EconomyThe Council agreed its negotiating stance on structural measures to improve the resilience of EU credit institutions The job vacancy rate in the euro area was 1.7 % in the Q1 of 2015, down from 1.8 % recorded in the previous quarter but stable compared with the Q1 of 2014. The company Altas Komercinis Transportas, the largest manufacturer of minibuses and specialised vehicles in the Baltic States, has opened a new 8,000 square metres car factory in Vilnius district. Latvian TM Anrijs Matiss said Wednesday that joint airlines of the three Baltic States could be created by taking Latvia's airBaltic as the basis, while Lithuania and Estonia would buy part of the airline's shares. In May, imports of natural gas to Estonia reached 28.5 million cubic meters; the gas bought by new gas market participants from Lithuania formed 21% of the total imports, Public Broadcasting reports. Rebecca Harms, Co-Chair of the Group of the Greens at the European Parliament, says that shale gas extraction will not contribute to reducing carbon dioxide emissions. And if shale gas is going to be extracted, then tight regulation related to environment and water resources is needed. Marvele Cargo Wharf project in Kaunas: additional guarantees to the private investor2015-06-15, 17:29In order to develop the Marvele Cargo Wharf in Kaunas and cargo transportation in Nemunas, the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania together with the State Enterprise Lithuanian Inland Waterways Authority and Public Institution Invest Lithuania (Investuok Lietuvoje) organised a public consultation to the parties interested in this project. Trade with Iran accounts for a fair amount of the Lithuanian foreign trade in agricultural products. In 2014, it went up by 9.5%. The Bank of Lithuania, in consistently developing relations with China's financial sector's supervisory authorities, today in Vilnius signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) establishing an arrangement for the sharing of supervisory information and enhancing of cooperation in the area of banking supervision. Lithuanian PM, Katainen talk about importance of European Fund for Strategic Investments2015-06-12, 15:09In a meeting with the European Commission Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, Jyrki Katainen, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius talked about Jean-Claude Juncker's EUR 315 billion investment plan for Europe, discussed the issues of the Eurozone stability, economic growth outlook in the European Union, and immigration issues. |
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