Economy
Lithuanian mobile game reaches top spots in US charts
Cooking Fever, a mobile game produced by the Lithuanian company Nordcurrent and launched last week, quickly reached top spots in US mobile applications charts. […]
Month: August 2014
Economy
Lithuania to explore its amber deposits
The Lithuanian Geological Survey is about to announce a tender for detailed amber exploration in the country, the country’s Ministry of Environment said on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian specialist will help Ukraine implement reforms, foreign minister says
Ukraine will receive a Lithuanian specialist who will help the country implement economic and integration reforms. The specialist who will provide assistance to the reform group established within the Ukrainian president’s administration will be chosen and dispatched as soon as in September, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, who visited Kyiv last week and met with President Petro Poroshenko, told the radio Žinių Radijas. […]
Society
Lithuania’s NGOs refuse to talk to Russian-language First Baltic Channel
Well-known Lithuanian non governmental organizations have refused to provide comments to the First Baltic Channel (PBK), a Russian-language TV station, stating that it does not comply with the media transparency criteria and is considered a threat to Lithuania’s state interests. […]
Politics
Energy Ministry to go to Labour Party after LLRA’s withdrawal from government
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that after the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) party leaves the ruling coalition, the position of energy minister will be taken by the Labour Party. […]
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Lithuanian foreign minister: Germany’s wish not to harm Russia is understandable
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says he understands why German Chancellor Angela Merkel wishes to find a solution to the Ukrainian crisis that would not harm Russia. He adds, however, that it is just as important not to harm Ukraine either. […]
Defence
Canadian fighter jets to take part in Baltic air policing mission
Canadian fighter jets are set to arrive in Lithuania to take part in NATO‘s Baltic air policing mission for the first time. Four F-18 are scheduled to land at the Lithuanian Air Force Air Base in Šiauliai at noon. […]
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Aggression in Ukraine: what consequences await its architects?
In the first article about Dmitry Rogozin’s clan, I discussed how this clan developed and gained strength. However, in the context of aggression against Ukraine, it is crucial to focus attention not just on Rogozin and his clan’s ideology or rhetoric. […]
Sports
Gold-winning Lithuanian swimmer Meilutytė says the season exceeded her expectations
Lithuanian swimmer Rūta Meilutytė ended the season with the best results. A year of work, the intensive season and three competitions within two weeks brought to Meilutytė something that no athlete had ever achieved. She added a gold medal from the European championship to her collection of trophies and now she has a full set of gold medals from all highest-grade competitions. […]
Culture
Why Donelaitis’ Metai is on par with Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey
The Lithuanian epic poem Seasons (Metai) is a canonic masterpiece of early Lithuanian literature written by Kristijonas Donelaitis around 1765–1775 in the Prussian village of Tolminkiemis. In Metai, rebellious Donelaitis depicted indigenous Lithuanian serfs subjected to mistreatment at the hands of German colonizers. […]
Foreign affairs
US Ambassador McCarthy: Americans no longer “instinctively” think of Europe
More effort will be needed for the Americans to understand Europe due to demographic changes in the United States, including a rising number of Spanish-speakers, US Ambassador to Lithuania Deborah McCarthy says. […]
Global LT
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and Baltic Way anniversaries commemorated in Stockholm
On the occasion of the 75th Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way, the Baltic communities of Sweden in co-operation with Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Embassies, Estonian Swedes Cultural Organisation and the Måndagsrörelsen (The Monday Movement) organized in Stockholm a meeting to commemorate the historical events. […]
Politics
Why can Valdemar Tomaševski do as he likes?
It seems that it’s not only Algirdas Butkevičius’s patience that Valdemar Tomaševski has exhausted. […]
Politics
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania party to be kicked out of government
The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), a Polish party that has been part of Lithuania’s ruling coalition, will not get any positions in the government, Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Monday. […]
Economy
Eurobus starts tour across Lithuania to inform people about euro adoption
On Sunday, the Eurobus was seen off from Vilnius and started touring across Lithuania’s cities and towns. Over the course of a little over two months, it will visit all 60 municipalities, three events will be held in each one. The purpose of the campaign is to better inform people about the adoption of the euro. […]
Economy
Wage growth in Lithuania accelerated to 4.6 percent in Q2
In the second quarter of this year annual nominal growth of gross wages accelerated to 4.6%. Meanwhile, real net wages increased by 4.9%, due to increase in non-taxable income threshold as of January 1st. However, the main factors behind rapid wage growth were general economic growth, declining unemployment and an increasingly pronounced shortage of qualified labour force. […]
Society
Russia refuses to extradite ex-banker Romanov to Lithuania
Moscow says that it will not extradite Vladimir Romanov, owner of the bankrupt Ūkio Bankas, to Lithuania, as he has been granted asylum in Russia, the Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office informed on Monday. […]
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