Tomorrow, Galileo, Europe's satellite navigation system, will reach 1 billion smartphone users worldwide. This milestone coincides with the 15^th anniversary of the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA), the Commission's key partner in operating Galileo.

The EU High Level Group on Competitiveness and Growth will meet in Helsinki on 8-9 September 2009. The Working Party will discuss sustainable growth in the EU with the aim of preparing a Competitiveness Council message to the new Commission on the key elements of sustainable growth. The meeting will also pave the way for a Ministerial Competitiveness Council to be held at the end of September.

The Government has appointed Dr Markus Sovala, PhD, as the Economic Policy Coordinator at the Ministry of Finance. Sovala will transfer from the position of the Director of Change from the Uusimaa Regional Council.

What is alerting, what are the benefits of setting up an internal alerting system and how does alerting differ from other types of reporting - Latvian entrepreneurs are invited to explore and share these and other issues through a panel discussion from September 11 to 25 seminars with experts of the State Chancellery's Alarm Contact Point on the implementation of the Alerting Law in practice.

London and New York rank 48th and 58th respectively as they continue to try to shake off perceptions of the risk of crime and terrorism and overstretched infrastructure.

Vienna, the Austrian Capital, ranked first in an annual report by the Economist, once again beating Melbourne for the top spot. Melbourne had ranked first for a total of seven years until losing out to Vienna in 2018.

Overall working-day adjusted turnover decreased by 2.1%, however salaries rose by 2.3% when comparing year-on-year. 

Working-day turnover, referring to sales and other income expressed net of VAT, decreased by 2.1 per cent when comparing the second quarters of 2019 with 2018.

The National Nuclear Waste Management Co-operation Group presented its final report to Minister of Economic Affairs Katri Kulmun on 2 September 2019. The Working Party considers it important that all radioactive waste already existing and to be generated in Finland is properly managed, regardless of its origin, producer or production method.

AGEM believes any studies related to the tunnel should take the current situation into consideration.

The Association of Gozo Employees (AGEM) has questioned the need for a tunnel permanently linking Malta and Gozo when considering the success attained by adding a fourth ferry.

In his decision, the Deputy Parliamentary Ombudsman of Finland on 19 March 2019 commented on Business Finland's operating model. On the basis of the decision, the Ministry of Employment and the Economy has investigated what legislative or other measures are needed to clarify the public administration functions carried out by Business Finland Oy to ensure that the company's public administration functions are based on the authorization under Article 124 of the Constitution. The Ministry has submitted a report to the Deputy Ombudsman on

Regional development is needed both to bridge regional disparities and to address inequalities between neighborhoods. The problems are different in the capital, suburbs or sparsely populated areas. Each of them needs solutions to reduce and eliminate segregation, inequalities and inequalities.

In 2017, 81.3% of households in Malta owned their own property, significantly surpassing the euro area average of 66.1%, according to the report.

A growing number of borrowers are taking on larger loans compared with their income, leading to higher loan repayments., a Central Bank of Malta report has shown.