Month: September 2018

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Source: President of Latvia in English

President Raimonds Vejonis will visit Dagda district on a working visit on Tuesday, August 14, 2018. In order to discuss issues that are currently relevant to the municipality, the President will meet with the Chairman of the Dagda City Council Aivars Trulis and the members of the Riga City Council during a working visit. Also, the President will get acquainted with the activities of the two farms "Eži" and "Celiņi", will take part in the demonstration of horse racing, and will meet with local youth in the initiative center "Park roses". At the end of the working visit, the President will visit Dagdas Regional Museum "Andrupenes Rural Farm". The agenda of the visit during the visit to Dagda region12.15 Meeting with the Dagda district council and deputies 13.05 Visit of the Dagda district youth initiative center "Park roses", meeting with young people of Dagda district 13. 45 Visit to the horse racing show 14.20 Visiting the farm "Eži" 15.20 Visit to the Farm "Celiņi" 16.20 Visit to the Andrupenes Country Farm Museum for opportunities to reflect on the work visit of President Raimonds Vīņins in Dagda district to Kristīne Kļavenieci on the phone number 26417267.

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Source: Chamber of Deputies of Chile

In a new session of the Finance Committee, the minister of the branch, Felipe Larraín, continued with the presentation of the tax modernization project (bulletin 12045).

In the opportunity, the Secretary of State advanced on issues such as the rules to avoid evasion, the strengthening of the Internal Revenue Service (SII) and formulas for settlement in pending lawsuits.

However, in the instance presided over by Deputy Pablo Lorenzini (DC), there were two issues that generated the greatest debate: the new tax on digital commerce and its applications; and the electronic ballot system that will replace the paper.

Regarding the latter, the Executive informed that a special application will be enabled that the merchants will be able to use, where the purchase record will be kept and from where the document can be sent to the clients. Among the objectives of the measure are to promote the formality of companies and reduce evasion by 1.5 points.

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Source: Government of French Polynesia

The Minister of the Green Economy, Tearii Alpha, accompanied by the agents of the EPIC Vanilla of Tahiti and the president of the Interprofessional Association of the Vanilla of Tahiti, presented his proposals of reform for the vanilla sector, to the vaniculteurs of the island, Monday evening, at the town hall of Fare in Huahine.

One of the main objectives of the reform presented by the Minister is to gradually increase the production of vanilla by the installation over 3 years of new shading kits, representing a future area of ​​11 ha additional.

In order to achieve this objective of increasing vanilla production, over the long term, it was decided that it was necessary to strengthen the on-the-ground support of producers, as well as the monitoring of production, by the agents of Epic Vanilla of Tahiti

Added to this is the establishment of a Protected Denomination of Origin that aims to promote a flagship product of French Polynesia, protect it from competitors and counterfeits.

Finally, the reform also aims to develop the marketing and promotion of products derived from Tahitian vanilla.

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Source: President of Latvia in English

On 31 July 2018, President Raimonds Vējonis presented the Order of the Three Stars to the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Finland to the Republic of Finland, Olli Kantanen (HEMr Olli Kantanen), in Riga Castle. the decision to award the Order of the Three Stars, III Class to Olli Kantanen and appoint him as the Commander of the Three Stars Order. The Finnish Ambassador Olli Kantanen started work in Latvia in 2014. During the farewell visit of the Ambassador of Finland, the President of Latvia welcomed the close political dialogue between Latvia and Finland, active bilateral relations and the exchange of high-level officials' visits. The visit was attended by the Finnish Embassy in Latvia and Ambassador Olli Kantanen personally in 2017. The Finnish Embassy in Latvia hosts a number of cultural and artistic events – the concerts of the Latvian National Armed Forces Orchestra in Valmiera and Jelgava under the guidance of the conductor of the Finnish Defense Forces Orchestra Jirki Koskinen, as well as Finland was represented on Nordic Film Days in Riga and Daugavpils. The Museum of Decorative Arts and Design has had the opportunity to see the exhibition of the outstanding Finnish designer Tapio Virkals "Poetry in glass, porcelain and silver". With the support of the Finnish Embassy in Liepaja, a documentary testimony exhibition "Finnish Jegers in Latvia" was established. An important place in the bilateral relations between Latvia and Finland is the formation of economic contacts and business contacts. Finnish investors' activity in Latvia is especially high. For example, Finnish companies Lindstrom and Fazer have invested in the Latvian market. It should also be noted that Olli Kantanen has been active in the regions and cities of Latvia.

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Source: United Nations – in English

Headline: Niger judge the crucial conference in Marrakech on migration in December

The Minister of foreign affairs of Niger, Sem Kalla Ankourao, said on Saturday in the tribune of the general assembly that his country welcomed the completion of the global Compact on a migration safe, orderly and regular, and considered it crucial in the international conference of Marrakech in December.

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Source: United Nations – in English

Headline: Senegal calls for States to overcome their differences in order to improve the effectiveness of the united nations

The Minister of foreign affairs of Senegal, Sidiki Kaba, stated on Saturday at the rostrum of the general Assembly that it was necessary for States to overcome their ideological differences and policies to improve the effectiveness of the United Nations, the guarantor of ” effective multilateralism “.

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Source: United Nations – in French 2

Headline: UN calls not to lose sight of the cooperation, leading to migrations that save lives

At the time of multilateralism is being challenged, the collaboration is the cornerstone of the global Compact for migration (iom), stressed on Wednesday the head of the united nations, António Guterres, at a meeting in the margins of the general Assembly of the United Nations.

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Source: United Nations – in English

Headline: Launch of a new initiative to combat the pollution plastic

To continue the momentum of a growing agenda on the plastic, UN-Environment and the european Commission have jointly organized in New York an event at the headquarters of the United Nations to launch the global platform of the plastics UN Environment.

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