Two Latvians were detained in Lithuania’s Rokiškis District near the Lithuanian-Latvian border on Sunday night after local police fired several shots to stop their vehicle. Nobody was injured in the incident. The Latvians are suspected of having injured a teenage cyclist, 15, in a hit-and-run. […]
The association of Snoras Bank depositors and creditors addressed in writing the bankruptcy administrator of the bank demanding information whether he intends to pursue claims against audit company Ernst & Young Baltic. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to the President-elect of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. […]
On Monday, Remigijus Motuzas, First Deputy Chancellor of the Government, and Evaldas Gustas, Minister of Economy who is standing in for the prime minister, will hold consultations with representatives of concerned institutions on restrictions to import raw materials, agricultural and food products imposed by Russia. […]
A couple of weeks ago, Lithuania lifted the three-month suspension of the broadcasting of the Russian channel RTR Planeta. Prior to that, NTV Mir Lithuania resumed its broadcasts. Along with the PBK (First Baltic Channel), these channels comprise the backbone of the pro-Putin propaganda that is disseminated in Lithuania. This and more is covered in the following journalist investigation. […]
The Russian government’s announcement of sanctions on some food stuffs imported from the EU, Norway, USA, Canada and Australia will hit some countries harder than others. Yet the impact on the Russian economy may be even more significant. […]
Can centuries-old Lithuanian ethnic culture withstand sweeping globalization? Is it possible to retain national identity when Lithuanian countryside, the stronghold of traditions, is wilting away? And what should the authorities do in handing down the ancestral heritage to youth so that it keeps living? Libertas Klimka, a prominent Lithuanian ethnologist and professor at the Lithuanian University of Educology, talks to the Lithuania Tribune. […]
Budget airline Wizz Air announced further expansion of its low-fare route network in Lithuania on Saturday. […]
On Friday, at the meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York, initiated by Lithuania, human rights situation in Eastern Ukraine and Crimea were discussed. Lithuania stressed the importance of further monitoring of human rights in Ukrainian regions. […]
On 7-8 August, Minister of Energy Jaroslav Neverovič inspected the work on electrical transformer substations in Alytus (Lithuania) and Elk (Poland), which are part of the LitPol Link power connection. The minister said that even though the schedule is intensive, the substation reconstruction is being carried out successfully. […]
In July, the average electricity price in Nord Pool Spot power market Lithuanian trading zone (NPS LT) was LTL 0.198 (EUR 0.057) per kilowatt-hour, which was 4.4 percent above what it had been in June (LTL 0.189 or EUR 0.054 per kWh). In July 2014, compared with July 2013, the price increased by 17 percent. […]
Assets of 63 credit unions that are members of the Lithuanian Central Credit Union (LCKU) amounted to LTL 1.37 billion (EUR 397 million) by the end of the first half of 2014. The figure is 6.4 percent bigger compared with the first half of 2013 when it stood at LTL 1.29 billion (EUR 373 million). […]
Lithuania plans to open an embassy in the Republic of South Africa in November. […]
Lithuania and the like-minded countries at the UN Security Council have blocked Russia‘s attempt to “push through” a statement accusing Ukraine and suppressing information on the responsibility of pro-Russian separatists, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday. […]
Two trucks carrying food products have been stopped at Lithuania’s border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad after Moscow imposed an embargo on agricultural and food products from the EU, the Lithuanian Customs Department said on Friday. […]
Norway is among the leading nations in the global energy industry and Lithuania’s strategic partner in the Klaipėda LNG Terminal project, the centrepiece of the country’s energy independence strategy. Norway’s Ambassador to Vilnius Leif Arne Ulland says it has not been an easy battle, but Lithuania is confidently moving forward. […]
In the fairy tale book Amber Heart by Neringa Dangvydė addresses “the twilight zone”:same-sex marriage, shifting identities, social exclusion taking place in front of our eyes (or carried out by us ourselves). Those things are still awkward to speak of; they are difficult to find the right words for, as well as a fitting place in the discourse. […]
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