Tag: Lithuania
#Russia – MEPs urge end to illegitimate prosecution of Lithuanian judges
Russia should stop illegitimately prosecuting Lithuanian judges and EU countries should refuse any legal assistance, says the European Parliament. In the text adopted by 493 votes in favour, 43 against and 86 abstentions on Thursday, MEPs call on Russia to end the politically motivated prosecution of Lithuanian judges and prosecutors who found 67 Russian, Belarussian […]
#JunckerPlan in #Lithuania – Vilnius Factoring Company to issue €10 million in new microloans with EIF support
Vilnius Factoring Company, a private lending company in Lithuania, has signed an agreement with the European Investment Fund (EIF) to issue microloans of up to €25,000. Micro-enterprises and farmers in Lithuania can now benefit from non-banking funding opportunities under the EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). The company is issuing microloans up to a total […]
#Lithuania new chief of defence has no chance
Lithuania’s new chief of defence, Major General Valdemaras Rupsys (pictured), calls himself a realist though it seems as if he is a fatalist with no hope to change anything in the national armed forces, writes Adomas Abromaitis. Major General Valdemaras Rupsys says he will seek to accelerate new armored vehicle and artillery system purchases if […]
#StateAid – Commission opens in-depth investigation into #Lithuania electricity strategic reserve measure
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether Lithuanian support to energy company AB Lietuvos Energija in the context of a strategic reserve measure may have unduly favoured the company and distorted competition in the Single Market, in breach of EU state aid rules. The Commission’s investigation concerns an electricity strategic reserve measure, which […]
#StateAid – Commission opens in-depth investigation into #Lithuania electricity strategic reserve measure
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether Lithuanian support to energy company AB Lietuvos Energija in the context of a strategic reserve measure, which was in place in Lithuania until 2018, may have unduly favoured the company and distorted competition in the Single Market, in breach of EU state aid rules. […]
#OperationalTaskForce leads to dismantling of one of Europe’s most prolific crime groups
A highly professional and dangerous international organized crime group was dismantled last week after a complex investigation carried out in the framework of a Joint Operational Task Force, established at Europol, between the Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, the British HM Revenue and Customs, the Polish Police Central Bureau of Investigation, the Estonian Central Criminal Police […]
Quality of life in #Latvia is not a priority
Four presidents, 14 governments and eight Seimas have changed in Latvia over the past 20 years. The country joined the European Union and NATO, and then switched to the euro. But have Latvians become better off? Has their quality of life improved? Statistics shows that the general well-being of population remains very low. Political turbulence […]