Lithuania News

CSU, which will re-start its program in the fall, signed Erika Gelzinyte and Ivana Kazic to national letters of intent.

The government of Lithuania asked Israeli President Shimon Peres to head the international advisory board for the restoration of the Vilnius Great Synagogue.

A current of hostility to gays and other minorities undercuts the country's efforts to burnish its image as it takes the EU helm.

Lithuania is one of the most consistent and active friends of Ukraine in the European Union, vice Prime Minister, co-chair of the Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Lithuanian commission for trade-economic and scientific-technical cooperation Kostyantyn Hryshchenko stated.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Contract award: bps 1000 software adaptation of service.

The Siauliai county prosecutor's office on May 9 announced the start of a search for MP Neringa Venckiene, reports ELTA.

On 6 May 2013, amended Articles of Association for LITGRID AB were registered with the Register of Legal Entities.

The Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevicius met with representatives from the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the European Parliament, who are visiting Vilnius on 7 May.

On 6 May 2013 AB Klaipedos nafta concluded the Contract for Natural Gas Pipeline System Engineering, Procurement and Construction Works with German concern PPS Pipeline Systems GmbH, the winner of "Procurement of Engineering, Procurement and Construction Works for Natural Gas Pipeline System". The Company notified on the winner of the ... (more)

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Contract award: lithuanian customs internal communication system support and maintenance services.

Lithuania-based oil company Klaipedos Nafta received notifications from the Klaipeda Regional Court on May 2, 2013, regarding the appeal filed by the claimants - companies Kauno Dujotiekio Statyba and Siauliu Dujotiekio Statyba against the Court judgement as of April 16, 2013, passed in civil case No.

More than a week passed since the Belarusian-Lithuanian economic forum in Klaipeda .

"So what can be trusted, if even the biggest bank of the Eastern Europe having the most sophisticated notification system spreads forgeries?", asks Rolandas Savickas, Director of company Plastima in Vilnius that has incurred millions of losses.... Read more...

On April 26, 2013, the National Control Commission for Prices and Energy of Lithuania verified that the unbundling of transmission activities of the Lithuania-based company Litgrid are in compliance with the requirements for transmission system operators independence set forth in the European Union's Third Energy Package and the Law on Electricity ... (more)

The General Meeting of shareholders of GRIGISKES AB was held on 26-04-2013. The meeting heard the consolidated annual report of the Company for the year 2012 and the Auditor's report for the year 2012 and made the following decisions: to approve the set of consolidated annual financial statements and annual financial statements of the Company for ... (more)

A current of hostility to gays and other minorities undercuts the country's efforts to burnish its image as it takes the EU helm.

The Association Agreement with the European Union is an incentive for reform in Ukraine, foreign minister of the Republic of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius told a press conference, ForUm correspondent reports.