It has been already three months since Lithuanian construction workers started building 'Akropolis' type of shopping mall in Mink, Belarus. More than 100 Lithuanians are working on the project.

On June 4-5, field meeting of the European Union energy and nuclear energy attaché is being held in Lithuania.

Latvia's plans to switch to the euro from 1 January 2014 were strongly backed by MEPs during a vote on Wednesday 3 July. Burkhard Balz, who is responsible for this topic in EP, told us that support from Brussels would help to boost public support in favour of the single currency in Latvia. The latest polls show support is now about 40% and increasing. The final decision will be made by the EU's finance ministers on 9 July.

This decision was made after the Research Centre of Lithuania (LTC) that was supposed to cooperate with IBM announced about its bankruptcy.

Parliament endorsed the outcome of its negotiations with the Council on the EU's long-term budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2014-2020, on Wednesday 3 July.

Negotiations had led to an outcome on 19 June that Parliament deemed insufficient, but they resumed last week in the run-up to the European Council. EP president Martin Schulz, lead EP negotiator Alain Lamassoure (EPP, FR), Irish prime minister Enda Kenny, foreign minister Eamon Gilmore and European Commission president José Manuel Barroso struck an agreement that won the backing of the main political groups in Parliament and the member states.

Lithuanians are borrowing more and more with the microcredit companies getting bigger every year. As of now, this business is not regulated by specific laws.

Yesterday, on 30th of June, the Lithuanian airlines Air Lituanica launched its first flight to Brussels. The plane took off from Vilnius International Airport at 6:30 pm and landed in Brussels at 8:04 pm local time. The first flight was 95 % full with tickets selling out to other flights as well.