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Energy

EU grants assistance to Poland-Lithuania gas interconnection

Lithuania’s natural gas transmission system operator, AB Amber Grid, and Poland‘s gas transmission system operator, GAZ-SYSTEM S.A., signed a tripartite agreement with the European Union‘s (EU) Innovation Network Executive Agency (INEA) on the financial assistance of the EU to the project Preparatory Works for the Poland-Lithuania Gas Interconnection up to building permission(s) obtainment. Under this agreement, the project was granted financial assistance of the EU of EUR 10.6 million under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), AB Amber Grid said in a statement. […]

Lithuania presented at a tourism event in Stockholm
Economy

Lithuania presented at tourism event in Stockholm

On May 12, 2015 Lithuanian State Tourism Department and the Lithuanian Embassy in Sweden, together with partners in Stockholm, held an event presenting Lithuanian tourism opportunities to Swedish tourism media. […]

Japonijos ir Lietuvos vėliavos
Foreign affairs

Foreign Ministry honours Japan-Lithuania Friendship Association

Lithuanian Diplomacy Star was awarded to Seiichi Mizuno, Chairman of Japan-Lithuania Friendship Association for his active engagement to promote Lithuanian business and culture in Japan, strengthening contacts between entrepreneurs, scientists and artists of the two countries, academic communities, and raising awareness of Lithuania’s achievements through the Japanese media, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

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Defence

Lightning Bolt 2015 wargames end with military operation in Švenčionėliai

On 10 May, a large-scale military operation was conducted in Švenčionėliai town, which was the last phase of the exercise Lightning Bolt 2015. […]

GlobalHRU. Photo courtesy of Oscar Mager
Economy

GlobalHRU relocates to Vilnius

One of the fastest growing Human Resources-focused event and learning companies, GlobalHRU, has announced the transfer of all operations to Vilnius, Lithuania. […]

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Economy

Most Lithuanian companies think geopolitical tensions will not affect business

The first results of the Survey of Lithuania’s Non-financial Enterprises show that most entrepreneurs believe the events in Ukraine will not affect or will affect only insignificantly the financial situation and their ability to repay loans. During the study, the heads or financiers of around 500 enterprises in different business sectors were surveyed, the Bank of Lithuania reports. […]

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Lithuania presents initiatives for Lithuanian-Jewish rapport in New York

At the meeting with representatives of Jewish organisations on 4 May in New York, Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mantvydas Bekešius presented Lithuania’s initiatives related to educating people about the history of Lithuanian and Jewish peoples, their cultural experience and the Holocaust, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]