SocietyThree consortia of companies have applied for construction and management concession of the nearly 90 mln euro National Stadium in Vilnius, with a decision on the fourth one yet to be made, Remigijus Simasius, mayor of the Lithuanian capital. President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen to present her with the Grand Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania for personal support to the development of relations between Lithuania and Germany as well as for her contribution to strengthening bilateral military cooperation. The President underlined that with Ursula von der Leyen as head of the Defense Ministry, Germany demonstrated effective leadership in reinforcing the security of Lithuania and NATO’s eastern flank. The Lithuanian Special Investigation Service has brought suspicions of influence peddling and bribery against MG Baltic, one of the largest concerns in Lithuania operated by Darius Mockus. Lithuanian residents see radio as the most reliable source of information, shows the latest Eurobarometer poll. Trade agreements can help increase sales and support jobs in the EU agri-food sector, a new study shows. Trade agreements have helped to boost EU agricultural exports and have supported jobs in the agri-food Finland's Finnair, Latvia's Air Baltic, Russia's Aeroflot and Germany's Lufthansa were the top users of Lithuanian airspace in 2016, according to figures from Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation). The new leadership of the state-run Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, or LG) is set to shortly revise the pricing applied to the Klaipeda port handling companies and unify the tariffs. As the Lithuanian Film Center has granted EUR 50,000 for minor co-production to Bille, the would-be Latvian feature film by director Inara Kolmane, the film will be a Latvian-Lithuanian co-production. Israel-capital company blender intends to join the Lithuanian peer-to-peer lending market after operating as provider of consumer credits in the country for six months. Natural gas offer from Lithuania in most of the periods last year was cheaper than the offer of Latvijas Gaze natural gas utility, said Latvenergo power company's board member Maris Kunickis in a forum on energy supplies. |
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