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Conference on China and Climate Change

The European External Action Service (EEAS) will host an international expert roundtable conference on the topic of “Engaging China on Climate Change: Crossroads of 21st-century Foreign Policy” on 2 February 2011 in Brussels. more »

Iran: fresh EU sanctions needed to combat human rights abuses

Iran's execution of Dutch-Iranian citizen Sarah Bahrami was firmly condemned by Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs in a resolution voted on Tuesday. more »

Pension schemes: reform needed to ensure sustainability and adequate income, says Employment Committee

The EU and its Member States must act to ensure that pension schemes can sustainably deliver an adequate income to the EU's growing number of retired people, despite the economic crisis, says Parliament's Employment Committee in a resolution voted on Tuesday. more »

Clarifying rules to strengthen consumer rights

The rights of consumers will be clarified and updated, whether they shop at a local store or buy goods on line, under new EU rules as amended by the Internal Market Committee on Tuesday. more »

Vice-President Siim Kallas presents road safety awards

At the Excellence in Road Safety Awards ceremony held today in Brussels, Siim Kallas, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for transport, presented awards to seven organisations which have undertaken specific commitments to reduce the number of road fatalities in their communities more »

Dalia Grybauskaitė extended condolences to Russian President over the deadly explosion in Moscow

President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended condolences to the people of Russia over the bomb explosion in Moscow that claimed many victims. more »

Swine flu: lessons to learn from "disproportionate" EU response

With the new influenza season underway, MEPs have criticised the EU's "disproportionate" response to the outbreak of the H1N1 ("swine flu") virus in 2009-2010. more »

Wincor World 2011 Starts on the 25th of January

On the 25th–27th of January, the International Exhibition Wincor World 2011 will take place in Paderborn (Germany). The exhibition will focus on the new scenarios of solutions that are intended to integrated automation and consolidation of cash conversion cycle in the banking and retail sectors. more »

Ashburn International: 240 Million Transactions for 12 Billion LTL

Ashburn International, the company introducing payment and loyalty card solutions, continues to successfully expand its activities, and implements new projects. more »

EU research and innovation funding – immediate changes to cut red tape for researchers and SMEs

Today the European Commission has adopted measures to make participation in the EU's current Seventh Framework Programme for Research more attractive and more accessible to the best researchers and most innovative companies, especially Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). more »

.iQ Central Video Management (Remote) – Intellectual Advertisement Management

BS/2, a banking technology and outsourcing services company, that is a member of the company group Penki kontinentai introduces .iQ Central Video Management (Remote) – a video solution for advertisement management, which is designed for ATMs, information and payment terminals, and screens equipped at the supermarket cash registers. more »

BS/2 Invitation to Wincor World 2011

Lithuanian Company BS/2, a member of the international company group Penki kontinentai and the golden partner of Wincor Nixdor, will participate at the exhibition. more »

Penki kontinentai at Wincor World

Penki Kontinentai in Wincor World 2002 – 2010. more »

Solution by BS/2 Meets the PA-DSS Standard

In early 2011, the solution ATMeye.iQ (.iQ Platform Module) created by the BS/2 Company is acknowledged to be compliant with the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS). more »

Universal Payment and Loyalty System PayLo will be Presented at the International Exhibition Wincor World 2011

The visitors of the Exhibition Wincor World 2011 will be able to familiarize themselves with the Lithuanian solution for management of consumer experience, payment and loyalty scenarios – PayLo. more »

Back to school!

European civil servants go back to school to talk to young people about what the EU does. more »

Fiji and Papua New Guinea: green light for economic agreement

MEPs on Wednesday gave their green light for the Council to conclude an Interim Economic Partnership Agreement with Papua New Guinea and Fiji, two countries of the Pacific Region with significant exports to the EU. more »

A step forward for Serbia's relations with the EU

Parliament approved on Wednesday the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement, which needed the EP's consent as well as ratification by all Member States to enter into force. more »

Haiti: fragility of the state and political crisis worry MEPs

One year after the earthquake, Haiti is still in chaos, an emergency situation where rebuilding has barely begun, say MEPs in a resolution adopted on Wednesday. more »

Foreign and domestic policies discussed with resident foreign ambassadors

President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė had a traditional annual meeting with foreign ambassadors accredited to and resident in Lithuania, to discuss the domestic political situation and foreign policy of Lithuania. more »