SocietyLithuanian Minister hopes that recommendations of EU Defence ministerial will be reflected in the European Council2013-09-08, 11:27At an informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Vilnius on 5-6 September Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas expressed his hope that appropriate attention would be paid to EU’s relations with partner countries at the European Council in December later this year. Lithuanian and French Ministers of Foreign Affairs on 6 September opened an exhibition “Antoine Watteau and the Art of French Engraving” at Vilnius picture gallery. This is an exceptional first-ever exhibition of the Louvre Museum in Lithuania and the Central and Northern Europe region. Vilnius airport welcomes the second Air Lituanica aircraft2013-09-06, 15:58On the 5th of September, 5:15 pm local time the second Air Lituanica aircraft Embraer 175 landed in the Vilnius International Airport. The 86-seater reached Lithuania from Brazil. Air Lituanica is leasing its second aircraft directly from the manufacturer's (Embraer) subsidiary ECC Leasing. Tobacco directive: preventing the young from picking up a deadly habit2013-09-05, 11:36Preventing young people from starting to smoke is the main aim of an update of European rules on tobacco products, according to Linda McAvan, a British member of the S&D group in charge of steering the proposal through Parliament. With 700,000 deaths a year, smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the EU. Although the number of smokers in EU is falling, one in four Europeans still smokes, while 94% of smokers are hooked before they turn 25. The EU has promoted turning plants into fuel as a way to reduce carbon emissions from transport for the last 10 years. Today however, some say that biofuels have become part of the problem and actually have generated more CO2 than they saved, as the demand for crops needed to produce them has led to the destruction of forests. The EU now wants to limit the amount of fuel produced from food crops and shift to biofuels that are produced from non–food sources, such as waste. Tile commemorating Baltic Way laid in Riga central square2013-09-03, 14:42On Friday, August 30th, a tile with symbolic footprints commemorating the Baltic Way was installed in the central square in Riga in front of the Freedom monument (28 Kalku iela). Identical tiles were installed on May 24th in Cathedral Square in Vilnius and August 20th in Tallinn. Time capsules were buried underneath the tiles with texts for future generations. Vilnius Mayor Artūras Zuokas also participated in the event. During the Christmas season, Air Lituanica will fly from Vilnius and Palanga to London and Dublin2013-09-02, 13:33During the year's busiest holiday season – from December 21st until February 4th – Lithuanian air carrier Air Lituanica, in cooperation with charter flight company Small Planet Airlines, will offer direct flights to London and Dublin. Flights will fly to and from airports in Vilnius and Palanga. President Dalia Grybauskaitė presented first-grade passports to children celebrating September 1st at the Kristijonas Donelaitis Lithuanian School in Washington, D.C. On 29 and 30 August in Vilnius, Ministers and State Secretaries for European Affairs discussed the upcoming elections to the European Parliament and ways to enhance the cooperation between the Council and the European Parliament to best serve the interests of the EU citizens. According to the Lithuanian Statistics Department, Vilnius' hospitality companies hosted 372,838 guests for a total of 730,274 nights during the first half of 2013. These numbers have increased by roughly 10 percent compared to the same figures for 2012. |
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