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Latvian MEP to lead Eastern partnership and expansion course
European Parliament (EP) deputy Sandra Kalnietė (Unity), member of the European People’s Party (EPP), will lead the Eastern partnership and expansion course, Kalnietė’s spokesman Martins Spravniks informed LETA. […]

Price inflation in Lithuania remains low
In June 2014, compared to May, prices for consumer goods and services remained unchanged, because a drop in prices for some consumer products was counterbalanced by an increase in prices for other consumer products, Statistics Lithuania reports. […]

Seimas to decide on defence funding
On Tuesday Lithuanian Parliament deliberated on amendments to 2014 state budget project in order to increase appropriations for national defence by LTL 130 million (EUR 37.6 million) yet this year. […]

Court to hear Co Gazprom’s appeal
Vilnius Regional Administrative Court (VAAT) will hear an appeal of the Russian gas concern Gazprom regarding the LTL 123 million (EUR 35.6 million) fine imposed by the Competition Council as a result of violations of concentration clause. […]

Two new MPs take oaths in the Seimas
On Tuesday two new members of parliament were sworn in at the Seimas. Members of Parliament Arminas Lydeka and Stasys Brundza took their oaths. The oaths were administered by Acting Chairman of the Constitutional Court Dainius Žalimas. […]

Presidential adviser: Lithuania won from deputy ministers’ blacklist story
Virginija Būdienė, Senior Advisor to the President on Education, Science, Culture and Non-Governmental Organisations, has noted that there are no winners or losers in the deputy ministers’ “blacklist” story. She welcomed the resolve of the coalition to cleanse itself of deputy ministers whose reputations were short of impeccable. […]

Lithuania-Norway business chamber opens in Norway
Lithuania has set up a Lithuanian-Norwegian business chamber in Oslo. It is the first and probably the major step towards creating even tighter business relations between the two countries. […]