European Union
Month: January 2015
Energy
Discarded Christmas trees to be used for biofuel in Lithuania
Eleven towns and cities in Lithuania are organizing a traditional winter campaign that sees Christmas trees collected for biofuel, the country’s Ministry of Environment said on Tuesday. […]
Society
First counterfeit notes discovered in Lithuania within less than a week in euro zone
Although Lithuania has been using the euro for less than a week, the police have already reported euro forgery cases. […]
European Union
Politics
Lithuanian Interior Ministry to review IT contracts amidst suspicions of favoritism
Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis has ordered a review of public procurement tenders for IT services in the ministry’s institutions over the last five years. The minister says that the fact that the same company won disproportionally many contracts raises suspicion about preferential treatment. […]
Economy
Economy
Lithuanian retail chains risk fines for giving change in old currency after euro adoption
Over the first four days after Lithuania’s euro adoption, approximately 160 consumers file complaints with the State Consumer Rights Protection Authority (VVTAT) about violations of the Euro Adoption Law. […]
Economy
Forum Business Magazine: Building a back office in the Baltics
Moving operations to low-salary Baltic countries became popular in the 1990s. Now, translocation has changed in nature: it focuses more on services than on production. The data here speaks for itself. […]
Society
President Grybauskaitė meets leaders of Lithuania’s Christian communities
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday met with leaders of traditional Christian communities in Lithuania and discussed common work in seeking unity in the country and the world. […]
Uncategorized
EU Council presidency to be factored into President Bērziņš’ Victory Day invitation to Moscow, foreign minister says
In deciding whether Latvian President Andris Bērziņš should attend Russia‘s Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 9, he should take into account the fact that Latvia is presiding over the Council of the European Union, said Latvia’s Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs in an interview to the LNT show “900 sekundes”. […]
Culture
Energy
Lithuania to look for extractable oil in Kaltinėnai field
The Lithuanian Geological Survey (LGT) has launched a strategic environmental impact assessment (EIA); its findings will determine whether oil could be extracted in the so-called Kaltinėnai field stretching across the counties of Telšiai, Šiauliai and Tauragė. […]
Society
Lithuanian media watchdog considers suspending broadcasts of two Russian TV channels
Repeated violations of the law may lead to suspension of rebroadcasting of RTR Planeta and NTV Mir Lithuania channels for up to one year, says Edmundas Vaitekūnas, the head of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission. […]
Energy
Hydroelectric power plants prevent electricity price hike in Lithuania
In the first week of January the average electricity price in Nord Pool Spot power market Lithuanian trading zone went up and reached EUR 43.45 per megawatt hour, electricity transmission system operator Litgrid announced. […]
Society
Fraudsters trying to exploit Lithuania’s currency transition
Lithuania’s State Tax Inspectorate (VMI) has said that fraudsters pretending to work for the VMI have started visiting residents’ houses, offering a “money inventory” service. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuania hands over munitions elements to Ukraine
Lithuania has provided Ukraine‘s army with the elements of munitions it had requested, Defence Minister Juozas Olekas confirmed to BNS on Monday. […]
Economy
Two more cases of ASF detected in wild boars in Lithuania
The State Food and Veterinary Service of Lithuania said that African swine fever (ASF) was detected in two wild boars in Ignalina district and Kupiškis district, both in north east of the country. One boar was hunted down, while the other one died of natural causes. […]
European Union
Eurogroup president congratulates Lithuania on joining euro zone
Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem has congratulated Lithuania on joining the euro area. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian parliament ratifies anti-crime effort agreement with Georgia
The Lithuanian parliament has ratified the intergovernmental agreement between Lithuania and Georgia on cooperation in fighting crime which was signed on 26 September 2013 in Vilnius. […]
Economy
MP indignant about food prices in Lithuania higher than in Germany
Conservative MP Kęstutis Masiulis has asked Economy Minister Evaldas Gustas to investigate why food prices in Lithuanian grocery stores are higher than in Germany and Belarus. […]