Dalia Grybauskaitė EVT susitikime
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Lithuanian president: Sanctions on Russia starting to work

The plunge of the rouble indicates that the Western sanctions on Russia are starting to work, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday upon arrival at the European Union‘s (EU) summit in Brussels. […]

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Estonia records EU’s steepest increase in labour costs

Average hourly labour costs in Latvia increased 5.4% in the third quarter of 2014, compared to the respective period in 2013 – the third steepest increase across the European Union, according to the latest data from the EU’s statistical office Eurostat, cites LETA. […]

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Economy

Lithuania to start exporting meat to US within six months, PM says

Lithuania’s authorities have completed talks on meat exports with the United States’ officials, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has said, adding that he expects that Lithuanian meat companies will be able to start supplying their products to the US market as early as in the first half of 2015. […]

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Opinion

Opinion: How Russian propaganda missiles are fired

Vladimir Putin’s propaganda machine is well-oiled. That’s more or less what our media concludes from the ubiquitous lies diffusing from the Russian TV channels. When you work in communications, the operation of this machine seems even more menacing because it’s not only the final result that you see. You understand perfectly from this result the amount of people, resources and impact employed. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian prime minister discusses cooperation with China in Belgrade

While on a working visit in Belgrade, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Li Keqiang, to discuss possibilities for closer political and economic cooperation, development of relations in transport, agriculture, and education, as well as China + 16 format and its outlook for the future, the prime minister’s press service said. […]

Jean-Claude Juncker
European Union

Juncker’s new investment plan may not be suitable for Lithuania, analyst says

New ambitious investment program, which has been worked out by the European Commission, may not be suitable for Lithuania, an analyst says. […]