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Foreign affairs
Remigijus Motuzas proposed as Lithuania’s ambassador to Russia
First deputy of Lithuania’s government chancellor, Remigijus Motuzas, has been proposed as ambassador to Russia. […]
Defence
We trust NATO but Lithuanians are alarmed and need guarantees, Linkevičius tells CNN
Lithuania trusts NATO but the country’s residents are alarmed by the situation in Ukraine and they need additional guarantees, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius told CNN. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Against Russia’s new military strategy, NATO wavers as Lithuania prepares
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on 15 October that she would push to limit Russian television broadcasts inside the country. The statement came only two days after Defence Minister Maj. Gen. Jonas Vytautas Žukas announced plans to form a new rapid reaction force in Lithuania. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian ambassador: Russia is using propaganda, manipulations and pressure at UN
The Ukraine issue must be kept in focus of the international community’s attention and the Russian “propaganda machine” must be countered, says Lithuania’s Ambassador to the United Nations Raimonda Murmokaitė. […]
Defence
Lithuania to replenish supplies for Javelin anti-tank missile system
The Ministry of National Defence is procuring additional Javelin advanced medium range anti-tank guided missile systems for the value of USD 20 million to strengthen national defence capabilities and increase the Lithuanian Armed Forces‘ stock of medium-range anti-tank weaponry. […]
Culture
Kaunas to apply to be European capital of culture
The Kaunas City Council on Thursday approved proposals to apply for the city to be the Lithuanian Capital of Culture in 2018 and the European Capital of Culture in 2022. […]
Society
Lithuanian army representatives instruct Russian-language schools how to resist propaganda
After reports of students from Lithuanian schools going to paramilitary camps in Russia, Education and Science Minister Dainius Pavalkis and officers of the army’s Strategic Communication Department on Thursday met with principals of Russian-language schools. […]
European Union
Two Lithuanian MEPs left free agents after collapse of eurosceptic EP group
Lithuanian MEPs Rolandas Paksas and Valentinas Mazuronis, the leaders of the Order and Justice party who are members of the collapsing Eurosceptic group of the European Parliament, say they will not rush with decisions to join new groups and are waiting for the political group to be rescued. […]
Energy
European Commission: Klaipėda LNG facility will ensure supply for all three Baltic countries
If gas supplies from Russia to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were to be disrupted, the soon-to-be-commissioned liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Klaipėda would ensure the supply for customers in all three Baltic countries, the European Commission (EC) has said. […]
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Ukraine plans to set up park for Soviet monuments
The Ukrainian authorities do not want Soviet monuments to be chaotically removed in the country and therefore plan to set up a special park of Soviet monuments, similar to the one existing in Lithuania, Ukrainian Minister of Culture Yevhen Nyshchuk said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
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Ukrainian culture minister in Vilnius: We are dealing with massive propaganda from Russia
Mere censure will not help to deal with the Kremlin’s propaganda and people of culture who are seen as an authority should strengthen ethnic minorities’ ties with the county, Ukrainian Minister of Culture Yevhen Nyshchuk said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
Sports
On this day in sport: 16 October
Many basketball experts look back on the Lithuanian scene in the 1930s and look back on the revolutionary efforts of American born pair Pranas Lubinas and Feliksas Kriaučiūnas. […]
European Union
EU and China vow to speed up investment treaty talks
Leaders of China and the European Union (EU) agreed Wednesday to put their investment treaty negotiation on a faster track so as to further cement bilateral economic ties. […]
Politics
President Grybauskaitė: Lithuania must protect itself from “unfriendly investments”
President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday that in order to protect Lithuanian from investments by unfriendly states, companies must be subjected to thorough scrutiny before they are allowed to invest in projects close to strategic facilities. […]
Defence
VSD advises which Lithuanians are most likely to be targeted by Russian intelligence agencies
On Wednesday, a high officer in the Polish military was detained on suspicions of spying for Russia. The Lithuanian State Security Department says it has spotted attempts by the Russian intelligence to recruit spies in this country, too. […]
Economy
Retailers to be fined for selling energy drinks to minors in Lithuania
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday backed a law introducing fines for selling energy drinks to minors. Ninety lawmakers voted in favour, there were no votes against and five MPs abstained. […]
Economy
Finance minister: Lithuania’s economic growth won’t be explosive next year
Despite criticism of the Finance Ministry’s optimistic Lithuanian GDP growth forecasts for next year, Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius says that the country’s economic growth will be faster than in the euro zone but “not explosive” and warns that difficulties caused by the crisis in the EU-Russia relations will be long-lasting. […]