European Union
Year: 2014
Economy
Economy
Volume of retail trade grows in Lithuania
In September 2014, compared with August 2014, the seasonally adjusted volume of retail trade fell 1.3 percent in the euro area and 1.2 percent in the European Union (EU), according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. […]
Society
WIPO Director General Gurry talks to Lithuanian students about future of libraries
Last Tuesday, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Director General Francis Gurry gave a lecture to a packed auditorium of Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) students discussing competition, access to knowledge and the role of libraries in the future. […]
Uncategorized
Northern Future Forum discusses innovative business training and Britain’s drive to reform EU
Northern Future Forum (NFF) took place on 6 and 7 November in Helsinki. The Prime Minister of Finland, Alexander Stubb, had invited the prime ministers of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom to discuss educational competitiveness, and promote innovative business activities. […]
Culture
Economy
Lithuania to step up intellectual property protection
Minister of Justice Juozas Bernatonis met with Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Francis Gurry. The two discussed the influence of the legal protection of intellectual property on the development of state and society, as well as obstacles in transferring intellectual property services to the electronic space. […]
Society
7 of 10 Lithuanians avoid health check-ups
Most Lithuanians (68.5 percent) go to see a doctor only when they are seriously ill. 68 percent of people aged 15-19, 70 percent aged 30-39, and 61 percent aged 60-74 said they have a doctor’s appointment only if seriously ill. The data comes from TNS Atlas survey carried out by market research company TNS LT. […]
Economy
Lithuanian banks lower expectations for real estate price rise
Lithuanian commercial banks expected a sharp rise in real estate prices early next year, but now they have reduced expectations. The number of banks expecting real estate prices to increase has halved, while most think that prices will not change. […]
Economy
Santaka Valley KTU Science, Technology and Business Centre: Architectural vision of synergy
On 14 November, Kaunas University of Technology will open the new Science, Technology and Business Centre, part of Santaka Valley. The Centre, hosting state-of-the-art laboratories and knowledge-based enterprises, will become a hub for progressive technologies and knowledge-intensive business representing synergy among research, studies and innovations. […]
Opinion
Politics
Požėla proposed for Lithuania’s police chief
Renatas Požėla has been proposed for the position of Lithuania’s police chief. He has so far served as the country’s deputy chief of police. […]
European Union
EU finance ministers agree to extend deadline to pay extra EU budget bills
The European Union’s (EU) finance ministers on Friday agreed to give until 1 September 2015 to pay extra EU budget bills, Lithuania’s Finance Minister has said, adding that the ministers reached an agreement on the principles and the specific legislative acts will have to be worked out by the European Commission (EC). […]
Society
Lithuania helps shut down illegal international online trade network
In cooperation with law enforcement officers from 16 EU member states, including prosecutors from Lithuania’s Prosecutor General’s Office and criminal police investigators, US officers have shut down an illegal international online trade network. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian defence minister pledges more assistance to Ukraine
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence will provide more assistance to Ukraine than planned this year, Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas said on Friday following his phone conversation with Ukraine’s new Defence Minister Colonel Stepan Poltorak. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
Lithuania-Germany cooperation discussed in Berlin
During the visit to Berlin on 6 November, Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Rolandas Kriščiūnas discussed possibilities of intensifying relations between Lithuania and Germany, and co-operation in addressing issues on European agenda, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuanian PM at NB8-British meeting: It is important to promote innovation culture
At the forum of Nordic, Baltic and British heads of Government, hosted by Finland, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius noted the importance of promoting innovations seeking to ensure sustainable economic development. […]
European Union
Baltic and Finnish farmers send new assistance request to EU
Baltic States and Finnish agricultural organizations submitted a repeated appeal for help to the European Commission, LETA/Public Broadcasting reports. […]
Economy
Lithuanian economy to grow fastest in Baltics in 2014-2015
According to the latest EU economic growth report of the European Commission, Lithuania will see the fastest growth in the Baltics in 2014 and 2015. […]