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LITHUANIAN BEES ENJOY BEST LIVING CONDITIONS IN THE EU Added 2014-04-15 Of all the EU member states, bees enjoy the best living conditions in Lithuania, a recently published EU study reveals. The study, called Epilobee, was contracted by the EU’s executive leg, European Commission, and covers 17 EU countries...
LITHUANIAN MFA STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN EASTERN UKRAINE Added 2014-04-14 We express strong support to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.   We condemn actions of the separatists in the Donetsk region and other eastern regions of Ukraine – in Luhansk and Kharkiv. By means of such...
S&P RAISES LITHUANIA’S LONG-TERM RATING TO 'A-' ON EXPECTED ADOPTION OF EURO; OUTLOOK STABLE Added 2014-04-11 On April 11, 2014, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services raised to 'A-' from 'BBB' its long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Lithuania, keeping the outlook stable, the Lithuanian Ministry of Finances reports.
BLOOMBERG: EU LAWMAKERS BACK LITHUANIA’S BID TO JOIN EURO CURRENCY IN 2015 Added 2014-04-10 European lawmakers endorsed Lithuania’s bid to adopt the euro, with the largest Baltic country scheduled to become the 19th member of the single currency next year. Approval by the European Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs...
LITHUANIA PURSUES A $100M PROJECT THAT MAY REDRAW EUROPEAN MAP OF TRANSIT Added 2014-04-07 The premises of the stevedoring company “Klaipėdos Smeltė” in the southern part of the Klaipėda sea port has become one gigantic construction site. A new international container distribution center capable of servicing huge oceanic...
FITCH REAFFIRMS LITHUANIA AT ‘BBB+’, REVISES OUTLOOK TO ‘POSITIVE’ Added 2014-04-06 In its recent statement released on April 3, 2014, Fitch has reaffirmed Lithuania’s long term credit rating at ‘BBB+’ and has increased its long term outlook from stable to positive. This means Lithuania continues further...
BACKING UKRAINE’S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY, UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES CRIMEA REFERENDUM INVALID Added 2014-03-28 27 March 2014 – In a vote that reaffirmed Ukraine’s unity and territorial integrity, the United Nations General Assembly today adopted a measure underscoring that the mid-March referendum in Crimea that led to the peninsula’s...
LITHUANIA PARTICIPATED IN THE INDIA – CENTRAL EUROPE BUSINESS FORUM Added 2014-03-28   On March 27-28 Lithuania took part in the India - Central European Business Forum organized in New Delhi by the Federation of the Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) along with the Ministry of External Relations of India.
Femina: Backpacker's paradise Added 2014-03-25 If you’re a proud budget traveler, this list of Top 10 Backpacking Destinations for 2014 by Off Track Planet, a guide for the ‘young, sexy and broke,’ is definitely for you. For the ‘loudest’ backpacking trip, head to party crazy Brazil… And voted...
Delfi.lt: AN INDIAN WHO HAS MADE CAREER IN LITHUANIA: YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW LUCKY YOU ARE Added 2014-03-22 “Laba diena!” (Hello!) says Javed Mohammed Rafi from India in a pure Lithuanian tongue. Having spent more than two years working as an IT and financial expert in the two largest Lithuanian banks, he is firmly convinced that Lithuania...