The Rural Parliament 2017 is the right rural supervisory weekend; The event will gather Leppävirta for more than 600 participants for the week to discuss, learn and network. For the delicious treats of the Sabbath season, you will get acquainted with all the open Harvesting Corps, so the number of visitors is estimated to be close to one thousand rural friends.

 Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis will go to Inčukalns on Friday, August 11, where he will meet with Estonian Prime Minister Jiri Ratas and Lithuanian Prime Minister Saule Skverneli ( Saulius Skvernelis ).

During the meeting, it is planned to get acquainted with the activities of the Inčukalns Underground Gas Storage Facility, as well as to discuss cooperation between the Baltic States in the field of energy.

 Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis met with Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas and Lithuanian Prime Minister Saule Skverneli on Friday, August 11, in Incukalns.

During the meeting, the Heads of Government of all three countries became acquainted with the activities of the Inčukalns underground gas storage facility, as well as discussed regional cooperation in the field of energy.

 The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, Banco Santander's proposed acquisition of Banco Popular Español, S.A. The Commission concluded that the transaction would not raise competition concerns in the European Economic Area.

 A new fintech cooperation agreement aims to build bridges to promote innovation in financial services and assist fintech companies with expanding abroad.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (Danish FSA) has signed a fintech cooperation agreement which aims to help fintech companies in Singapore and Denmark to expand into each other’s markets.

 Malta’s national airline has almost managed to break even between April and June 2017 for the first time in a decade, the Times of Malta reported.

The Times obtained the details from leaked accounts, since Air Malta has not yet published its audited accounts for the year ended March 2017, nor for the year ended March 2016.

In the first three months of its financial year, the company managed to bring its losses down to €0.4 million, almost breaking even.

 The European Commission has found that a Dutch scheme to grant start-up aid to airlines launching new routes to and from the airport of Maastricht/Aachen is in line with EU State aid rules. The Commission has concluded that the project will improve the connectivity of the region with other regions across Europe, in line with EU objectives, without distorting competition in the Single Market. The scheme will last until 31 December 2019, with a total budget of up to €10 million.

 The European Commission has found that a Dutch state guarantee to support the availability of credit for small and medium-sized ship-owners involves no State aidwithin the meaning of the EU rules. The State guarantee will be granted to the NESEC Shipping Debt Fund ("NSDF"), still to be established. NSDF intends to provide senior secured finance for small and medium-sized ship-owners active in the regional shipping sector. Thereby it will address the financing bottleneck that has arisen since the financial crisis.

 The administrative burden in organizing the decision-making process of apartment owners will be reduced, providing that not only the manager of the apartment house (owners or managers of the apartment house), but also the electronic communications merchants will be able to ascertain the decision of the apartment owners regarding the construction or installation of electronic communication networks in a survey.

 The European Commission has sent a supplementary Statement of Objections to Visa Inc. and Visa International. This is a procedural step in the Commission's ongoing investigation under EU antitrust rules into the collective setting of the fees that merchants are charged by the Visa card holder's bank for each Visa card payment carried out at their shops. The cost increase caused by these fees is not charged directly to the Visa card user but is spread across all consumer transactions at different merchants (shops).

 The Malta Stock Exchange has introduced the Malta Stock Exchange Total Return Index – MSETRX, a methodology that calculates the value of investment in equities through an index.

The Malta Stock Exchange has introduced the Malta Stock Exchange Total Return Index – MSETRX, a methodology that calculates the value of investment in equities through an index.