Wed, 11 Apr 2012: Lithuanians scuttle over the border for cheaper Polish goods…
Apr 10, 2012 Lithuania
“My uncle talked me into going with him to Suwalki for shopping. Before the trip, I hadn’t ever given a thought to how much cheaper shopping in Poland could be,” he said to a loc...Tags: Border, Businesspeople, Cars, Cheese, Easter, Grocery Stores, Lithuania, Lithuanian Government, Luxury Goods, Maxima, Neighbors, Nuts, Poland, Prime Rib, Provisions, Sausages, Shopping, Supermarkets
Thu, 17 Dec 2009: Delays again expected at the border…
Dec 17, 2009 Baltics
Representatives of the customs service say that they warned their Latvian counterparts about the situation already back in August, and then again in October, urging the Latvian side to stop bre...Tags: Border, Breaking The Rules, Checks, Counterparts, Customs Administration, Customs Service, Enhanced Security, Improvements, Internet Portal, Rosbalt Ru, Rsquo, Russia, Security Measures, Truck Drivers, Truckers, Trucks
Thu, 13 Aug 2009: Lithuanian truckers face border congestion…
Aug 13, 2009 Lithuania
The figure noted by the Russian customs officers comprises only 0.03 percent of all customs procedures carried out by the Lithuanian carriers, and this number of violations does not exceed the ave...Tags: Border, Congestion, Customs Officers, Face, Latvia, Lithuania, Lithuanian, Russia, Russian Customs, Transport Minister, Truckers
Wed, 23 May 2007: Russian pressure relinquishes…
May 23, 2007 Baltics
Finally, 27 trains crossed the border on May 21, he said. By comparison, Estonian Railway received an average of 35.2 trains daily in April. "So it is premature to talk about the previous rail fr...Tags: Border, Deliveries, Freight Volumes, Investments, News Agency, Oil Products, Owned Company, Ports, Rail Freight, Railway, Reuters, Russian Railways, Spokesman, Steep Drop, Substantial Change, Trains
Wed, 21 Feb 2007: Adamkus offers Belarus oil transit possibilities, while Russia continues…
Feb 21, 2007 Baltics
The announcement was surprising given the chill in Lithuanian-Belarus relations and the increasingly isolated Aleksander Lukashenko. But as Adamkus explained, the overture was made not to support ...Tags: Adamkus, Belarus Relations, Border, Ceo, Chill, Dictatorial Regime, Gulf Of Finland, London, Lukashenko, Oil Transit, Pipeline Operator, Pipeline System, Possibilities, Primorsk, Russia, State Of The Art, Transneft
Wed, 30 Aug 2006: Laanet: trucks could be registered electronically…
Aug 30, 2006 Baltics
About 150 truck drivers closed the road leading to Narva on Aug. 28. Eduard Dagel, a lawyer of the East-Viru regional trade union center, told the Baltic News Service that it "was a spontaneous a...Tags: Baltic News Service, Border, Conveniences, Dagel, Eduard, Interior Ministry, Lawyer, Municipality, N Company, Parking Lot, Proposal, Regional Trade, Spontaneous Act, Transit Vehicles, Truck Drivers, Trucks, Viru, Vladimir
Thu, 18 Mar 1999: Trade war: Latvia strikes back…
Mar 18, 1999 Latvia
"Lithuanians did not believe we would do this."Until March 15, Lithuanian producers declared the value of exported goods at the Latvian border. Latvia then applied a value added tax, or VAT.Now, t...Tags: Border, Eggs, Lats, Latvia, Lithuanian, Losses, Milk Products, Producers, Trade War, Value Added Tax