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Society

Vilnius court refuses to clarify its ruling on bilingual street signs

Vilnius Regional Administrative Court has rejected as ungrounded a request by Vilnius District Municipality to clarify its ruling ordering the removal of bilingual Lithuanian-Polish street signs in Vilnius District. […]

Juozas Olekas
Defence

Lithuania to increase defence budget by EUR 116 million

Lithuania’s defence budget is set to grow by around 400 million litas (EUR 116 million) next year, the country’s Minister of National Defense Juozas Olekas says. […]

Renatas Norkus
Uncategorized

Lithuanian ambassador in Moscow: Russia seeks diversification of food imports

Russia is encouraging consumption of domestically produced goods and is seeking to diversify imports from countries not covered by its import embargo, Lithuania’s ambassador to Moscow said on Wednesday, adding that food product prices in Russia have already increased 5-6 percent and are set to rise even further. […]

Nerijus Mačiulis
Energy

Analyst: Russia could only do more harm to Lithuania through cuts in gas supplies

Russia’s sanctions against imports of farm and food products were the trump card of the neighbouring country and it only could do more harm through restrictions on the sale of energy sources to the European Union’s (EU) countries, chief economist of Swedbank Lithuania has said, adding that in this way Moscow would also inflict significant harm on itself. […]