Businesspeople have expressed their support to the decision made by Minister of Education and Science Dainius Pavalkis to make mathematics examination compulsory starting 2016 to those entering higher education institutions. Business representatives have also noted the need to enhance development of practical competences of specialists. […]
Lithuania will not publish the list of Russian politicians and performers who will be affected by a travel ban imposed in response to Moscow’s policies in Ukraine, LNK TV said in its news broadcast on Thursday. […]
The European Union (EU) is considering to address the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the Russia‘s restrictions on imports of agricultural and food products, EU Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas said on Thursday. […]
In May, Game Insight, a developer of games for mobile devices, announced that it was moving its headquarters from Moscow to Vilnius. This is not the first IT emigrant: in terms of price, logistics and investment climate, having their offices in European is often seen as a better option for those Russian companies that go after the global market. […]
A Bugatti car, riding through the streets of Vilnius, undoubtedly attracts attention of the passers-by. Automobiles made by Ettore Bugatti have always been appealing technically and aesthetically. Interestingly enough, people could see a Bugatti in Vilnius 80 years ago. […]
A Finnish political analyst said that Finland would have the obligation to come to Estonia‘s aid if its smaller neighbour were attacked, even though Finland is not a NATO member and is not obligated by the organization’s Article Five collective defence clause. […]
In her fairy tale book Amber Heart, 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. […]
The Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid and Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) signed an agreement on Wednesday on a 50-million-euro loan for a period of ten years, said the company in a statement. […]
Vitas Vasiliauskas, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, is attending a meeting of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, says the Bank of Lithuania in a statement. […]
Japan’s Hitachi says the memorandum signed with Lithuania is a good first step towards building a nuclear power plant, but the project is a regional one, therefore it is of crucial that other partners join in as well. […]
US President Barack Obama, speaking at the closing of the US-Africa Leaders summit, said Washington was not considering sending weapons to Ukraine yet. […]
Ukrainian soldiers are laying siege to Donetsk, where pro-Russian rebels have taken control. […]
Thursday morning, German Navy Commander Gunther Brassel handed over command of Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1) to Lithuanian Navy Commander Giedrius Premeneckas during a brief ceremony conducted by NATO Allied Maritime Command’s Deputy Chief of Staff Submarines, Rear Admiral Robert Kamensky. […]
On Thursday, the Emergency Commission of Utena district declared a state of emergency due to African swine fever (ASF) in Tauragnai and Saldutiškis at the local level. […]
Russian citizen Vasiliy Kotlerov, a suspect in the 13 January 1991 massacre case in Lithuania, has been put under house arrest by an Italian court, Lithuanian prosecutors have confirmed. […]
A protest, dubbed “Putin, don’t send weapons to terrorists!”, was held outside the Russian Embassy in Vilnius on Thursday, following anti-Western sanctions announced by the Kremlin. […]
As many as 3,000 users follow news and views from Lithuania on Facebook. […]
An interim project company that the Lithuanian Energy Ministry and Japan’s Hitachi plan to set up will help make discussions on the Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant project better focused, Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič says, adding that these discussions are now “too virtual”. […]
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