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Article | May 20, 2012 - 9:36pm

The Lithuanian Central Bank recently upped its forecast on the Lithuania's economy. In the latest upwardly revised estimate the bank said Lithuanian GDP will probably rise 3% in 2012, compared with a February estimate of 2.2%. The growth pace may accelerate to 3.5% in 2013, compared with a previous forecast of 3.3%, it said.

Article | May 13, 2012 - 10:56pm

The Lithuanian cabinet on 9 May formally approved a strategic plan on the construction of the new Visaginas nuclear power plant endorsing Estonia’s 22% stake in the facility. 

Article | May 6, 2012 - 10:28pm

Unlike Latvia, Lithuania has no immediate euro aspiration, a senior member of the government confirmed last week.

Article | April 29, 2012 - 9:41pm

The newly appointed Lithuanian Interior Minister Arturas Melianas was formally greeted last week by the Azerbaijani envoy. 

Article | April 22, 2012 - 9:56pm

A significant Lithuanian business delegation led by Deputy Foreign Minister Asta Skaisgiryte Liauskiene was recently in Mongolia to discuss various ways of improving the scopes of bilateral business exchanges.

Article | April 15, 2012 - 7:57pm

The Lithuanian premier last week announced that his government would allocate tens of millions of euros to Jewish-related causes. 

Article | April 8, 2012 - 8:52pm

While addressing the recently held second meeting of the Azerbaijani-Lithuanian intergovernmental commission on bilateral cooperation in Baku, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Azubalis gave maximum emphasis on energy co-operation between the countries. 

Article | April 1, 2012 - 7:44pm

Lithuanian telecos Tele2, Omnitel and Bite have won a mobile license in Lithuania in the 2.6 GHz frequency band, local reports revealed last week.

Article | April 1, 2012 - 7:42pm

Figures published last week by the Lithuanian statistical office showed import price inflation in the Baltic nation Inched up in January, reversing a downward trend seen in the previous three months.

Article | March 28, 2012 - 1:32pm

Representatives of Amnesty International said European countries lacked the political will to carry out in-depth investigations pertaining to the alleged CIA's illegal detention and transfers of prisoners within Europe.

Article | March 25, 2012 - 8:20pm

Available data from the Lithuanian Labour Exchange (LDB) last week showed the LBD registered 245,900 jobseekers in the week from 9 to 15 March which accounted for 11.89% of the working population of the Baltic state.

Article | March 25, 2012 - 8:19pm

Estimates from Statistics Lithuania last week revealed that profitably of Lithuanian companies plummeted both in yearly and quarterly comparison in the final quarter of last year. In the three months to December, the enterprises operated profitably and earned 1.2bn litas (€0.35bn) of...