British foreign direct investment into Lithuania has nearly doubled in three years ahead of the country’s entry into the eurozone. FDI was £175 million (EUR 221m) in 2013, up from £95m (EUR 120m) in 2010, according to Statistics Lithuania. The UK is … Read More
Over the course of the past week, Russian military aircraft have been spotted three times breaching Finnish airspace, as reported by the Finnish Defence Ministry. Two days ago, Finnish airspace was breached by a Russian military transport aircraft. It happened … Read More
The European Commission (EC) yesterday announced the opening of Private Storage Aid for butter, skimmed milk powder (SMP) and certain cheeses to ease the effects of Russia’s food imports embargo, which has hit the European dairy sector hard and quick, lsm.lv … Read More
Sweden’s highest mountain peak, the southern tip of Kebnekaise, is melting away according to researchers at Stockholm University. Kebnekaise’s southern peak, which is the highest in Sweden, stands now at 2097.5 meters above sea level, compared with 2121 meters above sea level … Read More
At the moment, there are 1.295 million Latvians and 0.583 million Russians living in Latvia, according to latest information provided by the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, cites LETA. Among Latvia’s population, there also are 73,442 Belarusians, 52,274 Ukrainians, … Read More
Germanyyesterday announced new measures to stop EU citizens from abusing its social welfare system, reacting to what some politicians have labelled “poverty migration”. Chancellor Angela Merkel´s conservative Bavarian allies the CSU especially have demanded that EU benefit cheats be expelled, using the … Read More
Nato will soon be able to deploy forces to Sweden, with the government likely to sign an agreement with the military alliance this week, but an expert told The Local that full membership remains unlikely. Defence Minister Karin Enström told … Read More
Some 610,000 people in Lithuania, or 20.6 percent of the population, lived below the poverty risk line last year, 2 percentage points more compared with 2012, according to a survey of incomes and living conditions carried out by the country’s … Read More
Just two months after a change to national legislation made it legal to drink alcohol in most public places, Tallinn plans to clamp down again. The southern town of Elva already instituted a local ban. “If we want to be … Read More
More than half of Poles back the government’s plan to build nuclear power stations, a poll reveals. Almost 64 percent of the respondents in a survey by the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) said they were in favour of … Read More
The major parties of the Lithuanian ruling coalition agreed yesterday to eject a party of Poles from the government amid tensions over its criticism of the government’s treatment of ethnic Poles and the party’s siding with Russia during the Ukraine crisis. … Read More
In total a quota of 42 bears are eligible to be hunted this year within reindeer herding areas, of which 30 are in the east. The first weekend of this year’s bear hunting season has seen a total of nine … Read More
A poll conducted by the Estonian Chamber of Commerce indicates that Russia’s sanctions have had a direct negative impact on a fifth of the 153 polled companies, LETA/Postimees writes. The Chamber of Commerce carried out a poll among its members, … Read More
The transformation towards a sustainable society requires not only technological progress and innovative solutions, but also a strong cultural sector that inspires change in consumption and production. Culture is the fourth pillar of the Nordic countries’ sustainability approach, complementing its … Read More
Polish and Lithuanian state gas companies have applied to the EU to cover three quarters of the cost of building a 500 km gas pipeline between the two nations. The project is part of an attempt to “integrate the isolated … Read More
German engineering giant Siemens has won a contract worth €650 million to supply wind turbines to Norwegian power groups Statoil and Statkraft, the company said yesterday. “Siemens Energy has received an order from the Norwegian energy utilities Statoil and Statkraft … Read More
The Swedish government has asked a new commission to create school materials based on a white paper documenting Swedish discrimination of Roma. In March the government published a white paper detailing what Integration Minister Erik Ullenhag called “an unknown and dark … Read More
Starting tomorrow - on 22 August - it will be mandatory for all traders and service providers in Lithuania to indicate prices in two currencies, the litas and the euro. “Prices in both currencies have to be indicated from 22 … Read More
During the seven months of this year 12,488 newborns were registered in the country, which is 554 babies more than in the first seven months of last year. In July 2014, 2 019 babies were registered in the country, which … Read More
The third rotation of US paratroopers have arrived in Lithuania and will train with Lithuanian troops, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defense said yesterday. A company-sized contingent of US paratroopers from US Army Europe’s 173rd Airborne Brigade from Vicenza, Italy, arrived … Read More
