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Challenges for Lithuanian economy next year: not just Russia

December 30, 2014 BNS 0

Key challenges for Lithuania’s economy next year will include the weakening purchasing power in Russia, competition in the euro area as well as sluggish investment into the expansion of manufacturing, the finance minister has said. […]

Eric Stewart of the Lithuanian American Business Council Photo Ludo Segers

American-Lithuanian Business Council president: Geopolitical tensions has made Lithuania more attractive to investors

December 16, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The American-Lithuanian Business Council, which was set up last year, works to promote investment between the two countries – sometimes by pointing out investment opportunities in, say, Lithuania’s striving for energy independence and sometimes by playing up the Lithuanian ancestry of many a successful US entrepreneur. […]

Export of Lithuanian products to Russia grows 11.3 percent

December 11, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Even though the Russian ban on food product import from the European Union is still in effect, export of Lithuanian origin goods to Russia increased by 11.3 percent in October. […]

Lithuanian trucks avoid Russia’s customs checks by going via Belarus

December 9, 2014 BNS 0

With Russia keeping thorough checks on Lithuanian vehicles in place for more than two weeks now, most Lithuanian truckers prefer to drive to Russia through Belarus rather than via Latvia, the president of the national haulers’ association Linava said on Monday. […]

Lithuanian food company lands export deal with Oman

December 8, 2014 ELTA EN 0

The Sultanate of Oman and a Vilnius-based food company Straikas have signed an agreement on exporting the Magnum brand fruit and vegetable juices to Oman, Times of Oman said. […]

Lithuanian president says Turkey is important partner

December 8, 2014 BNS 0

Before starting an official visit to Turkey on Monday, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has said that Turkey is an important partner, since it is a fellow NATO member-state and makes decisions important for the region. […]

Russian customs officers instructed to put Lithuanian vehicles under extra scrutiny

November 25, 2014 BNS 0

Russian customs officers have been instructed to thoroughly check vehicles from Lithuania, the Lithuanian national road carriers association Linava said on Tuesday. […]

Lithuania might soon be allowed to export meat to US, prime minister says

October 9, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania might soon be allowed to export meat products to the United States of America, the Baltic country’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has been informed. […]

Japanese Ambassador to Lithuania Kazuko Shiraishi

Japanese ambassador: I would recommend Lithuanian food products to my compatriots

October 7, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Japan is interested in Lithuanian beef products and is waiting for them in the country’s stores, said Japanese Ambassador to Lithuania Kazuko Shiraishi during her meeting with Lithuanian Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė. […]

Robertas Dargis, head of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK)

Advice to Lithuanian exporters: Forget China, concentrate on Chinese region or city

September 29, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Robertas Dargis, head of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK), is convinced that cooperation among producers is one of the keys to open vast foreign markets to Lithuanian goods. […]

PM says new markets for Lithuanian food exports will be found this year

September 5, 2014 ELTA EN 0

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that active search for new export markets for agricultural and food products continues. […]

Estonia’s exports and imports continued to decrease in May

July 16, 2014 Baltic Business News 0

In May 2014, exports of goods in Estonia decreased by 9 percent and imports by 4 percent at current prices, year on year, reports Statistics Estonia. […]

Russia’s food regulators commend Lithuania for fighting swine fever, but do not intend lifting import ban

July 11, 2014 BNS 0

Russia admits that Lithuania is the most proactive in the European Union (EU) in fight against African swine fever (ASF). However, Moscow still does not mention any possibility to resume imports of pork from Lithuania. […]

After Nausėda meeting with Budrys, the opposition retorts to the candidate’s “cooling off “

November 22, 2024 0

Kęstutis Budrys, the President’s Senior Adviser, who has been nominated for the post of Minister of foreign affairs, does not say whether he first discussed the possibility of taking up the post with President Gitanas […]

“No need to mince words”: an assessment of what Trump’s victory means for Lithuania

November 6, 2024 0

“We can shout very loudly, but it won’t change the position of the American people,” says Professor Tomas Janeliūnas, as the winner of the United States of America’s (USA) presidential election, which will almost certainly […]

Another year in the sovereign history of Kazakhstan

October 24, 2024 0

Republic Day has been celebrated in Kazakhstan as the main national date since 2022, giving new life to the fundamental document on state sovereignty—the Declaration of October 25, 1990. The Republic is a modern form […]

In the assessment of NATO’s readiness for war with Russia, there is also a warning about the Baltic states: what is the Kremlin’s wild card?

October 23, 2024 0

According to Lrytas.lt, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) faces a new geopolitical reality with the large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. While the Alliance has begun responding to emerging threats, its readiness for […]

These parties will enter the Seimas for the third time in a row. How many votes did they lose, and how many did they gain?

October 15, 2024 0

As various parties emerge, disappear or reorganize themselves in the political space, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats – TS-LKD) and the Liberal Movement are making […]