The Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia, Miro Cerar, will be in Luxembourg on a working visit on Monday 29 August 2016. He will be hosted by Luxembourg’s Prime Minister and Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, at the Hotel de Bourgogne.
Slovenian artist Miha Turšič was honoured by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the new media art festival Ars Electronica with a honorary mention for the Supre:organism project. The project by the co-founder of the Cultural Centre of European Space Technologies (KSEVT) explores artistic practices and methodologies in extraterrestrial space, KSVET wrote in a press release on Wednesday.
Pipistrel from Ajdovščina, in cooperation with three partners from Germany, is developing the first plane powered by a hydrogen fuel cell battery system, with water as the only waste product. It can be considered a technological and ecological superlative, as it is the first plane without any harmful emissions.
Paris: 5 July, 2016: ESA’s Director General, Johann-Dietrich Woerner, and the Slovenian Minister of Economic Development and Technology, Zdravko Počivalšek, signed the agreement in an official ceremony at ESA Headquarters in Paris. This agreement will allow direct Slovenian participation in ESA optional programmes, with Slovenian delegates attending relevant ESA subordinate bodies. Dedicated access to agency facilities and services will be provided to Slovenia’s national space projects.
Fit for Start offers early-stage funding and coaching to ICT start-ups in Luxembourg. The programme helps you develop a prototype of your product and learn how to test it with your first clients. You also get support with presenting your company to investors and contacts with other actors supporting start-ups.
The acting boss of SPIRIT Gorazd Mihelič was appointed on Thursday by the government the full-fledged boss of this public agency for entrepreneurship, internationalization, foreign investments and technology.
LU-CIX, the Luxembourg Internet Exchange, has announced that registration has opened for the 2016 Luxembourg Internet Days to be held at the Chambre de Commerce in Luxembourg-Kirchberg on 22 & 23 November 2016, focusing on the Internet of Things, Blockchain and Start-ups.
Koosmik is a new mobile payment solution made in Luxembourg, offering a simplified money transfer experience. The mobile app allows making payments between friends, securely and for free enabling everyone to experience banking without banks! Founder Grégoire Yakan and Head of Business Development Matthieu Crance discussed insights into their solution.
Anthony Tomažin’s IT firm RRC acquired the stake in RTC Žičnice Kranjska Gora for EUR 813,000 at the auction of the failed companies GTC Kope and Rikom. RRC already owns 60 % of Žičnice Vogel, the operator of the ski slopes overlooking the lakeside resort of Bohinj, while Tomažin’s company Terra Australis also owns several bars and restaurants in Ljubljana.
Horizon conference gathered 300 financial industry professionals to discuss the changing environment and spark new ideas. The conference shook the audience out of their daydream in the Salle de Musique de Chambre at the Philharmonie; while several government officials highlighted Luxembourg’s proven ability to adapt to a changing environment, the international keynote speakers drew a picture of a future in which bankers may need to explain their raison d’être.