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Year: 2014
Economy
Half-year results of public enterprise Invest Lithuania – twice as good as 2013
In the first half of 2014 Invest Lithuania attracted 13 new investment projects to Lithuania. These new investors have already committed themselves to creating 1,423 new jobs, double the figure for the same period in 2013. […]
Society
PM hopes name spelling law to be adopted in autumn
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius expressed hope on Tuesday a law on the spelling of non-Lithuanian names in documents would be adopted in the fall upon receipt of conclusions of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. […]
Politics
LRT journalist to become Lithuanian president’s spokesman
TV journalist Modestas Naudžius is set to become Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s spokesman after she will be inaugurated for a second term on Jul. 12, the vz.lt website reports on Tuesday. […]
Energy
Court to hear Co Gazprom’s appeal
Vilnius Regional Administrative Court (VAAT) will hear an appeal of the Russian gas concern Gazprom regarding the LTL 123 million (EUR 35.6 million) fine imposed by the Competition Council as a result of violations of concentration clause. […]
Society
Šalčininkai needs to make use of its geographical position – PM
Lithuania’s Šalčininkai District, densely populated by Poles, needs to make use of its good geographical position and local forests, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]
Politics
Two new MPs take oaths in the Seimas
On Tuesday two new members of parliament were sworn in at the Seimas. Members of Parliament Arminas Lydeka and Stasys Brundza took their oaths. The oaths were administered by Acting Chairman of the Constitutional Court Dainius Žalimas. […]
Politics
Restrictions on Russia’s RTR Planeta TV channel end in Lithuania
Restrictions on Russian TV channel RTR Planeta ended in Lithuania on Tuesday. The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission vows, however, to impose even tougher sanctions, if violations are repeated. […]
Society
Jewish cemetery location in Vilnius put under state protection
Lithuanian Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis has declared the location in the Šnipiškės area of Vilnius, where a Jewish cemetery used to be, a place protected by the state “for public knowledge and use as well as public respect.” […]
Politics
Presidential adviser: Lithuania won from deputy ministers’ blacklist story
Virginija Būdienė, Senior Advisor to the President on Education, Science, Culture and Non-Governmental Organisations, has noted that there are no winners or losers in the deputy ministers’ “blacklist” story. She welcomed the resolve of the coalition to cleanse itself of deputy ministers whose reputations were short of impeccable. […]
Foreign affairs
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Remembering Georgia’s Shevardnadze
Eduard Shevardnadze, the last foreign minister of the Soviet Union and onetime president of Georgia, died Monday. Shevardnadze had not been active in politics since his ouster as president during the Rose Revolution in 2003. However, his time in politics marks two critical periods of transition in geopolitics and the world: the end of the Cold War and the restart of the U.S.-Russian struggle. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Let’s not rush to equate referendum supporters with enemies of state
Since a week ago, welcoming political maturity in our state, I wrote that one of the evidence thereof would become an unsuccessful referendum on the restriction of right to dispose of property and other stupid questions, now I could feel like the Old Testament prophet who sent the knowledge to his people received from the above. Moreover, I do not need to shave the beard which I promised to donate publicly in the social network Facebook in case of referendum success. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Lithuania’s interests in the Arctic – a new niche
Although most of our eyes are glued to what’s happening in Ukraine (and, let’s face it, the World Cup in Brazil) for reasons apparent to everyone, the world is not limited to what Lithuania sees. The latest and most important political trends determining power, identity, rules and regional development exist way beyond Lithuania’s geopolitical boundaries. […]
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Politics
Lithuanian opposition leader proposes random checks to fight corruption in civil service
Leader of the Seimas Opposition, Andrius Kubilius, believes that an effective measure to ensure transparency in government might be testing civil servants’ resistance to corruption. […]
Global LT
President opens World Lithuanian Economic Forum
President Dalia Grybauskaitė welcomed the participants of the World Lithuanian Economic Forum in Vilnius. At the event which is held for the sixth time, businesspeople, scientists, politicians and economists will discuss education policy, economic and business issues. […]
Politics
Opposition leader: Ruling coalition showed unbelievable breakthrough of common sense
According to Andrius Kubilius, former prime minister and leader of the Seimas opposition, the ruling coalition showed unbelievable breakthrough of common sense last week when it decided to dismiss and not to reinstate deputy ministers mentioned in the Special Investigation Service (STT) report. […]
Global LT
Lithuanian World Community leaders gather in Klaipėda
Regional leaders of the Lithuanian World Community are gathering for a meeting in the Lithuanian western port of Klaipėda on Monday. […]
Economy