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Month: September 2014
Politics
President Grybauskaitė: Prosecutors must protect state and respect human rights
President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with representatives of the Prosecutors’ Trade Union to discuss major issues in their work and changes that need to be immediately implemented in order to ensure effective and quality activity of the Prosecutor’s Office. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president hands credentials to new ambassador to Poland
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė presented letters of credence to the new ambassador to Poland, Šarūnas Adomavičius, on Monday. […]
Economy
Inflation in Lithuania predicted at 0.4 percent in September
Statistics Lithuania predicts that monthly inflation calculated based on the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) will stand at 0.4 percent in September, compared to August. […]
Defence
How long could Lithuania resist open military aggression?
As Russia is engaging in an undeclared war in eastern Ukraine, people in the Baltic states follow developments in Donbass with anxiety, while their leaders work around the clock to ensure that similar scenarios could not be repeated in their backyards. Still, “what would we do if Russia attacked Lithuania?” has become a question regularly discussed in political meetings, lecture halls and pubs. […]
Global LT
Lithuania embassy in London commemorates Battle of Orsha
Last Thursday, members of the public along with foreign diplomats residing in London gathered at the Lithuanian Embassy to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Orsha, Lithuania’s Embassy in United Kingdom reports. […]
Defence
Defence
Energy
Natural gas stocks would last a month for Lithuania’s household users in case of gas cut-off
In case of natural gas supply disruptions from Russia, Lithuania’s natural gas stocks for small volume household users would last for about a month, says Dalius Misiūnas, head of the state-controlled energy company Lietuvos Energija. […]
Defence
Most Lithuanians think country could resist military invasion for several days without help
Nearly half of residents of Lithuania believe the country would be able to resist a Russian attack for a few days without NATO’s help, shows a poll commissioned by DELFI. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania urges Russia to free abducted Estonian officer
The Foreign Ministry of Lithuania urges the Russian Federation to release immediately Eston Kohver, Estonian officer detained in the territory of Estonia on 5 September, and provide him with the possibility to safely return to his motherland, the ministry said in a statement. […]
Society
President Grybauskaitė addresses Polish speakers: I equally love all people of Lithuania
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė came to Šalčininkai, a town where Polish-speakers make up nearly three quarters of the population, to take part in a harvest festival held on Sunday. Claiming she did not want to start any political discussions on ethnic minority issues, the president said that she equally loved all people of Lithuania. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian Foreign Ministry does not recognise “elections” in Crimea
Responding to reports about “elections” held in Ukraine‘s Autonomous Republic of Crimea on 14 September, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry underlined that Lithuania supported Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity and considered organising such “elections” in Crimea as yet another illegal action of the occupation authorities. […]
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Russian Soldiers – cheap and luckless (I)
Ten years ago on 3 September 2004 at exactly 13:00 in Beslan, North Ossetia, Chechen terrorists allowed the bodies of local people who had been killed and left lying there for three days in front of a school, to be gathered up. On 1 September the 34 Chechen terrorists had taken about 1200 teenagers and children hostage in the school. […]
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Seimas speaker thanks Latvia for brotherhood
At a festivity to mark the Baltic Unity Day in Latvia on Saturday, Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė thanked for years of brotherly neighborhood. […]
Energy
Economy
Vilnius receives 424 thousand tourists in six months
Statistics Lithuania informs that, over the first half of 2014, the number of tourists grew in accommodation establishments in every county. Compared with the first half of 2013, the number of tourists grew most in Utena County (77.8 percent), the least in Alytus County (3.2 percent). […]
Society
Icelandic transgender rights activist: Changing the world in small steps
A series of public events for and about transgender people, organized by Lithuania’s national LGBT* rights organization LGL on the 26th-28th August 2014, were the most exciting days for transgender individuals and their allies in Lithuania. They met and interacted with each other, they laughed and shared trans*pizza together. […]