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Ukrainian MFA issues statement on deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944

The following is a statement of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 and current measures applied by the Ukrainian Government for protection of rights of the deported nations. […]

President Dalia Grybauskaitė with soldiers in Marijampolė. Photo by R.Dačkus
Defence

President Grybauskaitė congratulated soldiers on army-public unity day

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Sunday attended the Commemoration of Partisans, the Army and Public Unity Day in Marijampolė. […]

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Society

Rescuers to decide whether to continue search for missing Lithuanian plane

On Monday, Lithuania’s rescue services are to decide whether to continue search of a plane that went missing on Saturday over the Baltic Sea. […]

Economy

EC recommendations for Lithuania: less tax on labour, more tax on wealth

Lithuania has received recommendations from the European Commission on the most pressing issues in the economy that need addressing. Disturbingly, over 30 percent of people in Lithuania face poverty risk, labour taxes are punishing, while levies on wealth – less detrimental to economic growth – are all but non-existent. Experts say the first steps would be introducing tax on real estate and cars. […]

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Economy

Lithuania’s GDP up 1.5 percent in Q1

Based on flash estimates, seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.4 percent in both the euro area and the European Union during the first quarter of 2015, compared with the previous quarter, said Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. […]