SocietyOn Wednesday, 4 February, the Government of Lithuania approved the State Equal Opportunities Programme for Males and Females in 2015-2021 prepared by the Ministry of Social Security and Labour. District heat provider Vilniaus Energija has responded to Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis' criticism. The minister claims that the company has been on purpose overpaying for gas for two months, whereas the company blames sluggishly operating state institutions and is considering addressing the Competition Council. In 2014, Lithuania harvested a record amount of grain, over 5 million tonnes. A more active cooperation between Lithuania and Sweden encourages transport business to look for ways to improve connection between these countries.Airline Air Lituanica has decided to operate direct flights to Stockholm Bromma Airport located in the centre of Stockholm from 26 January 2015. An aircraft will be making as many as 10 flights per week from Vilnius International Airport. On 29 January 2015, the Bank of Lithuania issued into circulation a 50 euro collector coin, dedicated to coinage in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL). This is the first collector Lithuanian euro coin. The State Plant Service under the Ministry of Agriculture in Lithuania, which is responsible for monitoring crops and crop products, carried out 102,096 inspections in 2014 and determined 1,184 violations. Nevertheless, genetically modified crops or crop products were not found to be grown or brought to Lithuania. On Friday, January 30th, the first transformer, one of the most important parts of machinery for electricity connection with Poland, will arrive to Klaipeda Container Terminal. Over 7-meter-long transformer weighing 110 tonnes will be transported from Klaipeda to Alytus by a lorry on a twelve axle trailer on Sunday night. President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the President of the Lutheran World Federation, Bishop Munib A. Younan, who is on his first visit to Lithuania. As member-states of the European Union have finally blessed the Liliputas, a Lithuanian semi-hard cheese, from now on it will be possible to sell it with a protected geographical indication logo. On Tuesday, January 27, President Dalia Grybauskaitė is travelling to Poland to attend, together with other heads of state and representatives of international organizations, the commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Auschwitz. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. |
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