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- Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs congratulates world Lithuanians on 20th anniversary of Lithuania's re-establishment of independence
- Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Azubalis congratulated Lithuanians living abroad on the twentieth anniversary of the re-establishment of Lithuania's Independence, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reported. more
- Lithuania Has Highest Fiber Penetration in Europe
- 2010-03-02
- Lithuania has become the European country with the highest fiber broadband (Fibre To The Home (FTTH)) penetration of 18 %, according to a survey from FTTH Council Europe. The number of FTTH home subscribers in Lithuania is higher than in Sweden, Italy and France. more
- Azubalis conveys invitation of Lithuanian president for Pope Benedict XVI to visit Lithuania
- 2010-02-24
- Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Audronius Aţubalis met with the Holy See's Secretary for Relations with States Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, informs Ministry of Foreign Affairs. more
- Volumes of Investments Consistently Growing
- 2010-01-14
- Statistics Lithuania informs that, based on provisional data, FDI in Lithuania as of 1 October 2009 amounted to EUR 9.9 billion, which is by 3.3 % more than as of 1 July 2009 (EUR 9.6 billion) and by 0.7 % more than as of 1 October 2008 (EUR 9.8 billion). more
- International Living 2010 Index: Perfect Quality of Life
- 2010-01-11
- According to the International Living 2010 Quality of Life Index, quality of life in Lithuania is one of the highest among the new EU-12 members as well as ranks higher than Sweden, Great Britain and Greece. more
- Lithuanian President among the most popular European politicians
- 2009-12-14
- The influential French political, business and financial daily La Tribune has listed President Dalia Grybauskaitė among top ten EU leaders. President Dalia Grybauskaitė went up from twenty seventh to sixth place in the classification, leaving the French leader Nocolas Sarkozy (9), British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (21), Italy's Silvio Berlusconi (27) as well as Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and many other European leaders behind. more
- Lithuania among the top countries according to political and economic transformation
- 2009-12-11
- Lithuania was ranked 7th among 128 countries in the Bertelsmann transformation index 2010. Compared to the previous ranking published two years ago, Lithuania fell one place this year. more
- Vilnius enjoys cleanest air in Europe
- 2009-12-07
- The Economist Intelligence Unit and the Siemens have conducted a study on the environmental performance of 30 European cities. The European Green City Index reveals Copenhagen as the “greenest” city in Europe. more
- Vilnius among ten least expensive cities
- 2009-12-03
- The experts of the British company PriceRunner which compares the prices of goods and services this autumn have named Oslo, the capital of Norway, the most expensive city worldwide. Lithuania's capital Vilnius entered the top ten of the least expensive world cities. more
- New country brand suggested: Lithuania, at the heart of the Baltics
- 2009-12-03
- A new brand and slogan has been suggested for Lithuania. The idea has originated with Marius Jovaiša, who said: “We have brought exhibitions of “Unseen Lithuania” to 15 states around the world this year. more