The Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radoslaw Sikorski, declared publicly that Lithuania should choose between two projects: either a liquefied gas terminal in Klaipėda or a gas link with Poland, since both projects would not pay off, writes Zigmantas Balcytis for DELFI. The Polish Minister’s statement is not accidental. …
Bbn.ee presented an interview that news2biz made to Lithuania’s Head of Foreign Direct Investment promotion agency, Milda Darguzaite. News2biz asked Milda Darguzaite, head of the state FDI promotion agency Invest Lithuania, to share her views on how investors have reacted to the government change, its …
The LNG terminal remains a strategic project for Lithuania, and a gas link with Poland would also be beneficial but the construction of it would take a bit longer, Nerijus Udrenas, chief adviser of the Economic And Social Policy Group at the Office of Lithuanian …
Estonians working abroad want to earn at least 2,000 euros a month net, shows a study of EURES that was published in Eesti Päevaleht and quoted by bbn.ee. 45% of the respondents said that they would like to earn at least 2,000 euros a month …
A majority of Lithuanian citizens feel overwhelmingly as citizens of the European Union, which is a higher ratio than the EU average of 63 percent, a Eurobarometer survey taken in November has suggested. In comparison to its Baltic neighbors, 57% of Latvians and 73% of Estonians …
Two large grocery chains Rimi and Maxima in Estonia have removed cans made in Latvia that are suspected to contain horsemeat, according to Äripäev, cited by bbn.ee The products removed from sale are the Old Farmer line of meat cans. The results should be known …
Lithuania is 32nd among 144 countries on WEF’s quality of roads rating Lithuania ranked 32nd for quality of roads in the world, a report prepared by World Economic Forum’s experts has indicated. The ranking places Lithuania in a superior position in comparison to its Baltic neighbors. …
Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius says he was surprised by his Estonian counterpart’s recent statement to the new US secretary of state on Tallinn’s aspiration to move part of the Baltic air policing mission. According to Linkevicius, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet’s …
The food basket for a four-person family in Latvia costs 14% more than it does in Lithuania and 5% more than Estonia, writes bnn-news. The food basket or the optimal amount of food for a four-person family in Lithuania costs an average of 196 LVL …
Amateur video makers from Lithuania, Portugal and Estonia have been shortlisted for the 2013 Europe Past Forward awards that aim to reward videos on the meaning of European citizenship. The award ceremony will take place in Brussels on 20 March 2013, informs the European Economic and Social …
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius on Monday met with new US Ambassador to Lithuania Deborah Ann McCarthy and asked the United States for its support for Lithuania’s aspirations to become a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). “Since 1996, we have sought …
Businessmen in Estonia are more optimistic about the future than companies in Latvia and Lithuania, according to a study made by Grant Thornton International at the end of 2012, reported bbn.ee. The survey found that 18% of Estonian business managers expect the economic situation to …
In its new forecast, the European Commission said it expected Estonia’s economy to expand 3% this year. Growth should be 4% in 2014 and 2.5% in 2015, reported bnn.ee. Latvia’s growth expectation is 3.8% this year (4.1% in 2014), while the Commission expects the Lithuanian …
President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi, informed lrp.lt. The meeting focused on bilateral relations, cooperation in NATO, and the upcoming Lithuania’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The President highlighted the close cooperation between Lithuania and Italy …
Lithuania has the fourth lowest minimum wage in the EU – 289.62 euros, while Estonia’s minimum wage is sixth lowest – 320 euros. Only Latvia (287.07 euros), Bulgaria (158.5 euros) and Romania (157.26 euros) have smaller minimum wages, according to January 2013 data by the …
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski says he thinks that now that the parliamentary election in Lithuania is over, it is a very favorable time to reboot bilateral relations with Lithuania, reports ELTA cited by The Baltic Times. “Lithuania had a parliamentary election during which the ethnic …
On 20 February in Gdansk, Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius participated in the first Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the Nordic Baltic Eight (NB8) and the Visegrad Group, and stressed the importance of regional cooperation of member states of the European Union, informs urm.lt. “Nordic, …
On Wednesday, February 20, the first chain of electric car recharge station was opened in Estonia, informs bnn-news. The stations include ABB Terra 51 DC recharging installations. The Terra 51 DC recharging technology allows vehicles to recharge within 15-30 minutes’ time, while standard (AC) chargers …
Demand of new cars in the European Union (EU) dropped by 8.6% this January, compared to that of January 2012, when 969 219 cars were sold. Therefore, a negative record has been reached – with 885 159 passenger cars being registered, which is the smallest …
Mayor of Estonia’s second-largest town Tartu, Urmas Kruuse, says that Tartu is actively looking for opportunities to restore its air connections to Riga or Tallinn, writes ERR. Kruuse said that he has met with representatives of airBaltic to discuss re-opening Tartu-Riga route. The city has …
