SocietyThe Immovable Cultural Heritage Assessment Council (NTPVT) decided to ignore the conclusion of the Cultural Heritage Centre (KPC) and not to exclude the sculptures of Vilnius Green Bridge from the list of protected cultural monuments. During his visit of Klaipeda Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal on Friday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius told the media that discussions with Estonia over Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (VAE) project have been renewed. Turkish businesspeople are considering about constructing a five star hotel in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. Elite World Hotels has already built two five star hotels in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and is planning to build a hotel in Riga. The tax incentive for film production in Lithuania is already showing results, but the breakthrough is to be expected in 2015, says the Lithuanian Film Centre responsible for the administration of the incentive. The airline Air Lituanica is expanding its business in Germany – as of 30 April the city of Hamburg will be added to the regular flight schedule with flights operated three times a week. On Wednesday, 4 February, the Government of Lithuania approved the State Equal Opportunities Programme for Males and Females in 2015-2021 prepared by the Ministry of Social Security and Labour. District heat provider Vilniaus Energija has responded to Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis' criticism. The minister claims that the company has been on purpose overpaying for gas for two months, whereas the company blames sluggishly operating state institutions and is considering addressing the Competition Council. In 2014, Lithuania harvested a record amount of grain, over 5 million tonnes. A more active cooperation between Lithuania and Sweden encourages transport business to look for ways to improve connection between these countries.Airline Air Lituanica has decided to operate direct flights to Stockholm Bromma Airport located in the centre of Stockholm from 26 January 2015. An aircraft will be making as many as 10 flights per week from Vilnius International Airport. On 29 January 2015, the Bank of Lithuania issued into circulation a 50 euro collector coin, dedicated to coinage in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL). This is the first collector Lithuanian euro coin. |
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