TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania between prague and russia we need a break! therefore we have spotted a lovely capital on the way! we are thinking of staying there for a couple of days!
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
VILNIUS - There aren't many bars in Vilnius that do a theme really well. You get places that have nice decorations on the outside or a themed bar-back (a la Brodvejus or Transylvania), but few leave an impression on you that makes you swoon. Belgian beers have constantly been touted as amongst the
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
VILNIUS - A more than two-fold jump in sales at Mazeikiu Nafta has helped the Baltics’ only oil refinery to significantly reduce first quarter losses to 6.6 million litas (1.9 million euros) compared to a loss of 135 million litas in the same period last year. The company reported on May 16 that f
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
VILNIUS - Standard & Poor’s, a rating agency, has predicted that Lithuania’s economy would likely undergo a soft landing, with GDP growth amounting to 4 percent this year. After fresh data showed that Estonia’s economy nearly flattened out in the first quarter and Latvia’s is showing signs of brak
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Riga - Reducing dependence on Russian energy will top the agenda when the presidents of the three Baltic nations and Poland meet Thursday. Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus was to host Polish President Lech Kaczynski in Vilnius for a first round of...
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
VILNIUS - The Baltic states can boast some of the most well developed lumber industries in the world. This comes as no surprise considering the thousands of kilometers of pristine forests - and the lack of other natural resources - that the countries possess. But with the popularity of Baltic timber
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
VILNIUS - Environmental activists have long been fighting a struggle against deforestation all around the world. At the same time, business needs to operate in order to keep people employed and produce money. The forestry industry and the milling and paper industry represent a significant portion
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
VILNIUS - A new political force has been created as the Homeland Union and the Christian Democrat parties finally merged together at a joint congress to form what could be the most powerful party in the country. Party leaders Andrius Kubilius and Valentinas Studys signed the merger agreement on May
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
VILNIUS - Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas has again voiced the need to increase support for Iraq following a major Social Democratic Party meeting. “I think we should extend the mission,” Kirkilas told the Lithuanian National Radio and Television news agency on May 20. The prime minister refr
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
VILNIUS - Polish pro-life activists have joined the fight against abortion in Lithuania in the wake of a proposal to ban abortion in the Baltic state. A lobby of Lithuanian parliamentarians headed by Valdemar Tomasevski has submitted their proposal for the legislation for protection of pre-natal fe
Baltic Times (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
VILNIUS - At long last, Lithuania and Poland have established a joint venture for building the much-anticipated and desperately needed energy link between the two countries, while the Lithuanian government and a private firm inked the charter documents for Leo LT, the so-called national investor tha
BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Juhan Tere The Tallinn Stock Exchange and the Estonian Securities Centre in co-operation with their Latvian and Lithuanian colleagues are analysing the option of starting trading in Euros in Tallinn as well as in Riga and Vilnius. “During the past few years we have seen an abrupt surge in cross-border movement of securities between Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. By making the operations of the...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The United States remains optimistic it will reach a deal with Poland to deploy missile shield facilities there, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday. Share This
Reuters (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The United States remains optimistic it will reach a deal with Poland to deploy missile shield facilities there, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
UK airports information blog (Free subscription) | 05/20/2008
Passengers can now fly from Vilnius and Stansted airport thanks to flyLAL. Twice-weekly Stansted flights commenced on 16 May and from June will increase to five flights per week. Twice-weekly flights have also been launched to Gatwick from Palanga. For an instant quotation and to book Stansted airport taxi transfers click on the link.
