TALLINN - Investing in research and innovation is not a luxury, but a necessary step in maintaining the competitiveness of the European Union, Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas said in his opening remarks at an international conference at the Tallinn Creative Hub on Thursday....
VILNIUS – Lithuanian customs officers have busted more than 1 million euros worth of smuggled cigarettes in sacks of coal transiting the country from Belarus to Poland. Some 360,000 packs of smuggled cigarettes were discovered aboard a Scania truck in early hours of Tuesday, the Customs Criminal Service said. After checking a total of 1,300 sacks of coal, customs officers found cigarettes in 800 of them, while the remaining 500 contained the legitim...
VILNIUS – Lawyers say that the Lithuanian government should give serious thought to the possibility of filing an appeal against the European Commission's (EC) fine against the state-run company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG), however, admit that the available information does not give reasons to strongly expect a successful outcome. Lithuania's aspirations to go to court may be spurred by potential claims from the Latvian railway company or O...
According to Eurostat, the EU agency of statistics, the Lithuanian population's decline at 11,3% in 2015 was record-high among the EU member states last year. What has to be done to halt exodus from Lithuania?
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