Year: 2014

The parliamentary of group of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party has turned to the National Audit Office, asking to review the alleged harm inflicted by the previous conservative Government when liquidating the state-owned company Gamtinių Dujų Terminalas (Natural Gas Terminal). […]

Lithuanian Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė

Baltic and Polish ministers to convene in Vilnius to discuss swine fever

Lithuanian Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė has invited her counterparts from Estonia, Latvia and Poland to come to Vilnius on Wednesday. The officials plan to discuss the consequences of the outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) and ways to help farmers. […]

Lithuania’s TEO LT recognized for best investor relations in country

IR Magazine, a reputable industry publication for international investors, has recognized Lithuania’s telecom company TEO LT as the one with best investor relations (IR) in Lithuania. […]

Russia’s Navy Day highlights new reality in Crimea

July 28, 2014 Reuters 0

It’s a new Navy Day in Crimea. […]

US releases images it says show Russia fired on Ukraine

July 28, 2014 Reuters 0

The US State Department says it has new images implicating Russia in the Ukrainian conflict. […]

Lithuania to update real estate register laws

Ministers of justice and agriculture have established an interinstitutional working group to renew and update laws governing the Real Estate Cadastre and the Real Estate Register. […]

AirBaltic to launch Vilnius-Amsterdam flights

Latvian airline AirBaltic is launching a new direct air route linking Vilnius and Amsterdam, the Netherlands. […]

Putin’s ex-adviser says MH17 was not random choice

The Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was not shot down accidentally, it was chosen as a target because it was flying from Amsterdam, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s former adviser Andrey Illarionov has said in Vilnius. […]

Lithuania to support Garry Kasparov to head World Chess Federation

The Lithuanian Chess Federation has decided to support Garry Kasparov, a Russian player with links to Moscow’s opposition, rather than Kremlin-supported Kirsan Ilyumzhinov for the president of the World Chess Federation (FIDE). […]

NATO airmen report growing Russian activity in Baltic airspace

Polish aviators, who are heading the NATO air-policing mission in the Baltic states for the fifth time, say that they are faced with growing activity of the Russian Air Forces. […]

New French defence attaché to be accredited in Vilnius

On Monday, Lieutenant Colonel Jean-Luc Lopez, outgoing Defence Attaché of France in Lithuania, is handing over his duties to Lieutenant Colonel Alain Moulia. The new French defence attaché will be accredited at a formal ceremony at the Ministry of National Defence. […]

Lithuanian postal service employees threatened by angry dogs

In the course of six months of the current year, loose and aggressive dogs have attacked more postmen than during the entire previous year. In all, dogs have attacked and injured seven employees of Lithuania Post this year. To compare, five such cases were reported last year, Lithuania Post informs. […]

Lithuania’s Linas Agro granted 30-million loan to expand in Latvia

SIA Linas Agro, a subsidiary of AB Linas Agro Group, has refinanced its existing liabilities and attracted new capital to develop its business in Latvia. The credit line for working capital in the amount of EUR 30 million has been granted by SEB and DNB banks in Latvia within the scope of the club loan with SEB Banka being the leading bank of the transaction. […]

Opinion: The First World War, tragedy and legacy

July 28, 2014 Egidijus Vareikis 0

This summer, though full of fresh war fears, it will be time to commemorate the beginning of the First World War and people are remembering the conflict in different ways. Some are erecting monument for terrorist (or is it freedom fighter?) Gavrilo Princip in a still deeply-divided Bosnia, some are visiting war memorials, some are reviewing the statistics of casualties and destruction. […]

Lithuanian government mulls extended persona non grata list

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius does not rule out that certain Russian performers may be listed as personae non gratae in the future in an effort to combat propaganda. […]

19,000 pigs culled after African swine fever outbreak

All 19,000 pigs at an African Swine Fever-hit farm in the eastern Lithuanian district of Ignalina have been exterminated, the country’s chief veterinary officer said. […]

New car sales on the rise in Lithuania

Four and a half thousand car deals were concluded in Arpil-June 2014, or 22.6 percent more compared to the same period in 2013. According to the data of Regitra,a public institution responsible for registration of motor vehicles, and Autotyrimai, a vehicle-related information and consulting company, the second quarter sales offset the decreased number of newly imported cars. […]

65 schools in Vilnius to be repaired this year