Meetings of the Board of the Seimas and the Conference of Chairs will be broadcast live

Press release, 18 December 2019 From 1 February 2020, meetings of the Board of the Seimas and the Conference of Chairs will be broadcast live and video recordings of the meetings will be made public. The exceptions as regards broadcasting will be made to closed meetings of the Board of the Seimas or its meetings … Skaityti toliau

The leaders and experts of Fintech market will meet in Lithuania for the Industry's Hottest News

On 27-28 November 2019, European and global fintech companies, investors and everyone interested in the latest financial technology will turn their attention to Lithuania. Here the largest financial technology conference Fintech Inn in Northern Europe and the Baltic States will be held for the 4th  year in a row. With over 60 speakers presenting the … Skaityti toliau

Meetings in Vienna: Over a billion euros in value-added again in 2017

Vienna’s meetings industry recorded more delegates and bednights than ever before in 2017. The value-added generated by meetings has increased by more than three-quarters in the past 10 years. In 2017 – as in the previous year – Vienna hosted over 4,000 congresses, corporate events and incentives. These were attended by 611,000 participants (+8% on … Skaityti toliau

2016: 11% more meetings – new record for Vienna

Record values for all key indicators: “In 2016 Vienna’s meetings industry recorded more events, bednights and value-added than ever before,” reports Director of Tourism Norbert Kettner. Last year 567,000 delegates (+7% on 2015) participated in a total of 4,084 congresses, corporate events and incentives (+11%) in Vienna. The resulting number of bednights increased by 2% … Skaityti toliau

Seimas approved parliamentary diplomacy action plan for 2017

Press release, 9 March 2017 The Board of the Seimas approved the parliamentary diplomacy action plan for 2017 and decided to establish a working group for overseeing the implementation of this plan.* The plan identified the objectives of the parliamentary diplomacy of the Seimas in 2017: maintaining the attention of the United States of America … Skaityti toliau

Review of regulations on salary reduction for Members of the Seimas failing to attend parliamentary meetings is envisaged

Press release, 12 October 2016 The Seimas began deliberations on amendments to the Statute of the Seimas (draft No XIIP-4750) presented by Julius Sabatauskas, Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs of the Seimas. The amendments are aimed at revising regulation on salary reduction for Members of the Seimas failing to attend parliamentary meetings. The … Skaityti toliau

2015 another record year for convention destination Vienna

Vienna’s meetings industry recorded more events and overnights than ever before in 2015. The resulting value-added broke the billion euro barrier for the first time ever. “The conference destination Vienna achieved record results for all key indicators in 2015,” reports Norbert Kettner, Director of the Vienna Tourist Board. Vienna hosted a total of 3,685 congresses, … Skaityti toliau