Member states of the Council of Europe

Denmark most business-friendly country in world; Norway and Sweden among simplest in Europe, TMF Group report reveals

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Monday, July 12, 2021

LONDON, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Denmark is the simplest jurisdiction to invest in globally, according to the Global Business Complexity Index (GBCI) , a report by TMF Group, a leading professional services firm.

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  • LONDON, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Denmark is the simplest jurisdiction to invest in globally, according to the Global Business Complexity Index (GBCI) , a report by TMF Group, a leading professional services firm.
  • Norway and Sweden are just below the UK, ranking 51st and 52nd respectively out of 77 where Finland ranks 42nd .
  • The report finds that the Nordics is an attractive region for setting up and operating a business.
  • When incorporating a business, a single body needs to be notified in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and two in Finland.

EQS-News: Baloise becomes partner of Swiss Climate Foundation

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Thursday, July 1, 2021

Those are the declared aims of the Swiss Climate Foundation in supporting small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) that are making a contribution to combating climate change.

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  • Those are the declared aims of the Swiss Climate Foundation in supporting small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) that are making a contribution to combating climate change.
  • The Swiss Climate Foundation was established as an independent non-profit organisation.
  • The corporate partners of the Swiss Climate Foundation use this 'net redistribution' to support climate protection measures by Swiss and Liechtenstein SMEs.
  • Swiss and Liechtenstein service companies Allianz Suisse, Alternative Bank Schweiz, AXA, Baloise, Bank J. Safra Sarasin, ECA Vaud, Gebudeversicherung Bern, Gebudeversicherung Kanton Zrich, Glarner Kantonalbank, Julius Br, LGT, Liechtensteinische Landesbank, NewRe, PartnerRe, PwC Schweiz, Raiffeisen Schweiz, RobecoSAM, Sanitas Krankenversicherung, SCOR, Swiss Life, Swiss Re, Vaudoise Assurances, Vontobel and VP Bank are partners of the Swiss Climate Foundation.

Statement by the Prime Minister on Italy's 75th Republic Day

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Wednesday, June 2, 2021

OTTAWA, ON, June 2, 2021 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Italy's 75th Republic Day:

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  • OTTAWA, ON, June 2, 2021 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Italy's 75th Republic Day:
    "Today, we join Italians in Canada and around the world as they celebrate Italy's 75th Republic Day known as La Festa della Repubblica.
  • "This Italian national holiday marks the official formation of the Republic of Italy following the Second World War.
  • Every day, they contribute to our collective economic, social, and cultural fabric to help shape a better, more inclusive country.
  • "On behalf of the Government of Canada, I offer my best wishes to everyone celebrating La Festa della Repubblica.

Baltic States Data Centre Market Landscape Report 2021-2025 with Profiles of the Data Centre Providers Including Infonet & MCF Data Centre

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Friday, May 21, 2021

b'DUBLIN, May 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Baltic States (Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania) Data Centre Landscape - 2021 to 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com\'s offering.\nThis new report considers the growth of Data Centre space, power, pricing for the Baltic region covering Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.\nThe analyst forecasts that the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will see a 58% revenue growth over the 4-year period mid-2021 to mid-2025, equivalent to a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 14.4 percent per annum.\nThe report shows the revenues for Cloud and Data Centre Market forecast over the period from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025 and provides profiles of the Data Centre providers in the Baltic States.\nThere are over twenty Data Centre Providers across the three states hosting in just under 50 facilities.

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  • b'DUBLIN, May 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Baltic States (Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania) Data Centre Landscape - 2021 to 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com\'s offering.\nThis new report considers the growth of Data Centre space, power, pricing for the Baltic region covering Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.\nThe analyst forecasts that the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will see a 58% revenue growth over the 4-year period mid-2021 to mid-2025, equivalent to a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 14.4 percent per annum.\nThe report shows the revenues for Cloud and Data Centre Market forecast over the period from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025 and provides profiles of the Data Centre providers in the Baltic States.\nThere are over twenty Data Centre Providers across the three states hosting in just under 50 facilities.
  • The facilities if compared with for example the Nordics countries, are relatively small with the largest being in Lithuania with a DC space of just over 3,000 m2, followed by Infonet\'s in Estonia with a space of 1,725 m2.
  • 74% of the DC facilities located in the Baltic States have less than 1,000 m2 of Data Centre Space.\nThere is an investment in the region with the MCF Data Centre facility in Estonia to become the largest facility in the region currently under construction and is due to be completed by the end of 2021 with up to 14,000 m2 of Data Centre raised floor when built out.\n'

School of Rock Opens First School in Europe

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Thursday, May 20, 2021

b'CANTON, Mass., May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- School of Rock , the leader in performance-based music education, announces the opening of its first school in Madrid, Spain, the first entry into Europe for the franchise.

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  • b'CANTON, Mass., May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- School of Rock , the leader in performance-based music education, announces the opening of its first school in Madrid, Spain, the first entry into Europe for the franchise.
  • Paulo Portela, School of Rock\'s master franchisee in Brazil, Spain and Portugal will open 28 schools throughout Spain and Portugal over the next 10 years.\n"We are thrilled for School of Rock to have a presence in Europe and help support the next generation of artists," said Rob Price, CEO of School of Rock.
  • We\'re excited with the impact School of Rock will have in Spain and Europe families," says Fernando Augusto, CEO of School of Rock Spain and partner in the Brazil, Spain and Portugal Holding.\n"We chose to launch School of Rock because it offers the opportunity to both run an attractive business and truly make a difference in the lives of children and adults," said Luigi Lubelli.
  • To learn more about School of Rock franchise opportunities head to http://franchising.schoolofrock.com/\nView original content to download multimedia: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/school-of-rock-opens-first-schoo...\n'

Baltic States Data Centre Market Landscape Report 2021-2025: Focus on Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

b'The "Baltic States (Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania) Data Centre Landscape - 2021 to 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com\'s offering.\nThis new report considers the growth of Data Centre space, power, pricing for the Baltic region covering Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.\nThe analyst forecasts that the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will see a 58% revenue growth over the 4-year period mid-2021 to mid-2025, equivalent to a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 14.4 percent per annum.\nThe report shows the revenues for Cloud and Data Centre Market forecast over the period from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025 and provides profiles of the Data Centre providers in the Baltic States.\nThere are over twenty Data Centre Providers across the three states hosting in just under 50 facilities.

Key Points: 
  • b'The "Baltic States (Estonia - Latvia - Lithuania) Data Centre Landscape - 2021 to 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com\'s offering.\nThis new report considers the growth of Data Centre space, power, pricing for the Baltic region covering Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.\nThe analyst forecasts that the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will see a 58% revenue growth over the 4-year period mid-2021 to mid-2025, equivalent to a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of 14.4 percent per annum.\nThe report shows the revenues for Cloud and Data Centre Market forecast over the period from the beginning of 2021 to the beginning of 2025 and provides profiles of the Data Centre providers in the Baltic States.\nThere are over twenty Data Centre Providers across the three states hosting in just under 50 facilities.
  • The facilities if compared with for example the Nordics countries, are relatively small with the largest being in Lithuania with a DC space of just over 3,000 m2, followed by Infonet\'s in Estonia with a space of 1,725 m2.
  • 74% of the DC facilities located in the Baltic States have less than 1,000 m2 of Data Centre Space.\nThere is an investment in the region with the MCF Data Centre facility in Estonia to become the largest facility in the region currently under construction and is due to be completed by the end of 2021 with up to 14,000 m2 of Data Centre raised floor when built out.\n'

Baltic and Nordic States Data Centre Market Landscape Report 2021-2025 Featuring DigiPlex, Etix Borealis, Green Edge Compute AS, Infonet, MCF Data Centre, & Verne Global

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

b'DUBLIN, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Baltic and Nordic States Data Centre Landscape 2021-2025: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com\'s offering.\nThe Data Centre Nordics 2021 to 2025 report provides analysis of the key third-party Data Centre & Public Cloud developments across the five countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.\nIt provides the key trends in each market with Data Centre Provider profiles with forecasts for Data Centre space, Data Centre power, Data Centre pricing, Data Centre revenues, power costs and Public Cloud revenues for each of the five countries from 2021 to 2025.\nThere are over 100 DC Providers offerings services in over 200 Data Centre facilities across the Nordic region including the five countries with Data Centre space just under 400,000 m2 and over 600 MW of Power.\nThe Data Centre Nordics 2021 to 2025 report analyses the Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden third-party Data Centre and Cloud markets over the period - and finds that the region is set for renewed growth particularly for HPC (High Performance Computing) users.\nThe Data Centre Nordics 2021 to 2025 report provides an update of the Data Centre Landscape in each market including sub sea cable connectivity, Data Centre space, Data Centre power, Data Centre pricing and Data Centre revenues for each country over the period.

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  • b'DUBLIN, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Baltic and Nordic States Data Centre Landscape 2021-2025: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com\'s offering.\nThe Data Centre Nordics 2021 to 2025 report provides analysis of the key third-party Data Centre & Public Cloud developments across the five countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.\nIt provides the key trends in each market with Data Centre Provider profiles with forecasts for Data Centre space, Data Centre power, Data Centre pricing, Data Centre revenues, power costs and Public Cloud revenues for each of the five countries from 2021 to 2025.\nThere are over 100 DC Providers offerings services in over 200 Data Centre facilities across the Nordic region including the five countries with Data Centre space just under 400,000 m2 and over 600 MW of Power.\nThe Data Centre Nordics 2021 to 2025 report analyses the Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden third-party Data Centre and Cloud markets over the period - and finds that the region is set for renewed growth particularly for HPC (High Performance Computing) users.\nThe Data Centre Nordics 2021 to 2025 report provides an update of the Data Centre Landscape in each market including sub sea cable connectivity, Data Centre space, Data Centre power, Data Centre pricing and Data Centre revenues for each country over the period.
  • Both countries benefit from an abundance of low cost renewable power attracting new users with high density power hungry IT applications.
  • The Norwegian Government argues that as power costs in Norway are low legislation is required to encourage more efficient power use.\nSelected Data Centre Providers in the Nordics are expanding their facilities in the region.
  • DigiPlex, a Norwegian Data Centre Provider is to build its first Data Centre campus near Copenhagen with up to five Data Centre facilities when built out.

Baltic and Nordic States Data Centre Landscape 2021-2025: Focus on Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, May 12, 2021

b'The "Baltic and Nordic States Data Centre Landscape 2021-2025: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com\'s offering.\nThe Data Centre Nordics 2021 to 2025 report provides analysis of the key third-party Data Centre & Public Cloud developments across the five countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

Key Points: 
  • b'The "Baltic and Nordic States Data Centre Landscape 2021-2025: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com\'s offering.\nThe Data Centre Nordics 2021 to 2025 report provides analysis of the key third-party Data Centre & Public Cloud developments across the five countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
  • It provides the key trends in each market with Data Centre Provider profiles with forecasts for Data Centre space, Data Centre power, Data Centre pricing, Data Centre revenues, power costs and Public Cloud revenues for each of the five countries from 2021 to 2025.\nThere are over 100 DC Providers offerings services in over 200 Data Centre facilities across the Nordic region including the five countries with Data Centre space just under 400,000 m2 and over 600 MW of Power.\nThe Data Centre Nordics 2021 to 2025 report analyses the Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden third-party Data Centre and Cloud markets over the period - and finds that the region is set for renewed growth particularly for HPC (High Performance Computing) users.\nThe Data Centre Nordics 2021 to 2025 report provides an update of the Data Centre Landscape in each market including sub sea cable connectivity, Data Centre space, Data Centre power, Data Centre pricing and Data Centre revenues for each country over the period.
  • Both countries benefit from an abundance of low cost renewable power attracting new users with high density power hungry IT applications.
  • DigiPlex, a Norwegian Data Centre Provider is to build its first Data Centre campus near Copenhagen with up to five Data Centre facilities when built out.

Summary from TF Bank AB's Annual General Meeting, 4 May 2021

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

b"STOCKHOLM, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TF Bank AB (publ) has today, 4 May 2021, held its Annual General Meeting.

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  • b"STOCKHOLM, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TF Bank AB (publ) has today, 4 May 2021, held its Annual General Meeting.
  • The Annual General Meeting resolved in accordance with all proposals of the Board and the Nomination Committee.
  • Deposit and lending activities are conducted in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany and Austria through branch or cross-border banking.
  • TF Bank is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.\n"

Russia: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the imposition of restrictive measures against eight EU nationals

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Sunday, May 2, 2021

The European Unioncondemnsthe decision of the Russian authorities toban eight European Union nationals from entering the territory of the Russian Federation.

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  • The European Unioncondemnsthe decision of the Russian authorities toban eight European Union nationals from entering the territory of the Russian Federation.
  • Thisentry ban includesthe President of the European Parliament DavidSassoli, Vice President of the European CommissionVraJourov, as well as six EU Member States officials from Estonia, France, Germany, Latvia and Sweden.
  • The European Union stands in solidarity with all of these individuals.
  • It serves to underline that theRussian Federation has so far chosen the path ofconfrontation instead ofseekingtoreversethe negative trajectory ofEU-Russiarelations.