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MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Swing, swim and scoot into fun this half term with Yo! Active
Source: City of Wolverhampton

The City of Wolverhampton Council, WV Active and Wolves Foundation have teamed up for Yo! Active, which is open to children and young people aged up to 18, or 25 for care leavers or those with a disability and offers a wide range of free activities all year round.

Young residents with a WV postcode can take their pick from over 40 hours of free physical activity sessions per week, including free swimming, gym and court hire, multi sport sessions, basketball and activities for under 5s.

There are also tailored sessions for school holidays, including the May half term beginning next week. Highlights include:
- Yo! Active Racket Sports – join in with games of badminton, table tennis, short tennis or pickleball with family or friends
- Family Water Safety – these family friendly Water Safety sessions are an essential programme designed to teach children crucial water safety skills
- SEND Scoot and Ride – bring your scooter or bicycle and enjoy some safe time on the track at WV Active Aldersley
- There is also basketball, volleyball, racket sports, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Nerf gun battles and much more
See the full timetable at Yo! Active – May Half Term Activities.

Councillor Obaida Ahmed, Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Community, said: “Yo! Active is a brilliant way to inspire our children and young people to take part in regular physical activities, with a fantastic range of free opportunities available not only during this May half term, but all year round.

“Becoming more physically active can help improve heart health, build strong bones and muscles, control weight and reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, and it’s also a great way to make new friends.

“Over 14,000 children and young people have already signed up to Yo! Active, and I’d encourage other youngsters, parents and guardians to check out what is on offer and sign up so that their children can enjoy free access to these high quality physical activities.”

Tom Warren, Foundation Senior Manager, added: “We’re delighted with the offer we have provided for children and young people as part of Yo! Active. This is the perfect opportunity for families to plan their half term activities.”

Sign up for free now at Yo! Active.
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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Wildlife and marine conservationists warn of potential wildlife disturbance offences in response to Lyme Regis’ Dolphin visitor
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

News story

Wildlife and marine conservationists warn of potential wildlife disturbance offences in response to Lyme Regis’ Dolphin visitor

In response to the arrival of a solitary dolphin in Lyme Regis and observation of potential marine wildlife disturbances, MMO and Dorset Wildlife Trust are issuing guidance under the banner of Operation Seabird.
Dolphin at Lyme Regis

A solitary bottlenose dolphin has become a frequent visitor to the area just outside Lyme Regis harbour, sparking excitement from both residents and visitors. However, marine wildlife bodies and conservation authorities are issuing guidance following direct observation, reports, and video of people intentionally approaching the animal too closely.

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) and Dorset Wildlife Trust remind everyone that dolphins, whales and porpoises are protected by law. It is an offence to intentionally approach or recklessly disturb these animals and could result in up to six months in prison and/or an unlimited fine.

Although seeing dolphins in the wild can be a special experience, irresponsible behaviour, particularly from those swimming, paddleboarding, jet-skiing or operating watercraft, can place the animal, or yourself at risk.

Jess Churchill-Bisset, Head of Marine Conservation (wildlife), said:

The arrival of a dolphin in a small coastal community like Lyme Regis can be a source of wonder and pride. But it’s vital to remember that dolphins are vulnerable and unpredictable wild animals protected by law. We all have a responsibility to respect their space, keep a safe distance, and understand how our actions can unintentionally cause harm or even constitute a criminal offence. By giving these animals space, observing them from a distance and acting responsibly we help ensure their health and survival, so they remain a part of our coast now and for generations to come.

If you encounter a Dolphin when you’re on the water, you should:

Slow down and keep speed below six knots (no-wake speed).

Stay at least 100 metres away and slowly move further away if you notice signs of disturbance.

Keep your distance if there are already more than two boats or watercraft in the vicinity.

Never encircle or chase animals.

Never try to swim with, touch or feed them.

Sometimes dolphins may choose to approach you, in this situation you should maintain a steady speed and direction and let the animals leave when they choose.

If you see a dolphin being disturbed, you can:

Contact your nearest MMO office: Contact your local Marine Management Organisation office – GOV.UK or email conservation@marinemanagement.org.uk

Call local police on 101, stating ‘Operation seabird’ to report marine wildlife disturbance.

In Dorset incidents can also be reported to the Dorset Wildlife Trust: https://www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/about-us/contact-us

Sarah Hodgson from Dorset Wildlife Trust, said:

Disturbance can be a big problem for wildlife from seabirds to seals and dolphins. It can affect their natural behaviour, interfering with foraging, disturbing crucial resting time, causing stress and may result in injuries or worse. That’s why it’s so important to follow the Marine and Coastal Wildlife Code, so you can enjoy your time on the water without having a detrimental impact on our precious marine wildlife.

Find out more: www.gov.uk/government/publications/marine-and-coastal-wildlife-code

Operation Seabird

This guidance comes under the banner of Operation Seabird #OpsSeabird – a national initiative which aims to tackle marine coastal wildlife crime, wildlife disturbance, anti-social behaviour and promote responsible wildlife watching. Associates of the program engage and educate the public and local stakeholders about how to enjoy our coastal habitats while minimising negative impacts on our marine wildlife.

If you suspect a wildlife crime in action, call 999, again quoting ‘Operation Seabird’.

The police may ask you:

What happened

Where the incident happened, for example a local landmark, What 3 Words or National Grid Reference

When the incident happened, including the date and time

Who was involved, for example, how many people, what they wore and if they had dogs or equipment

The make, colour and registration numbers of any vehicles or boats

if you took any photographs or videos – only take these if it is safe

MMO led Community Workshop in Lyme Regis – 22 May, 5pm – 7pm.

‘Protecting Lyme Regis’ Dolphin visitor and avoid wildlife offences’

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is inviting residents, water users and business owners to a free community workshop tackling the issue of marine wildlife disturbance in Lyme Regis.

With a solitary bottlenose dolphin now a regular visitor to the harbour area, join us to learn how we can all help protect this special animal, stay within the law, and ensure everyone can enjoy the coast responsibly and safely.

Find out what disturbance looks like, what the law says, and how to avoid unintentionally causing harm — or committing an offence.

Let’s work together to keep Lyme Regis a safe and welcoming place for wildlife and people alike.

When: Thursday 22 May, 5pm – 7pm.

Where: Fishing College, The Cobb, Lyme Regis, DT7 3JJ

Contact: You do not need to register to attend, however if you have any questions please contact: conservation@marinemanagement.org.uk

Lyme Regis Harbour

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Hop on Countesswells Primary’s BikeBus!

Source: Scotland – City of Aberdeen

The Bike Bus, a health and wellbeing initiative has been launched at Countesswells primary school, bringing a new and exciting way for children and families to travel to school.

The Bike Bus originated from the “Wheely Wednesday” activity at the school, where children were encouraged to bring their bikes, scooters, and roller blades to school for a fun and active session in the playground.

Aberdeen City Council Education and Children’s Services Committee convener Councillor Martin Greig said: “This is a fantastic way to encourage pupils and families to travel to school together. The bikebus brings people together in a safe and active form of green transport. It is a real benefit for the pupils and community of Countesswells.”

Inspired by the success of “Wheely Wednesday,” the Bike Bus was introduced to further promote physical activity and community engagement, as well as helping many children learn to ride a bike.

The initiative involves a group of children and parents cycling together to school, creating a safe and visible presence on the roads.

Principal teacher at Countesswells school, Jack McMullan said: “Mental and physical health and wellbeing is a top priority and key aspect of our role as educators. Children experiencing challenging mental health has increased and the bike bus is an example of one of the interventions we can put in place to support our learners.

“Physical health initiatives are also vital in ensuring our learners develop positive activity habits and physical literacy. Health and Wellbeing is as important a part of the curriculum as literacy and numeracy.”

The Bike Bus has already seen great success, with participation doubling from 30 to 60 children in just two weeks. The initiative has also received positive feedback from parents and the community, with many families joining in for quality time together during the daily routine of traveling to school.

Looking ahead, the Bike Bus aims to expand its reach and include more children without requiring adult supervision. Plans are also in place to set up a “wheels mechanics” programme at the school, where children can learn to fix their bikes and scooters.

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: Celebrations as East Park Academy remains Outstanding

Source: City of Wolverhampton

Inspectors visited last month and, in their report published recently, found an ‘inclusive school’ which has ‘high ambitions for everyone’. Pupils are supported to do their best and to feel happy, secure and successful.

Pupils ‘make strong progress with their learning and achieve very well’, with the school giving pupils a ‘healthy outlook on education and life’ and its 8 values being woven into school life and building pupils’ feelings of self worth.

Staff also help pupils to see the merit of daily acts of kindness, with pupils demonstrating ‘positive and respectful behaviour’.

East Park ‘benefits from high quality leadership’ which is ‘well informed about what it does well and where to target further attention’.

Phonics teaching is ‘delivered extremely well’, with staff demonstrating ‘strong subject knowledge that is refreshed regularly with additional training’. The school is quick to act, with success, if pupils need help to catch up.

Across the curriculum, the school has identified key subject knowledge and set this out in logical sequences, which helps pupils to connect new knowledge with earlier learning.

It also uses ‘effective methods’ to promote reading and other learning at home, and has a ‘constructive partnership with parents and carers’. Consequently, pupils ‘are well prepared for secondary school’.

Pupils with special educational needs or disabilities receive ‘carefully tailored support’, with staff ensuring ‘all pupils access an ambitious curriculum that enables them to make strong progress’.

The school is described as ‘a safe place where staff put children’s safety and interests first’, with many before and after school clubs offering pupils a wide range of different activities, enhancing classroom learning and introducing pupils to new things.

Meanwhile, the Manor Multi Academy Trust has ‘highly effective and robust systems’ for gathering and checking information about the school’s work. Senior leaders have thought carefully about the decisions they make, including the professional development of staff. Staff ‘value this and feel supported and guided in their work’.

Inspectors concluded that East Park Academy has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at its last inspection in 2019, which saw the school rated Outstanding.

Associate Headteacher Alan Rogers said: “We are proud to serve this community and deeply proud of everything reflected in the report.

“It stands as a testament to the dedication and hard work of the staff, families and children of East Park. We are excited to lead the school into its next chapter and to contribute to the continued momentum and progress in education across Wolverhampton.”

Councillor Jacqui Coogan, the City of Wolverhampton Council’s Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Education, said: “This is an outstanding report which demonstrates the great lengths that East Park Academy goes to in order to give its pupils an excellent and enjoyable education. I would like to congratulate everyone at the school on their continuing success.”

Data shows that 97% of schools in Wolverhampton are currently rated either Good or Outstanding by Ofsted, the highest ever.

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI United Nations: 20 May 2025 News release World Health Assembly adopts historic Pandemic Agreement to make the world more equitable and safer from future pandemics
Source: World Health Organisation
- Agreement’s adoption follows three years of intensive negotiation launched due to gaps and inequities identified in national and global COVID-19 response.
- Agreement boosts global collaboration to ensure stronger, more equitable response to future pandemics.
- Next steps include negotiations on Pathogen Access and Benefits Sharing system.
Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) today formally adopted by consensus the world’s first Pandemic Agreement. The landmark decision by the 78^th World Health Assembly culminates more than three years of intensive negotiations launched by governments in response to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and driven by the goal of making the world safer from – and more equitable in response to – future pandemics.

“The world is safer today thanks to the leadership, collaboration and commitment of our Member States to adopt the historic WHO Pandemic Agreement,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “The Agreement is a victory for public health, science and multilateral action. It will ensure we, collectively, can better protect the world from future pandemic threats. It is also a recognition by the international community that our citizens, societies and economies must not be left vulnerable to again suffer losses like those endured during COVID-19.”

Governments adopted the WHO Pandemic Agreement today in a plenary session of the World Health Assembly, WHO’s peak decision-making body. The adoption followed yesterday’s approval of the Agreement by vote (124 in favour, 0 objections, 11 abstentions) in Committee by Member State delegations.

“Starting during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments from all corners of the world acted with great purpose, dedication and urgency, and in doing so exercising their national sovereignty, to negotiate the historic WHO Pandemic Agreement that has been adopted today,” said Dr Teodoro Herbosa, Secretary of the Philippines Department of Health, and President of this year’s World Health Assembly, who presided over the Agreement’s adoption. “Now that the Agreement has been brought to life, we must all act with the same urgency to implement its critical elements, including systems to ensure equitable access to life-saving pandemic-related health products. As COVID was a once-in-a-lifetime emergency, the WHO Pandemic Agreement offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to build on lessons learned from that crisis and ensure people worldwide are better protected if a future pandemic emerges.”

The WHO Pandemic Agreement sets out the principles, approaches and tools for better international coordination across a range of areas, in order to strengthen the global health architecture for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. This includes through the equitable and timely access to vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.

Regarding national sovereignty, the Agreement states that: “Nothing in the WHO Pandemic Agreement shall be interpreted as providing the Secretariat of the World Health Organization, including the Director-General of the World Health Organization, any authority to direct, order, alter or otherwise prescribe the national and/or domestic law, as appropriate, or policies of any Party, or to mandate or otherwise impose any requirements that Parties take specific actions, such as ban or accept travellers, impose vaccination mandates or therapeutic or diagnostic measures or implement lockdowns.”

Notes for editors

The resolution on the WHO Pandemic Agreement adopted by the World Health Assembly sets out steps to prepare for the accord’s implementation. It includes launching a process to draft and negotiate a Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing system (PABS) through an Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG). The result of this process will be considered at next year’s World Health Assembly.

Once the Assembly adopts the PABS annex, the WHO Pandemic Agreement will then be open for signature and consideration of ratification, including by national legislative bodies. After 60 ratifications, the Agreement will enter into force.

In addition, Member States also directed the IGWG to initiate steps to enable setting up of the Coordinating Financial Mechanism for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, and the Global Supply Chain and Logistics Network (GSCL) to “enhance, facilitate, and work to remove barriers and ensure equitable, timely, rapid, safe, and affordable access to pandemic-related health products for countries in need during public health emergencies of international concern, including pandemic emergencies, and for prevention of such emergencies.”

According to the Agreement, pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in the PABS system will play a key role in equitable and timely access to pandemic-related health products by making available to WHO “rapid access targeting 20% of their real time production of safe, quality and effective vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics for the pathogen causing the pandemic emergency.” The distribution of these products to countries will be carried out on the basis of public health risk and need, with particular attention to the needs of developing countries.

The WHO Pandemic Agreement is the second international legal agreement negotiated under Article 19 of the WHO Constitution, the first being the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which was adopted in 2003 and entered into force in 2005.

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI: UGO Token Launches on PancakeSwap With Hybrid Model

Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

SINGAPORE, May 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — UGO, the latest innovation in the Gooo, UGO, and WeGo ecosystem, officially unveils its groundbreaking Hybrid Token Model now live for trading on PancakeSwap, introducing a new paradigm for crypto launches—one rooted in fairness, sustainability, and real-world utility.

In a market saturated with speculation and short-term gains, UGO takes a bold step toward creating a more balanced and inclusive Web3 economy. Traders can now access UGO through decentralized trading on PancakeSwap, while the token’s user-centric reward structure seeks to empower users, promote longevity, and foster true ecosystem participation.

“This isn’t just another token launch—it’s a reimagining of how Web3 ecosystems can and should operate,” said the UGO founding team. “We believe that sustainability, fairness, and utility must coexist from day one. The Hybrid Token Model is our answer to that challenge.”

The UGO Difference: A Launch Built for Long-Term Value

UGO moves away from traditional crypto launch tactics that favor insiders and early profit takers. Instead, it launches with a hybrid model engineered to protect users, encourage community participation, and support long-term growth:

• All VC and team tokens are fully locked for 12 to 48 months

• Only 5 percent of the token supply is unlocked at launch

• Pricing is driven by decentralized exchanges through automated market makers

• Everyone can participate freely with no whitelist or early-access restrictions

This launch strategy combines the accessibility of fair launches with the capital efficiency of IDOs, while avoiding the flaws of both.

2024: A Breakout Year for UGO

Security and Transparency

UGO has achieved a 9.5 out of 10 security score from leading blockchain auditor Hacken. The token is live and actively trading on PancakeSwap and fully verified on BscScan. UGO is also integrated with major platforms, including CoinMarketCap and MetaMask.

Strong Traction Through Gooo Platform

In Vietnam, a thriving pilot has already brought thousands of users into the Gooo app. These users are earning Gooo Points through everyday real-world activities. Global expansion is scheduled for the first quarter of 2025.

WeGo Brings Financial Utility

WeGo has successfully completed testing of its debit card prototype. Strategic partnerships have been secured to enable multi-currency support. UGO token integration is entering its final development phase, bringing real-world spending closer to reality.

Why Traders Are Turning to UGO

UGO’s launch structure solves many of the common challenges seen in the crypto space:

• With 95 percent of tokens locked at launch, price volatility is minimized

• Team and advisor tokens follow a strict four-year vesting schedule, ensuring aligned incentives

• Launch access is fully decentralized with no insider advantages

What’s Ahead in 2025

• Global expansion of the Gooo rewards platform

• Listings on major centralized and decentralized exchanges

• Launch of the WeGo debit card with support for multiple currencies

• Development of DAO governance to give users control over the ecosystem’s future

Trade UGO today:

$UGO is now trading on PancakeSwap with contract address 0x66a2ed2F04BC7D2a03785DD04261A2FA595a5839. Experience fair price discovery through decentralized trading.

Trade $UGO on PancakeSwap

About the Ecosystem

The Gooo, UGO, and WeGo ecosystem is a revolutionary platform that rewards users for performing their primary jobs, offering them Gooo Points as a bonus to their income. These points can be redeemed for goods and services or converted into UGO tokens for broader utility. Moving beyond rewards, the ecosystem’s third phase, WeGo, introduces neo-banking services, a multi-crypto wallet, and worldwide debit card solutions, bridging the gap between traditional finance and cryptocurrency.

For more information, visit UGO’s website.

Contact Details:
Charles Winn
Marketing Manager
marketingteam@ugotoken.io

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Fraudulent website and internet banking login screen related to Fubon Bank (Hong Kong) Limited

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Fraudulent website and internet banking login screen related to Fubon Bank (Hong Kong) Limited
The HKMA wishes to remind the public that banks will not send SMS or emails with embedded hyperlinks which direct them to the banks’ websites to carry out transactions. They will not ask customers for sensitive personal information, such as login passwords or one-time password, by phone, email or SMS (including via embedded hyperlinks).

Anyone who has provided his or her personal information, or who has conducted any financial transactions, through or in response to the website or login screen concerned, should contact the bank using the contact information provided in the press release, and report the matter to the Police by contacting the Crime Wing Information Centre of the Hong Kong Police Force at 2860 5012.
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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: The city put up for auction non-residential premises for the implementation of large projects in Veshnyaki

Translation. Region: Russian Federal

Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

A business can purchase large commercial premises in non-residential building in the east of the capital. This was reported by Ekaterina Solovieva, Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Moscow Department of City Property.

“The city has put up for sale a two-level space with an area of over 1.2 thousand square meters in the east of the capital. It occupies the first floor and basement of a non-residential building at 10g Reutovskaya Street. The property is suitable for opening a store, a spa center or another type of business aimed at meeting the daily needs of Muscovites,” said Ekaterina Solovieva.

The property has good transport accessibility and is located between Veshnyakovskaya and Reutovskaya streets, not far from the Kuskovo estate museum.

“On the Moscow investment portal, entrepreneurs can choose commercial properties that meet almost any request. Now investors can compete for non-residential premises in Veshnyaki, which can be used to implement large projects. The acceptance of applications for participation in the auction will end on June 19, and the winners of the auctions will be determined on July 1,” said the head of the Moscow City Department for Competition Policy

Kirill Purtov.

All information about the premises put up for auction is presented on the capital’s investment portal. You can learn more about them, study the lot documentation and the rules for conducting auctions in the section “Property from the city”.

The development of electronic services for entrepreneurs is being implemented within the framework of the national project “Data Economy”.

Quickly find out the main news of the capital in official telegram channelthe city of Moscow.

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: In Zamoskvorechye, more than 170 houses have been overhauled in 10 years

Translation. Region: Russian Federal

Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

Over the 10 years of implementing the capital repair program for the housing stock, specialists from the Moscow city services complex have put 172 buildings in the historical district of Zamoskvorechye in order. Here you can find both buildings from the early 20th century and modern typical buildings.

House on Malaya Pionerskaya Street

In 2023, major repairs were carried out in house 21, building 1 on Malaya Pionerskaya Street. This four-story L-shaped building was built in 1914 according to the design of architect Andrei Khomko, who built many apartment buildings in the capital. Its main façade is flanked by two trapezoid bay windows, which end with balconies, and is highlighted by decorative pediments and pilasters. The windows are decorated with window sills and keystones, and the first floor is decorated with rustication. The courtyard façade is decorated with a risalit with an arched end.

During the major repairs, specialists restored the facade. They cleared and repaired the plaster layer, locally repaired the brickwork, sealed the seams and applied antifungal protection. Then they put the rustication in order, restored the keystones, pilasters and panels and returned the building to its historical beige color.

In addition, the craftsmen updated the basement, drainpipes, repaired the entrance groups and installed modern double-glazed windows in the entrances. In conclusion, the specialists replaced the risers of the drainage, cold water supply and central heating.

House on Novokuznetskaya street

In the same year, a six-story building at 4/12 Novokuznetskaya Street, Building 2, was put in order in Zamoskvorechye. The building was constructed in 1938 according to the design of architect Zinovy Rosenfeld in the style of Soviet neoclassicism. Its facades are distinguished by multi-component plasticity. The main one is highlighted horizontally by interfloor cornices, and the verticals of the loggias are united by niches and decorated with pilasters. The balcony slabs are supported by brackets. The facades of the retail premises on the first floor are decorated with stained glass and pilasters. A crowning cornice is located along the perimeter of the building.

Before the start of the major repairs, specialists selected modern domestic materials and technologies. At the first stage, they cleared the facade of old paint and dirt, knocked off peeling parts of the plaster layer and put in order the places of destruction, weathered seams and brickwork. Then they treated wet places with antifungal and antiseptic compounds, cleaned and carefully restored decorative elements, repaired interfloor belts, dentils, pilasters and brackets.

The walls and architectural elements were painted in historical colors of “ivory” and “beige chiffon”. In conclusion, specialists plastered the base of the house, replaced the drainpipes, repaired the entrance groups, balconies and loggias.

House on Bolshaya Tatarskaya

This year, a residential building constructed in the Soviet neoclassical style and located at 36 Bolshaya Tatarskaya Street will be transformed. The six-story building was erected in 1939 according to an individual project. Its facades are distinguished by complex plasticity and decorated with decorative elements. The main ones are highlighted by rustication at the level of the first and second floors and caissons at the level of the third to sixth. The second and third floors are separated by a wide belt with balconies decorated with decorative niches and brackets. The balconies above are distinguished by a semicircular shape. The central entrance group is decorated with columns, and the two side ones – with bas-relief, arched stepped platbands and capitals. Window openings, including those of the stairwell and elevator units, are framed with decorative platbands. On the courtyard facades there are double two-wing and three-wing windows, as well as rectangular balconies. The building is completed with a crowning cornice with decorative elements.

To restore the house, an individual project was developed, modern technologies and domestic materials were selected. A new electrical network has already been installed at the site and the roof has been put in order: the roof covering on the pitched roof has been replaced, the lathing has been repaired, all wooden structures have been treated with a fire-retardant composition and the optimal temperature and humidity conditions have been established using mineral wool slabs. Now the craftsmen are repairing the entrances: they are putting the floor in order, plastering and painting the walls, updating the geometry of the steps and handrails.

Next, specialists will clean and wash the facade. Wet areas will be treated with antifungal compounds, and all decorative elements will be put in order. Then the building will be plastered and painted in historical shades: the color “gray flannel” for the rusticated lower part and “beige natural rice” for the upper floors, entrance portals, panels and other elements. In addition, the craftsmen will put the balconies in order, replace the windows and tiles in the entrances and renovate the entrances to the building.

The regional program for capital repairs of housing stock being implemented in the capital corresponds to the goals and objectives of the national project “Infrastructure for life”.

Quickly find out the main news of the capital in the city’s official telegram channel Moscow.

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Sergei Sobyanin spoke about interesting discoveries of Moscow archaeologists

Translation. Region: Russian Federal

Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

The central part of Moscow, like many other areas, is the richest source of knowledge about the past of the city and the country. And this heritage is carefully protected and studied. This was written in on your blog Sergei Sobyanin.

Before excavation work begins, an assessment of the archaeological potential of the territory is mandatory. And if necessary, excavations begin.

“Since 2010 alone, Moscow archaeologists have discovered more than 120,000 individual finds. The most ancient ones date back to the 12th–13th centuries, meaning they are the same age as our city. Last year, archaeological work was carried out at more than 200 sites with a total area of 15.4 thousand square meters — twice as much as in 2023. The excavations yielded a record number of finds — more than 13,000 individual items,” the Moscow Mayor shared.

In the new season, archaeologists will have no less work. They will examine more than 200 sites in the Tagansky, Presnensky, Basmanny, Zamoskvorechye, Khamovniki, Krasnopakhorsky, Bekasovo and Shcherbinka districts. The total area of excavations will be no less than five thousand square meters.

The archaeological work that began last year in Kitaygorodsky Proezd will continue on the site of one of the earthen bastions from the early 18th century and the buildings of the orphanage that were built here in the 19th century. Specialists will also work on Yauzskaya Street on the site of the 17th-century Semenovskaya Sloboda and the city estate, which housed the Yauzskaya Hospital in the second half of the 19th century, and on Timura Frunze Street on the site of the 17th-century Khamovnaya Sloboda, and on Soymonovsky Proezd on the site of the village of Semchinskoye from the 14th–17th centuries.

Excavations are being carried out in Maly Kislovsky Lane, Luzhnetsky Proezd and on Nikolskaya Street.

The new addresses include sites on Baumanskaya Street, Polyanka, Bolshaya Ordynka, Bolshaya Nikitskaya and Pyzhevsky Lane.

“By the way, at many excavations work continues in winter. Special greenhouses prevent the soil from freezing. So there are already the first finds of the current year, 2025 – more than 4.3 thousand artifacts. These are mainly fragments of ceramics and glass, but there are also individual finds. Among them is a red frame tile from the 16th century with a complex ornate ornament, found on the territory of the Chizhevsky courtyard on Nikolskaya Street. Each such tile is an important find that opens another window into the world of medieval art,” wrote Sergei Sobyanin.

Ceramic confectionery molds from the 19th century were found on Shlyuzovaya Embankment — these include flowers, cones, and probably bows. They were most likely used to make cookies or candies. Just like today, consumers in the 19th century appreciated the variety of desserts, thus stimulating the imagination of cooks.

Another interesting find from the Chizhevsky farmstead is a glazed ceramic dish from the 16th century, made in Turkey. The artifact is decorated with a floral pattern and a bouquet of blue flowers resembling carnations and, possibly, lavender sprigs. Such a dish is a striking example of trade relations between Russia and the East.

In Romanov Lane, at a depth of four meters inside the perimeter of a building that burned down many centuries ago, non-ferrous metal bells dating from the second half of the 16th to the beginning of the 17th century were found. Apparently, they were hidden either before Khan Devlet Giray’s invasion of Moscow in 1571, or before the Polish intervention of 1609. During the winter, restorers carefully cleaned the outer and inner surfaces of the bells, so now the bells have a wonderful exhibition appearance.

A cylindrical combination lock made of non-ferrous metal dating back to the second half of the 17th century was also found in Romanov Lane. It consists of seven disks with the Latin letters C, E, X, G, D applied to them. The most interesting thing is the two Latin letters MW on the end. Perhaps this is the monogram of its owner or the owner of the estate where the archaeological research was conducted. There is a possibility that it could be the regimental doctor Ulf, but scientists have yet to find out.

“As usual, all the finds will be carefully restored and then transferred to the Museum Fund of the Russian Federation as part of the collections. And since summer is just beginning and the main work is still ahead, we will probably still find many interesting artifacts from the lives of past generations of Muscovites,” concluded Sergei Sobyanin.

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Taxi at the price of a bus: this year, more than 220 thousand passengers used the Po Puti service

Translation. Region: Russian Federal

Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

Since the beginning of the year, more than 220 thousand passengers have used the on-demand transportation service “On the Way”. This was reported by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry Maxim Liksutov.

“The “On the Way” service operates on the principle of a taxi, but with tariffs similar to those in ground public transport when paying with bank cards. Since its launch in October 2021, passengers have made almost 2.3 million trips. We continue to develop public transport throughout the capital, as instructed by Sergei Sobyanin,” the deputy mayor added.

The first buses of the “On the Way” service appeared in 2021 in TiNAO, and at the end of 2022 they began to operate on the territory of the Skolkovo Innovation Center.

Thanks to the service, Muscovites can comfortably get to social and cultural institutions, as well as the Prokshino and Buninskaya Alley metro stations and the Shcherbinka, Silikatnaya and Skolkovo stations of the Moscow Central Diameter (MCD). There are over 300 stops in four districts of TiNAO and in Skolkovo.

There are 60 modern small buses on the routes, they are serviced by 145 professional drivers. The transport is equipped with video surveillance, climate control, distance control and emergency braking systems. The cabin has individual lighting, slots for charging gadgets and tables.

You can order a bus to the desired destination via the Moscow Transport app. The fare is the same as on city transport when paying with a bank card. Schoolchildren, students and pensioners can take advantage of the discounted fare with the Muscovite card.

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: City pet care services to be presented at Lapki festival

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Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

The Khodynka Field Park will host a festival on May 24 and 25 “Paws”, organized by the mos.ru portal and VK company. Visitors will also get acquainted with modern digital solutions for pet owners and lovers. Guests will be told about mos.ru services that help make the capital truly pet-friendly. The topic will be discussed at a discussion session in the lecture hall, and online solutions will be introduced in interactive thematic spaces.

Smart city for citizens and pets

On Saturday, May 24th, Department of Information Technologyinvites everyone to a discussion session “The Place of Pets in the Smart City Ecosystem”. Representatives of Moscow departments will take part in it. The event will discuss the development of a pet-friendly environment in Moscow – from creating a comfortable infrastructure for walking with animals to useful services in the field of caring for tailed, furry and feathered animals.

“Pets have become an important part of the lives of millions of Muscovites and real members of their families. Walking dogs helps make new acquaintances and stay active, cats’ purring calms and brings joy, and in general, having a pet has a beneficial effect on a person’s condition and reduces stress. The city cares about the comfort of pets and their owners: residents have access to well-equipped walking areas, special spaces for playing with animals, and to ensure that pets’ health is always under control, convenient services have been created on mos.ru. More information about this can be found at the “Paws” festival,” the press service of the Department of Information Technology noted.

Experts will talk in detail about city projects and online tools for pet owners. Among them is a super service “My pet” on mos.ru is a real assistant for responsible owners. A specialist will show its work on an interactive panel, help you register and demonstrate various functions.

The super service contains city electronic services for pet owners, addresses and instructions for all occasions. One of the most useful functions is the electronic pet card, where visits to city veterinary clinics are automatically recorded. At any time, owners can view the history of appointments and appointments with a veterinarian, check the relevance of vaccinations and much more. The electronic card can be edited. For example, if the pet was vaccinated in a private clinic, the date and name of the drug can be added manually. If the pet needs vaccination, the owner will see a notification about it.

Another useful digital tool that will be discussed at the discussion is the service Online vet appointments. Any city resident can make an appointment for their pet to see a doctor at a convenient date and time on mos.ru and not wait for an appointment in a live queue.

The capital’s parks will join the discussion session. Experts will talk about the opportunities for walking with pets in green areas, as well as how to make spending time with your pet in nature as comfortable and safe as possible. Guests will be able to discover new places to visit with four-legged friends. A special project mos.ru will be a useful addition to the information. “To the park – with the dog”.

“Thanks to modern service, it is possible to walk dogs without a leash and muzzle in more than 700 areas. Dog walking areas are located in 23 parks. Dog walking is allowed in 33 parks. Dog-friendly places have been created in some parks. Cafes, sports centers and coffee shops with dogs can be visited in the Bauman Garden, Izmailovsky Park, Khodynskoye Pole Park and Sokolniki Park,” said Yulia Adigamova, General Director of ANO “Park Development”.

In addition, a representative of the Moscow Zoo will take part in the discussion. He will share his experience of interacting with animals and responsible treatment of them. The conversation will be especially useful for children.

Help animals and admire them online

The capital offers various digital services and online projects not only for pet owners, but also for those who are just planning to become one or just love animals. Among them is the special project mos.ru “How to become a superhost”. It will help you understand the most important issues – from registering and vaccinating your pet to feeding recommendations and walking rules.

Not all animals are suitable for keeping at home, but some wild animals can be observed thanks to online broadcasts from the Moscow Zoo — a special project that is available to everyone every day. From a smartphone, tablet or laptop during the opening hours of the capital’s zoo, you can follow its inhabitants: Pallas’s cats, lynxes, tigers, lions, giant pandas, red pandas, Himalayan bears, honey badgers, raccoons, meerkats, capybaras and camelids, elephants, pygmy hippopotamuses, orangutans and gorillas. At the festival, the broadcasts will be shown on a big screen.

Caring Muscovites will be told how to help cats and dogs in trouble in a few clicks. Doing good deeds helps charity service on mos.ruEven a small donation, equal to the cost of a cup of coffee, can make a difference in saving an animal’s life. service pageverified funds are presented. Guests will be introduced to its work in the space of the “City of the Caring”.

Muscovites will be introduced to animals from shelters at the “Paws” festival How to become a zoo volunteer and help homeless animals in shelters Feed, take to the vet, and make a donation: how to help homeless animals

Festival “Paws” will be held as part of the Summer in Moscow project. Guests will enjoy musical and creative performances by artists, lectures, master classes, interactive competitions and themed spaces. And those who only dream of getting a pet will be able to meet their future friend among animals from shelters. To participate, you need register in advance.

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, correspond 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”.

The Summer in Moscow project is the main event of the season, which will unite the most vibrant events of the capital. Charity, cultural and sports events will be held in all districts of the city, most of them free. Summer in Moscow will be held in the capital for the second time and this season promises to be more eventful.

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: A business center with a sports and fitness complex will appear in the Presnensky district

Translation. Region: Russian Federal

Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

“Shelepikha” with a sports complex. This was reported by the Minister of the Moscow Government, the head of the Department of Urban Development Policy of the capital Vladislav Ovchinsky.

The building will be located at the following address: 2-ya Magistralnaya Street, plot No. 7a/1.

“The area of the office building of variable number of storeys will be almost 18 thousand square meters. On the first floor there will be commercial premises of almost 118 square meters and a sports and fitness complex with a swimming pool. The second floor will be occupied by cafes and restaurants, which will be located on an area of about 550 square meters, and from the third to the 11th floor – office space. In the underground part of the building there is a parking lot for 111 cars. The facility is planned to be commissioned in 2028,” said Vladislav Ovchinsky.

According to the project, the first floor will be made in the form of a stylobate, and above that the building will look like an oval of a complex stepped shape. The structure will be located parallel to 3rd Magistralnaya Street, complementing the general line of the development.

Capital Committee for State Construction Supervision (Mosgosstroynadzor) issued a permit for the construction of a business center.

“The construction of the facility on a land plot of 0.5 hectares will be supervised by the committee at all stages. After receiving a notice from the developer about the start of work, our inspectors will draw up a schedule of on-site inspections. Specialists from the subordinate Center of Expertise will take part in them to conduct instrumental control of the conformity of structures and materials with the approved design solutions. This will guarantee the safety and reliability of the building during further operation. The work premises will occupy 8.5 thousand square meters, and the fitness center – about 1.6 thousand “squares”, – the chairman of the department noted.

Anton Slobodchikov.

The sports and fitness complex will also have a 437 square meter swimming pool. In addition, there will be several halls of various sizes for group classes and strength training, as well as a sauna, hamam, coaching rooms, showers, changing rooms and a medical office.

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Trams to return to Riga Square after 30-year break

Translation. Region: Russian Federal

Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

The final stage of work to restore tram service on Trifonovskaya Street is underway in Moscow. Construction of a tram reversal loop has begun on Rizhskaya Square.

The project will include laying more than 400 meters of new tracks on the section of Gilyarovsky Street between Trifonovskaya Street and Rizhskaya Square, and constructing a turnaround loop for trams at the entrance to the Rizhskaya station of the Big Circle Line of the metro. The stop here will provide a convenient transfer to the metro, Moscow Central Diameters and ground transportation. Today, the work to restore the tram line on Trifonovskaya Street is 80 percent complete.

“We are implementing one of the most important projects for the development of tram traffic. The restoration of the line on Trifonovskaya Street will improve transport accessibility for 70 thousand people who live and work in this area. We are expanding the tram network in accordance with the instructions of Sergei Sobyanin,” said the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Transport and Industry

Maxim Liksutov.

Moscow Metro specialists began restoring the tram line on Trifonovskaya Street in 2024. This section was closed in 1995, and 30 years later, in 2025, trams will return to Rizhskaya Square. The new line will connect the large transport hub Rizhskaya with the Russian University of Transport (MIIT) and key points in the city center.

Development of the Moscow tram network

The tram network in the capital continues to develop actively. In September 2024 a new line has opened on Sergius of Radonezh Street, and in April of this year after a large-scale reconstruction it worked updated depot named after P.L. Apakova on Shabolovka.

The total length of tram tracks in the capital is about 430 kilometers (including depots), with 82 percent of them separated from highways or laid on a separate track. This has reduced delays due to traffic accidents on the tracks and increased the reliability of traffic. The Moscow tram network covers 86 districts – over 5.5 million people live near stops.

There are 35 routes in the city. Passengers make more than 750 thousand trips daily. In the coming years, further expansion of the network is planned, including the construction of a new line on Academician Sakharov Avenue – from Komsomolskaya Square to Chistoprudny Boulevard. This line will create a direct connection between the Three Stations Square and Chistoprudny Boulevard, and will also connect the east of the city with the center, south and southwest with new diametric tram routes.

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: A multi-purpose field for football and rugby is being built at the Metallurg stadium

Translation. Region: Russian Federal

Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

A universal heated playing field is being installed at the Metallurg stadium. This was reported by the City Facilities Complex. It will be possible to play rugby and football there. This will expand the training opportunities for students of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, for whom the stadium has become a home arena. The work is being carried out as part of the reconstruction of the historical site. The main task is to turn the stadium into a modern and multifunctional sports area that will meet current standards and requirements.

The old football pitch has already been dismantled. Work is underway to install a sports lighting system and prepare the foundation for the circular running tracks. A layer of sand has already been laid and compacted for the multi-purpose arena, and a drainage system has been installed. Then large crushed stone was poured onto the sand and compacted, then another layer of sand, in which the heating system pipes are laid. At the same time, two layers of smaller crushed stone are being compacted using a vibratory roller, and then a special artificial grass surface will be laid.

The total size of the new universal playing field will be over nine thousand square meters — 2.6 thousand more than the previous one. Due to which it can be used for two sports. Using special markings, a zone for playing football will be allocated (its size will be 68 by 95 meters), and the rugby area will occupy an area of over 8.1 thousand square meters. In addition, mobile football goals will be installed to quickly transform the field for different sports, which are easy to remove.

Reconstruction of Metallurg Stadium to be Completed in 2025 — Moscow Mayor

Since the requirements for the finishing surface for both sports are the same, artificial turf will be used. A cushioning layer will be laid underneath it, which will reduce the possibility of injury during a rugby game. Artificial grass is easy to maintain and operate. To ensure the thickness, density and stability of the pile, it will be sprinkled with sand and combed so that it settles. The next layer will be laid in the same way with fine rubber crumb – it will create an additional cushioning layer and help reduce impact loads. In addition, to maintain the playing characteristics of the artificial turf in the cold season, a system of heating pipes is provided – it will be possible to play even in winter.

A 610-seat stand with a canopy will be installed next to the universal arena. It will be connected to the administrative and household complex, which has already begun to be built. It will be convenient to follow the progress of the matches on a special scoreboard. Eight running tracks will be laid around the playing field, and the same number will appear on the side of the stand for short-distance training. It will be possible to conduct training in the evening: four 35-meter sports masts with 22 floodlights in each will be installed on the field.

Projects to create a comfortable urban environment, implemented in the capital, correspond to the goals and objectives of the national project “Infrastructure for life”.

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: Moscow doctors have begun using the latest robotic orthopedist in endoprosthetics

Translation. Region: Russian Federal

Source: Moscow Government – Government of Moscow –

The City Clinical Hospital (CCH) No. 31 named after Academician G.M. Savelyeva has begun using the latest robotic surgical system Cori for knee joint endoprosthetics operations. This was reported by Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development.

“Moscow continues to strengthen its position as one of the leaders in the implementation of robotic technologies in medicine to provide residents with access to the most modern treatment methods. Today, doctors use Da Vinci robotic systems for minimally invasive surgeries, the latest navigation systems, artificial intelligence technologies for diagnostics and other advanced solutions. These developments do not replace the doctor, but become his assistant – they allow planning interventions with maximum accuracy, carrying out complex manipulations and monitoring their effectiveness in real time. The arsenal of doctors is constantly replenished with new technologies. Thus, City Clinical Hospital No. 31 named after Academician Savelyeva introduced the CORI robotic system into clinical practice. The hospital is among the country’s leaders in robotic endoprosthetics of large joints. With the help of the new complex, doctors performed more than 30 operations, traumatologists note its accuracy and safety. In total, in 2024, the hospital performed over 300 successful joint replacement operations using robotic technologies,” said Anastasia Rakova.

Cori is one of the most compact robotic systems in orthopaedics: its main part fits in the surgeon’s hand and is used for precision removal of damaged cartilage.

The device is equipped with an intelligent navigation station, which in real time creates a three-dimensional model of the knee joint anatomy, analyzes the condition of the ligaments and other structures. These functions allow surgeons to achieve better positioning of the endoprosthesis and correctly balance the knee joint, which is extremely important for the normal functioning of the limb.

City Clinical Hospital No. 31 named after Academician G. M. Savelyeva is one of the leading multidisciplinary clinics in the capital. In April 2024, a new traumatology building with 110 beds was opened here, where a full cycle of care is provided – from diagnostics to high-tech operations and early rehabilitation. Most interventions are performed in a minimally invasive manner and using robotic technologies, which reduces the recovery time of patients to four days in hospital.

On April 1, 2025, the hospital celebrated its 55th anniversary. Over the years of its existence, the institution has become one of the recognized flagships of the capital’s medicine.

Sobyanin: Hospital No. 31 has become one of the flagships of the capital’s medicine in 55 years

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI New Zealand: Gaza – Israeli ‘nine truck photo-op’ doesn’t slow Gaza genocide – PSNA

Source: Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa

The Israeli government approved nine truck aid convoy into Gaza is a cynical photo-op, according to the Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa.

PSNA says the trucks are designed to appease and confuse both western news media and critics of Israeli genocide in Gaza.

PSNA Co-Chair Maher Nazzal says the Israeli Prime Minister is openly reported in the Israeli media that leading backers of Israel in the United States are concerned that blocking food and other supplies entering Gaza is not a good look.

“These American politicians completely back Israeli war crimes of genocide and ethnic cleansing, but they worry that US and UK war supplies for Israel are in jeopardy if it looks like Israel is starving an entire civilian population to death.”

“The UN estimated that 600 trucks a day are required for minimum food, medicine and fuel supply. This was before Israel destroyed food production in Gaza itself. Nine truckloads – even if a few more follow – will make no difference.”

Nazzal says the images of trucks entering Gaza will dominate what he describes as obedient media coverage.

“The indications are that Israel is escalating the military onslaught on Gaza to unprecedented ferocity.”

“Israel has wreaked nearly every building in the Gaza Strip. This new phase is to kill and drive the population of more than two million Palestinians, men, women and children, either onto tiny reservations in Gaza or into Africa. This is happening in full view of the world.”

“Leading international genocide scholars have just announced that Israel is conducting genocide. There are no ifs and buts about their conclusion.”

“We just hope that our Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, has been briefed on the most recent of Israeli war crimes and intentions.”

“He’s scheduled to visit a number of South Asian countries next week. He’ll be needing to end his silence on Israeli atrocities in Gaza and be able to tell foreign leaders what specific steps New Zealand is taking to help bring Israel to heel.”

https://worldisraelnews.com/netanyahu-approves-gaza-aid-amid-u-s-pressure/

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/top-genocide-scholars-unanimous-israel-committing-genocide-gaza-investigation-finds

Maher Nazzal

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI Security: Second man charged as part of investigation into series of fires in north London
Source: United Kingdom London Metropolitan Police

A man has been charged with conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life following a series of fires in north London.

Stanislav Carpiuc, 26 (15.07.98) of Romford, a Romanian national, [B] has been charged with –
- conspiring together with Roman Lavrynovych and others unknown to damage by fire property belonging to another,
- intending to damage the property,
- intending to endanger the life or another or being reckless as to whether the life of another would thereby be endangered.
Carpiuc is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 20 May at 10:00hrs.

The charge, which was authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service, relates to a period from Thursday, 17 April to Tuesday, 13 May this year, in which three incidents took place – a vehicle fire in NW5 on Thursday, 8 May, a fire at the entrance of a property in N7 on Sunday, 11 May and a fire at a residential address in NW5 in the early hours of Monday, 12 May.

All have connections with a high-profile public figure, and therefore officers from the Met’s Counter Terrorism Command led the investigation into the fires.

Carpiuc was arrested on Saturday, 17 May at London Luton Airport by counter terrorism officers from the Eastern Region Special Operations Unit.

He was held in police custody after a warrant of further detention was obtained.

As part of the same investigation, Roman Lavrynovych 21 (06.02.04), of Sydenham, a Ukrainian national [A] was charged with three counts of arson with intent to endanger life.

He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 16 May and was remanded in custody to appear at the Old Bailey on 6 June

A 34-year-old [C] was arrested on Monday, 19 May, in the Chelsea area, SW3, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.

He remains in police custody.

Anyone with information that could assist the investigation should call police on 101 quoting CAD 441/12 May.

We would ask the public to remain vigilant and if they see or hear anything that doesn’t look or feel right, then to report it to police – either by calling police, in confidence, on 0800 789 321 or via www.gov.uk/ACT

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI: lowRISC Welcomes Javier Orensanz Martinez as CEO

Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, May 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — lowRISC C.I.C., the open silicon ecosystem organisation, today announced the appointment of Javier Orensanz Martinez as CEO, effective 2 June 2025. Joining the organisation with more than two decades of experience in the semiconductor space, Javier will lead lowRISC on its mission to help create commercially relevant, open-source silicon designs that are widely adopted throughout industry. To ensure a smooth handover Gavin and Javier will be co-CEOs for the month of June, with Gavin stepping away officially at the end of the month.

“Serving as the CEO of lowRISC for five years has been a tremendous privilege and a role I have greatly valued. I’m very proud of what we have achieved alongside our partners during this time — not least in having helped bring the first commercial open-source silicon to reality, with production OpenTitan chips going into Chromebook sockets this summer, Google datacentre applications to follow, and Rivos (and others) integrating the IP directly into their SoCs,” said Dr. Gavin Ferris, lowRISC Board Member and outgoing CEO. “I’m confident that in handing the reins over to Javier, his drive and experience will help propel lowRISC to the next level, build on the achievements we’ve accomplished with our valued partners already, and further the positive impacts of open-source silicon.”

Javier joins lowRISC after a successful 22-year career at Arm, with 9 years of experience in VP roles: General Manager of the Development Solutions Group, VP of Developer Ecosystems and VP of Quality. He is passionate about the commercial value of open source, having witnessed first-hand how it revolutionised Arm’s approach to software. Javier brings a mix of savvy business background and technical knowledge, having managed a broad portfolio of software and hardware products, led acquisitions, and delivered growth through long-term partnerships and business model transformation.

“I am so impressed with everything that Gavin and the lowRISC team have accomplished in the last 10 years in collaboration with its amazing partners and contributors,” said Javier Orensanz Martinez. “I am thrilled to join the organisation at such a pivotal time, with the first OpenTitan root-of-trust silicon having hit production, and look forward to building on its solid foundations to boost the adoption of open-source hardware.”

“The Board and I would like to thank Gavin for his excellent leadership these last five years and recognise the tremendous accomplishments he and the team have made in open-source silicon,” said Sir Andy Hopper, lowRISC’s independent chair. “And we are thrilled to welcome Javier as the new CEO — his deep experience in the open-source and semiconductor space and proven track record of success in this industry aligns perfectly with lowRISC’s mission. This is a fantastic time for him to take lowRISC to the next stage of its journey and seize the opportunities available.”

lowRISC’s purpose from the outset has been, and will continue to be, to help create and support commercially relevant open-source silicon designs that are widely adopted throughout industry. With Javier at the helm, the team will continue to drive long-term impact by fostering an open-source silicon ecosystem that benefits academia, industry, and broader society in general.

About lowRISC®
Founded in 2014 at the University of Cambridge Department of Computer Science and Technology, lowRISC is a not-for-profit company/CIC that provides a neutral home for collaborative engineering to develop and maintain open source silicon designs and tools for the long term. The lowRISC not-for-profit structure combined with full-stack engineering capabilities in-house enables the hosting and management of high-quality projects like OpenTitan® and Sunburst via the Silicon Commons® approach.

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May 20, 2025
MIL-Evening Report: Victorian budget has cash to splash on health, transport but new levies, job cuts, rising debt signal pain ahead

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hayward, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University

There was not a lot of cheer in the media reporting ahead of the 2025/6 Victorian budget released on Wednesday. Debt and deficits dominated the coverage.

All eyes turned to new treasurer, Jaclyn Symes, to see if in her first budget the Labor government was finally delivering some financial discipline.

That theme flowed into the press conference during the budget lockup, when journalists got to grill the treasurer about the budget papers. Symes copped a pasting. Journalists were clearly unhappy with what they had read and more unhappy about what they heard.

Yes, the operating side of the budget is projected to be back to a wafer thin A$600 million surplus. But that is almost $1 billion less than was promised when Symes delivered a budget update last December.

And all that infrastructure is to paid for by more borrowings, taking net debt to $167 billion, $10 billion more than it was last year.

And that was despite the government benefiting from a whopping $3.5 billion in GST grants from the Commonwealth, over $1 billion more than the previous year.

And it was despite a new fire and emergency services levy that is set to deliver an extra $600 million.

And it was also despite a 22% increase in fees and fines, and a $1.3 billion rise in unspecified government charges. And it is also based on banking $500 million of savings from an efficiency review led by former head of Premier and Cabinet Helen Silver, which won’t be finished until July at the earliest.

So where did that extra money go? Well, it paid for more than $6 billion of new services ($3 billion net of savings), and an extra $1.6 billion for new infrastructure, across all portfolios. This includes free public transport for seniors on weekends and free public transport for kids.

The big ticket item was health, which got an extra $2.5 billion. That came as a surprise given health copped a $1.5 billion cut in last year’s budget, after the government claimed the hospitals were still spending at pandemic levels and needed to rediscover efficiency.

That cut did not last long. Health services workers staged a short but effective campaign that forced the then new premier, Jacinta Allan, to buckle. The money was returned in December’s budget update.

The budget papers show the Victorian economy has been performing strongly post pandemic, with Victoria leading the nation in employment growth. The budget papers tip that strong performance will continue, despite the continued warnings that all that government debt will eventually force the economy to buckle.

The government argues rather than be criticised it should be applauded for a job well done.

It spent up big on infrastructure during the pandemic, which has delivered to the state remarkably strong economic performance. It also spent up big to protect Victorians from COVID.

It has a budget recovery plan and everything is on schedule. First employment had to grow, then we needed a cash surplus and now we have an operating surplus to add to it. Net debt in real terms will start to fall next year as the last step in a long-term plan.

It also points to the state’s balance sheet to highlight it has something to show for all that debt in the form of $437 billion in assets.

Victoria is not alone in running budget operating deficits during the pandemic. NSW and Queensland make happy bedfellows, but they are not as eye-catching because their levels of debt are much lower.

Victoria is also not alone as a state or provincial government that has a lot of debt. The Canadian provinces are also in that situation, with Quebec and Ontario leading the pack.

Then there are the German state governments. Their problem is not too much debt, but far too little, leaving them to grapple with not enough as well as crumbling infrastructure caused by a constitutional debt brake that is responsible for the mess, and which has recently been lifted.

Treasurer Symes delivered a budget that has disappointed those who wanted to see debt fall and for the government to at long last show some fiscal discipline. With the economy still doing quite nicely, and so many new announcements to glow in, Treasurer Symes will be quite happy to disappoint.

The political calculation here is simple: Victorians want services and aren’t worried if it is paid for by debt.

Whether that remains the case at next year’s state election due in November is another question. For this will have been Syme’s last real chance to have been more prudent, and just at that moment when the economy could have afforded it.

David Hayward chairs the Strategic Advisory Committee for Fire Rescue Victoria.

– ref. Victorian budget has cash to splash on health, transport but new levies, job cuts, rising debt signal pain ahead – https://theconversation.com/victorian-budget-has-cash-to-splash-on-health-transport-but-new-levies-job-cuts-rising-debt-signal-pain-ahead-257013

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI: Nine in ten public sector organizations to focus on agentic AI in the next 2-3 years, but data readiness is still a challenge
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

Press contact:
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Nine in ten public sector organizations to focus on agentic AI in the next 2-3 years, but data readiness is still a challenge
- Public sector organizations recognize the potential of AI for enhancing decision making, improving service delivery and driving operational efficiency, with two-thirds (64%) already exploring or actively working on Gen AI initiatives
- Challenges with data readiness remain, with only 21% of public sector organizations saying they have the requisite data to train and fine-tune AI models
Paris, May 20, 2025 – The new Capgemini Research Institute report published today, ‘Data foundations for government – From AI ambition to execution,’ finds that two thirds of public sector organizations are already exploring or actively using generative AI (Gen AI) initiatives to aid the provision of public services. Public sector organizations are also preparing to embrace agentic AI, with 90% planning to explore, pilot, or implement the technology within the next 2-3 years. However, these organizations lag in crucial data readiness, hindering their ability to leverage the full potential of AI. Currently, they face significant challenges with trust, compliance, data management and data sharing.

With governments seeking to boost efficiency, improve public services, and address complex societal challenges, public sector organizations have high expectations for AI. According to the new report, within the next 2-3 years, 39% of public sector organizations aim to evaluate the feasibility of agentic AI, 45% intend to explore pilot programs, and 6% plan to scale their existing agentic AI initiatives. Attitudes towards agentic AI adoption are mostly consistent across segments, levels of government, and organizational sizes. The report finds that nearly two-thirds (64%) of organizations have progressed to pilots and scaled deployments, or are exploring Gen AI, with this number rising to 82% in defense agencies, 75% in healthcare, and 70% in security.

“With rising citizen demands and stretched resources, public sector organizations recognize the ways in which AI can help them do more with less. However, the ability to deploy Gen AI and agentic AI depends on having rock-solid data foundations,” said Marc Reinhardt, Public Sector Global Industry Leader at Capgemini. “Looking ahead, governments can be more agile and effective as AI augments the work of government employees to source information, conduct policy analysis, make decisions, and answer citizen queries. However, to reach this future, governments need to focus on building the right data infrastructure and governance frameworks.”

Organizations struggle with AI adoption due to data and trust issues
Despite ambitions to embrace and scale AI use, public sector executives cite data security issues (79%) and limited trust in AI-generated outputs (74%) as primary barriers to widespread adoption. In the EU, organizations report a significant gap in confidence when it comes to complying with the EU AI Act¹, with less than four in ten (36%) prepared to meet these requirements.

To progress their Gen AI adoption, public sector organizations require better data mastery, with the public sector showing limited progress in key areas of data management and utilization since 2020. The report finds that only 12% of organizations consider themselves very mature in activating data, while 7% report being very mature in nurturing data and AI-related skills. Only a fifth (21%) of public sector organizations surveyed have the required data to train and fine-tune AI models, including Gen AI models.

Data sharing concerns and the rise of the Chief Data Officer
Data sharing is vital for AI adoption as it boosts the volume and diversity of data to enhance AI model performance and optimize decision making. But data sharing initiatives are further complicated by concerns about data, cloud, and AI sovereignty. Despite all public sector organizations surveyed either having or planning to have data sharing initiatives, they are not yet mature; most organizations (65%) worldwide are still in the planning or pilot stages.

Governments are increasingly recognizing the critical role of harnessing data in the public sector, and this is reflected in the growing prominence of Chief Data Officers (CDO) and Chief AI Officers (CAIO). As many as 64% of public sector organizations already have a CDO, while 24% plan to appoint one, showing a willingness to invest in dedicated leadership for data-driven governance. Furthermore, the increasing strategic value of AI has resulted in over a quarter (27%) of public sector organizations appointing a Chief AI Officer, over a quarter (27%) already having one and 41% planning to introduce this new C-level role.

Report Methodology
In December 2024 and January 2025, the Capgemini Research Institute conducted a survey of executives from 350 public sector organizations with two respondents from each organization – one from the IT/data function and one from a line of business (LOB). These executives represented organizations across six public sector segments: public administration, tax and customs, welfare, defense, security, and healthcare. They operated at various levels of government, including national, state, local, and international, and were located in countries across North America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East.

About Capgemini
Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.

Get The Future You Want | www.capgemini.com

About the Capgemini Research Institute
The Capgemini Research Institute is Capgemini’s in-house think-tank on all things digital. The Institute publishes research on the impact of digital technologies on large traditional businesses. The team draws on the worldwide network of Capgemini experts and works closely with academic and technology partners. The Institute has dedicated research centers in India, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. It was ranked #1 in the world for the quality of its research by independent analysts for six consecutive times – an industry first.

Visit us at https://www.capgemini.com/researchinstitute/

¹AI Act | Shaping Europe’s digital future

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI: Municipality Finance issues a USD 100 million tap under its MTN programme

Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

Municipality Finance Plc
Stock exchange release
20 May 2025 at 10:00 am (EEST)

Municipality Finance issues a USD 100 million tap under its MTN programme

On 21 May 2025 Municipality Finance Plc issues a new tranche in an amount of USD 100 million to an existing benchmark issued on 22 January 2025. With the new tranche, the aggregate nominal amount of the benchmark is USD 500 million. The maturity date of the benchmark is 2 February 2029. The benchmark bears interest at a floating rate equal to Compounded SOFR plus 100 bps per annum.

The new tranche is issued under MuniFin’s EUR 50 billion programme for the issuance of debt instruments. The offering circular, the supplemental offering circular and the final terms of the benchmark are available in English on the company’s website at https://www.kuntarahoitus.fi/en/for-investors.

MuniFin has applied for the benchmark to be admitted to trading on the Helsinki Stock Exchange maintained by Nasdaq Helsinki. The public trading is expected to commence on 21 May 2025. The existing notes in the series are admitted to trading on the Helsinki Stock Exchange.

Bank of Montreal Europe PLC act as the Dealer for the issue of the new tranche.

MUNICIPALITY FINANCE PLC

Further information:

Joakim Holmström
Executive Vice President, Capital Markets and Sustainability
tel. +358 50 444 3638

MuniFin (Municipality Finance Plc) is one of Finland’s largest credit institutions. The owners of the company include Finnish municipalities, the public sector pension fund Keva and the State of Finland. The Group’s balance sheet is over EUR 53 billion.

MuniFin’s customers include municipalities, joint municipal authorities, wellbeing services counties, joint county authorities, corporate entities under the control of the above-mentioned organisations, and affordable social housing. Lending is used for environmentally and socially responsible investment targets such as public transportation, sustainable buildings, hospitals and healthcare centres, schools and day care centres, and homes for people with special needs.

MuniFin’s customers are domestic, but the company operates in a completely global business environment. The company is an active Finnish bond issuer in international capital markets and the first Finnish green and social bond issuer. The funding is exclusively guaranteed by the Municipal Guarantee Board.

Read more: www.munifin.fi

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May 20, 2025
MIL-Evening Report: Israel slammed over ‘cynical’ sidestep of global rulings on Gazan humanitarian aid

Asia Pacific Report

Israel has been accused of “manipulation” and “cynical” circumvention of global decisions calling for unrestricted humanitarian aid access to the besieged Gaza enclave.

“In a clear act of defiance against international humanitarian obligations, the occupying state has permitted only nine aid trucks to enter the Gaza Strip — covering both the devastated north and south,” said Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) co-chair Maher Nazzal.

“This paltry number of trucks represents a deliberate and cynical attempt to circumvent global decisions calling for unrestricted humanitarian access,” he said in a statement as Britain, France and Canada threatened Israel with sanctions and 22 other countries — including New Zealand — jointly condemned Israel over its siege.

“Under the guise of permitting aid, this token gesture is being used to claim compliance while continuing to suffocate more than two million Palestinians trapped under siege.

“It is a tactic designed to deflect international criticism and ease diplomatic pressure without meaningfully alleviating the catastrophic conditions faced by civilians.

“This is not aid — it is manipulation.”

Nazzal said the humanitarian crisis in Gaza demanded immediate, full, and unhindered access to food, water, medical supplies, and shelter for all areas of the Strip.

“The international community must see through these performative measures and act decisively,” he said.

“We call on governments, humanitarian agencies, and civil society around the world to intensify public and political pressure on the occupying state.

“It is imperative that world leaders hold it accountable for its ongoing violations and demand an end to the blockade, the siege, and these deceptive, life-threatening tactics.”

Every minute of delay cost lives, Nazzal said.

“Nine trucks are not enough. Gaza needs justice, not crumbs.”

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UK, France and Canada threaten Israel with sanctions. Video: Al Jazeera

Time to expel ambassador
Letters to the editor in New Zealand newspapers have become increasingly critical of Israel’s war conduct and “atrocities”.

In one letter headed Time to Act in The New Zealand Herald today, Liz Eastmond said it was time for the government to apply sanctions and expel the Israeli ambassador.

“The daily average number of those Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza is 90 plus, and the United Nations states that 70 percent are women and children,” she wrote.

“After 16 months of brutal onslaught, now including starvation, inside a walled enclave, isn’t it about time our government spoke up regarding this great atrocity of our time? At the very least, by demanding a ceasefire, applying sanctions and expelling the Israeli ambassador?

“That is the obvious route for a last-ditch attempt to be on ‘the right side of history’.”

In another letter, headed Standing by Helpless, Allan Bell or Torbay wrote:

“Countries stand by helpless as the Israelis bomb and shell Palestinians at will in Gaza.

“Rather than negotiate the peaceful return of the hostages, Israel has cynically used them to justify this slaughter.

“The use of starvation and destruction amounts to eradication and annihilation.

“We have protested through the United Nations (an organisation long ignored by the Israelis) to no effect. It’s time to send their ambassador home and close their embassy. A token gesture maybe, but at least we can say we did something.”

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May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Auction of vehicle registration marks to be held on June 7

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

The Transport Department (TD) today (May 20) announced that the auction of vehicle registration marks will be held on June 7 (Saturday) at Meeting Room N101, L1, New Wing, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai.

“A total of 120 personalised vehicle registration marks (PVRMs) will be put up for public auction in the morning session, and 200 traditional vehicle registration marks (TVRMs) will be put up for auction in the afternoon session. The list of marks has been uploaded to the department’s website, www.td.gov.hk/en/public_services/vehicle_registration_mark/index.html,” a department spokesman said.

For the auction of TVRMs, only registration marks starting with “HK” or “XX” and special vehicle registration marks are put up for physical auction. Applicants should attend the auction and take note of the opening price as announced by the auctioneer before participating in the bidding of the mark.

The reserve price of each of PVRMs is $5,000. Applicants who have paid a deposit of $5,000 should also attend the physical auction and participate in the bidding (including the first bid at the reserve price). Otherwise, the PVRM concerned may be sold to another bidder at the reserve price.

People who wish to participate in the bidding at the physical auction should take note of the following points:

(1) Bidders are required to produce the following documents for completion of registration and payment procedures immediately after the successful bidding:

(i) the identity document of the successful bidder;
(ii) the identity document of the purchaser if it is different from the successful bidder;
(iii) a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation if the purchaser is a body corporate; and
(iv) a crossed cheque payable to “The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region” or “The Government of the HKSAR”. Any bidder who wishes to bid for both TVRMs and PVRMs on the same day, should bring along at least two crossed cheques for payment of auction prices (for an auctioned mark paid for by cheque, the first three working days after the date of auction will be required for cheque clearance confirmation before processing of the application for mark assignment can be completed). Successful bidders may also pay through the Easy Pay System (EPS), but are reminded to note the maximum transfer amount in the same day of the payment card. Payment by post-dated cheque, cash, credit card or other methods will not be accepted.

(2) Purchasers must make payment of the purchase price through EPS or by crossed cheque and complete the Memorandum of Sale of Vehicle Registration Mark or the Memorandum of Sale of PVRM immediately after the bidding. Subsequent alteration of the particulars in the Memorandum will not be permitted.

(3) A registration mark can only be assigned to a motor vehicle which is registered in the name of the purchaser. The Certificate of Incorporation must be produced immediately by the purchaser if a vehicle registration mark purchased is to be registered under the name of a body corporate.

(4) The display of a vehicle registration mark on a motor vehicle should be in compliance with the requirements stipulated in Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations.

(5) Any change to the arrangement of letters, numerals and blank spaces of a PVRM, i.e. single and two rows as auctioned, will not be allowed.

(6) Special vehicle registration marks are non-transferable. Where the ownership of a motor vehicle with a special vehicle registration mark is transferred, the allocation of the special vehicle registration mark shall be cancelled.

(7) The purchaser shall, within 12 months after the date of auction, apply to the Commissioner for Transport for the vehicle registration mark to be assigned to a motor vehicle registered in the name of the purchaser. If the purchaser fails to assign the registration mark within 12 months, allocation of the registration mark will be cancelled and arranged for reallocation by the Commissioner for Transport in accordance with the statutory provision without prior notice to the purchaser.

“Upon completion of the Memorandum of Sale of PVRM, the purchaser will be issued a receipt and a Certificate of Allocation of Personalised Registration Mark. The Certificate of Allocation will serve to prove the holdership of the PVRM. Potential buyers of vehicles bearing a PVRM should check the Certificate of Allocation with the sellers and pay attention to the details therein. For transfer of vehicle ownership, this certificate together with other required documents should be sent to the TD for processing,” the spokesman added.

For other auction details, please refer to the Guidance Notes – Auction of TVRMs (www.td.gov.hk/en/public_services/vehicle_registration_mark/tvrm_auction/index.html) and Guidance Notes – Auction of PVRMs (www.td.gov.hk/en/public_services/vehicle_registration_mark/pvrm_auction/index.html).

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May 20, 2025
MIL-Evening Report: Keith Rankin Analysis – The Aratere and the New Zealand Main Trunk Line

Analysis by Keith Rankin.

Keith Rankin, trained as an economic historian, is a retired lecturer in Economics and Statistics. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand.

Government-owned Kiwirail is supposed to be presiding over the New Zealand Main Trunk (Railway) Line, from Auckland to Invercargill. As such it runs a ferry service (The Interislander) between New Zealand’s North and South Islands.

We are being told by Kiwirail (and see today’s report on Radio NZ) that the only rail-enabled roll-on roll-off ferry – the Aratere – will cease operations in August this year, five years before its putative successor ferries will commence operations.

At the same time, rail is being revitalised in the South Island, with the Hillside workshops redevelopment. (And see the following on Scoop last Friday: New Hillside Workshops Officially Opened and Rail Workers Celebrate Hillside Workshops Rebirth.) How can this be: simultaneous expansion and contraction of New Zealand’s trunk railway under the governance of the same government?

There is a simple conceptual solution, which covers both the short run and the long-run.

Kiwirail could relocate the Interislander’s South Island terminus to Lyttelton, the rail-accessible port of Christchurch. Indeed this should have become policy after the dramatic 2016 Kaikoura earthquake which destroyed both railway and highway around Kaikoura, halfway between Wellington and Christchurch; both road and rail main trunk. Not only is the present route precarious, but also it is so much ‘greener’ for both road and rail traffic between the North Island and the southern 85% of the South Island (by population) to travel by sea between Wellington and Christchurch. That is, the bulk of interisland vehicle travel undertaken directly by sea is more sustainable than a journey by sea between Wellington and Picton followed by a long 340km Picton to Christchurch land journey.

The suggested solution is that The Interislander should operate out of Lyttelton from about 2030, leaving Bluebridge to service the Wellington Picton route. If that were to happen, then the Aratere could stay in service until 2030; because the new facilities suited to the new ships – at least the South Island facilities – would not have to be on the same site as Picton’s present rail-ship facilities.

Last year I wrote to MPs from all five parties, before it was too late to cancel the shipping order for the cancelled iRex project, including the Labour MP for Lyttelton. Only the Green Party bothered to reply to me. And even they were unenthusiastic about the idea of the Interislander shifting to Lyttelton; their lack of interest came across as more a matter of political priority than as an argument about economics or sustainability.

Maybe I am stupid, and I simply cannot see the obvious reasons why a shift back to Lyttelton cannot happen. But I really think we should have a national conversation about the restoration of ferry services between Wellington and Lyttelton; and with the current consciousness about the future of rail being a very important stimulus to that conversation.

After all, for over 100 years, before 1960, Wellington to Lyttelton was the essential ‘main trunk’ link between the two islands. The change-around happened around 1960 because the previous Wellington to Picton service had become so run-down that something had to be done about it. And that there just happened to be a relatively new railhead at Picton. After 1960, the Lyttelton service was doomed to fail when it became a one-ship service in 1968, after the tragic demise of the then state-of-the-art Wahine.

Why don’t we have national conversations anymore? Everything seems to happen as a fait accompli, narratives driven by unimaginative back-office accountants with short time horizons. And mainstream academics and media simply accept this under-democratic state of affairs.

We are still suffering from the infrastructure backlog that escalated in the early 1990s when Finance Minister Ruth Richardson forced many of New Zealand’s unemployed and underemployed to emigrate, especially to Australia; all in the name of ‘fiscal responsibility’. Some of those people who left for Australia just as its banking crisis was unfolding – especially their children – are drifting back to New Zealand in the 2010s and 2020s as ‘501’ deportees (see Product of Australia, Stuff December 2019, and noting in a chart that more than half of the 501s deported to New Zealand from 2015 to 2019 were aged 26 to 40).

Those young (mainly) men could have been building New Zealand; instead, too many became criminals in Australia. And the New Zealand economy regressed for the best part of ten years (from 1985), while the rest of the world was progressing. That period is the source of the now-entrenched Australia New Zealand differential in living standards.

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Keith Rankin (keith at rankin dot nz), trained as an economic historian, is a retired lecturer in Economics and Statistics. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand.

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May 20, 2025
MIL-Evening Report: The government wants to contain NDIS growth. But ineligible people with disability also need support

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney

PeopleImages.com – Yuri A/Shutterstock

Ensuring the provision of high quality disability services will pose a significant challenge for the Albanese government’s second term.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) cost A$43.9 billion in 2023–24 and is one of the fastest growing pressures on the federal budget.

As the government seeks to moderate growth of the scheme budget, some NDIS participants are finding they are no longer eligible for the scheme.

The problem is, the supports they’re supposed to be able to access instead aren’t yet in place – or don’t exist.

Containing growth

Concerns have been mounting for some years about the NDIS’s growing budget. In 2024, National Cabinet set a target of moderating annual growth to 8%. If met, the scheme will still grow to $58 billion by 2028.

The previous government attempted to limit its annual growth through legislative changes and a focus on weeding out fraud.

Read more:
The NDIS reform bill has been passed – will it get things ‘back on track’ for people with disability?

But there have been a number of reports in recent months of the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) reassessing eligibility of NDIS participants to determine whether their supports are most appropriately paid for by the scheme.

If individuals are unable to provide evidence within 28 days they may lose their funding. This can be a challenge to get if participants need to see a clinical professional to gather evidence.

One group particularly impacted by eligibility reassessments are children. Some participants report being told they are no longer eligible for NDIS funding and should instead seek supports from other mainstream services such as health or education.

But all too often, parents find these services don’t fund the necessary supports, leaving them to either fund this themselves or have their child go without.

If opportunities for early intervention are missed, they may require more intensive and expensive supports in future.

What are foundational supports?

The NDIS was never intended to provide services to all people with disability. About 86% of disabled Australians do not have NDIS plans.

But this doesn’t mean that people with disability who are not on the NDIS don’t also have support needs.

New research found people with disability who were not NDIS participants had high levels of need for assistance for tasks of daily living including transport, cognitive and emotional tasks, mobility and household chores.

These supports aren’t usually provided in the health system, but similar supports are provided through aged care.

The NDIS review argued a lack of accessible and inclusive mainstream services for people with disability meant people were being pushed into the NDIS as their only potential source of support.

A key recommendation of the NDIS review was states and territories should provide “foundational supports”.

Foundational supports are split into two categories. General foundational supports includes things such as peer support, improving self-advocacy skills, and information and advice.

Targeted supports include shopping and cleaning for those not eligible for the NDIS. Supports are aimed at particular groups such as those with psychosocial disability (from a mental disorder), families of children with developmental delay, and transition supports for young people preparing for employment and independent living.

Foundational supports are supposed to be available from July of this year so people with disability who aren’t eligible for the NDIS can access support without having to join the scheme.

But people who are reassessed as ineligible for the scheme are having their funding cut before these foundational supports have been established, leaving a worrying gap.

Read more:
States agreed to share foundational support costs. So why the backlash against NDIS reforms now?

There is currently significant confusion in the disability community about what foundational supports will look like and who will be able to access these.

What is clear is there is significant unmet need for people with disability outside of the scheme and this might lead to a deterioration of functioning among those in this group and potentially burnout of informal carers.

Getting foundational supports right will be a key point of negotiation between federal and state and territory governments if people with disability are to be supported appropriately and the NDIS is to be sustainable.

New ministers and ministries

The new government has moved responsibility for the NDIS from the Department of Social Services into the new Department of Health, Disability and Ageing led by Mark Butler.

While Butler will sit in Cabinet, Jenny McAllister has been appointed to the outer ministry as Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

The shift of the NDIS to this portfolio has raised concerns among the disability community that it might not be a priority in an government department that also deals with health and aged care.

There are further concerns this move might medicalise how disability is seen. This would go against the human rights basis of the NDIS, where issues of choice and control are crucial.

The ministerial and departmental restructures do present new opportunities to harmonise services for people with disability.

Currently health, disability and aged care are competing to attract similar workforces across allied health, aged care and disability support. A cross-sector approach to workforce planning could be streamlined if it is the responsibility of one department.

Without this, we risk putting more pressure on the NDIS and leaving people with disability not on the NDIS without the supports they need.

The government’s ministerial and departmental restructure will likely further delay the implementation of foundational supports. Given the breadth of responsibilities of the health, disability and aged care portfolio, other policies – and election promises – might take precedence over work on foundational supports.

Helen Dickinson receives funding from ARC, NHMRC and Department of Social Services

Anne Kavanagh receives funding from the ARC, NHMRC, MRFF, MS Australia and the Australian government.

– ref. The government wants to contain NDIS growth. But ineligible people with disability also need support – https://theconversation.com/the-government-wants-to-contain-ndis-growth-but-ineligible-people-with-disability-also-need-support-256236

MIL OSI Analysis – EveningReport.nz –

May 20, 2025
Wall collapse, electrocution kill three in rain-hit Bengaluru

Source: Government of India

Source: Government of India (4)

Three people, including a nine-year-old boy, were killed in rain-related incidents on Monday following heavy rainfall in Bengaluru.

Shashikala, an employee of a private company, succumbed to injuries after a wet compound wall suddenly collapsed on her in Whitefield on Monday morning. She was walking towards Channasandra when the wall gave way and fell on her, resulting in her death.

In another incident, two people, including a young boy, died of electrocution in BTM Layout on Monday evening.

The deceased have been identified as 55-year-old Manohar Kamat and nine-year-old Dinesh, a native of Nepal. According to police, both were electrocuted while attempting to pump rainwater out of an apartment basement using a motor.

The incident occurred at Madhuvana Apartments located in N.S. Palya, 2nd Stage, BTM Layout. Mico Layout police rushed to the spot and shifted the victims to St. John’s Hospital.

Bengaluru recorded 132 mm of rainfall on Sunday night. The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rain for Monday night (May 19) and May 20 as well.

Several software companies in Bengaluru have advised employees to work from home due to worsening traffic conditions. Authorities remain on high alert as the situation develops.

(IANS)

May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI Security: Teenager jailed for life for stabbing man to death

Source: United Kingdom London Metropolitan Police

A teenager has been jailed for killing a 36-year-old man in Brent, following a Met Police investigation.

Kevin Kelenda, 18 (05.02.07) of Kenton Park Crescent, Harrow was sentenced on Monday, 19 May at Wood Green Crown Court to life imprisonment to serve a minimum of 17 years.

He was also given an 18-month detention and training order for possession of a pointed and bladed article.

A murder investigation was launched after Tyrone Pinnock was fatally stabbed in October 2023. Through forensic examination and analysis of CCTV, detectives quickly identified Kelenda as the suspect. The court heard he was seen standing on Kensal Rise before following Tyrone and confronting him.

Officers were then able to prove that Kelenda produced a lock knife and stabbed Tyrone in the chest. It is still unclear what Kelenda’s motive was.

Detective Chief Inspector Phil Clarke, who led the Met’s investigation, said: “Tyrone was killed in a brutal cold-blooded assault which lasted seconds, but was so severe he died at the scene.

“Our thoughts remain as always with Tyrone’s friends and family as they move forward with their lives, safe in the knowledge that Kelenda is behind bars where he belongs.”

Kelenda was found guilty of Tyrone’s murder at the same court on Friday, 28 March.

He had already pleaded guilty to having a knife in a public space on Friday, 13 December.

At 18:42hrs on Thursday, 19 October 2023, a police car was flagged down by a member of the public who had found Tyrone with stab injuries on Kensal Road, W10.

Officers carried out first aid and called for support from paramedics from the London Ambulance Service, however, sadly he died at the scene.

His family continue to be supported by specially trained officers.

Kelenda was arrested on Wednesday, 25 October 2023. He was charged on Friday, 27 October 2023 with Tyrone’s murder.

MIL Security OSI –

May 20, 2025
MIL-OSI Asia-Pac: Lo Chung-mau attends WHO event

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

Secretary for Health Prof Lo Chung-mau yesterday attended the start of the 78th World Health Assembly, the decision-making forum of the World Health Organization (WHO), in Geneva, Switzerland.

Matters being discussed at this year’s assembly include universal health coverage, prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, antimicrobial resistance, health emergency preparedness, mental health, standardisation of medical device nomenclature, and international health regulations.

Prof Lo is attending the assembly as a member of the Chinese delegation. At a plenary session on the opening day, Minister of the National Health Commission (NHC) Lei Haichao delivered a speech on healthcare developments on the Mainland.

In addition to attending the plenary session, Prof Lo participated in a side meeting involving the WHO’s Director of Global HIV, Hepatitis & Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes Meg Doherty.

The meeting included a discussion of work to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), syphilis and hepatitis B, also known as “triple elimination”.

Professor Lo outlined that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has undertaken “triple elimination” work according to the WHO’s guidance, and may submit a request for validation of “triple elimination” to the WHO this year.

“We will maintain close communication with the Regional Office for the Western Pacific Regional Validation Secretariat to push forward the relevant progress,” he said.

During a meeting with the WHO’s acting Assistant Director-General, Antimicrobial Resistance Yukiko Nakatani, Prof Lo stressed that the Hong Kong SAR Government takes the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance extremely seriously and has launched two editions of a strategy and action plan, the most recent being published in 2022.

“A series of corresponding prevention and control measures have been implemented across different sectors to curb the spread of antimicrobial resistance under the framework of ‘One Health’, including surveillance, optimising the use of antimicrobials, health education and training.”

The health chief also met Permanent Secretary (Policy & Development) of Singapore’s Ministry of Health Lai Wei Lin to discuss communicable disease prevention and surveillance, epidemiological investigations, responses to communicable diseases with significant public health impacts, actions to combat antimicrobial resistance, and regulation of drugs and medical devices.

Professor Lo said: “We eagerly anticipate further synergising the efforts and sharing the best practices of the two places to bolster public health protection and promote medical innovation to deepen the reform of the medical and healthcare system.”

In the evening, Professor Lo attended a side event cohosted by the NHC and the health authorities of Ethiopia, Peru, Tanzania and Thailand. The event was moderated by Dean of the Vanke School of Public Health of the Tsinghua University Prof Margaret Chan, with Mr Lei delivering a keynote speech.

Upon arriving in Geneva on Sunday, Professor Lo met Mr Lei and Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the UN Office at Geneva and other International Organizations in Switzerland Chen Xu to discuss healthcare developments in the Mainland and Hong Kong as well as Hong Kong’s participation in WHO work.

MIL OSI Asia Pacific News –

May 20, 2025

MIL-OSI: Societe Generale launches a new global employee share ownership programme

Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

SOCIETE GENERALE LAUNCHES A NEW GLOBAL EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP PROGRAMME

Press release

Paris, 20 May 2025

Societe Generale confirms the launch of a new global employee share ownership programme allowing eligible employees and retired former employees of the Group to subscribe for a capital increase reserved for them on preferential terms. The subscription period for the share offer will take place from 2 to 16 June (inclusive).

The settlement-delivery of the shares should take place on 24 July 2025.

The terms of this transaction are described in the information document provided below.

This transaction implements the 27^th resolution of the General Meeting held on 22 May 2024. The principle of this operation, approved by the Board of Directors on 5 February 2025, was made public in page 15 of the Board of Directors’ report on the resolutions submitted to the General Meeting of 20 May 2025 and, before that, in the table of financial authorisations provided in section 3.1.7 of the Universal Registration Document dated 12 March 2025 which has been updated, on pages 58 to 59 of the Convening Brochure, relating to the General Meeting of 20 May 2025, which was published on 14 April 2025.

Employee share ownership is a long-term collective commitment mechanism regularly implemented within Societe Generale to involve employees in the development of the company and to enable them to benefit from long-term value creation.

The 2025 programme is the 32^nd offered by the Group.

Press contacts:
Jean-Baptiste Froville_+33 1 58 98 68 00_ jean-baptiste.froville@socgen.com
Fanny Rouby_+33 1 57 29 11 12_ fanny.rouby@socgen.com

20 May 2025

INFORMATION DOCUMENT

PROVIDED FOR EMPLOYEES AND RETIRED FORMER EMPLOYEES
OF THE SOCIETE GENERALE GROUP
PERTAINING TO A CAPITAL INCREASE IN CASH TARGETING A MAXIMUM OF 12,044,800 SHARES RESERVED FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES AND RETIRED FORMER EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING IN SOCIETE GENERALE GROUP COMPANY
OR GROUP SAVINGS PLANS

2025 GROUP EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP PROGRAMME (2025 GESOP)

This information document is available at Societe Generale’s administrative office (17 cours Valmy – 92972 Paris-La Défense Cedex), on its website and its intranet site, and was covered by a press release dated 20 May 2025.

This document is prepared in accordance with the prospectus publication exemptions provided for in Article 1.4°(i) and Article 1.5°(h) of Prospectus Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1129. It constitutes the document required to meet the conditions for exemption from publication of a prospectus as defined by said Prospectus Regulation, directly applicable in the domestic law of each Member State of the European Union.

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CAPITAL INCREASE IN CASH RESERVED FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES AND RETIRED FORMER EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING IN SOCIETE GENERALE GROUP COMPANY OR GROUP SAVINGS PLANS

ISSUER	Societe Generale, French public limited company (société anonyme), Share capital: EUR 1,000,395,971.25 Registered office: 29, boulevard Haussmann – 75009 PARIS Paris Trade and Companies Register No. 552 120 222 Euronext Paris – Compartment A Ordinary share ISIN code: FR0000130809 Share admitted to Deferred Settlement Service
Securities offered	The maximum overall nominal amount of the capital increase is set at EUR 15,056,000, corresponding to the issue of 12,044,800 shares available for subscription in cash. The capital increase is sub-divided into two (2) tranches using separate investment vehicles, respectively accessible to separate entities or groups of entities. The Societe Generale shares to be issued will be of the same class and will be equivalent to Societe Generale shares already admitted to trading on Euronext Paris (Compartment A).
Reasons for the offer	The 2025 Group Employee Share Ownership Programme falls within the scope of the Societe Generale Group employee share ownership policy, both in France and internationally, allowing beneficiaries to become involved in the Group’s operations by participating, through this investment, in the development of Societe Generale, by expressing their voting rights and participating in the General Meeting.
Terms of subscription	The shares will be available for subscription through employee mutual fund (“FCPE”) in France and directly via the acquisition of registered shares outside France. Method for determining the subscription price The subscription price of EUR 35.76 is equal to the arithmetic average of the 20 (twenty) volume-weighted average prices recorded each day on the Euronext Paris regulated stock market at the end of each of the 20 (twenty) trading sessions preceding the morning of 19 May 2025 (date of the decision of the Chief Executive Officer, setting the subscription period and the subscription price and acting on the sub-delegation of the Board of Directors at its meeting of 5 February 2025 using the authorization granted to the Board by the twenty-seven resolution of the Combined General Meeting of 22 May 2024), with the application of a 20% discount. Duration of subscription period The subscription period will begin on Monday 2ⁿ^d June 2025 at 10:00 a.m. (Paris time) and will end on Monday 16^th June 2025 at 11:59 p.m. (Paris time).
	Terms of subscription for shares The first (1^st) tranche is subscribed through the Employee Mutual Funds under Company or Group Savings Plans. The second (2ⁿ^d) tranche is directly subscribed by employees under the International Group Savings Plan. Beneficiaries of the offer This offer is reserved for employees with seniority of at least three (3) months, holding an employment contract in effect at the end of the subscription period, broken down as follows: for the 1^st tranche, the beneficiaries of the Societe Generale Company Savings Plan and the Group Savings Plan; for the 2^nd tranche, the beneficiaries of the International Group Savings Plan.
	As regards the first tranche, former employees having left their company after retiring, with this category including pre-retirees, and having retained assets in the Company or Group Savings Plans, may also take part in this reserved capital increase.
	Subscription limit In accordance with Article L. 3332-10 of the French Labour Code, the total amount of payments made by Beneficiaries (including payments into other Savings Plans) may not exceed 25% of their gross annual remuneration received during the year of subscription or, for Beneficiaries whose employment contract is suspended and who received no remuneration for the year of subscription, 25% of the annual limit provided for in Article L. 241-3 of the French Social Security Code. At its meeting of 5 February 2025, the Board of Directors decided that the total amount of a given Beneficiary’s individual subscription (which may consist of a voluntary payment, including the transfer of available assets, as well as the net amounts of profit-sharing and employer matching contribution (not applicable to retirees)) may not exceed EUR 20,000. Employer matching contribution Employer matching contribution rules are specific to each Company or Group Savings Plan and each participating entity.
Transaction timetable	Subscription will be open from Monday 2ⁿ^d June 2025 at 10:00 a.m. (Paris time) to Monday 16^th June 2025 at 11:59 p.m. (Paris time). The capital increase is scheduled for 24 July 2025.
Listing of new shares	Listing market Societe Generale shares are listed on Euronext Paris (deferred settlement service, continuous trading group A, ISIN code FR0000130809).
	Listing of new shares The listing of the new shares on Euronext Paris will be requested immediately after the completion of the capital increase (the listing should be effective on or around 29 July 2025).
General information on new shares subject to a request for admission to trading	Rights attached to shares issued As soon as they are created, the new shares will be subject to all the provisions of the Issuer’s Articles of Association and will bear dividends rights as of 1 January 2025. As a result, they will be fully assimilated with the existing shares and will entitle the shareholders of a public limited company to the associated legal prerogatives. In particular, they will entitle shareholders to ownership of the company’s assets and the liquidation surplus, in a proportion equal to the percentage of share capital they represent. Similarly, the dividend is distributed to shareholders in proportion to their shareholding. A double voting right, in proportion to the capital represented, is allocated to all fully paid-up shares registered in the name of the same shareholder, for at least two years, as well as to new registered shares granted free of charge to a shareholder, in the event of a capital increase through the incorporation of reserves, profits or issue premiums, in respect of shares entitled thereto. In accordance with Article L. 214-165 II, paragraph 3, of the French Monetary and Financial Code, the voting rights attached to Societe Generale shares subscribed via the FCPE will be exclusively exercised individually by the unitholders of said FCPE and, for fractional units, by the supervisory board of said FCPE. In the event of a public purchase or exchange offer, the supervisory board of the FCPE decide, based on the relative majority of the votes cast, whether or not to tender Societe Generale shares to the offer. If there is no relative majority, the decision is put to the vote of the unitholders, who decide based on the relative majority of the votes cast. Marketability of shares No clauses in the Articles of Association limit the free marketability of the shares comprising Societe Generale’s capital. Only the rules below governing the unavailability of shares under a Company or Group Savings Plan will limit the marketability of said shares.
Unavailability	Shares held directly by the Beneficiaries and units of the employee mutual fund, as applicable, will be unavailable for a period of 5 years, barring cases of early release subject to the conditions applicable to the Company or Group Savings Plan in question. As regards the 2^nd tranche, in some countries, depending on local legislation, some cases of early release will not be open to employees.
Specific disclaimer for international subscriptions	This document constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation to subscribe for Societe Generale shares. The Societe Generale share offer reserved for eligible current employees and retired former employees participating in Societe Generale Group Company or Group Savings Plans will only be implemented in countries where such an offer has been registered with the relevant local authorities and/or with the approval of a prospectus by the competent local authorities, or in consideration of an exemption from the obligation to establish a prospectus or register the offer. More generally, the offer will only be made in countries where all required registration procedures and/or notifications have been made and the proper authorisations obtained, except for the exemptions mentioned above. This document is not intended for countries in which such a prospectus would not have been approved or such an exemption would not be available, or in which all required registration and/or notification procedures have not yet been made or the proper authorisations obtained, and copies of this document should not be sent in such countries. With respect to the United States of America in particular, the shares referred to in this document have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and may not be offered or sold in the United States without registration or exemption from registration in accordance with the Securities Act. Societe Generale does not intend to register the offer, in part or in whole, in the United States, or to make public share offers in the United States. The shares will be offered only for transactions benefiting from an exemption from registration. Due to the sanctions imposed by the European Union, this offer is not open to citizens or residents of Russia who do not have a residence permit in or are not nationals of a European Union country, of a country member of the European Economic Area or of Switzerland, or to citizens or residents or Belarus who do not have a residence permit in or are not nationals of a European Union country.

Employee contact	Beneficiaries may address any questions relating to this offer to the contact indicated in the subscription application provided to them.

Societe Generale

Societe Generale is a top tier European Bank with around 119,000 employees serving more than 26 million clients in 62 countries across the world. We have been supporting the development of our economies for 160 years, providing our corporate, institutional, and individual clients with a wide array of value-added advisory and financial solutions. Our long-lasting and trusted relationships with the clients, our cutting-edge expertise, our unique innovation, our ESG capabilities and leading franchises are part of our DNA and serve our most essential objective – to deliver sustainable value creation for all our stakeholders.

The Group runs three complementary sets of businesses, embedding ESG offerings for all its clients:

French Retail, Private Banking and Insurance, with leading retail bank SG and insurance franchise, premium private banking services, and the leading digital bank BoursoBank.
Global Banking and Investor Solutions, a top tier wholesale bank offering tailored-made solutions with distinctive global leadership in equity derivatives, structured finance and ESG.
Mobility, International Retail Banking and Financial Services, comprising well-established universal banks (in Czech Republic, Romania and several African countries), Ayvens (the new ALD I LeasePlan brand), a global player in sustainable mobility, as well as specialized financing activities.

Committed to building together with its clients a better and sustainable future, Societe Generale aims to be a leading partner in the environmental transition and sustainability overall. The Group is included in the principal socially responsible investment indices: DJSI (Europe), FTSE4Good (Global and Europe), Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Refinitiv Diversity and Inclusion Index, Euronext Vigeo (Europe and Eurozone), STOXX Global ESG Leaders indexes, and the MSCI Low Carbon Leaders Index (World and Europe).

In case of doubt regarding the authenticity of this press release, please go to the end of the Group News page on societegenerale.com website where official Press Releases sent by Societe Generale can be certified using blockchain technology. A link will allow you to check the document’s legitimacy directly on the web page.

For more information, you can follow us on Twitter/X @societegenerale or visit our website societegenerale.com.

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The MIL Network –

May 20, 2025

Category: Transport

Wildlife and marine conservationists warn of potential wildlife disturbance offences in response to Lyme Regis’ Dolphin visitor

Jess Churchill-Bisset, Head of Marine Conservation (wildlife), said:

Sarah Hodgson from Dorset Wildlife Trust, said:

Operation Seabird

If you suspect a wildlife crime in action, call 999, again quoting ‘Operation Seabird’.

MMO led Community Workshop in Lyme Regis – 22 May, 5pm – 7pm.

When: Thursday 22 May, 5pm – 7pm.

Where: Fishing College, The Cobb, Lyme Regis, DT7 3JJ

Contact: You do not need to register to attend, however if you have any questions please contact: conservation@marinemanagement.org.uk

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