SocietyLithuania's State Tax Inspectorate (VMI) has said those scammers who pretend to work for the VMI have started visiting residents' houses, offering a "money inventory" service. Prime Minister of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevicius says the situation in petroleum refining company Orlen Lietuva, which operated at a loss, has now stabilised. Decreasing oil prices in 2015 are expected to contribute to the improvement of the company's financial indicators. For the attention of the media: applications for accreditation are welcome to the official event celebrating the adoption of the euro2015-01-03, 10:29On 14 January, an official celebration marking the introduction of the euro will be held at the Palace of Grand Dukes of Lithuania, with the participation of Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis. Media representatives willing to attend the press conference or make photographs of the welcome of the guests may apply for accreditation. President Dalia Grybauskaitė congratulated the laureates of this year's Global Lithuanian Awards. Babies born on 1 January 2015, the historic day when Lithuania adopts the single European currency, will receive the first Lithuanian euro coins from the Bank of Lithuania. Lithuania hopes to benefit from the investment plan recently proposed by President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker. Vilnius has already sent Brussels a list of projects to be funded and received praise for it. With 70 votes in favour and 2 abstentions, the Seimas has adopted amendments to the Law on Tobacco Control which transposes all the provisions of Directive 2014/40/EU in so far as they regulate electronic cigarettes. The Lithuanian Programme for Renovation of Multi-Apartment Buildings has reached a strategic turning-point. The Programme, which was funded by the state budget and the European Union Structural Funds till now, has found a private investor – Siauliu Bankas. At the end of December the first short-range MANPADs GROM shipment reached the Lithuanian Armed Forces, Lithuania has procured from the Polish company MESKO S.A. An international panel of experts has recommended to the European Commission to approve Kaunas City Municipality's application Kaunas of 1919-1940 and to include the city in the list of the European Heritage Label sites. The European Commission will adopt a decision by 15 February 2015. |
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