Energy
Parliament guarantees LNG loan to AB Klaipėdos Nafta
On 8 July, the Seimas granted a state guarantee to Nordic Investment Bank to AB Klaipėdos Nafta for up to 20 years. […]
Month: July 2014
Politics
Sysas: Grybauskaitė overstepped her bounds on “blacklist” issue
Deputy Seimas Speaker Algirdas Sysas thinks that President Dalia Grybauskaitė has overstepped her bounds by dictating her own conditions to the Government. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania will not join efforts against doing business with Israeli settlements
Lithuanian does not plan to join the initiative of 17 EU member states to warn their citizens against doing business with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. […]
Politics
Justice Ministry: Allow president to refuse pre-trial questioning in leak case
Lithuania’s Ministry of Justice suggests allowing the president to refuse to be questioned by a pre-trial investigation judge. […]
Sports
On this day in Sport: 9 July
Ričardas Berankis, Laurynas Grigelis, Dovydas Šakinis and Lukas Mugevičius may never have been household names for the world tennis community however these four boys had an entire nation behind their back, on this day in 2010. […]
Politics
Remaining “blacklist” vice-ministers step down
All suspect vice-ministers are stepping down in Lithuania, government officials said Tuesday. […]
Global LT
Bringing Lithuanian business to Israel
Len Judes’ parents were born and raised in South Africa. The lawyer himself was born in London and moved to Israel when he was a child. However, no matter where he lived, Judes always knew his roots were in Lithuania. This is his driving reason for promoting business between Lithuanian and Israeli businessmen. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament votes down sex change amendments
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday voted down a proposed package of amendments that would have legalized gender reassignment. […]
Opinion
Opinion: President’s new priority?
At the beginning of her second term of President Dalia Grybauskaitė, we must pose the inevitable question of her priorities and how she will try to change the course of Lithuanian politics. I think the President will pay much more attention to the defence policy – not only in Lithuania, but also in order to influence the foreign partners. […]
Defence
Gen. Zenkevičius on Lithuanian Army acquisitions
TLT/DELFI visited the Ministry of Defence to talk with Brigadier General Gintautas Zenkevičius about new acquisitions planned by the Lithuanian Army. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament starts discussing contentious ethnic minority bill
On Tuesday, the Seimas of Lithuania started discussions on the proposed Law on Ethnic Minorities, a bill that has been a point of contention in Lithuanian politics. […]
Uncategorized
Estonia concerned about France’s Mistral deal with Russia
Estonia‘s Prime Minister Taavi Roivas met with President of France François Hollande on Tuesday, reports Postimees Online. […]
Uncategorized
Latvian president signs new Constitution Preamble
Latvian President Andris Bērziņš has signed the new Preamble to the Constitution, previously approved by Parliament, as printed in the government’s official newspaper Latvijas Vestnesis today. […]
Economy
New textile factory to be built in Panevėžys
Construction company AB Panevežio Statybos Trestas has signed a contract with UAB Devold regarding new textile factory construction in Panevėžys, northern Lithuania, according to a statement by the company. […]
Energy
LITGAS signs agreements with seven global LNG suppliers
LITGAS, liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply and natural gas trade company, which belongs to energy company group Lietuvos Energija, signed common non-binding LNG trade agreements with seven global LNG supply companies. […]
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European Union
Latvian MEP to lead Eastern partnership and expansion course
European Parliament (EP) deputy Sandra Kalnietė (Unity), member of the European People’s Party (EPP), will lead the Eastern partnership and expansion course, Kalnietė’s spokesman Martins Spravniks informed LETA. […]
Politics
Lithuanian prime minister says blacklist vice-ministers will not be reinstated
Suspicious vice-ministers will not work in the renewed government, Lithuania’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]
Energy
Economy
Price inflation in Lithuania remains low
In June 2014, compared to May, prices for consumer goods and services remained unchanged, because a drop in prices for some consumer products was counterbalanced by an increase in prices for other consumer products, Statistics Lithuania reports. […]