Beijing
Economy

Sales of tourists trips to Lithuania in China increased by 169%

Lithuania has secured its positions in China as an attractive tourist destination. The advertising campaign conducted by the State Department of Tourism in the greatest Chinese travel platform CTRIP and the most popular social networks WeChat and Weibo has resulted in an increase in the sales of trips to Lithuania even by 169 per cent! […]

Sergey Shmakov
Defence

Backing separatists in Eastern Ukraine means acting against Lithuania

The Lithuanian State Security Department‘s director says that those who support separatists in Eastern Ukraine are acting against Lithuania and Western values. […]

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Lithuania #1 among Baltic States by number of tourist overnight stays

Tourists spend more nights in Lithuania than in Latvia or Estonia. According to EUROSTAT, the official statistical office of the European Union, in 2016 the number of overnight stays of tourists (local as well as foreign) who stayed in Lithuanian accommodation establishments, including rural tourism, was the largest in the Baltic states and comprised 7 million, while in Estonia and Latvia this number amounted to 6.2 million and 4.4 million respectively, the State Department of Tourism reported in a press release.

announced in a press release. […]

Medicine
Economy

Special envoy of Denmark comes to discuss the future of European Medicines Agency

On 22 March 2017 Denmark’s special envoy, Lars Rebien Sørensen, will be visiting Lithuania to present the Danish candidacy for hosting European Medicines Agency (EMA) and draw attention to the advantages of the Danish bid. He will meet with Lithuanian high level officials in order to explain why Denmark is working towards getting the EMA relocated from London to Copenhagen. the Danish Embassy in Vilnius announced in a press release. […]

Luminor bank
Economy

DNB, Nordea name their combined Baltic bank Luminor

The name of DNB’s and Nordea’s proposed combined bank in the Baltics will be Luminor. Announcing the new brand is another major milestone in establishing the combined bank. […]