SocietyThe airline Air Lituanica seeks to become the most punctual airline operating from Vilnius Airport.With on-time arrival guarantee, the airline will from now on give free flights to passengers whose flight is late to arrive in the destination for an hour and more. Blind stubbornness of the authorities has gone over the top as in the light of the current geopolitical crisis the Construction Inspectorate is demanding to destroy a newly built biofuel plant in Vilnius when Lithuania is facing an energy blockade from Russia and the heating season is about to begin. Statistics Lithuania predicts that monthly inflation calculated based on the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) will stand at 0.4% in September 2014, compared to August. Fair of Nations will take place, on Gediminas Avenue on 19-21 September in Vilnius. The festival will be organised already for the sixth time this years. President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the Director General of the International Labour Organization, Guy Ryder, to discuss measures for boosting youth employment and fighting illegal work. EU aid to help workers made redundant in various industries in Spain, The Netherlands, Romania and Greece to find new jobs was approved by the European Parliament on Wednesday. The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) funding, which would complement national efforts, now needs to be approved by the Council of Ministers. President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaite met with representatives of the Prosecutors' Trade Union to discuss major issues in their work and changes that need to be immediately implemented in order to ensure effective and quality activity of the Prosecutor's Office. Air Lituanica to operate flights to London, Edinburgh and Gothenburg during the Christmas season2014-09-15, 11:16During the major holidays of the year – from 19 December to 4 January – the airline Air Lituanica will operate direct flights from Vilnius to London, Edinburgh and Gothenburg. Statistics Lithuania informs that in the first half of 2014 year-on-year the number of guests increased in accommodation establishments of every county. Compared with the first half of 2013, the number of tourists grew the most in Utena County (77.8%), the least in Alytus County (3.2%). The amount of consumer credits granted in the second quarter of the year 2014 increased by almost 14%, while the total consumer credit portfolio amounted to LTL 1.1 billion (EUR 319 million) at the end of June. |
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