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Economy

Lithuanian prosecutors continue investigation into swine fever outbreak

Prosecutors of Panevėžys County Prosecutor’s Office continue a pre-trial investigation into the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in a farm complex in Ignalina region. The investigation seeks to find out if livestock were infected on purpose. […]

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Economy

Milk price drops 20 percent

Indicated milk price in the European market decreased even more, it is the lowest it has been for 18 months. On 31 July, milk price stood at LTL 1,19 (EUR 0,35) per 1 kilogram. It is by LTL 0.03 (EUR 0.01) less than one week ago. […]

Klaipėda Seaport
Economy

Klaipėda Seaport handled 17.8m tonnes of cargo January-June

The aggregate throughput of Klaipėda Port and at Būtingė Terminal in January-June 2014 totalled 21,1 million tons of seaborne cargo: 3,3m tons were handled at Būtingė Terminal (the year-on-year change was -24,7 percent or -1 085,5 thousand tons) and 17,8m tons were handled in Klaipėda Seaport (the year-on-year change was +2,9 percent or +494,0m tona), Port of Klaipėda informs. […]

Virginija Vilimienė
Economy

Orlen Lietuva and workers’ trade union reach agreement

The management of Orlen Lietuva (Orlen Lithuania) and the oil company’s trade union on Friday reached an agreement on the key items of the collective agreement, which will stipulate that workers of the oil refinery will be rewarded for performance, but the incentives will also be tied to the performance of the company as a whole. […]

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Economy

Real degree of euro psychosis in Lithuania

About 8 percent of Lithuania’s citizens are planning to buy the necessary goods and services before the euro is introduced. In Latvia and Estonia, there were about 10 percent of such buyers before the euro changeover. […]

Economy

Lithuania’s GDP reaches pre-crisis level

According to the flash estimate, in the second quarter of this year annual GDP growth decelerated marginally to 3.1%. Seasonally and working day adjusted quarterly growth was unchanged at 0.7%. After six years GDP has finally reached the pre-crisis level. Estonian economy could reach pre-crisis level next year, while Latvian prospect is a little more distant. […]

Jonas Milius
Economy

Lithuania awaits more info on African Swine Fever spread in Belarus

Lithuanian specialists have only an unofficial map of the spread of the deadly African Swine Fever (ASF) virus in Belarus published in Russia and expect Belarus’ chief veterinary officer to provide more information during his visit to Vilnius on Wednesday. […]