Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the European Union Structural Funds programming period for 2014-2020 will most likely be the last one for Lithuania, therefore funds should be allocated to improve economic and business conditions in the country’s regions. […]
The latest Eurobarometer survey on gender equality has revealed that 49 percent of those polled in Lithuania believe that gender inequality is widespread in the country (54 percent among female respondents). […]
Since 27 March, when the Armed Forces announced the registration of volunteer servicemen, 32 people, including 2 women, signed up for 9-month military service. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says it is unrealistic to expect that European milk quota regime will be extended, but Lithuanian farmers can expect greater direct payments in the future. […]
A delegation of US congressman will arrive on a visit to Lithuania this week, on 2 April. […]
Vilnius city bike self-service system CycloCity Vilnius will start this season on 1 April. There are 37 self-service terminals installed in Vilnius. The stations are distributed in close proximity to each other in Vilnius city, Vilnius Tourist Information Centre reports. […]
With declining export and weakening economic growth, household consumption is becoming an ever increasing factor of economic growth. Having reached its peak ever since late 2007, consumer confidence provides hope that the negative influence of declining export to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) may be at least partially counterbalanced by growing consumption. On the other hand, it seems that Lithuanians will tend to save more this year, says Chief Economist of Swedbank, Vaiva Šečkutė. […]
On Tuesday, an agreement on Vilnius City Council’s ruling coalition was signed. […]
Fitch Ratings has affirmed Lithuania’s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at ‘A-‘. The outlooks are stable. The issue ratings on Lithuania’s senior unsecured foreign and local currency bonds have also been affirmed at ‘A-‘. The Country Ceiling has been affirmed at ‘AAA’ and the Short-term foreign currency IDR at ‘F1’, Reuters quotes the rating agency’s statement. […]
In 2014, average hourly labour costs in the whole economy (excluding agriculture and public administration) were estimated to be EUR 24.6 in the European Union and EUR 29.2 in the euro area. However, this average masks significant gaps between EU Member States, with the lowest hourly labour costs recorded in Bulgaria (EUR 3.8), Romania (EUR 4.6), Lithuania (EUR 6.5 or LTL 22.3) and Latvia (EUR 6.6) and the highest in Denmark (EUR 40.3), Belgium (EUR 39.1), Sweden (EUR 37.4) and Luxembourg (EUR 35.9), Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union reports. […]
Vilnius County Court on Monday rejected the prosecution’s request to question President Dalia Grybauskaitė in the criminal case of Chief Presidential Advisor Daiva Ulbinaitė. The chief advisor was acquitted from charges of revealing a state secret and abuse of office. […]
The Second Investigation Department under the Ministry of National Defence (AOTD) published its activity report for 2014. Based on the report, 301 people were denied access to work with classified information. […]
In its annual threat assessment for the year 2014, Lithuania’s State Security Department (VSD) stresses that the country’s security environment was most of all influenced by increasingly aggressive activities of Russian and Belarusian intelligence agencies, which were mainly triggered by Vilnius’ principled stance in respect of the conflict in Ukraine. […]
At a meeting in Berlin on 26 March, Lithuania’s Defence Policy Director of the Ministry of National Defence Dr. Vaidotas Urbelis and Director General for Security and Defence Policy of the Federal Ministry of Defence Geza Andreas von Geyr underlined that Lithuania and Germany saw each other as essential partners for defence cooperation, the Lithuanian ministry reports. […]
StormGeo, the biggest global provider of decision support solutions and services for weather-sensitive operations for the oil and gas, wind energy and shipping industries, is establishing a product development office in Vilnius, the agency Invest Lithuania reports. […]
The Lithuanian Film Centre (LKC) granted EUR 32,700 of state funding for the pre-production of two films. This concludes the first competition for state funding of 2015, the Centre said in a report. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the current financial situation of the country allows it increasing financial support to conscripts but she stressed that national defence should not be only associated with one’s financial gain. […]
Lithuanian Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius says that despite the reduced economic growth forecast there no objective reasons to review the state budget. […]
The Lithuanian Government managed to find additional funding to facilitate the search of new export markets and business partners. […]
Latvian President Andris Berzins does not agree with Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s repeated statement that Russia is a terrorist state. […]
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