According to flash estimations, the growth in gross domestic product was 0.4 per cent in the first quarter in comparison to the same period of time last year, writes Statistics Estonia.

The prices of strong alcohol beverages are to grow over 30 percent this year, the Association of Companies Trading Alcohol Beverages (AGPIA), uniting over 90 percent of all strong alcohol beverage market in Lithuania, forecasts.

According to the Lithuanian Department of Statistics, in April, average annual inflation (April 2008 compared to the same month in 2007) calculated according to the harmonized consumer price index (HCPI) totaled 8 percent in Lithuania and exceeded average

Vilnius will borrow part of the finances for the investment programme from SEB Bankas. The major part of the loan will be allocated for the extension of bypasses and up to 11 million litas (3.2 million euros) will be spent on the leasing acquisition of bu

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas is to depart to Lima, Peru, where he will represent Lithuania in the fifth summit of EU, Latin America and the Caribbean islands.

Majority of academic youth does not approve the idea to prohibit abortions with rare exceptions in Lithuania initiated by the Seimas, the survey conducted by the Lithuanian Students' Union (LSS) and market and public opinion research company Apklausos.LT.

Gintaras Petrikas, former head of EBSW concern, who is charged with wasting the company's assets, asks the court to cancel the home arrest imposed on him and impose a lighter measure - a written pledge not to leave the country.