SocietyRadisson Red hotel operated by the international company Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group should be opened in the Lithuanian capital in 2020 to become the first hotel of the brand in the Baltic states and one of the first ones in Europe. Personnel levels in Lithuania’s shared services sector have increased by 12% this year. And with 7 new centres established in the last 12 months, there are now a total of 50 shared services centres operating in Lithuania. Paris climate agreement: Parliament to vote on EU ratification after Council green light2016-10-02, 18:15The European Parliament will vote on Tuesday to give its consent to the ratification of the Paris climate agreement by the European Union, after Council gave its green light on Friday. For Environment Committee chair Giovanni La Via (EPP, IT) the decision allows the EU to remain a leader in climate action ahead of the next round of talks to take place in Marrakech in November. Quadrum Vilnius Aims To Set Benchmark For Business Centres Across The Baltic States2016-10-01, 11:59On September 29, 2016, the Quadrum “Business City” opened its doors on the northern bank of the Neris river in Vilnius. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania has allocated EUR 30,000 in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. One of the biggest airlines in the world, Turkish Airlines, is opening a customer service centre in Vilnius to service its clients in Scandinavian and Baltic countries. A Public Private Partnership (PPP) project to reconstruct the A14 Vilnius-Utena highway has received approval from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and is set to receive financing from the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI). The total sum of the loan is to be capped at EUR 40 million and will have a 12 year term. Amber Grid will this week ask the EU Innovation Network Executive Agency (INEA) to extend Gas Interconnector Poland-Lithuania (GIPL) financing agreements after Poland and, later, Lithuania pushed back the expected completion date for the joint pipeline project by two years and a half. On September 27-29 first national cyber security exercise Cyber Shield 2016 will take place in Lithuania. Over 100 representatives of more than 40 Lithuanian state, cyber incident management and investigation, scientific, energy, communications operators, and other agencies, will practice responding to cyber incidents at the exercise. President of Lithuania and Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders Dalia Grybauskaitė hosted a high-level discussion aimed at focusing international attention on the economic cost of violence against women at the United Nations General Assembly. |
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