SocietyVilnius Airport is now even more colourful because till 30 December passengers at the airport will be able to enjoy an exhibition of photographs that attracted worldwide attention: “Soviet Bus Stops”. The exhibition will be available to everyone: departing and arriving passengers as well as passengers travelling through the country. The Moscow-based chocolate factory Krasny Oktyabr (Red October) is in a dispute with Naujoji Ruta over the design of the wrapper of candies that the Lithuanian confectioner produces for the German market. Fraud involving VAT on goods exported to other member states costs EU tax payers an estimated €50 billion a year. The European Commission has come up with an action plan to clamp down on VAT fraud and update current VAT rules that have been left unchanged since 1993. MEPs debate the action plan on Wednesday 23 November and vote on it the following day. Read on to find out more about Parliament's position and watch our video for an explanation of how VAT fraud works. Court orders freeze on EUR 20 mln worth of funds of Veolia's Lithuanian subsidiary2016-11-23, 12:13A Vilnius court has ordered a freeze on almost 20 million euros worth of funds of Vilniaus Energija (Vilnius Energy), a local district heating supplier controlled by France's Veolia, a move that the company describes as "an assault" and plans to contest. The NordBalt power interconnection between Lithuania and Sweden is back in service after a two-week scheduled maintenance outage. With electricity prices staying at high levels, electricity flows from Lithuania to Sweden during certain hours. Ever heard of pangolins? Chances are you will never have a chance to see them up close. These mammals are the most trafficked worldwide and like rhinos and elephants are now on the brink of extinction. It's another example of wildlife trafficking poses a serious threat to the survival of our ecosystems. MEPs debate a report by Catherine Bearder on how EU and its members states should step up their efforts to combat wildlife trafficking on Wednesday 23 November, followed by a vote the next day. From 27 March, there will be more Lufthansa airline flights from Vilnius Airport to Frankfurt: aeroplanes will fly to this destination three times a day. More flights are planned according to de minimis aid of Lithuania from the air routes development fund. The flights are and will be conducted from Monday to Friday. International conference on energy innovations and industry exhibition "Innovative Energy Solutions for Military Application" IESMA 2016 was held in Vilnius2016-11-19, 12:42On November 16-18 a conference and industry exhibition "Innovative Energy Solutions for Military Application" IESMA 2016 organised by the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence and the State Military Scientific Technical Centre "DELTA" of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia took place at the Lithuanian Exhibition and Congress Centre, LITEXPO. Lithuania's agricultural product processing company Kauno Grudai (Kaunas Grain) has established a subsidiary in Estonia and is looking to start processing grain in that country. During the summer season of 2017, there will be more daily flights from Vilnius to Warsaw, so travellers to far-away lands will be able to plan their trips much better. “LOT” airlines will offer five daily flights from Vilnius to Warsaw Chopin Airport, from which over 50 airlines conduct flights to 300 cities all over the world. |
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