Politics
Former president Adamkus says second term will be easier for Grybauskaitė
Former President Valdas Adamkus thinks that the second presidential term for President Dalia Grybauskaitė should be easier. […]
Year: 2014
Politics
President Grybauskaitė announced her new team
The new team which will join the president during her second term has been announced on Saturday. Valdemaras Sarapinas will lead the National Security Group, Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters will lead Economic and Social Policy Group. Modestas Naudžius will be the president’s spokesman. […]
Politics
Lithuanian government returns its mandate to re-elected president
Following inauguration of Lithuania’s re-elected President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Saturday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has returned the government’s mandate. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign Minister Linkevičius on new European Commission president, symbolic gestures in politics and tweeting
EN.DELFI has interviewed the Minister of the Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius. We spoke about the next European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, significance of the European Union association and free-trade agreement with Ukraine and two other Eastern Partnership countries and about self-discipline required for tweeting. […]
Politics
Two Lithuania’s liberal parties to merge
On Saturday, 12 July, the Liberal and Centre Union (LiCS) and Party Yes-Homeland Revival and Perspective (Sąjunga TAIP) will hold a joint congress. During the meeting agreement on merging will be signed and chairman and chairman’s assistants will be elected. […]
Politics
Deputy energy minister refuses to hand in resignation
Lithuanian Deputy Energy Minister Renata Cytacka, a member of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania, is the only vice-minister in the current government who has not resigned voluntarily. […]
Defence
Politics
Inaugural address by President Grybauskaitė at the Seimas
Dear Fellow People of Lithuania, Each and every word of my oath has resounded and will resound in my life as a personal commitment to you. We are destined to live in exceptional times and work together to take care of Lithuania. I know that it will be not easy, but we will continue the efforts started and we will find a way out of even the most difficult situations. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president inaugurated for second term
Inauguration events for Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who was re-elected for a second term in May, took place in Vilnius on Saturday. […]
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Russia’s actions in Ukraine: Parallels with other “hot spots” of the former Soviet Union
The conflict in eastern Ukraine has clear parallels with other “hot spots” in the former Soviet Union, where the Kremlin has ambitions. The clearest parallels are with the Transnistrian conflict on the eve of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Unlike the rest of Moldova, ethnic Moldovans in Transnistria constitute just 31.9 percent of the district’s population; the ethnic Russians are 30.4 percent and the ethnic Ukrainians—28.8 percent. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Vilnius increases defence spending in face of disappointing responses from Western Europe
The Lithuanian parliament on July 10 adopted budget amendments to increase spending on national defense by 37.6 million euros. The decision, which was predicted by Stratfor, passed with the support of the government and the opposition and was praised by the American Embassy in Lithuania. With this measure, Lithuania will take its military spending closer to 1 percent of gross domestic product – a mark still well below NATO’s official target of 2 percent. […]
Sports
On this day in sport: 12 July
Amongst the many highlights of Germany’s 2014 FIFA World Cup campaign was Thomas Müller’s hat trick against Portugal last month. […]
Global LT
Famous Lithuanians in Australia: Cartoonist and illustrator Fiona Katauskas
Fiona Katauskas is a cartoonist and illustrator whose work appears in Australian national and State newspapers and magazines. She has illustrated a large number of books for many publishers; and for the past eight years she has been the producer of Talking Pictures – a segment of the current affairs program Insiders – which analyses the week’s political cartoons and is screened every Sunday morning on ABC1 and 24. […]
European Union
Lithuanian MEP Landsbergis to head EP Central Asia Delegation
Member of the European Parliament Gabrielius Landsbergis was appointed as the head of the EP Central Asian Delegation. Member of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and the EEP group in the EP will head the Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia. […]
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Estonian prime minister: EC’s ruling on airBaltic gives hope to Estonian Air
Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas stated on Thursday that airBaltic being released from accusations that State aid had not been granted lawfully gives one cause to hope that Estonian Air might receive similar good news, reports LETA/Delfi.ee. […]
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Estonia’s EU commissioner Siim Kallas: Europe, unlike Baltics, never questioned Rail Baltica project
European transport commissioner Siim Kallas, 65, says in an interview to Äripäev that he is proud of Estonia because Estonia has a good image in Europe as a country that is innovative and makes things happen, but warns that economically, the country must move forward, as otherwise it would run out of steam. […]
Economy
Russia’s food regulators commend Lithuania for fighting swine fever, but do not intend lifting import ban
Russia admits that Lithuania is the most proactive in the European Union (EU) in fight against African swine fever (ASF). However, Moscow still does not mention any possibility to resume imports of pork from Lithuania. […]
Politics
President Grybauskaitė reveals her priorities for second term
President Dalia Grybauskaite says that her second term of office will differ from the first one not only because the geopolitical situation has changed significantly and new challenges have emerged. […]
Politics
Prime ministers wants to see Labour MP Baltraitienė as Lithuania’s new minister of agriculture
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Friday that he would like to see Virginija Baltraitienė, a Labour Party MP, take up the post of agriculture minister. […]