SocietyLithuania's energy dependency rate was one of the highest across the European Union (EU) in 2014, data from Eurostat showed on Thursday. The number of real estate units, which changed owners via purchase transactions in the first month of 2016 in Lithuania, increased by nearly one-fifth in year-on-year terms, which gives grounds to expect stronger activity in Lithuania's real estate market in 2016, the Center of Registers has said. Parliament endorsed draft EU legislation establishing a "European platform" to enhance cooperation in combatting undeclared work in a vote on Tuesday. The platform would enhance cooperation among EU member states' labour ministries, trade unions and employers' associations about how best to tackle a problem that is damaging the EU economy and distorting the labour market. The undeclared economy accounts for 18% of EU GDP. Citizens of Lithuania have a very positive attitude towards NATO, notice Lithuanian soldiers in military uniform more frequently, support sending Lithuanian troops abroad on international operations, and back the increase of defence budget. These observations are based on a public opinion poll commissioned by the Ministry of National Defence and carried out in December 2015 by public opinion polling company RAIT. European companies are renowned for their innovation but this is put at risk by industrial espionage. Parliament and the Council have provisionally agreed new rules to better protect them. "The directive aims to protect innovation and creation in Europe," said French EPP member Constance Le Grip, who led negotiations on behalf of Parliament. The deal was endorsed by the legal affairs committee on 28 January and it will now be up to all MEPs to vote on it. Watch the interview to find out more. Vilnius Airport says it will go ahead with its planned runway reconstruction in 2017 even if the process of bringing in a concession partner takes longer than expected. The necessity of rejecting ingrained stereotypes about NATO and the EU was discussed in Kiev2016-01-30, 12:15On January 27, the Embassy of Lithuania in Kiev, currently also operating as the NATO Contact Point Embassy in Ukraine, summoned the Ukrainian media, renowned journalists and analysts from Ukrainian NGOs for an informal meeting. MEPs have forced the European Commission back to the drawing board after rejecting its plans that would have allowed baby food to continue to contain up to three times more sugar than is recommended by the World Health Organization. UK Green MEP Keith Taylor, who drafted the resolution to turn down the plans, explained: "Obesity is the largest health problem that we face in the 21st century, so who would want to give babies a sweet tooth?" Read our interview with him to find out more. Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs allocated 20 thousand EUR of humanitarian aid to support refugees in Turkey. The funds will be transferred via the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office (UNHCR). Petras Kirdeika, a former Tele2 Lithuania commercial director who is taking over on January 27th as CEO of Cgates, a Lithuanian pay TV and Internet services provider that is part of Estonia's telecoms group Starman, said on January 26th that the company had further expansion plans, but did not elaborate. |
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