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Lithuanian-Indonesian partnership could lift both economies

January 27, 2016 LT Daily 0

Building a closer relationship between Lithuania and Indonesia through partnerships across education, science, business and tourism could boost both economies. […]

Will Russian ban on Turkish fruit reduce prices in Lithuania?

January 27, 2016 LT Daily 0

A Russian ban on Turkish food products has caused a glut of fruit and vegetables on European markets, causing a price war among producer countries, but it is not clear if it will have any effect on prices in Lithuania. […]

Decentralise state agencies to the regions, says MP

January 27, 2016 LT Daily 0

The government should decentralise state-controlled enterprises, public institutions and government organisations to the regions to move more jobs out of the capital to the regions, especially to the underdeveloped municipalities, said parliamentarian Kęstutis Masiulis. […]

Unpredictable Poland is the new Russia for Lithuanian exporters, say economists

January 27, 2016 LT Daily 0

After riding themselves of dependence on unpredictable markets in Russia Lithuanian exporters are facing another potential crisis in Poland, according to Swedbank economist Nerijus Mačiulis. […]

Lithuania’s Achema concludes gas deal with Statoil

January 26, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Achema, Lithuanian fertilizer producer and the biggest gas consumer in the country, concluded a gas supply deal with Norway’s Statoil on Tuesday. Statoil will deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the company in tankers via the LNG terminal in Klaipėda. […]

EU to demand veto on Gazprom deals with EU countries including Lithuania

January 26, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The EU is seeking new powers to vet gas contracts between Russia and EU countries like Lithuania and the Baltic States before they are signed in an effort to curb the influence of Gazprom on European Union gas markets. […]

€500k of medical aid sent to Ukraine

January 26, 2016 LT Daily 0

Lithuania sent over 200,000 packages of medication to Ukraine on Friday in response to a request by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health. […]

Discussions on reforms of labour code almost complete

January 26, 2016 LT Daily 0

The Parliamentary Committee on Social Affairs and Labour is working out the final details of the social model package that would liberalise labour laws and reform the Sodra pension scheme, said Kristina Miškinienė, the head of the committee, on Žinių Radijas. […]

Controversy grows over minister taking spouse on official trip to London

January 26, 2016 LT Daily 0

There is growing controversy over Education Minister Audronė Pitrėnienė taking her spouse Aurelijus Pitrėnas on an official trip to the World Education Forum in London last week. […]

Foreign investors get frosty reception in Lithuania’s regions

January 26, 2016 LT Daily 0

Foreign investors get a frosty reception in the regional parts of Lithuania as local businessman fear competition and put pressure on councils to keep out foreign investment, according to Rūta Skyrienė, executive director of the Investors Forum, which brings together foreign investors in Lithuania. […]

Will consumers feel lower gas prices?

January 26, 2016 LT Daily 0

Consumers will not see a big drop in the price of their gas following a new deal between Lithuanian gas trading company Litgas and Norway‘s Statoil which will cut the wholesale liquefied natural gas price by more than a third and reduce the maintenance costs of the LNG terminal by 23%. […]

Supporters and critics of Poland clash in European Parliament

January 26, 2016 Daiva Repeckaite in Strasbourg 0

Ping pong of historical references pepper European Parliament debate on Poland reforms and European Commission investigation […]

New deal with Statoil to cut gas price by third

January 25, 2016 BNS 0

Lithuania’s gas company Litgas has concluded negotiations with Norway’s Statoil to review it’s five-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contract, substantially cutting maintenance costs of Lithuania’s LNG terminal and the price for gas consumers, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]

A protest in front of Norway's embassy in Vilnius

Controversy over Lithuanian children seized in Norway prompts hard look inwards

January 25, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Protests have sprung up across a number of countries against the actions of Barnevernet, the Norwegian children’s welfare service that has removed numerous children from migrant families in Norway. Last Thursday, one such protest sprang up in front of the Norwegian embassy in Vilnius but Linas Linkevičius, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, said “only a legal path, not populist protests and rallies, can be used to negotiate with Norway for the children that were taken from those Lithuanians”. […]