Society
Girls in Lithuania to be vaccinated against HPV
Lithuania plans to start free vaccination for girls against the human papilloma virus which is the main cause of cervical cancer. […]
Month: January 2015
European Union
Lithuanian politicians not worried for eurozone after euro-sceptics triumph in Greek elections
After the far-left Syriza party won Greek parliamentary elections, Lithuanian parliamentarians say they do not expect major changes in Europe, as politicians tend to mollify their stance after coming to power. […]
Defence
NATO fighter-jets scrambled three times in Baltic states last week
NATO fighter-jets conducting the Baltic air policing mission were scrambled three times last week. […]
Uncategorized
Russian ambassador sends mixed message in WWII congratulation letter to Lithuania
Alexander Udaltsov, the Russian Ambassador to Lithuania, has released a public letter, congratulating the country on “the 70th anniversary of Lithuania’s liberation from the Germans-fascists”. The ambassador also makes references to topical issues of today, like the conflict in Ukraine, that are designed to provoke controversy, a Lithuanian political observer says. […]
Energy
Lithuanian energy minister admits decisions on Visaginas NPP too slow
Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis has admitted that talks with Latvia and Estonia on the multi-billion-euro project for building a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas are proceeding too slowly and called for patience, saying that it will take more than a year until a final decision on the project is made. […]
Defence
US military considers bringing tanks and other equipment to Baltic states
US Army Europe will soon dispatch a survey team to the Baltic states, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria to scout locations for tanks and other military hardware as part of the efforts to boost US military presence in the region, a high-ranking US general has said. […]
Opinion
Sergey Kanovich: Holocaust Museum and Holocaust of Memory
What a silly title, I thought after I wrote it. There is no such thing in Lithuania. There was a Holocaust, but there is no museum. It should have been here twenty-five years ago, but it’s still not here. A kind of anniversary. Cynical and macabre. More cynical than the long decades when the word “Holocaust” was not to be pronounced, let alone capitalized… […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM calls for closer cooperation with Georgia in agriculture and food
During an official visit to Georgia, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has called on his counterpart Irakli Garibashvili to develop closer bilateral cooperation, especially in the areas of agriculture and food technology. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president to attend Holocaust memorial events at Auschwitz
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is going to Warsaw on Tuesday to attend a memorial day of Holocaust victims at the Auschwitz concentration camp together with other state leaders and representatives of international organizations. […]
Society
Event to commemorate victims of Mariupol attack to be held in Vilnius
A special event on Monday evening, 26 January, will pay tribute to victims of Saturday’s attack on Mariupol outside the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas. […]
Defence
Lithuanian soldiers unharmed in attack in Afghan capital’s airport
Lithuanian servicemen escaped injuries during the suicide attack in the airport of Afghanistan‘s capital Kabul on Sunday. However, the blast shattered windows of their residential container, the Ministry of National Defence said on Monday. […]
Foreign affairs
PM meets with Lithuanians working in Georgia during official visit
On 25 January, during an official visit to Tbilisi, Georgia, Prime Minster Algirdas Butkevičius met with Lithuanian businesspeople and citizens working in international organisations in Georgia. […]
Uncategorized
UN Security Council meeting to discuss Ukraine at Lithuania’s request
The United Nations (UN) Security Council is holding a meeting on Monday at Lithuania’s request to discuss the situation in Ukraine. […]
Opinion
Opinion: New Russian propaganda – primitive but effective
The Russian Federation’s propaganda and other aggressive actions in the information space have recently been the subject of buoyant discussion within the context of events in eastern Ukraine. Crucial, however, to an in-depth and factual debate on this subject is to take a look at the historical context and roots of the new Russian propaganda. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian foreign minister discusses Ukraine situation with top EU and NATO officials
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius discussed the situation in Ukraine in a telephone conversation with high-ranking officials of the European Union (EU) and NATO on Sunday. […]
Economy
Third of Lithuanian enterprises innovate
In the European Union, just under half (48.9 percent) of enterprises of 10 employees or more reported innovation activity during the period 2010-2012. The proportion of innovative enterprises in the EU dropped in 2010-2012 compared with both 2006-2008 (51.5 percent innovative enterprises) and the peak recorded in 2008-2010 (52.8 percent). This pattern was observed in the majority of Member States, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, announced based on the Community Innovation Survey 2012. […]
Economy
Rural Development Programme distributed 90 percent of support to Lithuanian beneficiaries
According to the data of the end of December 2014, EUR 2 billion or 90 percent of financial support of the Rural Development Programme for 2007-2013 (RDP) were already paid to Lithuanian beneficiaries. […]
Culture
New time-lapses fascinate with the change of nature colors through different seasons
Project “Lietuva tavo delne” (Lithuania in your palm) cameras captured how seasons change and nature turns white in various parts of Lithuania. All locations featured in this projected got new time lapses and photos that let visitors see how colourful autumn replaces green summer and how it is then overcome by white winter; how spectacular Christmas trees glitter and how storms rage in the seaside. […]
Economy
KTU Executive School: Tailor-made competences for business
Every businessperson in his of her life has encountered a situation when they need to upgrade their competence package. However, usually there is no time for proper studies, and the quality of available lectures by individual speakers is often compromised. Lauri Koponen, Head of KTU Executive School says that business breakfast, popular in Scandinavian countries, is a good solution for this problem. […]
Economy
Lithuanian mobile game reaches USA monthly top 10
Mobile applications performance service App Annie recently announced results for last years’ November in which Lithuanian game Cooking Fever reached top 10 in Apple iOS games charts. Nordcurrent studios’ game squeezed between such industry heavyweights as Candy Crush, Madden NFL, Game of War and others. […]