Culture
Year: 2014
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Estonia ready to build facilities for US troops, says defence minister
Estonia‘s Defence Minister Sven Mikser said at the Festival of Opinion Culture, the Arvamusfestival, in Paide over the weekend that Estonia was ready to invest in military infrastructure if NATO decided to station more troops in the country. […]
Society
Lithuanian prosecutors launch terrorism probe into calls to join separatists in Ukraine
The chief prosecutor of Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office cancelled the decision of a prosecutor from the Department for Criminal Prosecution not to initiate an investigation into incitement of terrorism. Conservative MP Arvydas Anušauskas had turned to prosecutors saying that calls on social media to go and support separatist fighters in east Ukraine might be construed as incitement of terrorism. […]
Defence
Colonel Bagdonas appointed director of Vilnius-based NATO Energy Security Center of Excellence
Colonel Gintaras Bagdonas will be appointed director of the Vilnius-based NATO Energy Security Center of Excellence during an official ceremony on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament speaker hopes EAPL to remain in ruling coalition
Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuanian Loreta Graužinienė hopes the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania will remains in the ruling coalition despite the fact that Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius wants the party’s Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovič sacked. […]
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Dmitry Rogozin’s clan: Visionaries and executors behind aggression towards Ukraine
Researching the role, actions and interests of various most powerful officials of the Russian government can provide a gilmse into something more than just the state’s decision-making mechanism. […]
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Turchynov: Europe should aid Ukraine with modern weaponry
Withstanding Russia‘s aggression, Ukraine is not only defending itself but is also defending the whole of Europe, therefore, the West should provide necessary military assistance, Oleksandr Turchynov, chairman of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, said in Lithuania on Monday. […]
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Turchynov: Ukraine will be ready to join EU in five years
Ukraine should be ready for full EU membership within five years, Oleksandr Turchynov, chairman of Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, said in Lithuania on Monday. […]
Politics
Energy minister’s position on the line after reappointment of controversial deputy
Renata Cytacka, a member of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania, has been re-appointed as deputy energy minister. […]
Economy
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s new ambassador to Hungary receives credentials
President Dalia Grybauskaitė presented letters of credence to Rasa Kairienė, Lithuanian ambassador to Hungary. […]
Defence
Lithuania to receive one of Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin helicopters in 2015
One of the three Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin helicopters Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence is buying has already been assembled and will be delivered next year. […]
Economy
Lithuanian businesses sign memorandum on fair conversion to euro
On Monday, representatives of Lithuanian business associations and representatives of municipal authorities as well as the Government, signed the Memorandum of Good Business Practice during the Adoption of the Euro. […]
Society
Over half Lithuanians think situation in country getting worse
More than half of Lithuanians (52 percent) believe the situation in the country has gotten worse recently, whereas 42 percent say the situation has been improving. Two percent of those polled have no opinion on it, a Baltijos Tyrimai poll, commissioned by ELTA and conducted on 15-30 July, shows. […]
Society
Over 70 savers of Jews apply for freedom fighter status in Lithuania
Over 70 people who saved Jews during World War Two have applied to be granted the status of freedom fighters in Lithuania. They became eligible to such a status after new amendments came into force a month and a half ago. […]
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Opinion
Global LT
Norway’s Ambassador Ulland: Child welfare is top consideration for Norwegian institutions, regardless of citizenship
The Lithuanian media has lately caused some stir with stories about Lithuanian expatriates in Norway who have had their children “taken away” by childcare services. Norway’s Ambassador to Lithuania Leif Arne Ulland says that his country takes children’s welfare very seriously and makes no distinction between Norwegian families and those from other countries residing there. However, he adds, no child can be taken away from the family without a court ruling. […]