SocietyBank DNB analysts say that it is clear when evaluating Lithuania's short-term export prospects that the first six months of 2015 will be the hardest. Producers who incurred losses due to harsh sanctions imposed by Russia are now reorienting towards new markets and reforming their business models. On 6 May 2015, the Embassy of Lithuania in London held an annual meeting of Lithuanian honorary consuls in the United Kingdom. The meeting addressed important issues of Lithuania-UK bilateral relations and presented a great opportunity to discuss the expectations of the Lithuanian diaspora in the UK. Soldiers trained acting in the event of a terrorist attack on a LNG terminal during the exercise in Klaipėda2015-05-10, 08:39Divisions of the Lithuanian Armed Forces and internal security system trained responding to terrorist attacks on strategic state objects during the national Exercise Lightning Bolt 2015 in Klaipėda. The 9th of May marks the 65th anniversary of the historical "Schuman declaration". That day of 1950 in Paris, French Foreign Affairs Minister Robert Schuman proclaimed the idea of supranational community which became the foundation of the European Union as we know it today. Lithuania's intelligence agencies to be granted access to past financial operations2015-05-08, 16:44The Lithuanian Seimas adopted amendments to the Law on Intelligence and thus authorised intelligence agencies to receive information from financial companies and institutions as well as other legal persons not only about present financial transactions, but about financial operations completed in the past. On Wednesday, High Court in London dismissed the challenge of Vladimir Antonov and Raimondas Baranauskas, the suspects in the bank Snoras case, to stop extradition to Lithuania. It is planned that in 2016 Lithuania will have from 9,000 to 10,000 professional soldiers, whereas by 2021 the number is expected to be increased to 14,000-19,000. 37 super-rich people or people whose net asset value amounts to at least 30 million US dollars, lived in Estonia in 2014, which is by one more than in 2013, Postimees Online cites a report Wealth 2015 by consultancy firm Knight Frank. Latvia has 69 super-rich and Lithuania 86. Commissioner: Rail Baltica will be allocated 85% of financing if the project meets conditions2015-05-04, 10:53During the 3rd ASEM transport ministers' meeting in Riga today, European Transportation Commissioner Violeta Bulc said that the Rail Baltica high-speed rail project will be allocated 85% of the project's financing if it meets the conditions set-out by the European Commission. On Saturday 2 May in Strasbourg and on Saturday 9 May in Brussels and Luxembourg, the European Parliament and other EU institutions will open their doors to the general public in order to celebrate Europe Day in a fun and festive way for the whole family. |
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