Politics
Lithuanian parliament to repeat vote on budget bill
On Thursday, the Lithuanian Seimas (parliament) will repeat its vote on the 2015 budget bill, Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė said on Tuesday. […]
Month: December 2014
Energy
Lithuania to launch new shale gas tender early next year
Lithuania’s authorities are planning to launch a new shale gas exploration tender early next year after parliament last week approved new tax rates for unconventional hydrocarbons, Deputy Environment Minister Daiva Matonienė said on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Turkish president plans to visit Lithuania next year
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is on an official visit to Turkey, has called for the development of bilateral economic relations between the two countries and said that her Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, plans to visit Lithuania with a business delegation next year. […]
Society
Lithuanian president: Civil and political will are best anti-corruption measures
Corruption is everyone’s personal enemy, and a principled position as well civil and political will can help fight it, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
Global LT
Sports
On this day in sport: 8 December
To conclude this column is not the simplest of tasks… […]
Society
Seminar to look into Lithuanian-Jewish experiences as deportees and displaced persons
Colloquium Vilnense invites you to a session at Vilnius University on the survival of Lithuanian Jews in the GULag and their way to Displaced Persons Camps after the end of the war. Violeta Davoliūtė (Vilnius) and Markus Nesselrodt (Berlin) will present their ongoing research. […]
European Union
EU Commissioner Andriukaitis: Russia’s embargo issue to be solved at WTO level
Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety delegated by Lithuania, assured the Government that issues relating to the Russian embargo will be solved on the level of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). […]
Economy
Lithuania to export beef to Egypt
Egypt has confirmed to the Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service that Lithuanian beef meets the requirements and therefore may be exported to Egypt. […]
Economy
Defence
Lithuania’s standby army units put on higher state of preparedness – media
Back in October, the chief of defence of Lithuania and the president welcomed the creation of a rapid response force in the Lithuanian army. And just several months later, the standby units of the army, including the rapid response force, have been put on a higher state of preparedness, according to the Lithuanian LNK TV channels’ program “Good Evening, Lithuania”. […]
Politics
Anti-corruption agency to investigate former deputy minister and PM Butkevičius
The Special Investigation Service (STT) has launched a pre-trial investigation into possible abuse of office or misuse of powers by former deputy minister of health Gediminas Černiauskas and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
Politics
Lithuanian opposition wants parliament speaker to halt budget law
Leader of the Seimas Opposition Andrius Kubilius urges Parliament Speaker Loreta Graužinienė to stop the procedure of signing the law on the budget until the Opposition’s statement is examined by the Seimas Commission for Ethics and Procedures. […]
Sports
Kaunas to host International Children’s Games
Lithuania’s second-largest city Kaunas has won the right to host the International Children’s Games, which is also known as the Olympics for children, in 2017, the municipality said. […]
Society
New skating rink opened in Vilnius
Vilnius city residents and guests will be able to try a new ice rink in the Lukiškių Square, Vilnius City Council said. […]
Economy
Politics
Lithuanian Seimas to hold training for Ukrainian parliament employees
Lithuania’s parliament will this week hold a training for employees of the Ukrainian parliament – civil servants and MP assistants. […]
Economy
Low inflation in Lithuania particularly favourable to euro adoption, economists say
Current average annual inflation in Lithuania is at its lowest since 2010, according to financial experts, a situation that is particularly favourable to the currency changeover. […]
Defence
US pledges USD 13m for infrastructure at Šiauliai Aviation Base next year
The United States of America intend to earmark 13 million US dollars (EUR 10.6m) to infrastructure development of the Lithuanian Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai next year. […]
Defence
Russian military planes continue circling Baltic airspace
On 6 December a group of warships of the Russian Federation (22 vessels) was spotted in the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. The group was accompanied by military aircraft flying over the neutral waters, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence reports. […]