Sweden

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Swedish royal family plans visit to Lithuania

A visit of the Swedish royal family is planned in Lithuania in the coming autumn. According to Jovita Neliupšienė, chief…

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Newsweek: Putin seeks to influence radical parties in bid to destabilise Europe

This past November, Russia’s Berlin ambassador, Vladimir Grinin, invited two representatives of the surging new party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)…

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  • Economy

Record number of foreign companies established in Lithuania in 2014

2014 proved to be a record year for Invest Lithuania, the nation’s foreign investment development agency, with 29 foreign companies…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Forum Business Magazine: Building a back office in the Baltics

Moving operations to low-salary Baltic countries became popular in the 1990s. Now, translocation has changed in nature: it focuses more…

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  • Energy

Hydroelectric power plants prevent electricity price hike in Lithuania

In the first week of January the average electricity price in Nord Pool Spot power market Lithuanian trading zone went…

10 years ago
  • Energy

Lithuania’s power interconnections with Poland and Sweden to be launched within year

The construction of high voltage interconnections LitPol Link and NordBalt to connect Lithuania with Poland and Sweden is moving ahead:…

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  • Economy

Swedish shop equipment producer to build new factory in Kaunas

AB ITAB Novena, a Swedish producer of equipment for shops, will build a new 10,000-square-metre factory close to its current…

10 years ago
  • Economy

Sweden’s East Capital Explorer acquires majority holding in Lithuania’s Cgates

East Capital Explorer's direct investment Starman, the leading cable TV and broadband internet service provider in Estonia, has signed an…

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Poland notes unprecedented Russian military activity in Baltic Sea region

Poland's Minister of Defence Tomasz Siemoniak says that there has been "unprecedented" activity by Russia's navy and air force in…

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Lithuanian transport policy presented at conference in Sweden

Ambassador of Lithuania in Sweden Eitvydas Bajarūnas participated in the conference “The Baltic trade and transport”, held on 4-5 November…

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Sweden will step up cooperations but will not join NATO, says defence minister in Vilnius

Sweden will enhance its military capacities and seek closer cooperation with NATO in response to Russia's increased military activity in…

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  • Defence

Portugal sends reconnaissance plane to Lithuania after sub hunt off Swedish coasts

After the mysterious hunt for a submarine off the coasts of Sweden, a Portuguese Air Force reconnaissance airplane Lockheed P-3C…

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Under-water incursions in Swedish waters and changing landscape of Baltic Sea security

In October, the Swedish Navy, after several years of calm, once again mounted an operation to identify and avert under-water…

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Cooperation with Sweden is Lithuania’s key priority – ForMin Linkevičius

On 20 November in Vilnius, Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Speaker of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag)…

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  • Economy

Business ethics from the East bring corruption to Lithuania – Grybauskaitė

In her opening speech at the Swedish Business Awards ceremony today, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said that socially sensitive Nordic…

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International expert panel discussed Sweden’s security and defence cooperation

On 17 November, the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) organized the discussion "The Dynamics of Defence Cooperation: Possibilities and…

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  • Global LT

Lithuanian embassy in Stockholm holds discussion about historical memory

On 13 November, the Embassy of Lithuania in Stockholm in cooperation with the Swedish Lithuanian youth community and Ukrainian student…

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Sweden confirms foreign submarine entered its waters in October

Sweden has evidence that a foreign submarine did enter its waters last month, Prime Minister Stefan Loefven said on Friday.…

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Russian political scientist says Baltic states should fear for their existence

Sweden has nothing to fear from Russia, while Estonia and Latvia should not get too comfortable, says Russian political scientist…

10 years ago
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Baltic and Nordic defence ministers discuss joint capacities

Lithuania's Defense Minister Juozas Olekas is visiting Norway on Wednesday to meet with his Nordic and Baltic colleagues for a…

10 years ago