Ministry of Transport and Communication
Economy

Former banker to head Lithuanian Inland Waterways Authority

Antanas Ivanauskas is to become the director general of the State Enterprise Lithuanian Inland Waterways Authority from 18 August. […]

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Economy

Lithuania to toughen railway freight scheme to Customs Union

The Lithuanian government will require that all cargo handlers provide preliminary information about cargo carried by rail to the territory of the Customs Union, the Customs Department said. […]

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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

Spanish lab confirms ASF virus at Lithuanian pig farm

A Spanish laboratory has confirmed that pigs on a large farm in eastern Lithuania were infected with the African Swine Fever (ASF) virus, which came from Russia and Belarus. […]

Virginija Baltraitienė
Economy

No plans to ban pig farming in Lithuania

As African swine fever (ASF) is spreading, Lithuania does not plan to forbid rearing these animals, says Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė. […]