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EUROPEAN VOICE: Central European leaders to hold crisis meeting Added 2009-02-19 Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, has invited the leaders of central and eastern European states in the EU to discuss the economic and financial challenges facing the region, ahead of an EU-wide summit on 1 March. José Manuel Barroso, the...
FINANCIAL TIMES: Lithuania PM calls for coordinated EU help Added 2009-02-18 Eastern Europe is being plunged deeper into recession by western Europe’s banking crisis and needs co-ordinated help from the European Union, according to Andrius Kubilius, the Lithuanian prime minister.
BNS: Project of Lithuania's Statistics Department vying for European Enterprise Award Added 2009-02-17 VILNIUS, Feb 17, BNS - A project of Lithuania's Statistics Department, the aim of which is to reduce the burden of statistical accountability, is vying for a European Enterprise Award. The list of bidders competing for the Jury's Grand prize and...
BNS: Lithuanian president would buck for referendum on dual citizenship Added 2009-02-17 VILNIUS, Feb 17, BNS - Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus would be in favor of holding a referendum on dual citizenship and plans to authorize the Seimas to mull in its spring session a new edition of the Citizenship Law, as drafted by his...
BNS: Lithuanian PM expects solution on Swedish power link soon Added 2009-02-17 VILNIUS, Feb 17, BNS - Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius expects that in the near future, Lithuania, Latvia and Sweden will reach a three-way solution regarding a planned power link spanning the Baltic Sea. "As is so often the case, reaching an...
BNS: Baltic energy cos, EU to co-fund study into feasibility of region's connecting to UCTE Added 2009-02-17 VILNIUS, Feb 17, BNS - The energy companies of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have agreed to contribute in equal parts to the financing of the study into feasibility of the Baltic region's connection to the Union for the Coordination of...
BNS: PM surprised at Vilnius European Capital of Culture 2009 call to do in w/ establishment Added 2009-02-10 VILNIUS, Feb 09, BNS - Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius was shocked to find that Vilnius European Capital of Culture (VECC) 2009 has proposed to its founders - the Ministry of Culture and Vilnius Municipality - to do away with the...
BNS: Vilnius, Riga to agree on Swedish power link this week - Lithuanian formin Added 2009-02-10 VILNIUS, Feb 09, BNS - Discussions on whether a power cable to Sweden should be built from Lithuania or from Latvia should come to a conclusion in the near future. Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas told BNS on Monday that he expects...
BNS: French, Lithuanian formins covered strategic partnership plans Added 2009-02-10 VILNIUS, Feb 10, BNS - Lithuanian Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas with his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner in Paris discussed prospects for drafting a bilateral declaration of strategic partnership, which would be signed during a visit of...
29 march 2009/ Handicraft Heritage of Vilnius: Old Tailors of Vilnius Added 2009-02-10 The heritage of crafts is relevant to contemporary Vilnius seeking to revive old handicraft traditions as expression of urban culture of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) and to present Vilnius as the city with old European traditions. To revive...