Defence
Month: September 2014
Energy
LNG terminal construction proceeding as scheduled, Lithuanian PM says
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he has no information that the construction work on the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal might exceed the established timetable. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s new deputy minister of culture takes office
Deputy Minister of Culture Agneta Lobacevskytė took office on Monday. The deputy minister will oversee the matters of ethnic minorities, archives and information society. […]
Defence
US infantry with heavy combat equipment arrive in Lithuania
Around 70 US infantry troops with heavy combat equipment have arrived in Lithuania, the Baltic country’s Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]
European Union
EU endorses postponement of Ukraine free trade deal
European Union (EU) ministers on Monday endorsed the postponement of the free trade agreement with Ukraine until 2016, stipulating that the document can only be changed by bilateral agreement, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said. […]
Culture
Lithuanian poet Tomas Venclova granted state pension
The Lithuanian government on Monday granted a state monthly pension to poet Tomas Venclova, the winner of the Lithuanian National Culture and Art Prize. […]
Energy
Energy
Ignalina NPP decommissioning twice over budget and 9 years behind schedule
As the Lithuanian Ministry of Energy reviewed the final plan of Ignalina nuclear power plant (NPP) decommissioning, it turned out that the closing costs will stand at EUR 2.6 billion at least, while the closing deadline has been extended for nine years. […]
Energy
Uncategorized
Russian foreign minister Lavrov says many Poles and Lithuanians are fighting in Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stated that many Poles and Lithuanians are fighting in Ukrainian “battalions, created and financed by oligarchs”. […]
Economy
Grain price may continue to fall, expert says
Grain market analyst Tadas Povilauskas of the Lithuanian agricultural companies’ Group Litagra says that grain price may continue to fall due to both good harvests and competition of alternative cultures grown by Australian and South American cultivators. […]
Economy
Advice to Lithuanian exporters: Forget China, concentrate on Chinese region or city
Robertas Dargis, head of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK), is convinced that cooperation among producers is one of the keys to open vast foreign markets to Lithuanian goods. […]
Culture
Society
Vilnius commemorates founding day
September 28 is taken as the day of the founding of Vilnius, the present capital of Lithuania. The founder of the city was Grand Duke Gediminas who ruled Lithuania in the 14th century and mentioned the city as his ducal seat in letters dated 1323. The legend says that Gediminas founded the city on the confluence of the rivers Neris and Vilnelė after he had a dream about a howling iron wolf – which represented the great history that was waiting for Vilnius. […]
European Union
Defence
Lithuanian soldiers see off third rotation of US colleagues
The third rotation of troops from the United States Army in Europe’s 173rd Airborne Infantry Brigade were seen off at a formal ceremony held at Rukla garrison last Wednesday. After nearly two months of combined combat training, it will be replaced by the 2nd Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, stationed in Texas, U.S.A., that will continue the joint training with Lithuanian forces, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Society
Information war in Lithuania: Five-pointed stars and computer games
With a massive propaganda machine at its disposal, the Kremlin has already started an information war in Lithuania, claims an officer of the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence. […]
Sports
On this day in sport: 28 September
Today we honour the late Vitalija Tuomaitė who was a patriot of women’s basketball in Lithuania during the end of the Cold War. […]
Economy
Companies contributing to Lithuanian-Polish cooperation to receive awards
Trade and Investment Promotion Section of the Polish Embassy is presenting Polish Business Awards 2014 for the third time. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s domestic credit up EUR 53.2m in August
Over August, the M3 broad monetary aggregate in Lithuania increased by LTL 244.6 million (EUR 70.9 million) and its annual growth rate was 3.6 percent at the end of the month, the Statistics Department of the Bank of Lithuania reports. […]