Baltic region

Sweden’s royal couple starting state visit in Lithuania

Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden and Queen Silvia are arriving in Vilnius on Wednesday for a state visit. [...]

9 years ago
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New Latvian president to pay a visit to Lithuania

Latvia's new President Raimonds Vejonis will pay a working visit to Lithuania on 13 July. This will be the first…

9 years ago
  • Energy

Litgas and Statoil prepare joint venture to enter Baltic Sea small scale LNG market

Natural gas supply and trading company Litgas, part of Lithuania's state owned energy holding Lietuvos Energija, and Norway's Statoil, a…

9 years ago
  • Politics

Lithuania PM presents annual government report to parliament

Introducing the Government's annual activity report for 2014 at the Seimas, parliament, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius started with the mention…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Klasmann-Deilmann to expand production capacity in Lithuania

The Germany-based Klasmann-Deilmann Group has announced EUR 11 million worth of investments in Klaipėda County, Lithuania. The company is to…

10 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Foreign minister takes part in Lithuanian Independence event in Belgium

25th Anniversary of the Restoration of Independence of Lithuania was celebrated in Brussels on March 16. Belgium’s government and business…

10 years ago
  • European Union

Lithuania mulls contributing to EFSI, finance minister says

Lithuania is considering to contribute to the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), or the so-called “Juncker-plan”, but it would…

10 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuanian defence minister invites Canada to contribute to Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian brigade

On 20 January, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas met with Canadian Defence Minister Robert Nicholson at Canada's National…

10 years ago
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Baltic Assembly president outlines practical cooperation aspects

Baltic Assembly President Giedrė Purvaneckienė on Tuesday pinpointed practical priorities of the Baltic countries' inter-parliamentary cooperation. [...]

10 years ago
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Railway advances reveal strategic interests in the Baltics

Stratfor analyst Eugene Chausovsky reflects on the Baltic states' recent announcement of a joint venture company for Rail Baltica and…

10 years ago
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Grybauskaitė: Ukraine fights for us all, we should help in any way possible

Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said she values the US and NATO commitment to defend the countries in the Baltic…

10 years ago