Lithuania

  • Sep 20, 2006
  • 13 min read

EASTERN EUROPE: Missing the euro 'train' has benefits

The previous government's target for adopting the euro in 2010 is unrealistic, Czech Prime...

  • Aug 25, 2006
  • 1 min read

LITHUANIA/BELARUS: Pociunas case arouses suspicion

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas refused to comment yesterday on the death of a...

Lithuania
  • Aug 22, 2006
  • 2 min read

RUSSIA/LITHUANIA: Transneft sends no oil to Butinge

In its shipping schedule for September, state-owned pipeline monopoly Transneft exports nothing...

Russia
  • Aug 16, 2006
  • 2 min read

RUSSIA/LITHUANIA: Druzhba-1 is not Transneft priority

Transneft denied today any plans to close permanently the crude oil pipeline to Lithuania's...

Russia
  • Aug 11, 2006
  • 7 min read

BALTIC STATES: Economies inspire cautious optimism

Strong import demand widened Lithuania's current account deficit to 3.4 billion litai (1.3...

Baltic States
  • Aug 11, 2006
  • 2 min read

EASTERN EUROPE/AFGHANISTAN: Romania sends more men

Visiting Romanian President Traian Basescu said in Kabul yesterday that, at NATO's request,...

Afghanistan
  • Aug 8, 2006
  • 2 min read

LITHUANIA: Inflation in July reaches eight-year high

The consumer price index (CPI) rose in July by 4.4% year-on-year, accelerating from 3.7% in June,...

Lithuania
  • Aug 4, 2006
  • 2 min read

LITHUANIA: Vilnius declares emergency due to drought

The government decided at an extraordinary meeting today to declare a state of emergency owing to...

Lithuania