SocietyPresident Gitanas Nausėda and First Lady Diana Nausėdienė are on a visit to Oswiecim in Poland, to attend the commemoration of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. The ceremony held in tribute to the victims was attended by state and international organization-leaders, including leaders of 50 countries, members of royalty, representatives of governments as well as ambassadors. The Lithuanian Constitutional Court will hear an individual complaint by Oleg Ossinovski, Skinest Grupp and Skinest Rail questioning the constitutionality of a law based on which the Lithuanian government did not allow Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) to sign contracts with Skinest Baltija. Among the Baltic countries, the biggest growth in new car sales year over year was seen in 2019 in Lithuania, where the number of new cars sold was bigger by 43.2% than in 2018, the Estonian association of car dealers and service companies AMTEL announced. Vilnius Airport aims to cut check-in times with self-service baggage drop-off stations as it develops a new baggage handling system2020-01-21, 10:06Lithuanian Airports make yet another step of development: they have announced two public procurements and currently are looking for contractors who will install a new baggage management system compliant with the newest international security standards, a baggage screening system, and self-service baggage drop-off stations at Vilnius Airport. Upon completion of these works, the baggage throughput rate would nearly triple: from 900 to 2400 units per hour. Lithuania's bankrupt bank Snoras has turned to Swiss courts, seeking 335.2 mln euros in damages from the Swiss bank Julius Baer. The authorities in Kaunas, Lithuania's second largest city, on Friday announced their decision to cancel their contract with Turkish company Kayi Construction on the reconstruction of a local stadium. Amid increasing banking concentration in Lithuania, the government proposes to expand the central bank's powers to limit risks that may arise from the excessive significance of individual banks to the financial system as a whole. A Vilnius court has halted the planned delisting of Ignitis Gamyba, part of the state-owned Ignitis Group, upon receipt of a request by minority shareholders. Lithuanian prosecutors on Monday launched an investigation into environmental pollution involving untreated wastewater in Klaipeda. Based on information from the Environmental Protection Department, Grigeo Klaipeda, a company operating in the seaport, is responsible for the pollution. Vladimir Tarasov, a prominent jazz musician, has donated his non-conformist art collection to the Lithuanian Art Museum. |
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