence Secretary John Healey MP said:  

    Tanks, armoured vehicles and kit are the backbone of the British Army. We are taking action to ensure the outstanding service men and women of our Armed Forces are properly equipped and ready to respond to ever-changing global threats.    

    Supported by largest sustained increase in defence spending since the Cold War, this substantial investment with Babcock demonstrates how defence is an engine for growth: supporting businesses of all sizes and sustaining more than 1,600 good, well-paid jobs across Britain.

    National security is the bedrock of a successful economy and our Government’s Plan for Change.

    Babcock’s Chief Executive Officer, David Lockwood said: 

    In a period of increased global instability, more is being expected of our armed forces. This contract extension ensures that Babcock continues to provide the British Army with the tools to do its job, when and wherever they are needed. Our know-how, application of technology and extensive experience in the land domain help ensure that the British Army is ready to fight and win wars.

    While the Land Integrated Operating Services programme places future contracts, this deal will also support approximately 6,000 UK businesses throughout the wider supply chain, as well as 200 apprentices. These apprenticeships will offer valuable training and development opportunities in fields such as HGV maintenance and automotive refinishing, providing career paths in the defence sector for the next generation of skilled workers.   

    MOD Director Land Environment, Major General Lizzie Faithfull-Davies CBE said:    

    It has taken a lot of hard work to collaboratively deliver this SPTC Reframe contract amendment. I am delighted to renew our relationship with Babcock. With this amended contract, DE&S, the Army, and Babcock will now provide even better support to the in-Service platforms of our Armed forces; ensuring that the vehicles the Army will fight from are repaired, maintained, and ready whenever the Army need them.

    The work comes ahead of the Defence Industrial Strategy, which will bolster UK industry and provide more opportunities for defence to be an engine for economic growth. It follows a recent commitment to launch a new hub to provide small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with better access to the defence supply chain, and a commitment to set direct SME spending targets for the Ministry of Defence by June this year.

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  • MIL-OSI: Nokia expands collection of broadband applications for Service Providers to monetize the connected home

    Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

    Press release
    Nokia expands collection of broadband applications for Service Providers to monetize the connected home

    • Nokia Corteca Marketplace provides Communication Service Providers (CSPs) with access to the largest collection of value-added applications for broadband devices.
    • CSPs can easily manage applications with Corteca via prpl lifecycle management (LCM) and TR-369 standard-based protocols.        
    • Developers and CSPs can use Nokia’s open-source Corteca Developer Toolkit to quickly develop new applications for home broadband devices.

    26 March 2025
    Amsterdam, Netherlands – Nokia today announced the launch of several new applications that help CSPs unlock new revenue opportunities and bolster end-user experiences. Nokia’s Corteca Marketplace has the largest collection of applications for broadband devices available today through a single platform.   The applications can help CSPs enhance customer experiences, improve the performance of broadband and Wi-Fi services, and generate new revenue streams.

    The full set of Corteca applications covers a variety of use cases, including diagnostics, VPN services, traffic optimization, speed tests, ad-blocking security, parental controls and more. Supporting both prpl LCM and the TR-369 User Services Platform (USP) protocol, the platform also makes managing in-home broadband gateways, Wi-Fi connectivity, and applications, easy, allowing operators to quickly install, uninstall or update any of the applications it delivers to customers. CSPs that want to develop their own applications can also use Nokia’s Corteca Developer Toolkit available on GitHub.

    New applications added to the Nokia Corteca Marketplace platform include:

    • Ookla speedtest: To analyze internet performance by measuring download/upload speeds, latency and jitter.
    • Device Anti-Theft asset security: Delivers a layer of monitoring and control, via penalization of services, for suspected stolen broadband devices that connect to the Corteca platform via external networks.
    • WTFast gaming optimization: AI-driven router technology that optimizes online gaming traffic.
    • AdGuard ad blocking: Network-wide blocking of ads and traffic tracking.
    • Blocky ad blocking: Open-source security suite providing ad and traffic tracking blocking in addition to malware protection.

    These new applications complement existing applications, such as Nokia Fingerprint, Nokia Broadband Compliance, Netduma Optima, Nokia FastMile FWA Controller, F-Secure Sense, Gryphon Home, M-Lab Speed Test and OpenVPN™ Client.

    “We decided to work with Nokia to make distribution of our technology for broadband providers much easier. We’re excited to offer WTFast in the Corteca platform, not only on new devices, but also devices already in footprint,” said Rob Bartlett, CEO and Founder, WTFast.

    “Integrating Optima with the Corteca platform has been a smooth process with tools and support readily available from the Nokia team. The intelligent Corteca architecture has meant that we can deliver all the Optima performance in an efficient containerized platform,” said Luke Barlow, CEO at Netduma.

    “Nokia’s Corteca Marketplace provides the most comprehensive suite of broadband device applications available today. Both cloud and device sides are based on standards, creating an open environment that lets operators avoid vendor lock-in.” said Justin Doucette, Head of WiFi, Fixed Networks at Nokia.

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    As a B2B technology innovation leader, we are pioneering networks that sense, think and act by leveraging our work across mobile, fixed and cloud networks. In addition, we create value with intellectual property and long-term research, led by the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs, which is celebrating 100 years of innovation. 

    With truly open architectures that seamlessly integrate into any ecosystem, our high-performance networks create new opportunities for monetization and scale. Service providers, enterprises and partners worldwide trust Nokia to deliver secure, reliable and sustainable networks today – and work with us to create the digital services and applications of the future. 

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: New stops to appear in 12 districts of the capital

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    From March 29, 11 new stops will appear in the capital. Thanks to this, seven bus and electric bus routes will be adjusted. Transport will come closer to residential buildings, metro stations, the Moscow Central Circle, Moscow Central Diameters (MCD) and social facilities.

    “On the instructions of Sergei Sobyanin, we are placing stops near residential buildings, social facilities, rail frame stations and places of attraction. From March 29, we will add 11 new stops in 12 districts of the capital, buses and electric buses of 22 routes will stop at them. We will continue to develop the network of ground transport routes and introduce new stops where necessary,” said the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry

    Maxim Liksutov.

    Where will the new stops appear?

    New stops will appear on the following routes:

    — routes No. 16 and 32k in Zelenograd will be extended to the stop “Serednikovskaya Street”;

    — a stop will be added near the Bibirevo metro station on Prishvina Street for buses of route No. 284. They will stop in the same place as buses No. 282, 353, 503, 587, 618, 705, 771 and H9;

    — stops will appear near the Timiryazevskaya metro station — buses No. 519, 539 and C532 will arrive closer to exit No. 5 of the metro;

    — routes #764 and C768 will be extended to a new stop at Kuryanovo MCD-2 station. At the same time, route #646 will start operating under a new number — #764. It will be more convenient for Maryino residents to get to the MCD;

    — a stop called “Severny Bulvar, 6” will be added for routes No. 23, 380 and M54 when traveling towards the Otradnoye metro station. Instead of the “Dental Clinic” stop, residents will use the new stop;

    — a stop called “Yakovlevskoye” will be added in the center of the settlement of the same name for routes No. 868, 1002 and C117. The old stop “Yakovlevskoye” on Dorognaya Street will receive a new name “Dorognaya Street”;

    — for routes No. 153, 553, E12, M16 and H11, stops will be added at exits No. 7 and 8 from the Novatorskaya metro station.

    In addition, new oncoming stops will appear:

    — “Institute of Epidemiology” — next to route No. 570;

    — “Turn to Voronovo” — next to route No. 1004;

    — “Peoples’ Friendship University” metro station — next to route C976.

    Where new stops have already appeared

    Since the beginning of the year, about 40 new stops have appeared in the capital on more than 70 bus and electric bus routes. In total, more than 50 routes were adjusted and improved last winter, and new ground transport stops were added. Thanks to this, buses and electric buses began to approach closer to important social and transport facilities.

    Since January 18, 14 new stops have been introduced on the following routes:

    — No. 357, 359, 362, 400, 851, 865, 865k in North-West Administrative District;

    — No. 911a, 889 in TiNAO;

    — No. 512 in the North-Eastern Administrative District;

    — No. 838, 887, 864, C797, C827 in the Southern Administrative District.

    On February 1, 10 stops were introduced in different districts:

    — on routes No. 188, 172, 769, 262, 639, C17 in the South-West Administrative District;

    — on routes No. 438, 624, 690, 695, S679, M6 in the South-Eastern Administrative District;

    — on route No. 570 in the Northern Administrative District;

    — on routes No. 925, 940, 956, 969, 969k, 998, C949 in TiNAO;

    — on route No. 587 in the North-Eastern Administrative District;

    — on route No. 732 in ZAO;

    — on routes No. 48, 294, 291 in North-West Administrative District;

    — on routes E66, No. 265, 78, 975 in the Eastern Administrative District.

    Since March 1, nine new stops have been introduced on 24 routes:

    — No. 324, 358 in the North-West Administrative District;

    — No. 145, 226, 250, 261, 404, 752, 196, 699, 816 and C13 in the South-Western Administrative District;

    — No. 446, 504 in TiNAO;

    — No. 862, 32, 366, 470, 116, C369 in ZAO;

    – No. 503, 282, 353, 618 in NEAD.

    In accordance with the objectives of the national project “Infrastructure for life” In Moscow, much attention is paid to the modernization of social and municipal infrastructure, including increasing the number of convenient public transport routes and updating the rolling stock. In addition, within the framework of the national project, Moscow has begun developing the Central Transport Hub. It will become a single circuit with regular suburban rail transport for more than 30 million residents of 11 regions of Russia.

    Since the beginning of the year, 29 ground transportation routes have been adjusted in Moscow and two new ones have been opened

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Applications are now being accepted for the children’s competition “Create a new Muscovite card”

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    The capital has begun accepting applications for the children’s drawing competition “Create a New Muscovite Card.” This was reported byDepartment of Information Technology. Participants will have to draw the heroes of famous Russian fairy tales and epics on the streets of Moscow. The author of the best work will go toStroganov Children’s Academy of Design, and his drawing will appear on Muscovite cards.

    Moscow schoolchildren aged seven to 14 years can take part in the competition. Applications are accepted until April 13 on a special page.

    “The last time the design of the Muscovite card changed was in 2018. Today, young city residents can create their own card design with their favorite fairy-tale characters. There is nothing more sincere than children’s drawings. We invite Moscow schoolchildren to show their creative talents and compete for the main prizes of the competition, and all voters to look at their hometown through the eyes of children,” said Ivan Buturlin, General Director of the State Unitary Enterprise “Moscow Social Register”.

    A parent or legal representative can apply for a child to participate in the competition. To do this, you need to log in to the competition page via Mos ID and fill out the form. You can send up to three drawings.

    The selection of competition entries will take place in several stages. First, the expert jury will select 30 drawings for the shortlist in each of two age groups: from seven to 10 years old and from 11 to 14 years old. Then, on the competition page and in the Active Citizen project, Muscovites will select 15 works in each age category that will make it to the final. Young Muscovites will also be able to vote for their favorites in the Active Citizen for Children project.

    The final stage will be voting, which will determine one Grand Prix winner, as well as winners of first, second and third places in each age group. Voting will take place in the Active Citizen project and on the Active Citizen for Children platform.

    The winners of the competition will have the opportunity to attend a tour and master classes inRussian State University of Art and Industry named after S.G. Stroganov, as well as memorable gifts from the art supply store. The winner of the Grand Prix will be able to study at the Stroganov Children’s Academy of Design, and a limited edition Muscovite card will be designed based on his/her competition illustration.

    The announcement of the results and the awarding of the winners will take place on June 1 in the Smart City pavilion at VDNKh. An exhibition of the finalists’ drawings will also open there. All the winners’ works will be published on the competition website and the Active Citizen project services.

    The Muscovite card with a unique design selected based on the results of the competition will be issued during the 2025/2026 academic year. It will be available for registration from August 1 on the mos.ru portal. It will be available to children up to and including 14 years of age who are receiving the card for the first time or are participants in the competition.

    The competition is being held by the Department of Information Technology with the support of the capital Department of Culture and the State Institution “New Management Technologies”.

    Muscovite card — one of the main social projects of the capital. It is issued to residents of Moscow and provides them with personal access to the city infrastructure. It can be obtained students schools and colleges, students, pensioners, people with disabilities, children and parents from large families andother categories of citizens.

    You can find out more about the map at telegram channel project, as well as from the mini-series “Moscow in digital”.

    How to get a Muscovite card

    You can apply for a Muscovite card on the mos.ru portal. This requires a standard or full account. Children over 14 can do this on their own, but for children under 14, a parent or other legal guardian must apply for the service.

    You can check the status of the card production in your personal account on the mos.ru portal in the “Applications and notifications” section, using the service “Checking the manufacturing status of the Muscovite card”, as well as by calling the hotline: 7 495 539⁠-55⁠-55 and in official groups on social networks “VKontakte” And“Classmates”.

    The card will be ready within 30 days from the date of application. Notification about the possibility of receiving it will be sent to your personal account on the mos.ru portal and by e-mail. Preschoolers over seven years old, school and college students can pick up the ready card at the educational institution. Those who are studying in private schools or outside Moscow, as well as other preferential categories of citizens – at the selected center of state services “My Documents”.

    Receipt of a Muscovite card for a student must be confirmed in the personal account on mos.ru within 90 days. In other cases, this is not required.

    The creation, development and operation of the e-government infrastructure, including the provision of mass socially significant services, as well as other services in electronic form, 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: A new pedestrian crossing will appear near the Tyutchevskaya metro station

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    An overground pedestrian crossing will be built near the Tyutchevskaya station of the Troitskaya metro line. The corresponding territory planning project (PPT) was approved by the capital Committee on Architecture and Urban Development (Moskomarkhitektura), said the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Urban Development Policy and Construction Vladimir Efimov.

    The facility will be built within the framework of the Targeted Investment Program.

    “The land use planning project was approved for a site with an area of over 20 hectares. As part of the PPT, an off-street pedestrian crossing with ramps and tactile signs will be connected to the exit from the Tyutchevskaya metro station. An access road and two parking spaces for 100 spaces each are planned to be equipped nearby. The latter will be intended, among other things, for people with limited mobility. The implementation of the project will create safer conditions for the movement of people in the active transport logistics zone,” said Vladimir Efimov.

    Tyutchevskaya station is located in the Kommunarka district of the Novomoskovsky administrative district, along the 42nd kilometer of the Moscow Ring Road (MKAD).

    “Currently, when exiting a metro station, the journey to the opposite side of the Moscow Ring Road takes 12 minutes. After the new facility appears, people will have a safer route to General Tyuleneva Street, and the time spent crossing will be reduced to three minutes,” she added.

    Juliana Knyazhevskaya, Chairman of the capital’s Committee for Architecture and Urban Development.

    Earlier, Sergei Sobyanin announced the opening of the longest overpass on the Moscow Ring Road.

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  • MIL-OSI China: Trump stands by national security adviser Mike Waltz despite war plan leak in group chat

    Source: China State Council Information Office

    U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday stood by his national security adviser, Mike Waltz, after The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief was accidentally added to Signal group chat where high-level national security officials were discussing military plans in Yemen.

    “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he’s a good man,” Trump said Tuesday in a phone interview with NBC News.

    When asked what he was told about how Goldberg came to be added to the Signal chat, Trump said, “It was one of Michael’s people on the phone. A staffer had his number on there.”

    Trump also said Goldberg’s presence in the chat had “no impact at all” on the military operation against Houthi forces in Yemen.

    Trump’s remarks came one day after Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, said in an article on Monday that senior U.S. national security officials recently added him to a Signal group chat discussing a military strike on Houthi forces in Yemen. He said he became aware of the airstrike plan about two hours before the U.S. operation.

    “I have never seen a breach quite like this,” said Goldberg in the article.

    When asked by media about this, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that “Nobody was texting war plans. And that’s all I have to say about that.” The defense secretary also lashed out at Goldberg, calling him “a deceitful and highly discredited so-called ‘journalist’ who’s made a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again.”

    The incident has sparked grave concerns and harsh criticism.

    “If true, this story represents one of the most egregious failures of operational security and common sense I have ever seen,” Jack Reed, the Senate Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat, said in a statement.

    “Military operations need to be handled with utmost discretion, using approved, secure lines of communication, because American lives are on the line. The carelessness shown by President Trump’s Cabinet is stunning and dangerous. I will be seeking answers from the administration immediately,” said the Democratic senator.

    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer described the incident as “amateur behavior” and called for “a full investigation into how this happened and the damage it created.”

    “This kind of security breach is how people get killed. How our enemies take advantage. How our national security falls into danger. These people are clearly not up for the job,” he posted on X. 

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: More broadcasts from the Moscow Zoo are now available on mos.ru

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    From March 26, during the zoo’s opening hours, users of the mos.ru portal will be able to see online what the Himalayan bears are doing on their walks, what the red panda is fed, and how the raccoons are having fun. Cameras are installed in the outdoor enclosures, and you can watch the video broadcasts daily.

    “With the launch of new broadcasts, more and more animals will become closer and more accessible to visitors of the mos.ru portal. You can watch our inhabitants during the zoo’s opening hours. Viewers can witness unique moments of feeding, games, training and social interaction between animals. This is not just an opportunity to watch rare and endangered species, but also a chance to immerse yourself in their world, understand the behavior and habits of animals,” said Svetlana Akulova, General Director of the Moscow Zoo.

    The broadcasts will allow you to observe for two Himalayan bears, female Fanya and male Vasya, living in the old territory of the zoo. They were taken from dealers at the end of 2022. The animals were in an extremely emaciated state, they were kept in cramped cages. Zoologists surrounded the clubfooted bears with round-the-clock care and developed an optimal diet for them. Gradually, the bears began to gain weight and recover. Now each of them lives in their own spacious enclosure. This year, Fanya went into hibernation for the first time in two years. Vasya needs more time to rebuild his biological rhythms; he did not sleep this winter.

    Nowadays, Himalayan bears are active during the daytime. In extreme cold or heat, the animals may go indoors.

    Thanks to the installed cameras it will be possible to observe andfor the red panda Ryzhik. The animal leads a predominantly crepuscular lifestyle. Ryzhik arrived in Moscow in the fall of 2015 from Poland. The male comes out of the house several times a day, mostly in the morning or early evening hours.

    Red pandas, also called fire foxes for their bright fur, are excellent tree climbers. However, they feed mainly on the ground. Although these animals are representatives of the order of predators, 95 percent of their diet consists of young leaves and bamboo shoots. The remaining five percent consists of various fruits, berries, mushrooms, bird eggs and even small rodents.

    Other inhabitants of the zoo, which can now be watched online on mos.ru, are: family of raccoons. This is Titi, a mother of many children, and her three children: Akim, Grusha, and the youngest, Shonya.

    There is a stream in the enclosure, in which the raccoons splash with visible pleasure, confirming their name. The animals are especially interested in the trees growing in the enclosure – the raccoons do not just climb them, they sleep high in the trees, curled up in a ball and from a distance resembling bird nests. There are many objects in their enclosure: ladders suspended between the trees, which the animals climb with pleasure, hollows in which they find many delicacies placed there by the zoo staff. In this way, the animals can use their abilities and demonstrate natural behavior when getting food.

    The Department of Information Technology added that video broadcasts are available to residents of the entire country. At the same time, users can not only watch their pets, but also learn more about the peculiarities of their life in their natural habitat.

    “Each animal on zoo.mos.ru has its own page, where you can not only watch a live broadcast from the enclosure, but also read interesting facts and get to know the animal better. Now the majority of visits are to the pages of everyone’s favorites – the little panda Katyusha and her parents Dindin and Zhui, the manul Timofey and the capybaras. You can watch the animals in real time from any device – a smartphone, tablet or computer,” said Boris Frolov, Deputy Head of the Department of Information Technology of the City of Moscow.

    Broadcasts from the Moscow Zoo enclosures have been launched on the mos.ru portal in the fall of 2024. Every day, visitors can observe the lives of the Pallas’s cat, giant pandas, lynxes, elephants, pygmy hippopotamuses, meerkats, honey badgers, capybaras and camelids, as well as gorillas and orangutans.

    Indian stingless bees appear at Moscow ZooSobyanin: Moscow Zoo takes first place in the world in species diversity

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  • MIL-Evening Report: ‘The bush calls us’: the defiant women who demanded a place on the walking track

    Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Ruby Ekkel, PhD student in Australian History, Australian National University

    Fairfax Corporation (1932)

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: A resident of the Technopolis Moscow SEZ, together with the capital’s ambulance service, has developed a device for performing indirect cardiac massage

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    A resident of the special economic zone (SEZ) Technopolis Moscow has developed a device for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

    The team of the A.S. Puchkov Emergency and Urgent Medical Care Station took part in the creation of the device. As a result, the invention surpasses its Western counterparts in many ways in its technical characteristics. In particular, it is equipped with an optical target designator for positioning on the patient’s body and two batteries, which allows it to work twice as long as other similar devices. Unique design solutions are patented in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation. Among the authors of the patent, among others, are leading resuscitators of the Moscow emergency medical care station.

    A registration certificate from Roszdravnadzor has already been received, confirming the safety and effectiveness of the medical device. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry Maxim Liksutov.

    “On behalf of Sergei Sobyanin, we support the development of the medical industry. In the Technopolis Moscow special economic zone, more than 15 enterprises are engaged in the production of equipment for emergency care, artificial lung ventilation devices, ultrasound diagnostics, innovative prostheses and much more. During their activities in the capital’s SEZ, companies in the industry have manufactured products worth over seven billion rubles. The new product from Medplant is designed for automatic indirect cardiac massage. The device was developed in three years, and the investment volume in the project amounted to about 60 million rubles,” said Maxim Liksutov.

    Obtaining a registration certificate gives the developer the right to bring the Arka cardiopulmonary resuscitation device to the mass market for use in the healthcare sector.

    “The enterprise’s development is a robotic device that replaces a doctor or rescuer when performing indirect cardiac massage and allows hands to be freed for other necessary manipulations, such as administering injections. The device can function continuously for 92 minutes, and the battery can be replaced without stopping resuscitation measures,” said the Minister of the Moscow Government, head of the capital’s Department of Investment and Industrial Policy

    Anatoly Garbuzov.

    The new medical product can be used by ambulance teams, emergency medical teams, and hospitals. The company plans to produce more than 100 devices in the first year. To do this, it has undergone technological re-equipment: a surface mounting line for assembling electronic modules has been opened. In addition, the number of assembly engineers has been expanded to ensure uninterrupted production.

    The device for indirect cardiac massage is manufactured at the Pechatniki site. According to Gennady Degtyarev, General Director of the Technopolis Moscow special economic zone, enterprises whose facilities are located in the SEZ can obtain resident status and take advantage of state support in the form of tax breaks and other preferences. The companies invest the saved funds in expanding production and product range, as well as in developments and obtaining patents for them.

    The Technopolis Moscow Special Economic Zone is a territory with a special legal status, where a preferential regime for investors operates. The area of land where high-tech enterprises are located exceeds 390 hectares. The SEZ has been a leader in international and national industry ratings for several years.

    New residents, inventions and technologies. What 2024 was like for the Technopolis Moscow SEZ

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  • MIL-OSI China: Death toll rises to 18 as deadly wildfires rage in S. Korea’s southeastern region

    Source: China State Council Information Office

    The death toll rose to 18, with 19 others injured, as deadly wildfires continued to rage in South Korea’s southeastern region, government compilation showed Wednesday.

    Since last Friday, medium and large wildfires have broken out in six regions, especially in Gyeongsang province, affecting at least 17,534 hectares of land, according to the central disaster and safety countermeasures headquarters.

    Firefighters struggled to contain the rapidly spreading blazes, fueled by strong and dry winds.

    Of the wounded, six people suffered serious injuries.

    The number of affected buildings and structures, such as houses, factories and cultural assets, climbed to 209, while more than 26,000 people remained evacuated.

    The country’s forest service raised the wildfire crisis alert to the highest level while thousands of firefighters as well as helicopters and vehicles were mobilized to combat the wildfires.

    The military also deployed service members and helicopters to help fight the blazes. 

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  • MIL-OSI China: US National Security Advisor claims responsibility for leaked chat of Yemen military plan

    Source: China State Council Information Office

    U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz has assumed “full responsibility” for a leaked group chat discussing an upcoming strike in Yemen.

    “I take full responsibility. I built the group,” Waltz said in an interview with Fox News Channel on Tuesday.

    “It’s embarrassing. We’re going to get to the bottom of it,” he said on the channel’s “The Ingraham Angle.”

    Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, wrote on Monday that he was invited on March 11 to join a group chat named “Houthi PC Small Group” on Signal, a popular encrypted messaging app used by journalists and government officials.

    Upon joining, he discovered that several high-ranking officials, including Waltz, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, were discussing plans for a forthcoming strike on the Houthis in Yemen.

    “According to the lengthy Hegseth text, the first detonations in Yemen would be felt two hours hence, at 1:45 p.m. eastern time,” Goldberg recalled in his article. “So I waited in my car in a supermarket parking lot. If this Signal chat was real, I reasoned, Houthi targets would soon be bombed. At about 1:55, I checked X and searched Yemen. Explosions were then being heard across Sanaa, the capital city.”

    The incident is widely considered a major national security breach, prompting Democratic lawmakers to demand answers from the White House in multiple letters.

    U.S. President Donald Trump defended Waltz in front of reporters at the White House on Monday. “I don’t think he should apologize,” he said. “I think he’s doing his best. It’s equipment and technology that’s not perfect.”

    According to Fox News, Trump has no plan to fire Waltz over the incident.

    During an interview with NBC News on Tuesday, Trump said that a staffer from Waltz’s office inadvertently included Goldberg in the group chat. He also claimed that this had “no impact at all” on the airstrikes in Yemen. 

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Buyers at the Moscow-on-the-Wave markets purchased canned goods for SVO participants

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    At the fish markets “Moscow is on the wave” The charity event in support of the participants of the special military operation (SVO) has ended. It began on Defender of the Fatherland Day and lasted for a month.

    Visitors had the opportunity to purchase canned goods for the SVO fighters and leave them in a special basket. As a result of the campaign, about a thousand canned goods were collected: from tulka, sprat, mackerel, herring, cod liver and roe, as well as from other types of fish. This product is especially convenient in field conditions – canned goods are easy to transport and store, and they do not require containers.

    All products were transferred to project headquarters “Moscow Helps”. Here, volunteers prepare collected goods for further transportation to new and border territories of Russia.

    “City residents and city organizations bring various things to the headquarters. Including long-life food products, such as canned fish, as they did this time. Now it is very important to show that we can all unite in this support,” noted Alexandra Iskhakova, a volunteer at the Moscow Helps headquarters.

    The Moscow-on-the-Wave fish markets also offer a permanent ten percent discount for participants in the special military operation and their family members.

    Charity events aimed at collecting food aid are held regularly in Moscow. Thus, before the New Year holidays, city residents traditionally take part in the “Hanging Mandarin” campaign. In August last year, two “Give an Apple!” campaigns took place, during which buyers at Moscow fairs donated fresh fruit to charitable foundations.

    The Moscow-on-the-Wave fish market opened in the Kosino-Ukhtomsky district in November 2023, and in Mitino in September 2024. As Sergei Sobyanin reported earlier, they were visited last year more than one and a half million people, over a thousand tons of products were sold.

    The markets offer a wide range of fish and seafood from three oceans and 13 seas washing Russia. Residents and guests of the capital can buy fresh carp, chilled Murmansk salmon, red mullet on skewers, northern omul and whitefish in fresh-frozen and smoked form, lightly salted tugunok, Olyutor herring and much more.

    More information about the activities of the capital’s Department of Trade and Services is available in the official telegram channel.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: The largest screen in Russia for creating special effects appeared at the Moskino film factory

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    The largest LED display structure in Russia has been installed on the territory of the Moskino film factory on Ryazansky Prospekt. It will be used to create visual effects for films of any complexity. This was reported by Natalia Sergunina, Deputy Mayor of Moscow.

    “The project will open up new opportunities for the industry, simplify many work processes and reduce costs. The area of the huge screen exceeds 300 square meters,” said Natalia Sergunina.

    The puck-shaped structure will allow film crews to be independent of the season and weather conditions. It will eliminate the need to travel to other locations, change scenery or resort to computer graphics. A specific background and visual images will be selected for each scene, which will be transmitted by the screens. The actors will immediately see the same thing as the audience.

    The creator of the equipment is the flagship resident of the Moskino film factory. The studio produces full-length films, TV series, commercials and music videos using modern technologies. It has more than 500 completed projects, including Chelyuskin. The First and Red Silk, which were released in March 2025.

    “We call this design a ‘washer’. Inside it, you can create effects of any complexity that will look natural on the cinema screen. The technology itself is unique for Russia, and we are glad that we managed to implement this idea,” shared the company’s founder, Yuri Yarushnikov.

    Another studio pavilion on the film factory premises is designed for filming scenes of travel in cars and other types of transport. The movement is simulated using a special complex that includes dynamic platforms.

    The capital pays great attention to the development of the industry within the framework of Sergei Sobyanin’s project “Moscow – City of Cinema”, which will unite 1170 hectares of creative space. It already includes the Gorky Film Studio on Sergei Eisenstein Street and in Valdaisky Proyezd, a chain of cinemas, a cinema park and the Moskino film factory.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Residential buildings and infrastructure within walking distance: what is being built within the framework of the KRT for the purposes of the renovation program

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    New neighborhoods will be created in the capital under the program of integrated development of territories (IDT). Investors and city operators plan to build 6.7 million square meters of housing for the purposes of the renovation program. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Urban Development Policy and Construction Vladimir Efimov.

    “The integrated territorial development program has been in effect in the capital since 2020. It currently includes 302 KRT projects at various stages of development and implementation. Various real estate objects will be built under them. In particular, the area of residential development will be 37 million square meters, of which 6.7 million are intended for the purposes of the renovation program. This will also speed up the renovation program in 78 districts of the capital,” said Vladimir Efimov.

    For the purposes of the renovation program, the necessary infrastructure will be created within walking distance.

    “The KRT projects, which provide for the construction of housing for the purposes of the renovation program and other city needs, also provide for the construction of social facilities. Thus, along with residential buildings in the new microdistricts, it is planned to build 48 kindergartens, 39 schools and 11 medical facilities. The adjacent territories will be landscaped and improved, children’s and sports playgrounds will be installed, and new roads will be laid,” noted the Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Department of City Property

    Maxim Gaman.

    Thanks to the comprehensive transformation of the capital’s neighborhoods, Muscovites will receive not only modern housing, but also a high-quality urban environment.

    According to the Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Department of Urban Development Policy Vladislav Ovchinsky, within the framework of the KRT, residential complexes with a total area of about 4.3 million square meters will be built for the purposes of the renovation program. This will provide new housing for about 150 thousand Muscovites. Elevators will be installed in the entrances of the new buildings, rooms for concierges, rooms for strollers and bicycles will be equipped. The first floors will be made non-residential – in the future, social and household facilities will open there.

    According to the program of integrated development of territories, multifunctional city blocks are created, where roads, comfortable housing and all necessary infrastructure are designed on the site of former industrial zones and inefficiently used areas. Currently, 302 KRT projects with a total area of about 4.2 thousand hectares are at various stages of development and implementation in Moscow. This work is carried out on behalf of Sergei Sobyanin.

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Technology that reduces risks during vascular surgeries has appeared in the capital’s X-ray operating rooms

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    Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

    The capital’s doctors have begun to use a new method of ultrasound examination of blood vessels during operations on the coronary vessels of the heart and the vessels of the lower extremities, as well as in the context of other interventions. The technology allows obtaining detailed images in real time and is already available in all X-ray operating rooms in the capital, reported Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development.

    “Cardiovascular diseases remain one of the most common pathologies that threaten health. To combat them, we continue to develop a network of vascular centers in the capital equipped with modern X-ray operating rooms. Now doctors can use intravascular ultrasound, which helps to accurately assess the condition of blood vessels, monitor the progress of surgery and reduce the risk of complications. This technology has already been implemented in all X-ray operating rooms in Moscow. Using this method makes treatment safer, allows you to avoid additional control X-ray examinations, which reduces the radiation load on patients and medical personnel,” said Anastasia Rakova.

    The new technique allows for the construction of detailed images of the operated vessel using a microcatheter up to two millimeters in diameter, which is delivered to the site of the pathology using a guidewire. The data is displayed on the screen in real time. This helps surgeons accurately determine the size and position of plaques, assess the extent and nature of vascular lesions, and control the installation of stents.

    In Moscow’s X-ray operating rooms, minimally invasive surgeries are performed using high-tech angiographic devices that allow vascular pathology to be detected under X-ray control. There are 60 such devices in total, with 13 of them arriving at hospitals in 2024. They allow doctors to perform high-tech X-ray surgical interventions and diagnostic studies. These include operations to install stents, remove blood clots, embolize large vessels, coronary angiography studies, and other types of medical care.

    Sobyanin: Reconstruction of three buildings of the Loginov Moscow Scientific Center will be completed in 2026Almost 2.5 thousand interventions were performed in hybrid operating rooms of the N.V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Care in two yearsReduce radiation exposure: the equipment in the X-ray operating room of the M.P. Konchalovsky City Clinical Hospital has been completely updated

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  • MIL-OSI Russia: Caring for the Elderly: Muscovites Do Good Deeds with Million Prizes

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    Participants in the city loyalty program donated over 17.6 million rubles to help the elderly “A Million Prizes” since the moment this opportunity appeared on the program website.

    Muscovites willingly join charitable initiatives, because there are always those around us who sometimes need special attention and protection. By joint efforts, we can make their lives more comfortable, help solve everyday or medical issues. The funds go to the wards of the program partners – funds and non-profit organizations that provide support to the older generation. Among them is the Hospice Aid Fund “Faith”, funds “Old age is a joy” And “Memory of Generations”as well as other charitable organizations.

    Thanks to the help of caring citizens, food and care products (linen, disposable diapers, gels, protective creams) are delivered to needy grandparents, veterans, and people living in nursing homes and mental health care facilities. Glasses, glucometers, tonometers, hearing aids and much more are also purchased for the wards. The funds donated by Muscovites are used to open home care services, elderly people receive qualified medical care and nursing care in nursing homes and at home, and their loved ones receive the necessary support. The funds are also used to develop palliative care for the seriously ill.

    Targeted and reliable: how to help and give hope to those in need

    Even the busy schedule does not prevent people from showing compassion, supporting those who need special care, and showing an example of mercy. On the Million Prizes website, Muscovites can transfer from 500 to five thousand city (green) dollars in one click. points, received for participation in city electronic projects. The number of transfers is not limited. One point is equal to one ruble.

    To contribute to a good cause, you must log in to the site “A Million Prizes” using the login and password from your account on the mos.ru portal and go to the “Incentives” section. Here you should select the category “Charity”, the card of the required fund and click on the “Place an order” button. After this, the points will be debited from the user’s account, their cash equivalent will be sent to the fund.

    Transferring points is a simple and reliable way to provide targeted assistance to people who find themselves in a difficult life situation and need care and attention. Each participant in the city loyalty program can track their donation in the report on the website of the selected charity (you can go to a special page from the card on the Million Prizes website). It is enough to open the document for the required period and find the unique promo code that each user receives after transferring points. Reports are updated periodically.

    Users of the Million Prizes website regularly participate in charity initiatives. Thanks to the caring attitude of Muscovites, children with special needs and adults with serious illnesses receive the necessary support. Help is also provided to four-legged friends. About this mos.ru told earlier.

    “A Million Prizes” — a website where Muscovites can use city points to receive goods and services from more than 400 partner organizations. The loyalty program allows you to use accumulated points to receive discounts in stores, cafes and restaurants, purchase tickets to theaters and museums, as well as top up your Troika transport card and your parking account in the Parking of Russia app.

    The project is being developed by the State Institution “New Management Technologies” and Department of Information Technology of the City of Moscow.

    The creation, development and operation of the e-government infrastructure, including the provision of mass socially significant services, as well as other services in electronic form, corresponds to the objectives of the national project “Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State”and the capital’s regional project “Digital Public Administration”.

    In addition, you can support children, adults, seniors, animals, environmental and scientific and educational projects with the help of charity service mos.ru.

    Sergei Sobyanin spoke about the largest volunteer projects involving Muscovites

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  • MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Minister and cricketers face off in ‘Battle of the Buses’, as government pledges to get buses back on track through new bill

    Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

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    Minister and cricketers face off in ‘Battle of the Buses’, as government pledges to get buses back on track through new bill

    We’re determined to ensure our bus services stay safe, inclusive and comfortable for all passengers.

    • Local Transport Minister took part in a precision time trial at First Bus’ ‘Battle of the Buses’, which saw participants learn more about the learner bus driver test
    • Simon Lightwood meets apprentice drivers and competes alongside Essex cricketers Matt Critchley and Paul Walters, to understand elements of the learner driver test
    • £1 billion investment and incoming Bus Services Bill set to boost local control and unlock transport links, getting the country moving to drive growth through our Plan for Change

    A ‘Battle of the Buses’ saw Local Transport Minister, Simon Lightwood, compete against pro cricketers to promote apprenticeships for the next generation of bus drivers, as the government accelerates journey to growth through our Plan for Change.

    Arranged by First Bus, one of the UK’s largest bus operators, the time trial event is designed to showcase the rigorous tests taken by learner bus drivers, emphasising the high skill level and rigorous standards expected of all staff.

    Minister Lightwood and pro-cricketers were put through their paces, tackling elements of the real-life driving test, including reversing, roundabouts and turning the bus without knocking over cones.

    Increasing opportunities for young people across the country is vital to drive up living standards and the government is supporting apprentices in the bus sector by including measures to enhance their training in the incoming Bus Services Bill.

    The event comes alongside £1 billion of investment to improve bus stop infrastructure, enhance bus service frequency and reliability and boost bus connectivity – and the incoming Bus Services Bill – which will deliver on the government’s Plan for Change by boosting local control of services, upskilling staff and better linking local people to job opportunities.

    The minister and Essex County cricketers, Paul Walter and Matt Critchley, were all scored on safety, speed, checking mirrors and using the correct turning signals. To understand the versatility required from learner drivers, they also took a 10-question theory test. Last week, the Rail Minister, Lord Peter Hendy, also took part in the challenge, alongside Essex Women’s cricketers, Eva Gray, Cordelia Griffith and Kelly Castle.

    Local Transport Minister, Simon Lightwood, said: 

    Today has been a fantastic opportunity to better understand the commitment and skill required of our incredible bus driver apprentices up and down the country.  

    As the future of the industry, we’re determined to provide apprentice drivers with the skills they need to deal with challenges facing the bus sector and to ensure our bus services stay safe, inclusive and comfortable for all passengers.

    Delivering better bus services will ensure people have proper access to jobs and opportunities, putting more money in their pockets and powering growth in every corner of the country.

    As part of the incoming Bus Services Bill, all bus staff will get mandatory training on improving women’s safety by responding to anti-social behaviour and incidents of violence against women and girls. The bill will be introduced in the House of Commons shortly and will support the government’s mission to keep our streets safe by also giving local authorities new powers to crack down on offenders.  

    The bill will also hand control to local leaders to operate bus services to deliver the reliability that local people deserve, whether they choose to emulate the achievements of Manchester’s Bee Network by taking operations fully in house or work closely with operators to improve bus services, which has had great success in Cornwall.  

    Piers Marlow, Managing Director of First Bus East of England, said:

    This is a fantastic and fun challenge for our partners at Essex County Cricket and the Department for Transport, but it also highlights the incredible skill required to be a bus driver.

    At First Bus, we place a huge emphasis on training to ensure our drivers are equipped with the expertise and confidence to navigate our roads safely and efficiently. Events like this help to showcase the professionalism of our drivers and the importance of ongoing development across the industry.

    Paul Walter, Essex County Cricket Club all-rounder, said:

    The Battle of the Buses challenge was a lot of fun. I didn’t realise how tough driving a bus would be, it felt like something out of Top Gear, with the leaderboard, obstacles and the First Bus Stig.

    We’re all naturally competitive and it’s always good to get one over a teammate. I also really enjoyed going head-to-head with Critch [Matt Critchley] and I understand that Kelly, Cordelia and Eva got on great.

    Thank you to First Bus for having us down for the day.

    A measure is also included to push ahead with a bright, new and clean future for the sector, by ending the use of new diesel and petrol buses on English bus services by 2030, heralding a green new era for buses across the country,

    The government is ensuring that industry bosses and local leaders have a voice by hosting panel sessions, the first of which took in Sheffield on 13 March 2025. This discussion considered how British manufacturing of new zero emission buses will grow our regional economies and drive up quality of life, as outlined in the Plan for Change.  

    Local authorities are also currently being supported with £1 billion in bus service improvement funding, including £17.8 million for Essex County Council to maintain and improve bus services and enhance infrastructure. They are expected to outline their full plans for the funding in due course.

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  • MIL-OSI Australia: Interview with Peter Fegan, 4BC, Brisbance

    Source: Australian Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry

    Peter Fegan:

    It’s Labor’s $17 billion pledge. But is it enough to save the election? The Labor Party or the government has delivered its fourth Budget last night. Plenty of savings, but given the cost‑of‑living crisis, we’re in no position to bite the hand that could potentially feed us for the next 3 years, at least. Joining me on the line is the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers. Treasurer, it is always great to have your time on the programme.

    Jim Chalmers:

    Thanks for having me back on your show, Pete. Good morning.

    Fegan:

    $268 in tax cuts in the first year, which is 2026. That’s $538 in the second. You’ve conceded, Treasurer, that that is modest cuts. It equates to about $5 a week. You add in the Stage 3 tax cuts, that will be around $56 bucks a week. So, when you consider how much groceries, fuel, beer, health, childcare, aged care is; most Australians would say that $50 bucks doesn’t go very far at all.

    Chalmers:

    I understand that, Pete. I understand that there’s always an appetite to do more. My job is to make sure that we’re providing this cost‑of‑living relief in the most responsible way that we can. The tax cuts are an important part of that, that $50 a week in income taxes is all about helping people but so is strengthening Medicare because more bulk billing means less pressure on families.

    So are the energy rebates, the cheaper medicines, cutting student debt. There are a number of ways that we’re providing cost‑of‑living help in the Budget, but we’ve got to do that in the most responsible way. We know that there will always be calls to do more. We’re doing the most that we can afford to do for the time being.

    Fegan:

    Treasurer, I would argue what is missing from this Budget are tough decisions, serious structural reforms and addressing the elephant in the room. We know what that is, Treasurer. It’s spending. Now, there’s $40 billion set aside for decisions not yet announced. That means that the Prime Minister has another $40 billion up his sleeve to throw around during the election campaign. So, let’s just call this Budget what it is. It’s a Budget to win the election. Surely.

    Chalmers:

    I don’t agree with you, Pete. It’s a Budget to build the future and to help people with the cost of living and strengthen Medicare. Those are the 3 primary objectives of the Budget. It’s all about making our economy more resilient in the face of all this global economic uncertainty. That’s what’s motivated us here when it comes to this Budget.

    Now, when it comes to spending, about half of the new spending in the Budget is the tax cuts. A big proportion of the rest of it was already provisioned for in the mid‑year Budget update. We’ve been responsible, we’ve gone for what’s affordable and we’ve done that in the context where we have taken difficult decisions. There are billions of dollars in savings.

    There is much less debt this year in the Budget than when we came to office 3 years ago in terms of the $177 billion less debt this year. We are making good progress in the budget. We’re making especially good progress in the economy more broadly. We know that that doesn’t always immediately translate into how people are feeling and faring in the economy. That’s why the cost‑of‑living help is so important.

    Fegan:

    Migration. 260,000 new migrants will flood into Australia by the end of July, the majority of which will come into Australia. Now Treasurer, historically yes, migration does help fuel economy, we know that. But unfortunately, here in Australia we have a living crisis, we have a housing crisis.

    We have a major supply issue here in Queensland. You know that, you live in Logan. You know how bad supply is at the moment. Are you putting them up? Because I don’t know where 260,000 new migrants will go. I know that they’ll work. But we’re in a housing crisis. It doesn’t make sense to me.

    Chalmers:

    Two important things about that, Pete. Firstly, we’re investing $33 billion in building more homes.

    Fegan:

    But you haven’t built any yet though, Treasurer. That’s the issue. You haven’t built any new homes yet. That’s the big issue here. You can invest all your money, all the money you want. You can’t put them in camps until they’re built.

    Chalmers:

    We are building new homes. We’re making a very substantial investment in making sure that’s the case. Secondly, you refer to those migration numbers. Those migration numbers have actually been very substantially managed down from their peak after COVID. When Australia more or less shut down during COVID in the year or 2 after that, couple of years after that, there was a big rebound in the net overseas migration number spanning 2 governments.

    We’ve been able to manage that down to more normal levels. That is what you’re seeing in the budget. That number that you refer to is right, but it is much lower, very, very substantially lower than it was a couple of years ago.

    Fegan:

    Okay, Treasurer, this is an interesting one and I think all eyes will be on this when it comes to the election.

    Let’s talk energy.

    Okay, Treasurer, the Prime Minister and yourself and all your Ministers all maintain that energy prices are lower under a Labor government. So, why has the government, if that’s the case – if we are paying less for energy, why has the government spent $6.8 billion on energy subsidies to date? Is that not an abject failure of the last 3 years? And your energy policy, why give Australians another $150 bucks if, according to Labor, energy is affordable? I don’t understand it. I mean, if it is affordable, I don’t need the $150 bucks.

    Chalmers:

    This is another important way that we’re helping people with the cost of living. We know that in the last year in the official inflation data, we were able to get electricity prices down. That’s a good thing. That’s been a combination of rebates, but also the efforts that we’re making to introduce more cleaner and cheaper energy into the system.

    If you think about the independent experts from a body called AEMO, what they talk about is what’s pushing electricity prices up is actually the old parts of the system, the traditional parts of the system, becoming less and less reliable.

    We’re providing these energy rebates in the near term to take some of the sting out of these electricity bills while people are under cost‑of‑living pressure. At the same time, we’re introducing more cleaner and cheaper, more reliable energy into the system because that’s the best way to put downward pressure on energy prices over the medium and long term.

    Fegan:

    Yeah, there’s no. But there’s no funding for green energy. There’s no funding for net zero.

    Chalmers:

    That’s not true, Pete.

    Fegan:

    Well, there’s no extra funding. Is there, in this Budget? Is there extra investment in –

    Chalmers:

    Yeah, there’s some extra investment out of an innovation.

    Fegan:

    How much?

    Chalmers:

    For about one and a half billion, I think from memory.

    Fegan:

    But it’s not in Budget. Is it in Budget papers released?

    Chalmers:

    Yeah, it’s in the Budget papers. We’ve also recapitalised the Clean Energy Finance Corporation because that’s playing an important role as well, financing cleaner and cheaper energy.

    I accept your broader point. Electricity prices are a pressure on family budgets we’re seeing around the world. We’re not immune from that. The energy bill rebates are an important, responsible way that we take some of the edge off that while we introduce more cleaner and cheaper, and more reliable energy into the system.

    Fegan:

    Treasurer, why should Australians trust Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers for another 3 years?

    Chalmers:

    I think after the Coalition’s brain explosion on tax last night, the choice at the election is becoming absolutely crystal clear now. We’re helping people as a Labor government with the cost of living by cutting their taxes. Peter Dutton has an agenda of secret cuts which will make people worse off. Now, Peter Dutton wants to cut everything except people’s taxes, and that’s really the contest which was set up last night when Angus Taylor, quite bizarrely, said that he would oppose our cost‑of‑living help.

    What we’ve seen over the course of the last 3 years is every time we’ve tried to help people with the cost of living, our opponents have opposed that. Peter Dutton and Angus Taylor have both said the best predictor of future performance is past performance. They have opposed cost‑of‑living help; they’re opposing these cost‑of‑living tax cuts in the Budget last night.

    I think that sets up a very clear choice. If people want a Labor government helping with the cost of living, managing the budget responsibly, investing in building Australia’s future, they can choose that over Peter Dutton, who has secret cuts which will make people worse off, and that’s because he wants to cut everything except taxes.

    Fegan:

    Do you accept that Australians don’t trust you?

    Chalmers:

    I don’t necessarily accept that, Pete. I mean, that’s a judgement for people to make. I understand that, and it’s something that journalists and commentators can speculate about. What we did last night was keep faith with the Australian people and do justice to the progress and the sacrifices that they have made. Together as Australians, we’ve made a lot of progress in our economy. We’ve got –

    Fegan:

    But a trillion dollars in debt. A trillion dollars, though, Treasurer?

    Chalmers:

    It’s $177 billion this year lower than what it was when we came to office for this year. That’s a really important thing. You will read a lot of stuff in the papers about debt and deficits. Don’t forget, we delivered 2 surpluses, we shrunk the deficit, we got the debt down, we’re saving on interest costs.

    Fegan:

    But it’s still a trillion dollars. You grilled the former government on this. It’s still a trillion dollars. And I know it’s not all your fault, but it’s a trillion dollars. We’ve got kids that need to buy homes in 20 years’ time.

    Chalmers:

    That’s why we’re investing substantially in housing, $33 billion program. On the debt, don’t forget, we would have already had a trillion dollars of debt under our opponents. It’s $177 billion lower this year. I think that’s too easily dismissed and diminished the progress we’ve made in the budget. Same goes for the progress we made in the economy together as Australians.

    As I was saying a moment ago, we’ve got growth rebounding solidly in our economy: inflation down, real wages up, unemployment is low, interest rates have started to be cut, we’ve got the debt down. This is good progress, and we would be crazy to interrupt that progress with Peter Dutton’s secret cuts which would make Australians worse off.

    Fegan:

    What’s happening with the Coalition at the moment, Treasurer? Seems to be some rumblings. I hear or see reports yesterday that Peter Dutton had to lay down the law, that David Littleproud got pretty fired up.

    Chalmers:

    Yeah, they got fired up because basically the Coalition members and senators are forming an orderly queue to say that Angus Taylor’s not up to the job. It’s quite bizarre that Angus Taylor’s asking Australians to take him seriously when his own colleagues don’t. He’s been found out and he’s been found wanting.

    I think genuinely, it was a proper brain explosion we saw last night when he said, at a time when people are under cost‑of‑living pressures, they won’t support our tax cuts to help people meet the cost of living. I think that was a bizarre decision. I think it will come back to haunt him, and I think his colleagues will have a view about it behind the scenes.

    Fegan:

    Treasurer, you’re on the front page of every paper today, but can I just say congratulations to you because you are drinking out of a Brisbane Broncos mug. How good is that?

    Chalmers:

    I get a bit of feedback about that. Mostly from Dolphins, mostly from people –

    Fegan:

    Well, do you know what? You’re still a staunch. You’re still a staunch Bronco supporter. Right?

    Chalmers:

    Pick and stick. Absolutely.

    Fegan:

    Thank you.

    Chalmers:

    Broncos until I die, Pete.

    Fegan:

    Because I see that Peter Dutton has changed his tune a little bit. He’s now, well, Dolphins is in his electorate. A little bit of his electorate. Well, I don’t know.

    Chalmers:

    Right. I’m not sure about that. In fairness to him, I’m not sure about that. I’m certainly, I will always be a very enthusiastic supporter of the Brisbane Broncos. I still remember their first game in the comp in 1988 as a little tacker. I’m looking forward to watching the Battle of Brisbane on Friday night. Always a good contest.

    Fegan:

    Go the Broncos. Yeah, exactly. Go the Broncos. Good on you, Treasurer. Great to have your company this morning.

    Chalmers:

    Nice to talk to you again, Pete. All the best.

    Fegan:

    There he is, the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers.

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  • MIL-OSI Australia: Regional Ministerial Budget Statement 2025-26

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    On behalf of the Albanese Labor Government, I’m proud to deliver our fourth Regional Ministerial Budget Statement.

    I’d like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of where we are today, and pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

    Mr Speaker, across our first term in Government, our message to regional Australians has been loud and clear – your postcode shouldn’t be a barrier.

    Just because you grow up in Bega on the NSW Far South Coast, or in Gladstone in Central Queensland, and just because you live at Mount Gambier in regional South Australia, or in the Pilbara Region in outback WA – doesn’t mean that the services, and the opportunities available to you should be second best.

    I say this as a proud regional Member of this place, and on behalf of my fantastic regional colleagues here with me today. 

    I say this as someone that’s always lived in our regions – from Traralgon in regional Victoria, to Merimbula on the NSW Far South Coast – where I watched my parents work hard every day to build a small business, and to provide our family with a better life.

    A regional community where I myself now run a small business with my husband, and where we’re raising our kids.

    And I say this as someone that’s had the privilege of spending a lot of time talking to regional people across Australia – both as the Member for the Mighty Eden-Monaro, and as Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories.

    From the Hunter region in NSW, Caboolture in regional Queensland, Devonport in Tasmania – to communities across the 42,000 square kilometres in my electorate.

    Regional Australia is a great place to live, work, study, visit and invest – and I wouldn’t live anywhere else.

    Our regions generate a third of the nation’s economic output, and there’s so many opportunities that our Government wants to take advantage of.

    But you’d be living under a rock if you said life outside of our big cities doesn’t come without its unique challenges – it absolutely does. 

    Unlike those opposite though, on this side of the House we’re not shying away from that.

    I’m proud to be part of a Government that across its first term, has delivered record investments to improve the reliability and the accessibility of critical services that regional people rely on.

    To support more regional people to work and train closer to home – because you shouldn’t have to pack your bags to build your career. 

    To build more things in our own backyard, investing in the hard-work and know-how of regional people.

    To give regional Australians more support to buy or rent a home.

    To support local businesses and local economies to grow – with small businesses in particular the backbone of our regions.

    To ensure the local roads we drive every day to drop the kids off at school and to get to work, are safe, and keep pace with growing communities.

    To improve our major highways linking our cities to our regions, so more visitors support our local businesses, and experience everything we have to offer.

    To keep our regions connected and better prepared for natural disasters – something many regional communities, including across Eden-Monaro, have needed to rebuild from.

    And most importantly, to relieve immediate pressures on regional families and businesses.

    Which let’s not forget, those opposite talk a big game on – despite opposing every single cost of living measure to date, and committing to tearing apart every measure that’ll support regional Australians into the future.

    Because while we’re delivering record investments to Build Regional Australia’s Future, the wreckers opposite are determined to leave regional communities which aren’t the right colour on their spreadsheets behind.

    The Albanese Government is delivering better outcomes for every regional community – because we’re addressing the challenges, harnessing the opportunities, and taking the needs of our regions seriously. 

    Through our Regional Investment Framework, we’re ensuring targeted investments support regional people, the places they live, the services they need, and the industries that stimulate local economies.

    With investments through the 2025-26 Budget building on everything we’ve delivered across our first term. 

    Our number one priority has been easing pressures faced by regional families and businesses today, while supporting more work, training and economic opportunities outside of our big cites. 

    We’ve delivered tax cuts for every regional taxpayer – a huge impact for taxpayers in my own electorate of Eden-Monaro, putting an average of $1,633 back into their pockets, with another two tax cuts on the way – something those opposite just voted against.

    We’ve delivered $300 in Energy Bill Relief to millions of households and $325 to small businesses, along with cheaper childcare and cheaper medicines.

    We’ve cut $3 billion in student debt, with a further 20 per cent to be cut if we’re re-elected.

    And we’ve supported over 127,000 free TAFE places in our regions – from construction courses to childcare.

    We’re getting more people into industries screaming out for workers, after those opposite gutted the vocational education system during their failed decade.

    We’ve introduced legislation to make free TAFE permanent – something those opposite have said they’ll repeal, because as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said in this very chamber – “if you don’t pay for it, you don’t value it.”

    But I want my kids and every regional person to know – your postcode and your bank balance shouldn’t limit your potential.

    Through this Budget we’ll provide additional cost-of-living relief, along with increased investments to remove study barriers.

    $1.8 billion to provide all households, and around one million small businesses, with an additional $150 in Energy Bill Relief.

    $800 million to expand our Help to Buy scheme to support more people get into their own home – including in our regions.

    This builds on the 32,000 regional Australians we’ve already helped into home ownership, through the Regional Home Guarantee.

    $626.9 million to support $10,000 incentive payments for construction sector apprentices – with $7.0 million to increase the Living Away from Home Allowance for apprentices.

    As an operator of a small plumbing business that hires apprentices, and having recently spent time with bricklaying apprentices at Queanbeyan – I know that every cent counts when you’re starting out, especially when you’re living away from home.

    That’s why we’re boosting apprentice wages and easing cost-of-living pressures – because we value their hard work, and we know that building this workforce is essential to delivering more regional homes.

    My mum, dad, brother, sister and husband all went to TAFE, which is why I’m incredibly proud to be part of a Government that’s strengthening the sector – and ensuring more regional people can build a better future. 

    Through this Budget, we’re delivering $407.5 million to states and territories, as part of the Better and Fairer Schools Agreement.

    Record funding to give our teachers, including in our regional schools, more support – to lift education standards, and to better support students from kindergarten through to year 12. 

    And if you want to go onto further study, existing investments like the 56 Regional University Study Hubs we’re delivering – from Port Augusta in South Australia, to Goulburn in my own electorate – will mean you don’t have to leave the region you love.

    A further $33.6 million will also flow to the Clontarf Foundation to support up to 12,500 First Nations boys and young men access better education support.

    We’re delivering record investments to continue improving the affordability and accessibility of regional healthcare – because when you need to see the doctor, and when you need to buy your script, your street address and wallet shouldn’t stop you. 

    We’ve already delivered $3.5 billion to triple the bulk billing incentive, supporting over 2.4 million additional claims across regional Australia.

    Through this Budget, we’re investing an additional $7.9 billion to deliver more bulk billing to all Australians, including in our regions.

    Having delivered the largest cut to the cost of medicines in the history of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, we’re now making cheaper medicines even cheaper.

    $689 million to bring a PBS script down to $25, keeping more money in the hip pockets of regional Australians – with our pensioners and concession cardholders to continue paying $7.70 for PBS medicines until 2030.

    $792.9 million to deliver more choice, lower costs and better health care for women – including the first PBS listing for new oral contraceptive pills in more than 30 years.

    Along with more bulk billing for long-term contraceptives, more endometriosis and pelvic pain clinics to treat more conditions, and more Medicare support for women experiencing menopause. 

    Regional health and aged care were left in crisis under those opposite – a mess the Albanese Government has been cleaning up from day one.

    We’ve delivered $17.7 billion to fund increases to the minimum award wage for aged care workers – to not only support and retain these critical workers – but to ensure that our loved ones get the care they need, as they get older.

    We’re delivering an additional $1.8 billion to strengthen our public hospitals and to reduce waiting times across Australia, bringing our hospital funding to a record $33.9 billion in 2025-26.

    We’ve also increased the number of regional GP training places, along with waiving HECS for doctors and nurses that work in our regions – getting more skilled workers where we need them most.

    Through this Budget, we’re investing $662.6 million to grow our health workforce.

    There will be hundreds more GP and rural generalist training places to grow the pipeline of future GPs – with fairer salary incentives for junior doctors who choose general practice as their specialty.

    100 more Commonwealth Supported Places for medical students a year from 2026, increasing to 150 more a year by 2028 – with a focus on encouraging students to pursue general practice in our regions.

    And hundreds of scholarships for nurses and midwives, to help meet our current and future demands.

    A re-elected Albanese Government will deliver another 50 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across Australia, from Burnie in Tasmania, to Bega in my own electorate – with our $644.3 million investment.

    This builds on the 87 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics we’ve already delivered, which are making a huge difference.

    With 48 of these 137 clinics to be in our regions– from Broome in Western Australia, Townsville in Queensland, to Tamworth in New South Wales.

    The Urgent Care Clinic we delivered in Queanbeyan has already supported over 7,000 fully bulk billed presentations.

    Rusty, a local constituent of mine told me about the huge difference it made for him, when he had an infection.

    He walked right into the clinic and received the help he needed, for free – a service that’s also supported his children and grandchildren.

    As Rusty said, this type of clinic is critical to taking pressure off our hospitals – as we continue to rebuild the health sector.

    But regional services like this will cease to exist under those opposite, because you only have to look at the billions cut from Medicare by the Leader of the Opposition when he was Health Minister, to know their only plan for Medicare is cuts.

    No government has done more for regional services than the Albanese Government – but healthcare wasn’t the only service completely abandoned during the wasted decade by those opposite.

    We’re already investing $2.2 billion to strengthen regional communications, particularly in disaster-prone areas – after programs like the Mobile Black Spot Program were pork-barrelled by those opposite.

    Through our record investments in the NBN, we’ve fixed half of some streets being stuck on the unreliable copper network they rolled out, including just 15 minutes down the road at Jerrabomberra.

    Because it actually takes a little bit more than a string and a can to run a small business, and to work and study from home.

    In this Budget, we’re providing an additional $3.0 billion in equity funding to NBN Co to complete upgrades for all remaining Fibre to the Node premises, including connecting an additional 334,000 regional premises to high speed internet.

    A service that we can’t forget, would be sold off to the highest bidder under those opposite.

    We’re also introducing a Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation – requiring telcos to provide access to mobile voice and SMS almost everywhere across Australia – which will have huge benefits for regional and remote communities, particularly during emergencies and disasters. 

    Natural disasters are something my own electorate of Eden-Monaro has felt deeply, which is why I’m proud the National Emergency Management Agency that we launched continues to support regional communities – most recently in Queensland and NSW during Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

    That’s on top of our $1 billion Disaster Ready Fund continuing to support regional communities to be better prepared.

    And our additional $35 million investment to boost our national aerial fleet – giving regional communities more emergency support when they need it most.

    But it’s not just during disasters when our regions need reliable aviation.

    Despite the Leader of the Nationals in the Senate telling Sky News just last week that the Opposition had been fighting for a more competitive aviation sector – the reality is they’ve sat idle at the departure gate. 

    Those opposite did nothing with the Sydney Airports Slot Review handed to them in 2021 – something we’ve responded to with our Aviation White Paper.

    And they’ve said that keeping Rex Airlines’ regional routes operating during the voluntary administration process is sabotaging the sale process.

    I’m proud the Albanese Government has kept Rex’s regional flights in the air, with an $80 million loan facility to Rex Administrators, and additional support to reduce the debt Rex owes.

    Because for regional communities like mine, these flights are critical to our local economy, accessing important health services, and for getting around.

    The reality of living in our regions is we need to travel longer for some services, which is why we’ll continue standing up for a strong regional aviation sector.

    But travelling by car is generally how we get around, which is why we’ve already increased local road funding for every council.

    Roads to Recovery funding is going up from $500 million to $1 billion per year, road Black Spot funding increasing to $150 million per year, we’ve launched our $200 million per year Safer Local Roads and Infrastructure Program – and we’ve continued investing in major transport projects.

    Because every local community should have confidence in the roads they’re driving on.

    In his Budget reply last year, the Leader of the Nationals said those opposite would deliver the strong infrastructure funding pipeline that our regional communities need. 

    But let’s not forget, they were responsible for an infrastructure pipeline that below out from 150 projects to 800 projects, without a single dollar extra being added to the Budget, and without the delivery. 

    Regional communities deserve better than promises in press release with no follow through, which is why we continue to deliver critical projects to Build Regional Australia’s Future.

    Funding through this Budget includes $7.2 billion for Bruce Highway safety upgrades in Queensland, $200 million towards duplicating the Stuart Highway from Darwin to Katherine.

    $40 million for the Main South Road Upgrade in South Australia, and $1.1 billion towards upgrades along the Western Freeway in Victoria.

    After colour-coded spreadsheets from those opposite, we’ve delivered on our commitment to establish transparent grant programs that every postcode can apply for.

    Our $600 million Growing Regions Program is already supporting 112 projects, with 29 projects supported under our $400 million Regional Precincts and Partnerships Program so far. 

    I had the pleasure of visiting Wagga’s Lake Albert – one of this region’s most popular recreational sites, which will be completely transformed thanks to $4.4 million in Growing Regions Funding.

    Projects like this are making our regions better places to live, to work and to invest – but having more housing to attract and retain workers is something every community tells me they need.

    We’ve already committed $32 billion in housing measures, including over 13,000 homes nationally under the first round of our Housing Australia Future Fund – many of these in our regions.

    That’s more than those opposite delivered in an entire decade – when they had no plan for building, and their only idea for turning more keys was letting people raid their super for a deposit. 

    To their credit, they’ve now said they’ll fund enabling infrastructure – labelling this a fantastic idea.

    So fantastic, we’re already doing it – through our $1.5 billion Housing Support Program.

    Including $27.2 million to support upgrading Marulan’s sewage treatment in the Mighty Eden-Monaro – laying the foundations for more housing.

    Through this Budget, we’re delivering $54 million to turbocharge advanced manufacturing of prefabricated and modular homes, getting more homes into our regions where we need them most – lifting our total housing commitments to $33 billion. 

    More housing is a key part of how we’re Building Regional Australia’s Future, as is supporting our regional businesses and regional economies to grow.

    Under those opposite, car manufacturers left our shores, leaving our regional people behind. 

    But Labor has always had the back of regional manufacturing, and we’ve shown that again with our new investment of $2.4 billion with the South Australian Government to save the Whyalla Steelworks.

    Supporting 1,100 direct workers, and encouraging more investment into Australian made steel. 

    This builds on our existing $22.7 billion Future Made in Australia agenda, ensuring we build more in our own backyard – which includes over $500 million to boost Australia’s battery manufacturing capabilities, and $1 billion to supercharge the production of solar panels in our regions.

    Our investments are putting regional communities at the centre of industries of the future – unlocking more secure and well-paid regional jobs, and ensuring that we train and retrain regional workforces.

    This includes $38.2 million to boost the diversity of our STEM workforce, with a focus on supporting more women secure jobs in these critical industries.

    Through this Budget, we’re delivering further investments to Build Regional Australia’s Future – by leveraging the competitive advantages that come with our vast energy resources, world-leading agricultural sector, and regional innovation.

    $250.0 million to accelerate the pace of Australia’s growing domestic Low Carbon Liquid Fuels industry – helping to drive economic growth and jobs in regional areas.

    $1.0 billion under our Green Iron Investment Fund to boost green iron manufacturing in our regions.

    This builds on our existing commitment of $2.0 billion to support aluminium smelters transition to renewables – in places like Portland in Victoria, Tomago in NSW, and in Queensland’s Gladstone region.

    From our factories to our fields, we’re backing our regions – with $11.0 million to tackle established pests and weeds in our agriculture and forestry sectors – keeping them productive

    An additional $20 million for a new round of the On Farm Connectivity Program so farmers can use the latest technology to make their work more efficient.  

    And $20.0 million to encourage more Australians to buy Australian-made products, which will have huge benefits for regional economies – because so much of what we love and rely on comes from our regions.

    In his Budget reply last year, the Leader of the Nationals said the Opposition will take decisive action to give regional Australians a fair go.

    But all we’ve seen since then is those opposite continue to vote against every single cost of living measure, while petrifying regional communities with their Nuclear thought bubble.

    An idea that was announced with zero consultation, and most importantly – one that will deliver zero savings for regional Australians and their power bills. 

    Since my last Regional Budget Statement, the Albanese Government has continued to relieve pressures on regional families and businesses, while improving access to the services and support regional people rely on – regardless of their postcode.

    Through our 2025-26 Budget we’re delivering more energy bill relief, making cheaper medicines even cheaper, and providing extra support to get more regional Australians into their own home.

    We’re strengthening Medicare and expanding regional health services, delivering further investments to boost regional connectivity, and investing in more support to help build workforces in our in-demand sectors.

    That’s because only the Albanese Government is serious about Building Regional Australia’s Future.

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