SocietyThe employment rate in Lithuania went up in the second quarter of 2017 from the earlier quarter, however, declined in Latvia and Estonia. Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports), the operator of Lithuania's three international airports, posted 11.4 million euros in revenue in the first half of 2017, up by 26.7%, from 8.793 million euros, year-on-year. The stretch of the Via Baltica highway between Kaunas and Warsaw should be fully reconstructed by 2023, says Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. Budimex, one of Poland's biggest construction groups, has decided to stay in the 90-million-euro tender to build and manage the national stadium in Vilnius. EU countries are among the world's most popular tourism destinations. A conference at the Parliament will look at the opportunities and challenges involved. Old-age pensions in Lithuania are set to rise by 13.5 euros on average next month after the government decided on Wednesday to increase the basic pension by 10 euros to 130 euros. Lithuanian hotels are expected to post revenue growth of up to 10% for 2017. Finland's reinforced concrete connections manufacturer Peikko Lietuva has invested more than 9 million euros in a new beam factory in Lithuania's second-largest city Kaunas. Minister of National Defence R. Karoblis to attend EU Defence Ministers meeting in Tallinn2017-09-06, 17:06On September 6-7 Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis wil attend the European Union Defence Ministers meeting focussed on cyber security in Tallinn (Estonia). People may have to wait for around a month to be issued with a Lithuanian national visa as the number of applications has doubled, the country's Migration Department said. |
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