SocietyDuring the summer season of 2017, there will be more daily flights from Vilnius to Warsaw, so travellers to far-away lands will be able to plan their trips much better. “LOT” airlines will offer five daily flights from Vilnius to Warsaw Chopin Airport, from which over 50 airlines conduct flights to 300 cities all over the world. 1st Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leader’s Course to be held in Lithuania by the US rotational forces2016-11-16, 18:292nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade (Lithuania) conducts the “1st Reconnaissance and Surveillance Leader’s Course” in Rukla training Area (Lithuania). The United States Embassy has called for an explanation of how the semi-automatic weapons M14 used by US snipers and donated to Lithuania's Armed Forces ended up in the hands of private individuals. Inspectors of the Food and Veterinary Service have found the highly dangerous verotoxigenic strain of E. Coli bacteria in sausages made by Lithuanian meatpacking company Biovela UAB Mesos Perdirbimo Pagalynos (Biovela). For an investment of 4.31 bln euros, which could come from private sources and as income from the sale of pollution credits, Estonia could fully switch to renewable energy by 2030. Statistics Lithuania informs that, based on non-final data obtained from customs declarations, Intrastat reporting and VAT returns data, exports in September 2016 amounted to EUR 2 bln, imports – EUR 2.1 bln. Exports of goods of Lithuanian origin amounted to EUR 1.2 bln. The foreign trade deficit of Lithuania amounted to EUR 86.8 mln. A four-star hotel Courtyard by Marriot should be built in the territory of the former Zalgiris Stadium in central Vilnius in mid-2018. On Wednesday, real estate development company Hanner signed a franchise contract with Marriot International, the world's largest hotel group. Life in a refugee camp can be hard, especially if you are a woman or a child. A delegation from the women's rights committee visited camps and centres for refugees around Athens on 3-4 November to assess their situation. Following the mission we spoke to the head of the delegation Constance Le Grip, a French member of the EPP group. She called on EU countries to live up to their commitment to take in more refugees, especially women and children. In Bucharest, Foreign Ministers discuss security of Lithuania and NATO’s eastern flank2016-11-09, 16:51Additional allied forces in the Baltic Sea region and society, which is resistance trained and able to ward off hybrid threats, are key to a secure future,” said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius. Destinations around the world welcomed 956 million international tourists between January and September 2016, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. This is 34 million more than in the same period of 2015, a 4% increase. |
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