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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10197

7 August 2010
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid
Aid plan for Lithuanian financial institutions is authorised

Brussels, 06/08/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 5 August, the European Commission authorised the Lithuanian aid plan aimed at stabilising the markets as a response to the global financial crisis.

The aid package will be comprised of three measures intended to stabilise the financial markets. These are: - an asset relief measure, whereby Lithuania will take over certain categories of bank assets from beneficiary banks in exchange for cash or government securities. - a recapitalisation...