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The official opening of the portal connecting Lublin with Vilnius has just taken place. An interactive installation that was created using modern technologies is a great opportunity to create a stronger bond between our partnership towns and  start a number of initiatives, including business collaboration.

On April 26th, the Municipality of Lublin, the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS), Nexbio and the Municipal Waterworks and Sewerage Company (MPWiK) signed an agreement on research and development cooperation concerning the biological and chemical analysis and the monitoring of sewage to detect traces of coronavirus in wastewater samples.

The beginning of April marked the end of public consultations of a new programme called “European Funds for Eastern Poland 2021-2027” worth close to EUR 2.5 billion. The support for businesses under the Programme will be provided mainly in a form of grants, while the growth of tourism will be also supported through loans.

The portal "We lean on professionals" created by the City of Lublin has received the first prize in the second edition of the national competition ‘Innovative Local Government’ in the Big Cities category. The project of the City of Lublin was one among 400 projects submitted to the competition.

Lublin University of Technology will invest PLN 43 million in the project “Research Centre for Environmental and Energy-Efficient Materials and Technologies (CeBMaT)”. The new laboratory, together with 70 other facilities, has been included on the so-called Polish Map of Research Infrastructure that have a significant impact on increasing the excellence of scientific research.

The Lublin University of Technology has teamed up with with MPK Lublin (Municipal Transportation Company) and Tele-Fonika Kable Group to design a modular energy storage system for businesses. The project will see three pilot energy storage schemes: one located on the site of the university to conduct functional research, one in a production plant of TFKable, and another one on the premises of MPK Lublin bus and trolleybus depot.

The Lublin City Council has recently adopted the "Strategy for Electromobility Development in Lublin”, which sets the objectives the City of Lublin wants to achieve through e-mobility growth. The priorities include environment protection, improved travelling quality, city’s energy security or cross industry partnership for electromobility. The document will be in force until 2036.

Stock Polska's project to build a modern, environmentally-friendly distillery proves that an industrial investment does not have to translate into an increased burden for citizens or the environment. The new investment will be built on the company's existing industrial site at Krochmalna Street, it will cost around PLN 120 million and will create several dozen new jobs.

Lublin is the first ever Polish city to become the European Youth Capital. In the annual contest organised by the European Youth Forum, Lublin was recognized for its energy and inspirational ideas of young people. The city secured the title after being shortlisted along with Beia Mare and Kazan.

Construction of the Integrated Metropolitan Station and reconstruction of the transportation system in the surrounding area have just begun. The investment worth over PLN 231 million is due to complete by the end of July 2022.

The City of Lublin and Lublin Football Academy have signed an agreement to lease city-owned property at Krochmalna and Przeskok streets. The area of over 11 hectares is earmarked for the construction and operation of a modern training facility, which was approved last year by the City Council. The deal ends several months of negotiations aimed at securing the city's interests.

Start of construction works on Racławickie Avenue, improvements to bus infrastructure, new junction schemes, construction and repairs of roads and pavements of a total length of over 21 km, plus about 50 road improvement schemes in districts and projects under the Civic Budget. This is the balance of road investments completed in 2020. Their total value exceeds PLN 100 million.

Researchers from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (Department of Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Aviation Propulsion Systems) are working on the concept of a self-service car wash with a compact system for recovering and saving water and energy. The project's funding comes from the National Center for Research and Development – it will last 2.5 years and cost nearly PLN 4.4 million.

In December, the company informed about its investment plans in connection with the existing production facility at Vetterów Street in Lublin. Based on investments to date and the growing demand for diagnostic products relating to SARS-CoV-2, Biomaxima will purchase an adjacent plot of land for further development of its plant.

Lublin gains new recreational and functional spaces, a place for walks and intimate cultural events. A two-level foot and bike bridge over the Bystrzyca River next to Ludowy Park impresses with its spectacular illumination. Last week witnessed an illumination test, which is a sign that after one and a half years of work, the renovation of the park is drawing to a close.

The solution developed by the scientists from the Department of Electrical Drives and Machines of the Lublin University of Technology regarding the power electronic system of the MV/LV transformer with a kinetic energy storage device was awarded with a gold medal. Authors of the invention are Dariusz Zieliński, BEng, PhD, Karol Fatyga, BEng, MSc, Łukasz Kwaśny, BEng, MSc and Bartłomiej Stefańczak, BEng, MSc.

The co-founder of SDS Optic SA from Lublin, Magdalena Staniszewska, PhD, received a prestigious award on behalf of the European Commission in the Innovation Radar Prize 2020 competition in the category called Women-led Innovation and has been named the most innovative woman in the European Union in 2020.

Joined forces of Poland’s largest accommodation portals Nocowanie.pl and eholiday.pl, plans for growth of Wirtualna Polska in Lublin and new hires – these are just some of the issues raised during a press conference held on the occasion of the opening of the companies’ new office.

Uber, a global taxi app, launches in Lublin. On 27 August Uber drivers started operating in the city.

Pol-Inowex a company specializing in the professional dismantling and relocation of machines, production lines and entire industrial plants, has signed a contract for the dismantling of a refinery in Switzerland. Based on the contract, the Pol-Inowex will hire at least 50 new employees in the coming months. The company informed about its development plans at a joint press conference with the Mayor of Lublin.