Defence
Civilian injured during Lithuanian-US war games in Jonava district
A civilian was injured during a military exercise in Gaižiūnai training grounds in Lithuania’s central Jonava district in late hours of Thursday. […]
Year: 2014
Opinion
Opinion: Where Putin will be stopped?
How far will the aggressive regime of Vladimir Putin go? I put this question in June to my former colleague who is ambassador of one of the foreign countries. The answer was simple and precise – Putin will go as far as the Western States will allow it. […]
Economy
Baltic countries won’t be late to apply for Rail Baltica funding, Lithuanian official says
The Baltic countries will not miss a deadline to apply for EU funding for Rail Baltica if they set up a joint venture for the European-standard gauge railway project in October, a spokesman for the Lithuanian transport minister said on Thursday. […]
European Union
Defence
Commander of NATO Allied Maritime Command visits Vilnius
On 10 September, Vice Admiral Peter Derek Hudson (Royal Navy), the Commander of the NATO Maritime Command (MARCOM) at Northwood, conducted a visit in Vilnius, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]
Global LT
Cambridge Baltic Conference returns and takes on innovation in education
Following on from the success and positive feedback last year, the Cambridge Baltic Conference returns larger than before and this time invites to discuss education, Justina Treigytė of the Media and Marketing office of the Cambridge Baltic Conference 2014 has informed. […]
Economy
Hong Kong market opens up for Lithuanian dairy products
The authorities of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China have officially approved the certificate of importing Lithuanian dairy products, Lithuania’s State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) said. […]
Economy
Land of Amber to start mining amber again
Lithuania, often nicknamed the Land of Amber, might launch industrial mining of amber for the first time in the last decade due to disrupted amber import from the Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia). […]
Culture
Exhibition which includes works by Chagall and Soutine opens in Vilnius
The Lithuanian Art Museum is opening an exhibition which includes works by world-renown Belarusian artists of the Paris school. […]
Society
Lithuania considers legalizing medical abortion
Lithuania’s Health Ministry has drafted a new bill on termination of pregnancy, which suggests allowing medication-induced abortion. […]
Economy
New ship to be built for Lithuanian border guards
Lithuanian border guards guarding the country’s border in the Baltic Sea and the Curonian Lagoon will have a new ship built for them. It should be launched next year. […]
Economy
Foreign affairs
President: Lithuania interested in boosting food exports to Israel
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in Vilnius on Thursday and emphasized Lithuania’s interest of boosting exports of food products to the country. […]
Foreign affairs
Estonian Chamber of Commerce opens season 2014
Members and friends of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce were invited this week to the opening of Season 2014 and a seminar, where the new additional service for businesses, Mediation Service, was presented. […]
Economy
Lithuanian PM sees no possibility to reduce VAT on meat
Unlike some members of the ruling majority, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius does not see any possibilities to introduce VAT exemptions for meat next year. […]
Politics
President Grybauskaitė: Raising defence funding and fighting social exclusion need not be incompatible
President Dalia Grybauskaitė assures that by raising defence spending the government will not forget promises to reduce social exclusion. The president voiced an opinion that the two objectives will have to be reconciled. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuanian foreign minister discusses NATO summit outcomes with NB8 colleagues
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is attending a meeting of foreign ministers of the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) in Tallinn. […]
Economy
German company wins first wind-turbine contract in Lithuania
Hamburg-based maker of wind turbines Nordex SE has won a contract to supply a 24-megawatt power-plant project in Lithuania, Bloomberg reports. […]
Uncategorized
What’s behind Russia’s peace plan for Ukraine?
Even the groups within Russia‘s ruling elite that used to advocate open war with Ukraine are warming up to the possibility of peace talks, says political analyst Marius Laurinavičius of the Vilnius-based Eastern Europe Studies Centre. […]
Foreign affairs
PM says Russia is trying to intimidate Lithuanians who refused to serve in Soviet army
The Russian request for legal assistance in the investigation of the case when Lithuanians refused to serve in the Soviet army in the early 1990s is an attempt to intimidate them, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]