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Baltic States seek a single regional assessment

November 16, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

Ministers of finance of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, the European Commission and NASDAQ appealed to the global provider of equity indexes MSCI for a possibility of assessing the Baltic states not individually, but as a single region in using an industry classification system. The aim is to start a debate with MSCI for a possibility of improving the equity index of the countries. The appeal to MSCI has been initiated together with European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). MSCI is one of the most important forefront index constructors, whose indexes are followed by the largest global investors, a press release from the Lithuanian Finance Ministry states. […]

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Andrius Kubilius. On 13 January 1991, the front line was in Lithuania. Now it is in Ukraine

January 29, 2018 Andrius Kubilius 0

On 13 January 1991, 27 years ago, Lithuania stood up for freedom. Not only for its own. We defended the European future. But for the victory there and then, Lithuania and Europe would be very […]

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Energy

Lithuania calls on EBRD to avoid supporting projects linked to Belarus nuclear plant

May 12, 2016 BNS 0

Lithuania has called on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to be particularly rigorous in examining projects linked, even indirectly, to the Astravyets nuclear power plant when considering investments in Belarus‘ economy or infrastructure. […]

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Opinion

Opinion: The Riga Summit and its outcomes

July 8, 2015 George Rukhadze 0

The fourth Eastern Partnership Summit was held in Riga on 21-22 May 2015. The joint Declaration of the Riga Summit did not reaffirm either the European perspective of the Eastern European Partnership countries consistently demonstrating the best performance or the political support to Georgia and Ukraine in visa liberalization that Tbilisi and Kiev were looking forward to. Quite the opposite, compared to the Vilnius Summit document adopted two years ago, the tone and ambition of the Riga Summit declaration seemed rather weakened. […]

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Economy

Finance minister: Lithuania’s economic growth won’t be explosive next year

October 16, 2014 BNS 0

Despite criticism of the Finance Ministry’s optimistic Lithuanian GDP growth forecasts for next year, Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius says that the country’s economic growth will be faster than in the euro zone but “not explosive” and warns that difficulties caused by the crisis in the EU-Russia relations will be long-lasting. […]