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Tallink owners were interested in Air Lituanica

Estonian Tallink’s majority owner Infortar examined ways to acquire the Lithuanian airline Air Lituanica, but the transaction did not go through, Aripaev Online reports. […]

Aivaras Abromavičius
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Lithuanian minister in charge of making Ukraine economy more efficient: 400 ministry staff gone in 7 months

Many Lithuanians follow closely developments in Kiev, where Aivaras Abromavičius, a 39-year-old Vilnius-born businessman, has been put in charge of Ukraine‘s ministry of economy and trade. He is one of several foreigners invited by Ukraine’s current leadership who decided it takes an outsider to tackle corruption and inefficiency that plagues the country’s economy. […]

Raimonds Vejonis
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Lithuanian and Latvian presidents discuss joint armaments purchase

During their meeting in Vilnius Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis have discussed, among other things, collective armaments purchase, in particular, jointly acquiring medium-range air defence systems. […]

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Nord Stream expansion to do ‘great harm’ to Ukraine

The European Union does not need a new Nord Stream gas pipeline that Russia‘s gas behemoth Gazprom is planning to build, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said, adding that the project will do great harm to Ukraine. […]

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Estonia would buy Greek weapons

University of Thessaly economy professor Christos Kollias, who has close ties to the Greek army, predicts that Greece will start selling used military equipment to cut costs and will start closing military bases, Aripaev Online cites political portal Politico. […]

Athens: next day after the referendum
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It will be hard to help Greece when it doesn’t want help – Lithuanian foreign minister

It will be very difficult to help Greece whose people voted against reforms demanded by the country creditors in a referendum on Sunday, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says, adding that the possibility of Greece’s euro exist is absolutely real. […]