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Society

“Room Service? – Send up a bigger room”

The Shakespeare Hotel in Vilnius started me thinking. Not because of its name, or its book-lined ‘library room’, or even the fact of its proximity to Vilnius University, where I was currently working. The Shakespeare and the Kempinsky in University Street are my two Lithuanian favourites, not least because of the latter’s Tappa snacks. Seared Escalope of Foie Gras and Beluga Lentils, need I say more? […]

European Union

Lithuania outdid Greece in accountability of EU Council presidency spending

Lithuania outdid Greece in terms of EU Council presidency accountability, international anti-corruption non-governmental organization Transparency International has said. […]

Society

Lithuania asks Russia to extradite suspect charged with multiple murders and other crimes

The Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office has turned to Russian prosecutors, asking to extradite Romas Zamolskis, a suspect in a number of crimes committed in Lithuania. Zamolskis was recently detained in Yekaterinburg. […]

Defence

Lithuanian Defence Ministry seeks broader mandate for army in case of undeclared war

Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence seeks broader mandate for the army when the country is not officially at war, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reports. […]

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Global LT

Seminar in Stockholm – on 2014 NATO summit decisions and implications for Baltics, Europe and Trans-Atlantic relations

Addressing the participants of the conference, organised by the Swedish Atlantic Council, the Embassy of Lithuania in Stockholm and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on 1 October, Lithuanian Ambassador to Sweden Eitvydas Bajarūnas welcomed the decisions adopted in Cardiff and stressed the necessity of their urgent and smooth implementation. […]

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Opinion

Opinion: Looking into the Far East – how Japan might affect our energy security

Once Japan restarts its nuclear capabilities, it will reduce its reliance on LNG. As a result, global LNG prices should drop, benefiting European states that are eyeing LNG as an alternative to Russian gas. This is particularly crucial for such Eastern European states as Lithuania and Poland that have placed great hopes in their liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in Klaipėda and Świnoujście. […]