Statistics Lithuania informs that, over the first half of 2014, the number of tourists grew in accommodation establishments in every county. Compared with the first half of 2013, the number of tourists grew most in Utena County (77.8 percent), the least in Alytus County (3.2 percent). […]
Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to increase advance direct payments from 50 to 70 percent, in order to reduce the impact of the Russian embargo on dairy and meat producers. […]
Chairman of the board of the Bank of Lithuania Vitas Vasiliauskas will take part in the meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) in Milan, Italy, on 12-13 September. […]
The authorities of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China have officially approved the certificate of importing Lithuanian dairy products, Lithuania’s State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) said. […]
Lithuania, often nicknamed the Land of Amber, might launch industrial mining of amber for the first time in the last decade due to disrupted amber import from the Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia). […]
Unlike some members of the ruling majority, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius does not see any possibilities to introduce VAT exemptions for meat next year. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė assures that by raising defence spending the government will not forget promises to reduce social exclusion. The president voiced an opinion that the two objectives will have to be reconciled. […]
Hamburg-based maker of wind turbines Nordex SE has won a contract to supply a 24-megawatt power-plant project in Lithuania, Bloomberg reports. […]
Estonia decided to hire lawyers Mark Feigin and Nikolai Polozov, who have defended members of the controversial Russian punk band Pussy Riot, to represent Estonian Security Police (KaPo) official Eston Kohver, who is claimed to have been abducted on Friday on the Estonian territory and taken to Moscow, Public Broadcasting reports. […]
Israel‘s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who paid a working visit to Lithuania, said the nuclear programme of Iran was a threat to the whole world and compared the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Middle East to a horror film. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has emphasised that statistic data do not give grounds for concern over the effects of euro adoption on prices. […]
Chair of the Liberal Movement parliamentary group Eligijus Masiulis has announced that the Seimas Opposition will pursue a seat of deputy parliament speaker. […]
Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on European Affairs, social democrat Gediminas Kirkilas, believes that Russia‘s policies in relation to Ukraine are in a dead-end, while further military action would not bring victories but only increase tension and bring new sanctions. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė congratulated members of Parliament with the start of the autumn session on Wednesday. As Lithuania and Europe experience a tense time, the president wished for a focused, responsible and wise session. […]
Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet stated that the Estonian Security Police (KaPo) official Eston Kohver, who was detained by Russia‘s FSB last Friday, was allowed on Tuesday to meet with Estonian consul in Moscow, Public Broadcasting reports. […]
Statistics Lithuania reports that, based on non-final data from customs declarations, Intrastat reporting and VAT returns data, exports in July amounted to LTL 7.4 billion (EUR 2.14 billion), while imports to LTL 8.1 billion (EUR 2.34 billion). […]
Duties that Never End. President’s Diaries” – such will be the title of a memoir book by former present of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus that will come out in early 2015. The book tells about the events of Lithuanian political and public life over the last five years. […]
Three years after the last Eurobarometer survey, it is clear that, despite the economic crisis, Europeans’ concern about the environment has not diminished. In an overwhelming consensus, 95 percent of the 28.000 interviewed citizens said that protecting the environment was important to them personally and many thought more could be done in this area, the European Commission said. […]
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