Foreign affairs
Lithuanian consulate in LA establishment in final stage
Lithuania will establish a consulate general in Los Angeles, making it the country’s first consulate general in the West Coast of the United States. […]
Month: January 2015
Economy
Estonian Embassy in Vilnius to host M&A conference
Law Firm VARUL and Estonian Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania (in partnership with Estonian Embassy in Vilnius) are organizing the 4th mergers and acquisitions (M&A) conference on 28 January. […]
Foreign affairs
Estonia opens second honorary consulate in Lithuania
Estonian Foreign Minister Keit Pentus-Rosimannus opened Estonia’s second Honorary Consulate in Lithuania on Friday, in Kaunas, Postimees Online reports. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuanian conservative leader defends Khodorkovsky’s statements in Vilnius
Russia‘s former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an ardent critic of President Vladimir Putin, may play a special role in the change of the Russian regime, therefore, Lithuania should not criticize his statements regardless of the split in positions, says Lithuania’s opposition leader and former PM, Andrius Kubilius. […]
European Union
Lithuanian foreign minister: EU should guide its decisions by actual situation in Russia, not illusions
In its discussion of the relations with Russia, the European Union (EU) should act in accordance to the actual situation rather than illusions, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday upon arrival at a meeting in Brussels. […]
Defence
NATO fighters intercepted one Russian aircraft by Baltic States’ borders last week
On 16 January, NATO fighter jets conducting the Baltic Air Policing Mission were scrambled to identify and intercept an aircraft which was flying over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea without a pre-filed flight plan. […]
Politics
Ulbinaitė reinstated as spokeswoman for Lithuanian president
Daiva Ulbinaitė on Monday returned to the Lithuanian President’s Office as the presidential spokeswoman after being acquitted of charges of leaking a state secret. She replaced Modestas Naudžius in the position. […]
Politics
Order and Justice founder’s son quits party due to “principle” disagreements
MP Andrius Mazuronis, son of MEP Valentinas Mazuronis, has announced about his decision to leave the parliamentary group of the party Order and Justice. […]
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Lithuanian conservative leader going to Ukraine to advise on reforms
The leader of the opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats, former prime minister Andrius Kubilius, is going to Ukraine this week to join a group of experts for a discussion on economic reforms. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president to discuss 2015 challenges with foreign ambassadors
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is holding a traditional meeting with foreign ambassadors on Monday. […]
Culture
Scholars offer recommendations for history policy makers of Lithuania and Belarus
Historical memory has a strong impact on the cohesion of political society. The historical memory of any given society is affected by a whole range of factors, such as the methodology and content of history teaching at school, the creation of various memorials and alternative sources of information about the past. Most of these factors depend on the political sphere and are a direct consequence of political or administrative decisions. In short, a consequence of state history policy. […]
Economy
Lithuanian Chamber of Agriculture warns about GMO crops
Andriejus Stančikas, chairman of the Chamber of Agriculture of Lithuania, is convinced that the European Union‘s (EU) decision to allow member-states to independently decide on growing GMO is not well-advised: more resilient and cheaper GMO crops will eventually push out traditional crops anyway. […]
Economy
Zero inflation predicted for Lithuania in January
Statistics Lithuania forecasts that monthly deflation measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) is likely to be zero in January and amount to 0.0 percent, compared to December 2014. […]
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Economy
Global LT
Ambassador Pavilionis’ first visit to Portland, OR
Ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis starts the New Year with his first ever visit to Portland, Oregon. Just about a year ago, His Excellency’s plans to explore this town were hampered by a snow and ice storm that unexpectedly hit the Rose city just two days prior to the scheduled trip. However, this time around the nature was gracious enough to greet the honorable guest with mild temperature and a ray of sunshine. […]
Defence
Lithuanian and Canadian defence officials discuss Baltic security
On 15 January, a delegation of the Ministry of Defence of Canada headed by Director General of International Security Policy Department Rear Admiral Gilles Couturier conducted a visit to the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania. […]
Sports
Lithuanian football player Mindaugas Panka: We can qualify for Euro 2016
Mindaugas Panka, 30-year-old midfielder of the Lithuanian national football team and of Irony Kyriat Shmona, an Israeli football club, is sure that Lithuania can and will qualify for Euro 2016 in France. Panka believes that Lithuania will get important points at home matches and he regrets the last two disappointing matches. […]
Politics
Mysterious men linked to Russia target Lithuanian president
Last month a peculiar thing happened at the European Parliament. Four men were observed placing books with the title Red Dalia in members’ pigeonholes. Nothing unusual, you say: pigeonholes are for putting missives in. But it wasn’t just any book, and the four men distributed it without permission. The eponymous Dalia in the book of 200-plus pages is none other than Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, and the book alleges that she used to be involved with the KGB. […]