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		<title>The President — Lithuania will follow fiscal discipline and responsibility</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/05/the-president-%e2%80%94-lithuania-will-follow-fiscal-discipline-and-responsibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė forecasts that Lithuania will only accede to some of the provisions of the Fiscal Compact Treaty, but will follow the key objectives of the treaty, 15min.lt on 30 January.
 
„The main points have been discussed. The majority of states are likely to approve them. Of course, the United Kingdom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last year wages grew, but slower than inflation</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/03/last-year-wages-grew-but-slower-than-inflation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year unemployment decreased insignificantly. The wage growth was also not significant, and slower than inflation, therefore people did not feel the increase, Statistics Lithuania informs, 15min.lt reported on 30 January.
Unemployment rate was declining throughout the 2011 year, although far from rapidly. Current level of unemployment in the country is 15.4 per cent, meaning a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Growing energy costs — challenge for manufacturing, construction and transport</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Business and Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[independence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[industrial production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNG terminal in Lithuania]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[manufacturing production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Growing energy costs pose a threat on the profits of manufacturing, construction and transport enterprises. An increase in the energy needs would mean that these sectors may face losses, informs consulting company KPMG Baltics, delfi.lt wrote on 26 January.
According to the analysts of KPMG, Lithuania‘s energetic vulnerability should be decreased by the diversification of energy supply as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>G. Nausėda — Lithuania will have to get used to slower development</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/02/g-nauseda-%e2%80%94-lithuania-will-have-to-get-used-to-slower-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Exports and Imports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy recovery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreign trade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP forecast]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gitanas Nauseda]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/?p=10399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Statistics Lithuania reports that gross domestic product (GDP) in the last quarter of 2011, compared to the same period in 2010, grew by 4,3 per cent. Over the 2011, compared to 2010, GDP grew by  5.8 per cent, Gitanas Nausėda wrote in delfi.lt on 30 January.
These results can be interpreted as a kind of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I. Šimonytė — there is some success in Government’s fight against the shadow economy</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/02/01/i-simonyte-%e2%80%94-there-is-some-success-in-government%e2%80%99s-fight-against-the-shadow-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When judging Government’s work fighting the illegal market, the Finance Minister says that ‘there is some success’. According to Ingrida Šimonytė, if better results are wanted in the fight against the shadow economy &#8211; public support is required, lrytas.lt wrote on 25 January.
‘Fight against the shadow market requires not only consistent work and collaboration between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 M&amp;A deals in the Baltics in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/31/top-10-ma-deals-in-the-baltics-in-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Baltic States]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eurozone turbulence  last year lowered expectations in the mergers and acquisitions (M&#38;A)  market and prompted forecasters to look more prudently into the future.  Still, following the meagre recession years, 2011 was marked by growth  in the number of M&#38;A deals in the Baltics, bbn.ee reported on 30 January.
The  brightest star [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In 2011, gross domestic product grew by 5.8 per cent</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/30/in-2011-gross-domestic-product-grew-by-5-8-per-cent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statistics Lithuania reports that, based on available statistical  data and econometric models, gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011  amounted to LTL 105 713 million at current prices and, compared to 2010,  grew by 5.8 per cent (changes estimated based on a chain-linking  method).
In 2011, a positive change in the gross value [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People wish to lend to the Government</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/29/people-wish-to-lend-to-the-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 23:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 24 January, the Bank of Lithuania began issuing two Government Treasury notes at a time. This investment type has now reached its peak; sales of the notes have increased tenfold, compared to the results before the middle of December 2011, delfi.lt wrote on 26 January.
Investors who purchased these notes paid 9.48 million LTL for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swedbank: a slight recession in the EU; Lithuania is likely to grow, wages will increase, unemployment &#8211; decline</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/29/swedbank-there-will-be-a-slight-recession-in-the-eu-lithuania-is-likely-to-grow-wages-will-increase-unemployment-decline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swedbank states that there is a 55 percent probability that EU&#8217;s economy will only feel a slight recession after this crisis. This is a little bit less than it was forecasted in August. Lithuania is believed to have the fastest future rise in the EU, the wages will rise and unemployment &#8211; decline, delfi.lt reported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lithuanians spend considerably more than they earn</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/28/lithuanians-spend-considerably-more-than-they-earn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Swedbank, last year Lithuanians spent a lot more money than they earned. About 8-9 billion litas of unofficial earnings were spent, 15min.lt wrote on 24 January.
Despite economic crisis in the eurozone, Lithuania`s economy will keep growing this year. Swedbank`s economists predict the country&#8217;s GDP to grow by 3 percent (the fastest growth in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A. Kubilius forecasts that Lithuania could meet the Maastricht criteria at the end of this year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius forecasts that Lithuania could meet the Maastricht criteria already at the end of this year, and would be able to apply for eurozone membership, delfi.lt reported on 26 January.
On Thursday morning, in an interview on News Radio, A. Kubilius did not say precisely whether Lithuania will request entrance to eurozone next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over a month, retail trade turnover increased by 17.2 per cent</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/28/over-a-month-retail-trade-turnover-increased-by-17-2-per-cent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Based on the provisional data, Statistics Lithuania  informs that the turnover (VAT excluded) of enterprises engaged in  retail trade, except for trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles, in  December 2011 amounted to LTL 2420.6 million and, against November,  increased by 17.2 per cent at constant prices, while seasonally adjusted  it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Danske: Lithuanian economy growth to slow, the eurozone crisis will not last long</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/28/danske-lithuanian-economy-growth-to-slow-the-eurozone-crisis-will-not-last-long/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Danske Bank reduced the forecast of         Lithuania&#8217;s         economic growth. According to analysts, this year country&#8217;s         Gross Domestic         Product (GDP) will grow not 3.8 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Majority of Lithuania’s largest companies increased their incomes during nine months of last year</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/26/majority-of-lithuania%e2%80%99s-largest-companies-increased-their-incomes-during-nine-months-of-last-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[415 of 500 major companies in Lithuania managed to increase their income during 9 months of 2011, compared with results from 2010, 15min.lt reported on 25 January.
Retail companies have also raised their numbers in the Top 500 list after a three-year break, Verslo Žinios reports.
According to Verslo Žinios data, Orlen Lithuania has been the largest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>President&#8217;s advisor: joining EU agreement on stricter financial discipline would pay off</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/25/presidents-advisor-joining-eu-agreement-on-stricter-financial-discipline-would-pay-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[t is worthwhile for Lithuania to join the European Union (EU) countries’ discussions about an agreement on stricter financial discipline, says presidential advisor Nerijus Udrėnas, reports news portal 15min.lt on January 24.
“This decision will have a positive effect on Lithuania’s economy and finances, because it is focused on the stability of the EU’s economy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andrius Kubilius claims that Lithuania will continue &#8220;reasonable&#8221; borrowing</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/21/andrius-kubilius-claims-that-lithuania-will-continue-reasonable-borrowing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius claims that Lithuania will continue &#8220;reasonable&#8221; borrowing to sew up billions&#8217; &#8220;hole&#8221; in the state&#8217;s budget this year, 15min.lt reported on 19 January.
&#8220;We will continue reasonable borrowing as we did it before. It means that our solutions will depend on the situation in the international financial markets, from which we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate warming has made builders happy so far</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/12/climate-warming-has-made-builders-happy-so-far/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/12/climate-warming-has-made-builders-happy-so-far/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Construction companies are able to speed up as well as finish work as planned with slightly lower costs owing to the warm winter. Yet the builders are careful in assessing future perspectives, 15min.lt reported on 5 Jnauary.
“Warm weather at this time of the year is more than help to the construction companies. They used to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign trade of Lithuania in January–November 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/09/foreign-trade-of-lithuania-in-january%e2%80%93november-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Statistics Lithuania informs that, based on non-final  data obtained from customs declarations and Intrastat reporting data,  exports in November 2011 amounted to LTL 6.2 billion, imports – LTL 7  billion. Foreign trade deficit of Lithuania amounted to LTL 0.8 billion.  Data on trade with the EU countries were revised after VAT [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2012: what (not) to expect, by Šindeikis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s good that we are having the Seimas elections this year; it’s good that we are not Russia or Belarus so we can hope to have a new Seimas majority and a new Government at the end of 2012. Even if the new majority isn’t more stable than the current one, and the new Government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment rate in Lithuania is around 11 percent</title>
		<link>http://www.lithuaniatribune.com/2012/01/09/unemployment-rate-in-lithuania-is-around-11-percent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2 800 people were hired in the first week of 2012 and 2 000 more started their own businesses. According to Lithuania’s Labour Exchange data, unemployed people can obtain business licenses cheaper using unemployment privileges from 2012. As a result, in early January the number of people registering in the Labour Exchange increased – local [...]]]></description>
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