Economy
Lithuania to export meat to US
United States officials have confirmed on the phone to the agriculture minister that Lithuania will receive permits to export meat products across the Atlantic. […]
Year: 2015
Economy
We are incapable to take what has been put on our plate – Grybauskaitė on Rail Baltica
President Dalia Grybauskaitė says the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the Government are responsible for the loss of European funding for the Rail Baltica signalling system. Moreover, the inability to prepare attractive funding project for Brussels shows poor communication with the European Commission (EC). […]
Defence
Testing of Boxer armoured fighting vehicles begins in Lithuania
Testing of Boxer armoured fighting vehicles (AFV) begins on Thursday in Pabradė military training area in Lithuania. […]
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Latvia would buy gas from Lithuania at competitive price
Latvia would purchase gas from the Klaipėda liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal if prices were competitive, the neighbouring country’s economy minister said on 27 August. […]
Economy
Lithuanians do not expect positive economic changes in near-term
The Lithuanian Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) remained negative in August – more people claimed that their household’s financial situation worsened or remained the same, while one in ten predicted unemployment to rise in the next 12 months. […]
European Union
Passenger train from Poland to arrive in Kaunas after gap of 75 years
On 27 August, a train from Poland will arrive in Kaunas on the new Rail Baltica track with Catherine Trautmann, the European Coordinator for the North Sea-Baltic core network corridor, of which Rail Baltica railway line is a part, aboard. A train from Poland with passengers aboard last arrived in Lithuania in August 1939, the Ministry of Transport and Communications reports. […]
Economy
First maker space in Baltic states opens in Vilnius
3D printers and scanners, laser cutters, router machines, cutting-edge computers and an electronics lab: all this has become available in the newly opened Green Garage, the first professional maker space in the Baltic states. The equipment in the workshop is worth €300,000 and is available to everyone who is interested in technology, has ideas or wishes to create something new, Green Garage press office informed. […]
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Linkevičius congratulates Moldova on Independence Day
On 27 August, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius congratulated Moldova on the occasion of its national holiday – Independence Day. Linkevičius stressed that Lithuania remained committed to supporting Moldova on its European path and stood ready to share its own experience with this country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. […]
Defence
Minister of Defence hopes for volunteers only in mandatory military service
Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas has expressed hope that only volunteer troops will serve in the mandatory military service in the future. […]
Defence
Defending Finland is not our direct obligation – Minister of Defence
Minister of National Defence, Juozas Olekas, says that Lithuania and NATO are not directly obligated to defend Finland in case it is attacked, yet he is sure the Alliance would likely find ways how to help. […]
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Klaipėda councillor vows to demand for investigation over expelled Latvians
Klaipėda City Municipality Councillor Viacheslav Titov vowed to write a letter to the interior minister demanding to launch an investigation into why three Latvian citizens were included in the persona non grata list. […]
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PM pays official visit to Ukraine
On August 27 Thursday Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius will start a two-day official visit to Ukraine where he will meet the Ukrainian top government officials, participate in the opening ceremony of the Lithuanian Honorary Consulate and discuss trade and investment issues with business community, the prime minister’s press service said. […]
Economy
Ministry of Transport to seek operator for e-correspondence system
The Lithuanian Transport Ministry will seek an operator for an electronic document and message delivery system that will be launched next year, allowing public institutions to stop sending letters by conventional post. […]
Economy
Export promotion is giving results
Minister of Economy, Evaldas Gustas, presented to the Government accomplishments in business promotion and mitigation of the Russian embargo. He said that implemented measures have given results. […]
Economy
PM astonished by president’s public doubts in EU’s support to dairy sector
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he’s astonished by the statement made by the president who said the country would probably be refused the requested European Union (EU) support to the dairy sector. […]
Foreign affairs
Government okays new ambassador to China
Lithuania’s government on Wednesday gave its approval to the designation of diplomat Ina Marčiulionytė as the country’s new ambassador to China. […]
Economy
Falling emerging markets will not have major impact on Lithuania – Danske Bank analyst
Falling stocks in China and other emerging markets will not have a major direct impact on Lithuania, whose export to India, China and the Southeast Asia amounts to less than 1 percent of the total export. What will pose more problems is the decreasing purchasing power in Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. However, cheaper oil will save the situation, says Rokas Grajauskas, Baltic Analyst at Danske Bank. […]
European Union
10 point plan for a European refugee policy by Germany’s Steinmeier and Gabriel
A joint article by Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Economics Minister Gabriel advocating a European asylum system based on the principle of solidarity. Published in the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung” on 23 August 2015. […]
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Plaque opened marking 26th anniversary of the legendary Gotland Communiqué
On August 21 in the manor house of Katthamragarden, in Katthammarsvik on the island of Gotland (Sweden), the 26th anniversary of the historic meeting which prompted signing the Act of March 11, 1990 was honored. This marks the 25th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuanian statehood. […]
Economy
PM wants pensions to be raised sooner
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that pensions may be raised somewhat next January, rather than in July as planned earlier, adding that the size of the increase will depend on the country’s economic situation. […]