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"ESSENTIAL LITHUANIA" PREMIERES ON TRAVEL CHANNEL Added 2010-03-25 Today (25 March, 9.00 pm UK time, 7.00 pm European time and 8.00 pm Lithuanian time) Travel Channel premieres a programme about Lithuania of the popular “Essential” series.
THE FIRST LITHUANIAN VISA FINDS ITS WAY BACK TO LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTRY Added 2010-03-25 On 26 March a ceremony will be held at Vilnius International Airport, during which the first Lithuanian visa will come back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prominent British journalist Edward Lucas will hand over his passport stamped with the...
THE PRESIDENT TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS ON THE EU STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN BRUSSELS Added 2010-03-24  Tomorrow, 25 March, President of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė leaves for a two-day working visit to Brussels to participate in the European Council meeting.
MORE TRAVELERS AND MORE CARGO Added 2010-03-24 The Lithuanian Department of Statistics has informed that in January-February 2010 Lithuanian airports saw a 10.7 % rise in passenger traffic, and the Klaipėda Seaport handled by 12.2 % more marine cargo, comparing with the corresponding period of...
LITHUANIA'S RATING OUTLOOK RAISED BY FITCH ON BUDGET Added 2010-03-18 Bloomberg has today announced that Lithuania had the outlook on its credit rating raised by Fitch Ratings after the Government implemented an austerity program to curb the budget deficit.
EUROSTAT: LITHUANIA SHOWS HIGHEST INCREASE IN RETAIL TRADE Added 2010-03-18 EUROSTAT has informed that in January 2010, compared with December 2009, the highest increase in retail trade in the EU-27 Member States was observed in Lithuania (+7.1%).
LITHUANIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER VYGAUDAS UŠACKAS PRESENTED A RESIGNATION LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER Added 2010-01-21 On 21 January, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Vygaudas Ušackas presented a resignation letter to Prime Minister of Lithuania Andrius Kubilius.
STYLIZED PATTERNS OF WOVEN LITHUANIAN SASHES WILL SYMBOLIZE THE TWENTY YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE Added 2010-01-20  The slogan ‘Believe in Freedom’ and stylized patterns of woven Lithuanian sashes will symbolise the twentieth anniversary of the Re-establishment of Lithuania’s Independence. The pattern is the main graphical symbol in the...
LITHUANIA’S MFA AND DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS WILL JOIN THE CIVIL CAMPAIGN, COMMEMORATING THE EVENTS OF THE 13TH OF JANUARY Added 2010-01-12 On the 13th of January, the Lithuanian Freedom Defenders Day, Lithuanian diplomatic representations abroad and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will join the civil campaign “Memory is Alive and Manifest”. In the break of...
VILNIUS WILL HOST CONSULTATIONS ON FASTER RECONSTRUCTION OF WESTERN AFGHANISTAN Added 2009-12-07 On 8-9 December, Vilnius will host consultations among the U.S.A., Italy, Spain, and Lithuania - the four countries which lead Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) under the Regional Command West of the International Security Assistance Force...