Economy

Reduced VAT rate for books proposed in Lithuania

MP Vytautas Antanas Matulevičius has proposed to introduce a 5-percent value added tax (VAT) rate on books and non-periodicals instead of the current 9 percent VAT rate. […]

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Defence

Lithuanian minister of defence arrives in Afghanistan to discuss NATO mission

A delegation led by Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Juozas Olekas arrived in Afghanistan on Wednesday to visit Lithuanian troops that are part of the NATO ISAF operation, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]

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Energy

Winter and Gazprom won’t wait: What the geopolitics of LNG will mean for the people of Ukraine and Europe

As the crisis in Ukraine is escalating with the prospect of Russian military intervention, there is every reason to believe that Vladimir Putin will use other weapons at his disposal. Thus European nations are increasingly – and justifiably – worried about the impending winter months when Russia could ratchet up the pressure on Europe, as it has done in the past, by imposing another gas halt with the consequent loss of life and negative economic impacts. […]

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Opinion

Opinion: Putin’s white shield for terrorists in East Ukraine

On the night between 11 and 12 August, a convoy of 280 Kamaz trucks set out from Moscow to East Ukraine, loaded, according to the Moscow Oblast authorities, with humanitarian aid for civilian residents in the war zone. Even though the Russians immediately marked the convoy with the International Red Cross flags, the organization itself had no knowledge of it. It was not until 16 August that the Red Cross received the manifest of the shipment. […]