Very High Readiness Joint Task Force
Defence

NATO rapid response force ‘could not be deployed to Baltics in event of attack’

NATO‘s rapid response force is not ready to be used to counter a possible Russian attack in the Baltics and Poland, according to two alliance commanders speaking to the Financial Times. […]

Flanders Investment and Trade office in Vilnius
Economy

Flanders opens trade and investment office in Vilnius

Flanders’ Minister-President Geert Bourgeois opened a new office of Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]

Tallinn
CORPORATE

Lithuanian entrepreneurs push for adoption of Estonian tax model

A number of Lithuanian entrepreneurs are pushing for Lithuania to adopt Estonia‘s approach to taxation to stop a flight of companies from the country to its Baltic neighbour. “Income tax administration in Lithuania both for […]

Nord Stream
Energy

Can Nord Stream 2 be stopped?

Nord Stream 2, the controversial Russian-German pipeline project, is generating fierce opposition in Central and Eastern Europe as well as from the European Parliament and the European Commission. But could the opponents of the pipeline, owned 50% by Gazprom and 50% by some of the largest Western European companies, stop the project? […]