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Estonian and Finnish companies developing Ebola drug

Estonian biotechnology company Icosagen will start developing a vaccine and a biological therapeutic against the Ebola virus together with the Finnish company FIT Biotech Oy, Eesti Paevaleht Online reports. […]

Algirdas Šemeta
European Union

EU Commissioner Šemeta: Adopting global standards to fight tax evasion is perfect end of EC term

On Tuesday, in Luxembourg, the finance ministers of the European Union member states discussed promotion of investment and approved the new global standard on automatic exchange of tax information. […]

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Economy

Vilnius connection will increase economic value of Rail Baltica, Lithuanian government says

On Monday, a feasibility study on Vilnius connection’s effect to Rail Baltica project was presented to the Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications. The study, conducted by international engineering solutions company Aecom, took into account the projected passenger and cargo revenues along with added value figures and concluded that Vilnius connection will have a positive impact for the Baltic countries, the ministry said. […]

Heating in Lithuania
Energy

It is tax increase for middle class – MP on lifting VAT exemption on heating

Member of Lithuanian Parliament Kęstutis Masiulis (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats) talks against the plans to lift VAT exemption on heating and says that it is a tax increase for the middle class. […]