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Construction sector continues to dig out, albeit slowly (3)
Estonian construction companies saw a 34 percent year-on-year growth in volumes in the first quarter of 2011 but are still only at 2004 levels, new figures from Statistics Estonia show.The growth numbers are relative to the first quarter of 2010, which was the low-point of the crisis. Volumes would have to increase 2.3-fold to reach the average level of the 2007 boom year.The production value of the construction companies was 264 million euros last quarter, of which 67 percent was made up of building ...
No contaminated vegetables in Lithuania so far (1)
It is almost certain that there are no contaminated vegetables infected by an E. coli in Lithuania, the Lithuanian State ...
Shale gas drilling could start in a few years (2)
Industrial production of shale gas in western Lithuania could start in few years, scientists predict.The value of the ...
Lithuania's strategic partnerships: what is the strategic aspect? (1)
Against the backdrop of the increasingly politically contaminated issue over Polish name-spelling, the relationship ...
US President supports Lithuania’s position concerning anti-missile defense (1)
President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended the meeting of Central European heads of state with US President Barack Obama.At ...
News
No contaminated vegetables in Lithuania so far (1)
It is almost certain that there are no contaminated vegetables infected by an E. coli in Lithuania, the Lithuanian State ...
Alfa English on summer holidays (5)
Alfa English is going on holiday and our special column writer Mr. James Lemmon is going to sail around the Baltic Sea ...
Lithuania's strategic partnerships: what is the strategic aspect? (1)
Against the backdrop of the increasingly politically contaminated issue over Polish name-spelling, the relationship ...
Zuokas: no one poisoned me (4)
Following another health scare at the weekend, Mayor of Vilnius Arturas Zuokas said he is sure that no one tried to ...
Zatlers dissolved Latvian parliament
Latvia is likely to see its second parliamentary elections in under a year after President Valdis Zatlers called for ...
Ministry: Prunskiene statements on Kaliningrad nuclear plant are false (2)
Following reports from Russia that Lithuania would like to participate in the construction of their nuclear power plant ...
Siauliai clearing out (1)
If official emigration statistics are to be trusted, the northern city of Siauliai is clearing out, with more than 1,000 ...
Business
Construction sector continues to dig out, albeit slowly (3)
Estonian construction companies saw a 34 percent year-on-year growth in volumes in the first quarter of 2011 but are ...
Shale gas drilling could start in a few years (2)
Industrial production of shale gas in western Lithuania could start in few years, scientists predict.The value of the ...
Estonia has highest portion of working students in EU (3)
A new report published by the Human Rights Center states that 66 percent of Estonian university students are holding ...
Study: executives make too many decisions for others (5)
A management study commissioned by Enterprise Estonia paints an unflattering picture of the country's executives as ...
Full steam ahead on US cargo (5)
After almost six months of carrying cargo from the USA bound for Afghanistan via the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda, both ...
Danspin makes 40 mln litas investment
Danspin, a Danish carpet and wool spinning company, will invest more than 40 million litas (11.6 million euros) into ...
Sanitas deal done for 1 billion litas
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is expected to pay almost 1 billion litas (275 million euros) for an 87.2 percent ...
Leisure
Cmilyte wins European chess championship (1)
Viktorija Cmilyte, the 27 year old Lithuanian chess player, has won the gold medal in Europe‘s women championship in ...
High demand for Estonian big game hunting licenses (1)
The State Forest Management Center announced that it sold 635 big game hunting licenses at auction this week, earning ...
First bike rental stations open in Tallinn
In what could be an important step towards creating a more bike-friendly city, Tallinn has opened its first three public ...
Saakashvili thanked Lithuania for votes in Eurovision (1)
The President of Georgia Mikheil Saakasvhili thanked Lithuania after receiving the maximum amount of points from Lithuania ...
Leningrad Cowboys Go America! (1)
The Nordic Film Club continues to show free films with next week's screening of "Leningrad cowboys go America" at Pasaka ...
Lithuania finishes 19th in Eurovision 2011 (1)
The Lithuanian Eurovision song C'est Ma Vie by Evelina Sasenko bombed out on Saturday night coming in at 19th place ...
Estonia joins Lithuania in Eurovision final (1)
"Rockefeller Street,” Estonia's entry in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, has successfully passed through the event's ...
News Releases
US President supports Lithuania’s position concerning anti-missile defense (1)
President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended the meeting of Central European heads of state with US President Barack Obama.At ...
Boris Yeltsin proposed to be conferred with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Cross
The Government has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to confer the Grand Cross of the Order of ...
Ministers discuss Lithuania-China cooperation (5)
During his working visit to China on 26 May, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis met with Chinese ...
In Warsaw, the President will discuss the development of the Central European region and highlight other topical security issues
On May 27, President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for a working visit to Warsaw where she will attend the 17th Meeting ...
Minister of National Defence will take part in the Baltic Defence Ministers’ meeting in Liepaja
On May 25-26 Minister of National Defence Rasa Juknevičienė will attend a meeting of the Baltic Defence Ministers in ...
Foreign minister invited Chinese students to come to Lithuania (1)
On 25 May at the Beijing Foreign Studies University, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis gave ...
Foreign minister visiting China
On 24-27 May, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Ažubalis is paying a working visit to China at the invitation ...
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