SocietyLithuania's State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) has received a confirmation from Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply regarding a permit to export Lithuanian cheese Dziugas to Brazil. Improving standard of living shifted Lithuania's economic structure towards advanced countries2015-04-26, 13:45The structure of Lithuania's economy has clearly changed in the long run. In the last 20 years, the share of the agriculture sector in Lithuania's GDP fell threefold, from 11-12% in 1995-1996 to 3.4% in 2014. The share of the industrial sector (including extraction and energy industry) in GDP has not decreased and accounted for 23-24%. On April 22 Distinguished Visitors and Media Day took place at Exercise Flaming Thunder 2015 at the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area in Pabradė. On 20 April 2015, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed to agree on common power trading principles for the LitPol Link, the new Lithuania-Poland power interconnection planned to open in the end of 2015. After Lithuania increases sickness allowances, number of payouts goes up by a third2015-04-23, 11:35After sickness allowances were increased in Lithuania since the beginning of 2015, the number of recorded sickness cases and total allowances paid soared by over a third. Lithuania's Tripartite Council, made of trade unions, employers' organisations and the Government's representatives, has assented to the increase of the monthly minimum wage as of 1 July 2015 so that the minimum wage reaches EUR 325. According to the international route development organisation Routesonline, the air capacity within and from Eastern Europe has risen by 97 per cent in the past ten years. Based on the company's calculations, the fastest growing gateway in Eastern Europe between 2010 and 2014 was Vilnius International Airport of Lithuania. On 17 April 2015, Minister of Transport and Communications, Rimantas Sinkevicius, met with President of the World Road Association (PIARC), Oscar de Buen Richkarday, who commended Lithuania for improving road safety. Travellers crossing Lithuanian customs posts allowed to bring goods and fuel free of taxes 3 times per month2015-04-19, 15:05From 1 May 2015, goods carried in travellers' personal baggage or fuel in a private car are allowed to enter the Republic of Lithuania free of duties and taxes not more than 3 times per calendar month. On 15 April 2015, Seimas Deputy Speaker in Lithuania Gediminas Kirkilas met with Irish Ambassador to Lithuania David Robert Noonan. |
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