Foreign affairs
Month: August 2014
Society
August heat record set in Lithuania
A new August heat record was set in Lithuania on Sunday, with 36.5 degrees Celsius reported in Tauragė at 4 p.m., weather services say. […]
Politics
Private sector corruption remains unpersecuted, says Lithuanian MP
Agnė Bilotaitė, conservative MP and chair of the Parliamentary Group For Corruption-Free Lithuania, has turned to Minister of Justice Juozas Bernatonis with a request to provide proposals to address the issue of dealing with corruption in the private sector. […]
Culture
Exhibition of Sąjūgis rallies opened in parliament
Through 1 August to 1 September, an exhibition dedicated to mass rallies of the Sąjūdis, a reform movement of the 1980s that led to Lithuania’s secession from the USSR, will be open in the gallery of the Lithuanian Parliament. […]
Society
No wise men, no heroes: Scientists pin down Lithuanian national character
According to the results of a recent study of national archetypes of Lithuanians, we are kind-hearted, composed, caring, long suffering, down-to-earth, ordinary, and have a special relationship with nature. Based on psychoanalyst Carl Gustav Jung’s theory of archetypes, the research has been conducted in co-operation with experts from a variety of backgrounds, including ethnologists, philosophers, historians, psychologists, and sociologists. […]
Sports
On this day in sport: 3 August
Lithuania would only claim one medal in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and that was on this day in sport. […]
Economy
Milk price drops 20 percent
Indicated milk price in the European market decreased even more, it is the lowest it has been for 18 months. On 31 July, milk price stood at LTL 1,19 (EUR 0,35) per 1 kilogram. It is by LTL 0.03 (EUR 0.01) less than one week ago. […]
Culture
Opera soloist Edgaras Montvidas awarded by president
President Dalia Grybauskaitė awarded the Medal of the Order for Merits to Lithuania to opera soloist Edgaras Montvidas. […]
Energy
Klaipėdos Nafta concluded LNG terminal user’s contract with LITGAS
On 1 August, Klaipėdos Nafta concluded a user’s contract on the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal with LITGAS and therefore has completed LNG terminal capacities allocation procedure, Klaipėdos Nafta informs. […]
Uncategorized
Vladimir Putin’s pyramid of rule: Who really governs Russia?
In Lithuania and in the West, Putin’s system of rule is still often described as a monolith pyramid. In the eyes of society, Putin manages to present himself as an irreplaceable leader-statesman (‘tsar’, according to the West), solely making key decisions. But such an understanding of ruling processes in Russia is one of the main mistakes which prevents from obtaining a deeper insight into the regime’s origins and foundations. […]
Defence
Poll shows overwhelming support for permanent NATO presence in Lithuania
Results of a poll commissioned by the Ministry of National Defence show that the majority of Lithuanian citizens, or 68 percent, agree to permanent NATO presence in Lithuania. […]
Economy
Klaipėda Seaport handled 17.8m tonnes of cargo January-June
The aggregate throughput of Klaipėda Port and at Būtingė Terminal in January-June 2014 totalled 21,1 million tons of seaborne cargo: 3,3m tons were handled at Būtingė Terminal (the year-on-year change was -24,7 percent or -1 085,5 thousand tons) and 17,8m tons were handled in Klaipėda Seaport (the year-on-year change was +2,9 percent or +494,0m tona), Port of Klaipėda informs. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president rejects law on confidential financial information due to confidentiality concerns
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė returned amendments to the Law on the Bank of Lithuania back to the Seimas for reconsideration and submitted a proposal which she says would ensure information security necessary for the stability of the financial system. […]
Uncategorized
Belarus: Asymmetric ties and a balancing act
The geopolitical perspective that Belarus is being squeezed between Russia and the European Union remains relevant. New information continues to reveal modest but noticeable attempts to improve Belarus’s relations with the West as well as the ambivalent role of Russia, Belarus’s most important ally and sponsor. […]
Sports
On this day in sport: 2 August
When scholars analyse the final Soviet basketball team to participate in the Summer Olympics, the most popular observation was the fact that the team contained four Lithuanians. […]
Society
Hot in the city
In cities across the world there has long been conflict between cyclists and pedestrians. As the temperatures soared in the Lithuanian capital a visitor discovers that Vilnius is no different. […]
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Uncategorized
Amid Crisis, Belarus re-examines its political and security situation
Belarus will host the latest round of talks between Ukraine and Russia in Minsk on 1 August as Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko continues to push his country as a mediator in the crisis. Lukashenko’s motivation is not altruistic, however, as Belarus is not immune to the competition between Russia and the West over the strategic borderland countries of the former Soviet periphery. […]
Global LT
Learning Mandarin Chinese: Easier than you think
A full member of the American Psychological Association, Dr. Boris Vytautas Bakunas is an educational psychologist and consultant with over 30 years teaching experience. Currently, he teaches graduate professional development courses through the International Renewal Institute. […]
Society
How to recover a debt from a foreign debtor?
International freight transportation and international trade in general is a great environment for unfair debtors to prosper. A lack of knowledge about international debt recovery is one of the main reasons why debts accumulate. […]