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AMBASSADOR OF LITHUANIA TO INDIA HAS PRESENTED CREDENTIALS TO THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA Added 2013-05-09 On May 9 the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania H.E. Mr. Laimonas Talat-Kelpša presented his letters of credence to H.E. Mr. Pranab Mukherjee. In the meeting that took place after the ceremony of presentation of credentials the...
WE KNOW THAT EUROPE IS OUR DESTINY - Interview with President Dalia Grybauskaitė Added 2013-05-07 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung   Madam President, the Lithuanian people are handling the aftermath of the financial crisis in Europe with extraordinary ease. Despite dramatic austerity measures, there are no signs of protests that are so...
With current growth rate Lithuania bound to return to pre-crisis economic well-being Added 2013-05-02 Experts: With current growth rate Lithuania bound to return to pre-crisis economic well-being In the first quarter of the year 2013, Lithuanian GDP accounted for EUR 7.64 billion,The Baltic Course reports with reference to the news agency...
LITHUANIA WANTS TO JOIN EURO ZONE Added 2013-05-02 EUROZONE   Spiegel, 'Brussels Was Target Before, Now It's Merkel', Lithuanian President The Baltic countries have already moved on from their debt crisis, and are exhibiting healthy growth. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, Lithuania's...
AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE OF LITHUANIA IN INDIA PRESENTED EUROPEAN UNION AND LITHUANIA TO THE DELHI SCHOOLCHILDREN Added 2013-04-30 Ambassador-Designate of Lithuania in India Laimonas Talat-Kelpsa visited 'Ryan International' school in Rohini, Delhi as part of the 'EU Comes to Your school' campaign organized by the EU Delegation in India. Ambassador-Designate met with school...
LITHUANIA TO ASSUME PRESIDENCY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FROM JULY 1, 2013 Added 2013-04-26 BRUSSELS EurActiv, Tiny Lithuania prepares to wrestle with heavy EU dossiers. Lithuania, the tiny Baltic country that will take over the rotating EU presidency on 1 July, will have to deal with extremely heavy dossiers, such as the adoption of...
THE ESPOO CONVENTION’S IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE FINDS THAT BELARUS BREACHED THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION Added 2013-04-18 After considerations by the Espoo Convention’s Implementation Committee for nearly two years, the Committee issued a report on 15 April, finding that Belarus was not in compliance with the requirements of the Espoo Convention. The Committee...
THE PRESIDENT OF LITHUANIA SPEAKS TO DEUTSCHE WELLE ON LITHUANIA JOINING EUROZONE Added 2013-04-15 Lithuania wants to join the eurozone in 2015 - despite the crisis. Talking to DW, President Dalia Grybauskaite explains why she's still convinced the euro is a good choice and where the southern EU states went wrong. Deutsche Welle: It's been...
GOOD NEWS FOR THE ECONOMY OF LITHUANIA: INVESTMENT RATING UPDATED BY FITCH TO BBB+/ Financial Times Added 2013-04-09 Good news for the Baltic state of Lithuania. One of the three major ratings agencies, Fitch, has upped the rating of its long-term foreign-currency sovereign debt to an investment grade of BBB+. This compares to a rating of BBB (one notch below)...
LITHUANIAN FILM ON ITS JOURNEY ACROSS INDIA Added 2013-04-08 “Back to your Arms”, the Lithuanian film by Kristijonas Vildziunas, is being screened in Indian cities as part of the programme of the 18th European Union Film Festival in India. This traditional festival has a different theme each...