Politics
Anti-gay MP Petras Gražulis to run for Vilnius mayor
The Order and Justice party has nominated Member of Parliament Petras Gražulis to run for Vilnius mayor‘s office. […]
Year: 2014
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian and Estonian foreign ministers discuss energy and security
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met on Friday, 28 November, with new Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, who arrived in Lithuania for her first working visit. Bilateral and regional co-operation, security and energy issues were discussed during the meeting, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Global LT
Litvak art in Philadelphia
Philadelphia can lay claim to a few superlatives in art. Probably nowhere are so many paintings by Renoir and sculptures by Jacques Lipchitz on public display within less than 1 square mile but in Philadelphia. Both have a connection to France and Lipchitz life story even leads all the way to Druskininkai in Lithuania. […]
Sports
Neptūnas Klaipėda is the new sensation of Euroleague
Most of the players in the Lithuanian basketball club Neptūnas have grown up in the city of Klaipėda, which has a little more than 150,000 inhabitants. The majority of them went to the same school, to the same grade and used to play in the same high school team. Years later, those kids who have become professional basketball players, are joining forces again. […]
Global LT
Lithuanian expatriates lose their country retreat in UK
Set up by Lithuanian expatriates 60 years ago, the Headley Park Hotel Sodyba in Hampshire, not far from London, has been recently taken over for debts and closed and will be sold, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reports. […]
Economy
Danske Bank maintains Lithuania’s GDP growth forecast
Even though Russia’s sanctions have continued for longer than anticipated and Lithuanian transport sector will incur losses, nonetheless it is yet too early to talk about the impact on Lithuania’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth, says Head of Financial Markets at Danske Bank Giedrė Gečiauskienė. […]
Economy
Lithuania visited by 10.2 percent more tourists
According to the latest report from the European Travel Commission (ETC), despite geopolitical tensions in Crimea, volcanos in Iceland, and a shaky economic recovery in the eurozone, international tourism to Europe is thriving; it has grown 4 percent in the first three quarters of this year. […]
Economy
Lithuania ranked 40th worldwide in internet usage
According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Lithuania is ranked 40 among 166 countries in the annual Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Development Index 2014. Meanwhile, Latvia is ranked 33rd and Estonia 21st. […]
Economy
Society
World’s largest coin pyramid erected in Vilnius
The construction of the world’s largest pyramid made of one million Lithuanian cent coins was finished at the Bank of Lithuania‘s Money Museum in Vilnius on Saturday. […]
Society
IAU executive says student mobility key for development of higher education
Student mobility is a “key area“ for development of higher education and for internationalization, International Association of Universities (IAU) Secretary General and Executive Director Eva Egron-Polak said. She was in Vilnius to receive an honorary Mykolas Romeris University Degree. […]
Opinion
Marshall plan for Ukraine: What should be done a year after Maidan?
The new Ukrainian Government has been appointed one year after the Euromaidan revolution began in Kyiv. In November 2013, those who felt mostly betrayed by President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych crowded in the Maidan of Kyiv. […]
Society
Psychologist: Online dating saves men from solitude
Lithuanian men looking for their significant other are eager to find a woman who is attractive both physically and mentally. Research conducted by flirtas.lt revealed that beauty is important for largest portion of male respondents, but they are looking for inner charm as well. Psychologist Julius Tilvikas says that men are just following their instincts and women’s looks help them choose partner more easily. […]
Culture
In memoriam of Romain Gary
This year, Lithuania hosted several cultural events in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of Romain Gary, French novelist, diplomat and pilot of Lithuanian origin. […]
Global LT
Remembering Lithuanian ambassador Stasys Lozoraitis
13 June 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the death of ambassador Stasys Lozoraitis and 2 August marked his 90th birthday. Such anniversaries are often a good time to reflect on the life and career. […]
Society
Russian 13 January suspect Kotlerov can be tried in absentia, Lithuanian prosecutors say
The Prosecutor General‘s Office of Lithuania says it has taken all necessary actions for the extradition of Vasily Kotlerov, a Russian citizen detained in Italy who is one of the suspects in the so-called 13 January case. It has been reported that Kotlerov disappeared in Italy. The Lithuanian prosecutors say they are looking into information about his whereabouts, adding that he could be tried in absentia. […]
European Union
British minister assures Lithuanian foreign minister about free movement within EU
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says he has been assured by London that the immigration restrictions proposed by the British government will not undermine the EU principle of free movement of persons. […]
Economy
Lithuanian truck drivers in severe conditions at Russian border
Lithuanian transport companies fear that their trucks will have to wait at the border with Russia from several weeks up to a month, as the rate at which vehicles clear customs and are allowed to cross into Russia remains extremely low, the vice-president of the national road carriers association Linava said on Friday. […]
Defence
Lithuanian army aims to enrol 1,000 privates annually
Lithuania’s Armed Forces should enrol about 1,000 new privates every year, Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said at a discussion in parliament on Friday. […]
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