Society
Month: October 2014
Economy
Solar manufacturer Via Solis starts new production line in Lithuania
The EU project SmartFlex has announced the completion of a production line for manufacturing individually designed solar photovoltaic (PV) façades on an industrial scale. […]
Defence
Economy
Lithuanian fruit and vegetable growers to receive EU support
The European Commission has adopted a new programme for emergency market measures for perishable fruit and vegetables in the wake of the Russian ban on imports of certain EU agricultural products, the EC informs. […]
Politics
Lithuania begins municipal elections campaign
On Wednesday, the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has announced the beginning of the electoral campaign for 2015 municipal elections. […]
European Union
EP president advisor Pranckevičius: Proposal for EU to purchase Mistral ships is “original and creative”
The proposal for the European Union to purchase Mistral ships from France is welcomed in Brussels and is a way out of a particularly complex situation, says Arnoldas Pranckevičius, External Policies Advisor to the President of the European Parliament. […]
Energy
PM not distressed about Chevron’s disinterest in Lithuanian shale gas
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has played down Chevron’s statement that the US energy giant is no longer interested in exploring for shale gas in Lithuania, saying that he expects other investors to come to the country. […]
New Europe 100: Challengers and innovators of Central and Eastern Europe
A new initiative puts together a list of one hundred outstanding individuals who have and continue to contribute to the rise of world-class innovation in Central and Eastern Europe. […]
European Union
Eastern Partnership is dead. Long live Eastern Partnership
Without much of a fervour or pomp last week saw the end of the most prominent and quite efficient couple in the Foreign Affairs Council. Carl Bildt and Radoslaw Sikorski left the stage and took up their new roles. It’s an end of an era and I am afraid also an end to their most precious pet project of the two gentlemen – Eastern Partnership. […]
Society
“He was like a captain of a ship,” Kaunas ghetto resistance leader commemorated at Holocaust Exhibit
The Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum Holocaust Exhibit, housed in a traditional wooden green house on Pamėnkalnio gatvė, commemorated the 70th anniversary of the liquidation of the Kaunas ghetto on 30 September. The commemoration was scheduled to coincide with the centennial of the birth of the museum’s co-founder and Kaunas ghetto leader, Dmitrijus Gelpernas. […]
Defence
Ship with US heavy combat equipment arrives in Klaipėda
A vessel bringing heavy combat equipment of the US troops deployed for combined exercises with Lithuanian military has arrived in the Lithuanian western port of Klaipėda on Wednesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Sports
On this day in sport: 1 October
Last month, this column was a merger of Lithuania’s achievements at the Sydney Olympics as well as its triumphs as a basketball nation. […]
Sports
On this day in football: 1 October
A day after Lithuania’s four basketball patriots of the 1980’s guided the USSR to an Olympic title, two of their counterparts added to the Gold medal tally on the football field. […]
Culture
Experts postpone discussion on Soviet bridge sculptures in Vilnius
The State Cultural Heritage Commission of Lithuania has postponed the discussion on the fate of the Soviet sculptures on the Green Bridge in central Vilnius until spring amid ongoing protests. […]
Defence
Lithuania ready to send instructors to train Iraqi forces fighting ISIS
Lithuania is ready to send several military instructors to Iraq to train local forces fighting ISIS jihadists, the country’s Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas said on Wednesday. […]
Energy
Society
Lithuanian police bust international group that plundered corporate funds
The Lithuanian police has busted an international group that was engaged in large-scale plundering of property of big companies across Europe, the Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau said. […]
Society
100 protesters in Vilnius demand higher pensions
One hundred members of the Lithuanian Pensioner Party gathered outside the government building in Vilnius before noon on Wednesday to demand higher pensions. […]
Society
Danish Chamber of Commerce throws charity dinner to help children’s cancer clinic
The Charity Gala Dinner and auction in Belmontas on 23 October will officially open the Children’s Cancer Foundation established recently in Lithuania at the initiative of the Danish Chamber of Commerce. […]