Economy

Lithuania considers 44-fold tax hike on amber

The Ministry of Environment would like to raise taxes for amber extraction in Lithuania. It has proposed a 44-fold increase in taxes for a kilogramme of amber pieces larger than 40 millimetres. […]

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Russian car with Soviet symbols barred from entering Lithuania

A Russian citizen was on Monday barred from entering Lithuania as there were Soviet symbols on his vehicle. […]

Economy

Chinese delegation to evaluate Lithuania’s readiness to export cattle

A delegation of experts from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) of the People’s Republic of China will be visiting Lithuania for two weeks starting Tuesday. They will evaluate how animal health, wellbeing and serious transmissible diseases are controlled in Lithuania. One of the key goals of the visit is to begin exporting cattle from Lithuania to China. […]

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Defence

NATO fighters perform five scrambles times to intercept Russian planes

NATO air policing fighter jets protecting the Baltic skies were scrambled five times last week to intercept aircraft flying in the international airspace over the Baltic states, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]

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Lithuanian Jewish community to appoint new rabbi

The Jewish Community of Lithuania has dismissed its rabbi Chaim Burstein after the community’s chairwoman accused him of spreading lies about the Šnipiškių cemetery in Vilnius. […]