SocietyAs of September, twelve TV, radio and Internet projects are providing latest euro-related updates for everyone who is going to plan their expenses and income in euros as of 1 January, 2015. Lithuanian capital's (Vilnius) public transport drivers threaten to go on strike due to salary delays. The Maxima store chain planning to open up to 20 stores in Estonia over the next three years and thinks that the current and future stores give the company the opportunity to become the retail market leader in Estonia by 2016, said Chief Executive Officer of Maxima Eesti Vaidotas Pacesa. Trade and Investment Promotion Section of the Polish Embassy in Lithuania is organising Polish Business Awards 2014 for the third time already. According to the data of credit system Mano Creditinfo, Lithuanian residents' arrears for financial, telecommunications and other services in August 2014 amounted to LTL 3.57 billion (EUR 1.03 billion) and were by LTL 1.3 million (EUR 376,000) greater than in early summer. Ryanair, Europe's favourite low fares airline, launched its Lithuanian summer 2015 schedule with 28 routes in total including two new summer routes from Kaunas to Shannon and Vilnius to Madrid, which will deliver 1.2m customers p.a. and support over 1,200* on-site jobs at Kaunas and Vilnius airports. In adopting the euro, Lithuania is not only moving forward on the path of euro integration that began almost a quarter of a century ago, but also gains solid means for developing a more secure economic and financial system as well as creating well-being for the people not only in our country, but in the whole region of the EU's single currency – this was stated at the international conference on the euro adoption, held in Vilnius. The Panevezys unit of the Special Investigation Service (STT) has launched a pre-trial investigation into alleged abuse of official powers in the Visaginas municipality in Eastern Lithuania. At the Climate Summit in New York, President Dalia Grybauskaitė underlined that to make a difference in tackling climate change it was necessary not only to reduce pollution, but also to place a greater global focus on energy security and efficiency. In the first half of the year 2014, over 113,000 tourists from Russia came to Lithuania, accounting for the biggest tourist flow in all markets of Lithuania's inbound tourism. |
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