BNS Increasing numbers of emigrants return to Lithuania every year, however, the lower flow of emigration is still a few times higher than the returning numbers, shows statistics published on Friday. According to data published by the Statistics Department, 17,300 Lithuanian citizens returned to their …
CSC, a global IT services company that was among the first to establish an IT services centre in Lithuania, is set to continue growth, expand its customer base, and increase the number of its employees in the country, reports Invest Lithuania. “Lithuania remains an attractive …
Latvian residents are some of the least tourist friendly people in the world, according to the global tourism competitiveness rating compiled by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and cited by bnn-news. In terms of residents’ friendly attitude toward foreign tourists Latvia is on the 136th …
The newly-released Human Development Index ranks Lithuania in the 41st position out ot 186 nations around the world. Estonia was placed in the 33rd spot whilst Latvia ranked last in the Baltic regional context at the 44th place. The top position was occupied by Norway …
Customs officers detained a large shipment of drugs close to the border with Latvia on Tuesday evening, the Customs Criminal Service said. Some 58 kilograms of the drug, which preliminary tests identified as hashish, was discovered in a truck carrying yoghurt to Russia. If sold …
National Armament Directors of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have today launched the joint procurement of Carl-Gustav Ammunition in the framework of the European Defence Agency’s Effective Procurement Methods (EPM) initiative, informs the European Defence Agency. EPM is a key Pooling & Sharing enabler which allows …
In a meeting with the Ambassadors of the three Baltic States on March 11 in the Hague Defence Minister of the Netherlands Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert made a formal notification of the decision of the Netherlands to ensure security of Lithuania’s, Latvia’s and Estonia’s airspace by contributing …
According to the global tourism competitiveness rating compiled at the World Economic Forum (WEF), Lithuania is on the 49th place among 140 countries in terms of tourism industry competitiveness (55th place in 2011). Switzerland, Germany and Austria lead the world in terms of their travel …
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. …
On March 6 and 7 Chief of Defence of Germany General Volker Wieker is conducting a visit in Lithuania. The guest has already met with Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas and Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieutenant General Arvydas Pocius and other representatives of …
“Information has been received via the RASFF system to the effect that in the canned beef in own juice of Latvian production manufactured by the company SIA “Kursu zeme” the German competent authorities detected 69 % of horse meat that was not indicated in the …
On March 6 and 7 Chief of Defence of Germany General Volker Wieker will be paying a visit to Lithuania, informed kam.lt. The guest will meet with Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas, Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieutenant General Arvydas Pocius and other representatives …
Russia’s Rosatom concern has not been invited to join Lithuania’s Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project and the company itself is not offering to participate, says Alexander Merten, vice-president of Rusatom Overseas that represents the interests of the Russian nuclear technology giant. In a written …
In the ever widening and deepening European Union it is crucial for Lithuania to constantly review the strengths and weaknesses of its relationships with its neighbours. Integration takes on many forms, and due to the increasing interest in the topic the Lithuania Tribune recently sat …
In the European Union, children are at greater risk of poverty or social exclusion than the rest of the population, says a report published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the 27-nation bloc. In 2011, 27 percent of children aged less than 18 in the …
Lithuania has several neighbours. Relations with three of them – Belarus, Poland, and Russia – are tense or hostile, writes Kestutis Girnius for DELFI. We get along better with Latvia, but the relations are just correct rather than warm. We lack the close co-operation that marks the interrelations among the Northern …
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 …
Lithuania is set to lose one seat in the European Parliament as of 2014 under the EP Committee on Constitutional Affairs’ Tuesday decision which cuts the number of Lithuanian representatives to 11 from 12. If the decision is backed by the European Parliament next month, …
Nationalists should not be allowed to march through the main streets of Vilnius on Feb. 16 when Lithuania will mark the Day of Restoration of the State of Lithuania, Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center office in Jerusalem, has said. He told a …
History has proved that alliances are never permanent. Subject to an ever-changing environment, the interests of countries within an alliance will inevitably diverge, writes STRATFOR. Despite that fact, the Polish and Lithuanian media were buzzing Thursday over a meeting between the two countries’ leaders that appeared to …
