August 2014 - Page 24 of 24 - the Lithuania Tribune

Lithuania evacuates citizen from Libya with Spain’s assistance

August 1, 2014 BNS 0

With help from Spain, a Lithuanian citizen was evacuated from violence-struck Libya, Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has said. […]

Lithuanian Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič

Lithuania invites Latvia and Estonia to take part in new nuclear plant project

August 1, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuanian Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič on Thursday invited Latvia to participate in the Visaginas nuclear power plant project, saying that a planned interim project company could be more efficient if partners, Latvia and Estonia, took part in it. […]

European Union

EU secures WTO panel over Russian pork ban

August 1, 2014 BNS 0

The European Union has been granted a panel at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to address complaints Russia‘s ban on EU pork imports. […]

Government approves State Mobilization Plan

August 1, 2014 BNS 0

Lithuania’s government formally approved the State Mobilization Plan this week, the Defence Ministry said. […]

Mission Siberia 2014 back in Lithuania

August 1, 2014 BNS 0

The team of Mission Siberia 2014 has returned to Lithuania after two weeks of taking care of cemeteries of Lithuanian deportees in Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. […]

Estonian government supports lowering voting age

August 1, 2014 The Baltic Course 0

The Estonian government on Thursday endorsed a bill initiated in the Riigikogu to lower the voting age at local municipality elections to 16 years, informs Postimees Online. […]

Germany does not approve of NATO’s military expansion to Poland and Baltic States

August 1, 2014 Baltic News Network 0

The German government does not approve of Poland’s and Baltic States’ request to expand NATO military presence in Eastern European countries, writes Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. […]

On this day in sport: 31 July

August 1, 2014 Alex Tigani 0

Half a decade may have passed since Rome last hosted the FINA World Aquatics Championships, however, the festival’s memories are still fresh in Giedrius Titenis’ mind. […]

Ambassador Pavilionis on Lithuania’s relationship with the USA

August 1, 2014 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuania Tribune asked Žygimantas Pavilionis, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the USA how the events in Ukraine has affected America’s pivot to Asia, and where Lithuania should invest in order to strengthen the US interest in the region. […]

Ukrainian says his truck carried BUK rockets that downed MH17

August 1, 2014 Tomas Dapkus 0

More and more evidence points to the fact that Kremlin-supported terrorists shot down the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane. Alfa.lt has interviewed the owner of the trailer-truck that allegedly transport BUK rockets, one of which downed the MH17 flight, from Ukraine. […]

Real degree of euro psychosis in Lithuania

August 1, 2014 DELFI EN 0

About 8 percent of Lithuania’s citizens are planning to buy the necessary goods and services before the euro is introduced. In Latvia and Estonia, there were about 10 percent of such buyers before the euro changeover. […]

Whether Russia attacks NATO in 5 years will depend on one thing alone

May 21, 2025 0

According to the American publication The Wall Street Journal, European countries bordering Russia are increasingly concerned about the Russian military’s actions. Russia is strengthening its military forces near the Finnish border, and its military experts […]

Prosecutor’s Office announces the fate of the four missing US soldiers: death investigation launched, still silence from the services

March 31, 2025 0

On March 31 morning, Minister of National Defence Dovilė Šakalienė announced that an M88 armoured personnel carrier had been pulled out of the swamp at the Pabradė training ground at night and stressed that she […]