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  • Economy

Thousands expected as cruise ship season kicks off in Klaipėda

The first cruise ship of the season arrived in Klaipėda on Monday bringing ashore 2,200 tourists and 700 ship personnel.…

8 years ago
  • Society

What world leader did a grandmother in Klaipėda receive a letter from?

A grandmother from Klaipėda, Lithuania has received an unexpected letter from a world leader congratulating her on the end of…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

New Norwegian LNG shipment arriving in Klaipėda today

A new shipment of LNG is arriving in Klaipėda by ship from the Norwegian Statoil group.The Arctic Princess, an LNG…

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Grybauskaitė to sign Paris climate change agreement in NY

At the United Nations headquarters in New York, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will sign the Paris climate change agreement today.…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Klaipėda Seaport considers buying a €25m dredger

Klaipėda State Seaport Authority is considering buying a dredger so it does not have to hire private contractors to dredge…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Lithuania’s coast beats emigration exodus

The exodus of Lithuania’s population has slowed down a little over the last few years, but a glint of hope…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Klaipėda port surpasses Tallinn and Riga with record quarter

Klaipėda Seaport has again broke records for freight traffic in March, now surpassing other eastern Baltic ports.“In March we had…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Larger loads on ships to boost Klaipėda port revenues

The first ship with a 13.6 metre draft has left Klaipėda port after the deepening of the port led to…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Economy

Chinese conglomerate confirms plans to invest in Lithuania

On Tuesday, China Merchants Group (CMG), a Chinese state-owned transportation, logistics, real estate and financial conglomerate, confirmed that it will…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Klaipėda to lease municipal land to encourage construction

The City of Klaipėda is auctioning several dozen land plots for lease this year in order to attract investment and…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Prices rise as Lithuania‘s coastal real estate takes off

Prices are rising as the real estate market along the entire Lithuanian seaside picks up, with the resort of Palanga…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Economy

Klaipėda company to tap geothermal waters for first time

Geoterma, a Lithuanian company, has received permission to use geothermal water from a underground well in Klaipėda for the first…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Deepening of outer Klaipeda port shipping channel completed

The works to deepen the Klaipėda sea port offshore shipping channel to accommodate bigger ships at higher speeds have been…

9 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania’s largest national military exercise in 2016 has begun

This year's largest national Lithuanian military exercise, Lightning Strike 2016, has begun. The Lithuanian military, together with police, firefighters, ambulances,…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Russian carriers continue to prefer Klaipėda port over Kaliningrad despite dispute

Russian carriers are continuing to use the port of Klaipėda after receiving a small number of transit permits from Poland…

9 years ago
  • Sports

Junior rugby players from Lithuania show class in Ireland

Rugby is a fast-growing sport in tiny Lithuania, where almost every city now has its own club. One of the…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Klaipėda increases record traffic as surrounding Baltic ports decline

Klaipėda seaport reached an all-time record level shipping traffic last year of more than 38 million tons and this year…

9 years ago
  • Economy

New trains to operate between Vilnius and Klaipėda

New Polish-made passenger trains will operate on the route between the Lithuanian capital Vilnius and Klaipėda on the Baltic coast.…

9 years ago
  • CORPORATE

Klaipėda University sailboat takes on 5,000 mile journey

Klaipėda University‘s training sailboat Brabander is preparing for its longest journey yet – a 5,000-mile-long odyssey along the coast of…

9 years ago
  • Economy

Lithuania to join new Silk Road?

Lithuania and Ukraine have signed a preliminary memorandum on joining a new cargo train route, the so-called New Silk Road,…

9 years ago