SocietyDuring her formal visit to Lithuania, Germany's Federal Minister of Defence Dr Ursula von der Leyen told her Lithuanian counterpart Juozas Olekas that Berlin is going to sell the self-propelled artillery systems Panzerhaubitze 2000 (PZH 2000) to Lithuania, as requested by the country. One in ten respondents reported that their households' and Lithuania's economic situation has improved in February-March 2015. US Paladin artillery systems to be brought for exercise in Lithuania for first time2015-04-13, 15:59On 11 April 2015, M109A6 Paladin Howitzer Platoon of the 1-41 Field Artillery Battalion, the United States Army in Europe, is arriving in Lithuania to take part in international exercise Fire Thunder 2015. The US platoon is bringing four 155mm self-propelled howitzers and logistic equipment. The Bank of Lithuania has presented to market participants its proposals concerning changes to the Responsible Lending Regulations. They would introduce the requirement to responsibly assess customer's risk due to likely interest rate increases, while the proposed shorter maximum maturity of a housing loan would speed up the repayment of the loan and reduce the possibility of over-indebtedness. The tri-national Baltic Battalion starts training for the NATO Response Force standby2015-04-12, 12:58On April 7 joint Lithuanian-Latvian-Estonian unit, the BALTBAT battalion, began a two-week long training and certification exercise ahead of the standby for the NATO Response Force in 2016. Lithuania's Radiation Protection Centre (RSC) has announced that the level of radioactive caesium (Cs-137) contamination in timber used for biofuel and its ash is too low to pose any danger to human health or the environment. Lithuanian businessmen finally have hope that not only "the chosen and irreplaceable companies", but they too will be able to participate and perhaps even win public procurement tenders announced by Vilnius City Municipality or its enterprises. LESTO, Lithuania's national power distribution company, have streamlined their power connection process for business and private customers. Connection time for new customers will be reduced by 2 days on average thanks to the changes. Romualdas Ozolas, signatory of Lithuania's Independence Act, member of the Seimas during the 6th and 7th term, died on Monday, 6 April, aged 76. Four different colours are used for the European Parliament's calendar to help distinguish what's taking place when. So what does it mean when a week is marked red, pink, blue or turquoise? Check out our guide through the Parliament's calendar. |
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