SocietyOver the first five months of the year 2014, Palanga International Airport (PIA) handled 5 per cent more passengers compared to the same period in 2013, Palanga International airport informs. Currently, the Scandinavian airline SAS operates regular flights to Copenhagen, airBaltic to Riga, Norwegian Air Shuttle to Oslo and RusLine to Moscow. The State Social Insurance Fund Board in Lithuania (SoDra) began providing key statistical data in euros. During January-May 2014, SoDra's revenue totalled EUR 1.136 billion and its expenditure amounted to EUR 1.346 billion. With a view to promoting the capital of Lithuania abroad, Vilnius City Municipality has designed a new Vilnius city brand, which was presented at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen in May for the first time. President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended a memorial ceremony at Ypres to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. It was in Ypres, located at the center of WWI battlefields, that a chemical weapon - mustard gas - was used for the first time, causing the death of millions of people. The picketing in front of the Embassy of Germany in Vilnius regarding the protection of national minority rights in Lithuania took place last Wednesday, 25 June. The picketing, which aim was to express disapproval of the lack of solutions of problems of Poles and other national minorities in Lithuania, was organized by the Vilnius district branch of the Association of Poles in Lithuania Starting July 1, 2014, data roaming tariffs in the European Union (EU) will be reduced by more than half, but the cost of making and receiving calls in the EU will be 21% lower, the European Commission's report indicates. The Ministry of Transport and Communications in Lithuania is seeking to implement another project based on public and private partnership – to reconstruct Vilnius-Utena road. The work on the road will commence if it is approved by the Government and Parliament. Based on preliminary data of the first quarter of the year 2014, 231,600 thousand Lithuanian citizens or 2.7% travelled abroad. The number of outbound tourists increased compared to the same period in 2013. On Wednesday 25 June at 16.30 Vilnius district branch of the Association of Poles in Lithuania is organizing a picketing in front of the Embassy of Germany in Vilnius. The aim of the picketing is to express disapproval of the lack of solutions of problems of Poles and other national minorities in Lithuania. Residents and visitors will now have a map with the most important information about the best restaurants, cafes, bars, and other places of the city where one can taste local specialties or exotic cuisine. From potato pancakes to modern Asian cuisine, from luxurious diners to atypical meals, "Tasty Vilnius" will provide an inclusive overview of the city's culinary potential. |
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