SocietyStaffs of US, Lithuanian brigades took part in combined training events in Rukla, Alytus2015-05-02, 16:53On April 27 through 28, brigade staff-level exercises were conducted in Rukla and Alytus by the Mechanised Infantry Brigade Iron Wolf and the US Army's 1-3 Infantry Brigade of the rotating US forces in Lithuania, Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence reported BC. The Government of Lithuania has decided to transfer the ownership rights and responsibilities of the state enterprise Infostruktura to the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania. At its plenary sitting, the Seimas has adopted amendments to the Law on Tobacco Control (draft Law No XIIP-2728(2)), thereby prohibiting persons under the age of 18 from smoking/consuming or holding tobacco products. The amendments to the Law were adopted by 75 votes in favour, with no votes against and 6 abstentions. Russian bikers continue their attempts to enter Lithuania without proper documents2015-04-29, 13:50On Tuesday night, Lithuanian border guards denied entry into Lithuania to four more bikers, citizens of Russia and Belarus. They had visas but were unable to submit other documents without which it is prohibited to enter the Schengen Area. Lithuania's stevedoring company Klaipedos Smelte has been awarded as the Investor of the Year 2014. The award was presented to the company during a traditional award ceremony held by the association Investors' Forum. Lithuania's State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) has received a confirmation from Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply regarding a permit to export Lithuanian cheese Dziugas to Brazil. Improving standard of living shifted Lithuania's economic structure towards advanced countries2015-04-26, 13:45The structure of Lithuania's economy has clearly changed in the long run. In the last 20 years, the share of the agriculture sector in Lithuania's GDP fell threefold, from 11-12% in 1995-1996 to 3.4% in 2014. The share of the industrial sector (including extraction and energy industry) in GDP has not decreased and accounted for 23-24%. On April 22 Distinguished Visitors and Media Day took place at Exercise Flaming Thunder 2015 at the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area in Pabradė. On 20 April 2015, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed to agree on common power trading principles for the LitPol Link, the new Lithuania-Poland power interconnection planned to open in the end of 2015. After Lithuania increases sickness allowances, number of payouts goes up by a third2015-04-23, 11:35After sickness allowances were increased in Lithuania since the beginning of 2015, the number of recorded sickness cases and total allowances paid soared by over a third. |
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