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Economy

Kaunas to introduce ‘pillow tax’

Guests staying in hotels and private apartments in Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas will have to pay a EUR 0.5 “pillow tax” for every night spent as of January 1, 2016. […]

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Putin halves Lithuania’s population in US interview

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed in a recent interview with US media that only 1,4 million people live in Lithuania, which is half of the Baltic country’s actual population. […]

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Defence

Russian reconnaissance aircraft mostly flew above Baltics last week

NATO fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of the air policing mission performed four scrambles last week to intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation, flying in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea. […]

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Lithuania must strengthen cooperation with Finland, foreign minister says

On 24 September, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini, who was visiting Lithuania, to discuss bilateral political and economic relations, regional cooperation and key issues on European agenda, including migration, the security situation in the region, relationship with Russia, the situation in Ukraine, cooperation in the fields of energy and transport, Lithuania’s MFA said. […]

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Defence

52 Belgian soldiers arrive in Lithuania, 270 more expected

Fifty-two Belgian soldiers arrived in Lithuania on Monday, mainly logistics specialists who will prepare to host 270 more troops from Belgium and Luxembourg along with a few dozen pieces of military equipment arriving later this week. […]