Lithuania

  • Dec 23, 2008
  • 7 min read

LITHUANIA: New cabinet is tough on more than economy

The 2009 budget passed yesterday assumed a 4.8% contraction in the economy, as Fitch downgraded...

Lithuania
  • Dec 10, 2008
  • 2 min read

LITHUANIA: Parliament approves austerity government

The Seimas (parliament) yesterday approved the new four-party centre-right coalition government...

Lithuania
  • Nov 20, 2008
  • 7 min read

BALTIC STATES: Foreign banks lend stability in crisis

The Bank of Latvia is providing Parex banka with extra liquidity in the form of a short-term...

Baltic States
  • Nov 17, 2008
  • 6 min read

LITHUANIA/RUSSIA: Complex forces drive Russophobia

At their joint summit on November 14, the EU advised Russia that it would resume talks on a new...

Lithuania
  • Nov 17, 2008
  • 2 min read

LITHUANIA/RUSSIA: MFA drives anti-Moscow policy

At their joint summit on November 14, the EU advised Russia that it would resume talks on a new...

Lithuania
  • Oct 29, 2008
  • 8 min read

LITHUANIA: New coalition has poor survival prospects

Four centre-right parties reached a preliminary agreement to form a government coalition on...

Lithuania
  • Oct 27, 2008
  • 2 min read

LITHUANIA: Centre-right seeks four-party coalition

The centre-right Homeland Union, led by former Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius, consolidated its...

Lithuania
  • Oct 20, 2008
  • 7 min read

BALTIC STATES: Soviet legacy adds to women's burden

In the three Baltic states, still showing signs of their inheritance from the Soviet system,...

Baltic States