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Year: 2014
Economy
Norwegian manufacturer’s strong growth brings jobs to Ukmergė in Lithuania
Orders are coming in thick and fast at Norwegian capital company Stansefabrikken‘s factory, located in the Lithuanian town of Ukmergė. The company forecasts growth of 10-15 percent and its turnover should reach EUR 21 million. […]
Defence
US delegation visits exercise Iron Sword 2014 in Lithuania
On 10 November, United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment Katherine Hammack, Deputy Commanding General of U.S. Army in Europe Major General Walter E. Piatt and a delegation visited Exercise Iron Sword 2014 at the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area, the Lithuanian Armed Forces informs. […]
Energy
American companies interested in Lithuanian shale gas, PM Butkevičius says
Several companies from the United States are interested in possibilities to explore and extract shale gas in Lithuania, confirmed Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
Foreign affairs
Opinion
Opinion: What Lithuanians do and don’t know about Russia and Ukraine
The criticism levied at the Lithuanian media by EU Ambassador to Moscow Mr. Vygaudas Ušackas, who said that reporting on Russia in Lithuania is rather one-sided, caused a considerable response. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament lawyers criticize president’s dual citizenship amendments
Lawyers at the Lithuanian Seimas say that President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s amendments on dual citizenship for people with exceptional merits to the country may run counter to the Constitution. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Lithuania has become EU’s pupil star in energy policy, but…
With the launch of “Independence”, Lithuania’s long-and-hard-fought striving for energy diversity and independence has definitely seen a big boost. But behind the jubilant scene stands the avuncular European Union that has long been encouraging the member states to seek brave solutions in tackling energy security issues. Now time has come for Brussels to rejoice, too – EU energy policies are playing out well in Lithuania. […]
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Belarus has always been and will remain Russia’s military ally, says Lithuanian expert
Belarus has always been and will remain Russia‘s military ally, despite Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko‘s recent statements about Russia’s continuing aggression in Ukraine, says Vytis Jurkonis, a lecturer at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University. […]
Politics
Skvernelis sworn in as Lithuania’s interior minister
Lithuania’s former police chief Saulius Skvernelis, 44, was sworn at parliament as the country’s new interior minister on Tuesday. […]
Economy
Energy
Lithuania tests its shale for toxic heavy metals
The Lithuanian Geological Survey under the Ministry of Environment (LGT) tested samples of rock with shale and found that the heavy metal levels in them presented no hazard to the environment. The samples were taken from rock at different depths of at least 1.2km, Lithuania’s Ministry of Environment said. […]
Politics
Lithuania adopts constitutional law in line with EU’s Fiscal Compact
At its plenary sitting on Monday, the Seimas of Lithuania adopted the legislation implementing the European Union‘s Fiscal Compact treaty signed in 2012. […]
Politics
Mykolas Majauskas gets conservative nomination to run for Vilnius mayor
Mykolas Majauskas will be running for mayor of Vilnius after receiving the nomination from the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats. […]
Opinion
Defence
Edward Lucas: Belarus is spying individually and acting as Russia’s proxy
Belarus is spying in Lithuania both individually and is also acting as a proxy for Russia, claims British journalist Edward Lucas, the author of a book on Russia’s spying. […]
Society
Lithuanian government considers establishing ethnic minority department
The Lithuanian Government’s Strategic Committee will consider establishing an Ethnic Minority Department that would replace the Ethnic Minority and Emigration Department closed in 2010, a government representatives said on Monday. […]
Society
DELFI by the Lithuania Tribune has 4,000 followers on Facebook
As many as 4,000 users follow news and views from Lithuania on Facebook. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s ambassador presents letters of credence to Polish president
On 7 November, Lithuania’s Ambassador to Poland Šarūnas Adomavičius presented the letters of credence to President of the Republic of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski, Lithuania’s MFA reports. […]
Politics
Linas Pernavas appointed Lithuania’s police chief
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday appointed Linas Pernavas as chief of the country’s police. He so far served as chief police commissioner for Kaunas County. […]