Month: July 2014

Estonia‘s veterinary authorities have announced a ban on pork imports from Lithuania following an outbreak of the African swine fever in Ignalina District, north-east Lithuania. […]

Estonia faces 10-million-euro milk fine

July 25, 2014 The Baltic Course 0

Estonian Minister of Agriculture Ivar Padar tells the Postimees daily that Estonia is likely to face a 10 to 14-million-euro milk fine for exceeding the European dairy quota next spring, informs LETA. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister discusses EU-Belarusian relations in Minsk

On 24-25 July, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius visited Minsk, where he met with Prime Minister of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makei. […]

Klaipėda Sea Festival to be opened by President Grybauskaitė

On Friday, President Dalia Grybauskaitė will pay a visit to Klaipėda on the Baltic coast, where she will open the Sea Festival and will attend its events. The traditional festival is being hosted by Klaipėda for the 55th time. […]

President Grybauskaitė vetoes Vilnius Metro law

President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed a decree to return the Metropolitan Concession Law to the Seimas for re-consideration. […]

State of emergency declared in north-east Lithuania over African swine fever

With African swine fever (ASF) virus found in pig farms managed by Danish-owned Idavang, the local authority of the district of Ignalina has declared a state of emergency in the entire district. […]

Lithuanian government to set up commission overseeing home renovation quality

As the renovation of apartment blocks is gaining momentum, the Ministry of Environment is planning to establish a special commission to oversee coordination of the renovation process and work control. […]

Nerijus Numavičius, Darius Mockus, Žilvinas Marcinkevičius

Maxima owner Nerijus Numavičius tops Lithuania’s millionaire list

Nerijus Numavičius, the largest shareholder of Vilniaus Prekyba Group, owner of Maxima grocery store chain, remains the richest person in Lithuania with assets worth 3.6 billion litas (EUR 1.04 billion), according to a list of the country’s wealthiest people published by the Veidas magazine on Friday. […]

Head of the Russian Federal Security Service Aleksandr Bortnikov

Fifteen more people and organizations added to EU’s blacklist

July 25, 2014 Baltic News Network 0

The list of people and organizations subject to European Union sanctions for their role in aggression in Ukraine has been extended to include additional 15 Ukrainian and Russian nationals, as well as 18 organizations. […]

Lietuvos Energija says international investors interested in building cogeneration power plants

The state-controlled energy group Lietuvos Energija, which develops new cogeneration power plant projects in Vilnius and Kaunas, has attracted particular interest of potential partners with 24 legal entities from 10 different states expressing an interest to participate in the development of power plant projects, Lietuvos Energija says in a statement. […]

Lithuanian prosecutors drop TV3 probe

The Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office dropped a pre-trial investigation over TV3 channel’s actions after the initial allegations against the channel’s parent company were dismissed. […]

Opinion: Will Russia revive the Grand Duchy of Lithuania?

July 25, 2014 Virginijus Savukynas 0

The idea of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania is becoming relevant again today. Russia brought it back to life by carrying on an open war with Ukraine. Ukrainians joke sadly that Vladimir Putin has done at least one good thing: he’s united the Ukrainian people. But now, Ukrainians need to rethink their identity on a broader level. And in that context, the Grand Duchy, or Rzeczpospolita, doesn’t look so outdated anymore. […]

Prime Minister Butkevičius promises new developments in NPP project in September

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius refuses to disclose any details regarding the construction of Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), a project that has been in a limbo since a referendum in 2012, and invites to wait for the study by the Lithuanian Energy Institute. […]

Grybauskaitė pledges to monitor defence spending closely

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has pledged to monitor whether additional funds recently allocated to national defence are spent transparently and effectively. […]

Nearly 15,000 scholarship students enter Lithuanian state-funded institutions

The number of students given scholarships to study in state-funded education institutions in Lithuania rose to 14,922 this year, up from 14,855 last year. […]

“120s”: African swine fever outbreak in Lithuania and secrets of the MH17 flight

July 25, 2014 DELFI EN 0

News in 120 seconds: African swine fever reaches Lithuania, new chief of defence sworn into office, day of mourning in Amsterdam, MH17 crash: challenging tasks ahead, Israel continues offensive in Gaza Strip, weather forecast: Heat and squall. […]

Opinion: Siege mentality or the paradox in interacting with Russia (III)

July 25, 2014 Jurgis Vedrickas 0

There are a number of ways to look at the actions of the Russian Federation and the man behind it. Or you could look beyond the person and examine how the state reacts as a whole and what sort of goals and expectations it has. […]

Belarusian tourists exchange Crimea for Lithuanian resorts

July 25, 2014 Baltic News Network 0

The Crimean annexation by Russia has played out big for Lithuania: holidaymakers from Belarus, who usually choose Crimea for their vacation, this summer have been swarming Lithuanian resorts instead. The numbers of Belarusian tourists in Lithuania could be even higher if it were not for the lengthy and often intimidating visa procedures. […]

ENAR demands apology from Lithuania’s Interior Ministry for racial profiling