Economy
Lithuania’s prison wardens in for salary raise
Lithuania’s Justice Minister Juozas Bernatonis has promised that salaries for the lowest-paid prison wardens will increase in 2015. […]
Month: July 2014
Society
Eglė Kusaitė’s terrorism case handed to Supreme Court
The Prosecutor General’s Office has turned to the Supreme Court of Lithuania with an appeal against the acquittal of Eglė Kusaitė, a young Lithuanian woman who was originally convicted for terrorist attempt in Chechnya. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania announces national sanctions against Russia
In the wake of the crisis in Ukraine, Lithuania will ban entry for several Russian citizens who are linked to the “aggressive propaganda and brainwashing campaign,” Lithuania’s Foreign Vice-Minister Andrius Krivas has said. […]
Society
Politics
Lithuania’s new healthcare minister to suspend her predecessor’s decrees
Some of the decrees signed by the former Minister of Health Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis will be suspended, says new Minister of Health Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė. […]
Politics
New healthcare minister pledges to not alienate private institutions
The new Minister of Health Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė says that the government must not antagonize and set private and public healthcare one against the other, but rather it should establish a clear procedure for providing services in private healthcare institutions. […]
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Society
Lithuania moves up in UN Human Development Report
Lithuania has moved up in the recently released United Nations’ Human Development Report which measures improvements in health and longevity, income and education, and personal security. […]
Defence
Lithuanian-French defence cooperation in spotlight during defence attaché changeover ceremony in Vilnius
Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of National Defence Antanas Valys on Monday presented the National Defence System Medal of Merit to the outgoing French Defence Attaché Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Luc Lopez for his personal contribution to the development of cooperation between the French and the Lithuanian Armed Forces. The officer was representing the interest of the French Armed Forces in Lithuania since August 2011, the Ministry of National Defence says. […]
Sports
On this day in sport: 29 July
As Lithuania prepares for another UEFA European qualifying campaign, football fanatics will look back on another milestone on this day 20 years ago. […]
Foreign affairs
Society
Echoes of the Great War resonate a century later
On 28 July 1914, exactly one month after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were shot dead, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The stage was set for World War I, an inevitable result of decades of political manoeuvring, militarization, alliances and planning for a conflict that would shatter the great European epoch, laying waste to empires and ascendant nations. […]
Opinion
Opinion: The most important relationship
The United States remains the world’s most important country. It is also the most open democracy and the sole protector of freedom globally. However, pundits and critics are quick point to numerous challenges facing America. […]
Economy
“120s”: Consequences of swine fever and fierce battles in Ukrainian cities
News in 120 seconds: Lithuanian pig farming in for LTL 0.5 million losses, storming cities in Ukraine, Malaysia Airlines crash, UN worried about military conflict in Ukraine, Russia loses 50-billion-dollar claim at the Hague. […]
Foreign affairs
President Grybauskaitė’s second term: What to expect in foreign policy?
The new issue of the weekly Veidas, out on the eve of the second inauguration of President Dalia Grybauskaitė, is dedicated to the analysis of the second presidential term. What will the president be like in the next five years? What further developments could we see in her career? What changes are we facing, if any? […]
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Society
UNICEF mission from Lithuania to leave for Haiti
On Monday, President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the organizers and members of the 4th UNICEF mission from Lithuania. […]
Economy
Lithuanian retail trade down 3 percent in June
Statistics Lithuania informs that, based on provisional data, in June 2014, the turnover (VAT excluded) of retail trade enterprises amounted to LTL 2508.7 million (EUR 726.6 million); against May, it decreased 3 percent at constant prices (seasonally adjusted – decreased 0.4 percent). […]
Economy
Government emergency panel declares state of emergency over ASF
The government’s emergency commission decided Monday to declare a state of emergency in the district of Ignalina in response to the spread of African swine fever (ASF) in Lithuania. […]
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Organizers threaten to pull high-profile music festival from Latvia following sanctions against Russian performers
Russian composer and organizer of the New Wave music contest, Igor Krutoy, warns will consider moving the annual festival out of Latvia‘s Baltic resort Jurmala. His statement follows a decision by the Latvian government to refuse entry to several Russian pop performers due to their vocal support for Moscow’s policies in Ukraine. […]