Defence
Women are flooding in to learn subtleties of war
On Monday, 72 youths began their basic training at the Grand Hetman Jonušas Radvila training regiment. […]
Month: August 2014
Foreign affairs
Lithuania contributes EUR 30,000 to humanitarian aid in Gaza
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday it had allocated EUR 30,000 (103,000 litas) in humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza. […]
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Economy
Politics
Society
Statistics Lithuania: Women significantly outnumber men
Statistics Lithuania informs that, at the beginning of 2014, the estimated number of women in Lithuania was 1,587.5 thousand, that of men, 1,356 thousand. Women outnumbered men by 231.5 thousand. […]
Defence
Lithuanian deputy minister discussed regional security with US congressman
On Thursday, Deputy Minister of National Defence Marijus Velička discussed security situation in the Baltic region and Ukraine, and US-Lithuanian defence cooperation with Republican US Congressman Devin Nunes, US House of Representatives, on visit to Lithuania, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign Ministry holds business meeting on new markets amid Russian embargo
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday held an inter-institutional meeting of ministerial representatives and representatives of business associations to discuss new export markets after Russia imposed import bans. […]
Economy
Lithuanian trucks stuck at border amid Russia’s food embargo
Several Lithuanian trucks are stuck at the Lithuanian-Belarusian border and the Latvian-Estonian border amid Russia‘s ban on the import of food products from the EU, the director of the Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service has informed on Friday. […]
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Economy
Annual inflation at 0.3% in July in Lithuania
Prices of consumer goods and services declined by 0.5% in July, compared with June, but annual inflation accelerated to 0.3%. Average annual inflation was at 0.3% in July – 1.9 percentage points lower than a year ago. […]
Economy
Top 8 Lithuanian startups to watch next autumn
In autumn, some new stars may begin to shine in global startup ecosystem. This year, Enterprise Lithuania, public agency, and community Startup Lithuania are continuing the successful Startup Lithuania Roadshow, which was launched last year. As part of the project, the country’s most promising startups will travel to San Francisco, Tel Aviv, London, Dublin and Helsinki in autumn to look for investments. […]
Economy
Government commission decides against national state of emergency in Utena
At a meeting on Friday the Emergency Commission of the Lithuanian Government decided against declaring a national state of emergency due to African swine fever (ASF) in Utena district. […]
Society
Lithuania lost over 12 percent of population in under a decade
Statistics Lithuania informs that, at the beginning of 2014, the estimated population of Lithuania stood at 2943.5 thousand, i.e., 28.4 thousand (1 percent) below what it was at the beginning of 2013. In 2005-2013, the population declined by 411.7 thousand, or 12.3 percent. […]
Foreign affairs
President Grybauskaitė: Russia has become unreliable business partner
At Friday’s meeting with Minister of Economy and acting Prime Minister Evaldas Gustas and Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė, President Dalia Grybauskaitė noted that Russia had become a completely unreliable and unpredictable business partner. […]
Society
Lithuanian Genocide Centre published data on 620 former KGB agents
The Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Centre says it has published data of 620 former KGB agents over less than two years. […]
Economy
Russian sanctions to shave off 0.2 percent of Lithuanian GDP growth
The growth of the Lithuanian gross domestic product (GDP) may slow down by 0.2 percent in the wake of the Russian sanctions, Lithuania’s Economy Minister Evaldas Gustas said after meeting with President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Friday. […]
Culture
Lithuania thanks “forest brothers” 70 years after start of anti-Soviet guerilla war
As Lithuania marks 70 years since the start of the guerilla war this summer, new initiatives are emerging in the country to pay tribute to the legacy of the “brothers of the forest”, as anti-Soviet partisans were known, which has inspired many Lithuanians from artists to soldiers. […]