SocietyThe 2015 Annual Growth Survey (AGS) published by the European Commission today focuses on putting Europe firmly back on a path of sustainable job creation and economic growth. The arrival of the new Commission, with an ambitious agenda for Jobs, Growth, Fairness and Democratic Change, is the right moment to generate a new momentum. By proposing an ambitious Investment Plan to mobilise at least € 315 billion of additional public and private investment over the next three years, Europe is turning a page (Investment Plan press material). This is part of the European Commission's overall approach to support job creation and get Europe growing. As part of this approach, the Commission, in its Annual Growth Survey 2015, recommends pursuing an economic and social policy based on three main pillars: (1) a boost to investment, (2) a renewed commitment to structural reforms and (3) the pursuit of fiscal responsibility. The European Parliament called on EU member states and the European Commission to break down barriers to the growth of the EU's digital single market in a resolution voted on Thursday. MEPs also stressed the need to prevent online companies from abusing dominant positions by enforcing EU competition rules and unbundling search engines from other commercial services. The Government of Lithuania has reviewed the 2015 budget of the State Social Insurance Fund (SoDra) in just one day after it was returned by the Seimas. Lithuanian Tourism Department to establish licensing procedures of travel agencies2014-11-27, 13:25On Wednesday, the Government of Lithuania approved the proposal of the Ministry of Economy to obligate the State Department of Tourism to establish licensing procedures of travel agencies. Construction company Latvijas tilti has finished a EUR 7.38 million project in Lithuania, according to the company's announcement submitted to the "Nasdaq Riga" stock exchange. The Seimas has returned for the Government's reconsideration the draft Law on the Approval of 2015 Financial Indicators of the State Budget and Municipal Budgets. The Lithuanian Culture Centre in Belgium opened its doors on Monday. It features a children's school, an adult choir and will hold children's upbringing seminars and the Lithuanian language courses for foreigners. In the third quarter of 2014, the number of job vacancies in Lithuania stood at 11,700. The airline Air Lituanica has won the arbitration case against the Estonian company Estonian Air. The Estonian company will have to pay LTL 3.3 million to the Lithuanian company. Lithuania to allocate revenues from excise duty on manufactured tobacco for prevention2014-11-22, 15:00The Seimas of Lithuania had decided to allocate 2% of revenues from excise duty on manufactured tobacco to the Programme for the Prevention of Use of Psychoactive Substances (Inter-institutional Action Plan) approved by the Government, the Seimas press service said. |
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