Defence
Up to 100 Lithuanian soldiers to serve in Afghanistan next year
Up to 100 Lithuanian soldiers will serve in the NATO mission in Afghanistan next year, training Afghan forces, Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said on Tuesday. […]
Month: September 2014
European Union
Office of Lithuania’s EC delegate to be tun by diplomat Vinčiūnas
If Vytenis Andriukaitis of Lithuania is entrusted with the health and food safety portfolio in the new European Commission, his office, starting from 1 November, would be led by Arūnas Vinčiūnas, Lithuania’s deputy permanent representative to the EU. […]
Sports
On this day in sport: 30 September
On this day in 1988, four Lithuanian men proudly stood arm in arm for a photograph. […]
Politics
Asset declarations reveal six millionaires among Lithuanian ministers
The current Lithuanian government, led by Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, includes six millionaires. Most wealthy among the cabinet ministers is Minister of Culture Kęstutis Birutis of the Labour Party. […]
Society
Lithuania continues to lose population due to migration
In 2013, international net migration remained negative in Lithuania as the number of emigrants exceeded that of immigrants by 16,800. […]
Society
President Grybauskaitė tells Lithuanian prosecutors to modernize their operations
During her meeting on Tuesday with top officials of the Prosecutor General‘s Office and chief regional prosecutors, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė pointed out lengthy pre-trial investigations, underlined their quality and the need for prosecutors’ offices to modernise. […]
Society
Anatoli Mikhailov appointed president of EHU
After more than two decades of service, the Founding Rector of the European Humanities University (EHU) Professor Anatoli Mikhailov has accepted the newly-created position of President of the University. […]
Economy
Uncategorized
Competing interests threaten Baltic pressure on Russia
With the September 30 review of EU sanctions against Russia approaching, the Baltic states are among several countries interested in maintaining the pressure on Moscow for its role in the Ukraine crisis. However, Baltic nations are also operating under significant constraints, including the region’s economic ties to Russia and the competing interests of larger EU countries that want to improve relations with Moscow. […]
European Union
Lithuania’s EC nominee Andriukaitis tells EP he will seek to attract more investment in health
Vytenis Andriukaitis, the Lithuanian nominee for the health and food safety portfolio in the new European Commission, says that as a commissioner he will encourage the EU’s most powerful member states to invest more in health and will work on the tobacco and cross-border healthcare directives and GMO regulation. […]
Society
Lithuania organizing Constitution exam
Lithuania is holding the Constitution exam on Tuesday, with all citizens of Lithuanian being able to take it. […]
Politics
Lithuanian MEP Uspaskich in trouble over assistant
Lithuanian MEP Viktor Uspaskich, former leader of the Labour Party and member of ALDE/ADLE Group in the European Parliament, might be in trouble for questionable assistant hiring practices. Fellow Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis, of the PPE Group, on Monday asked the European Parliament to look into the matter, BNS reports. […]
European Union
Euro area’s Economic Sentiment Indicator drops to 10-month low
The Euro area’s Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) fell to 99.9 in September, as compared to 100.6 in August, the European Commission said on Monday. […]
Economy
Vilnius public transport drivers threaten with strike
Lithuanian capital’s public transport drivers threaten to go on strike due to salary delays. […]
Opinion
Defence
Lithuanian army chief: We will consider conscription, if we don’t attract enough volunteers
Lithuania plans to double the number of young men enlisted to undergo basic military training next year. And if the necessary target of volunteers is not met, the chief of defence of Lithuania does not discount the possibility of suggesting to politicians to restore conscription. […]
European Union
Lithuania’s EC nominee Andriukaitis to appear before EP committees on Tuesday
Vytenis Andriukaitis, the Lithuanian nominee for the health and food safety portfolio in the new European Commission, is introducing himself to members of the European Parliament and answering their questions on Tuesday. […]
Economy
Russian court ruling on Lithuanian vessel due next week
A Russian court ruling on releasing the Lithuanian fishing vessel Jūros Vilkas (Sea Wolf), now in the Russian Port of Murmansk, on bail is due next week, the lawyer for the ship owners says. […]
Energy
Uncategorized
Moscow’s plan to decoy the West
Moscow seems to be making effort to patch up its relations with the West after a fall-out over Ukraine by trying to refocus attention away from Eastern Europe and onto the Middle East. Experts say, however, that the trick might not work. […]