Politics
Why can Valdemar Tomaševski do as he likes?
It seems that it’s not only Algirdas Butkevičius’s patience that Valdemar Tomaševski has exhausted. […]
Year: 2014
Politics
Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania party to be kicked out of government
The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), a Polish party that has been part of Lithuania’s ruling coalition, will not get any positions in the government, Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Monday. […]
Economy
Eurobus starts tour across Lithuania to inform people about euro adoption
On Sunday, the Eurobus was seen off from Vilnius and started touring across Lithuania’s cities and towns. Over the course of a little over two months, it will visit all 60 municipalities, three events will be held in each one. The purpose of the campaign is to better inform people about the adoption of the euro. […]
Economy
Wage growth in Lithuania accelerated to 4.6 percent in Q2
In the second quarter of this year annual nominal growth of gross wages accelerated to 4.6%. Meanwhile, real net wages increased by 4.9%, due to increase in non-taxable income threshold as of January 1st. However, the main factors behind rapid wage growth were general economic growth, declining unemployment and an increasingly pronounced shortage of qualified labour force. […]
Society
Russia refuses to extradite ex-banker Romanov to Lithuania
Moscow says that it will not extradite Vladimir Romanov, owner of the bankrupt Ūkio Bankas, to Lithuania, as he has been granted asylum in Russia, the Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office informed on Monday. […]
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Foreign affairs
Politics
Lithuanian culture minister: National minority law will depend on coalition line-up
If the task force set up by the prime minister fails to find a compromise on the draft National Minority Law prepared by the Culture Ministry, Lithuanian Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis says its fate will depend on discussions on the line-up of the ruling coalition and the participation of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) party in the bloc. […]
Defence
Lithuanian State Defence Council advises to expand defence spending
The Lithuanian State Defence Council on Monday advised the government to increase the funding earmarked for the Defence Ministry in next year’s budget, the office of President Dalia Grybauskaitė said. […]
Economy
Šiaulių Bankas awarded with STP award by Germany’s Commerzbank
The German bank Commerzbank has awarded Šiaulių Bankas with Straight-Through Processing Award 2013 for a fully automated and top quality performance of international transactions for the third year in turn, Šiaulių Bankas announced. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian foreign minister discussed support to Ukraine during visit in Kiev
Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, who met with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin in Kiev last Friday, discussed support to Ukraine and coordination of diplomatic efforts in the run-up to the summit meetings of the European Union, NATO and the United Nations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs. […]
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Lithuania condemns Russia’s unilateral actions in Ukraine at UN Security Council
At the UN Security Council consultations on 22 August, Lithuanian Permanent Representative Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė condemned Russia‘s unilateral decision to bring the convoy of humanitarian aid into the territory of Ukraine without the latter’s assent, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs. […]
Society
Baltic Assembly oak tree planted outside Seimas for Baltic Way anniversary
Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way, trees have been planted outside national parliaments in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, upon the initiative of the Baltic Assembly. […]
Politics
Lithuanian Order and Justice party 290,000 euros in debt after EP elections
Lithuania’s Order and Justice party, which has won two mandates in the European Parliament, has been left with a debt of nearly 1 million litas (EUR 289,000), shows a financial report submitted to the Central Electoral Commission. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s immigration reform scares away investors, but attracts local employers
On 26 June 2014, the Republic of Lithuania Law on the Legal Status of Aliens was revised with amendments. The purpose of these amendments is to get rid of bureaucratic barriers that hinder the employment of foreign specialists of high professional qualification in Lithuania. At the same time, the amendments seek to limit the establishment of fictitious companies that are set up with the aim of obtaining permits to temporarily reside in the country. […]
Foreign affairs
Vilnius-Warsaw tensions only useful to the Kremlin, Polish media figure says
Adam Michnik, editor-in-chief of the Polish daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, says that disputes between Lithuania and Poland are ridiculous in the context of the events in Ukraine, and that a disruption of Vilnius-Warsaw relations is useful only to Moscow. […]
Defence
NATO sends Lithuania clear message of support, says US senator
US Senator Bill Nelson, who met with President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Friday, said that the presence of rotational NATO forces in Lithuania was a clear message about the Alliance’s commitments. […]
Opinion
Opinion: To give in without a struggle?
Political scientist Kęstutis Girnius waves away the phantom of the information war and tries to convince us that “Russian misinformation does not have a major impact”. He argues that Lithuanian participation in an information war would be futile, calling instead for cleaner objectivity in Lithuanian media coverage of Russia’s aggressions against Georgia and Ukraine. […]