In January the prices of consumer goods and services declined by 1.5% in annual terms and by 1.3% in monthly terms. This was the biggest annual deflation since 2003. Average annual inflation was at 0%. […]
Rasa Juknevičienė and Arvydas Anušauskas, conservative members of parliament, have addressed Chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence Artūras Paulauskas asking to include in the agenda of the nearest meeting the issue of privatisation of arms factory Giraitės Ginkluotės Gamykla. […]
The number of marriages registered in Lithuania in 2014 went up by 1,500 from the year before, with more couples deciding to wed outside civil registry offices, shows statistics published by the Justice Ministry on the eve of Valentine’s Day. […]
Organisations representing Lithuanian farmers have addressed President Dalia Grybauskaitė in a letter asking to take “urgent and decisive” actions to “save” Lithuania’s dairy sector. […]
Lithuania’s statistics office says that euro adoption could have been among the reasons behind a rise in service prices at the start of this year, but adds that the changeover had no impact on prices of goods. […]
Lithuania’s Justice Ministry has proposed that the government should consider amendments to several laws that would ensure confidentiality for persons reporting corruption in the law-enforcement system and public service. […]
Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania’s first post-Soviet leader and honorary chairman of the conservative Homeland Union, says that the Minks agreement for ceasefire between Kiev’s forces and Moscow-supported separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine, which was signed on Thursday, is worse than the Munich agreement of 1938. […]
There are 69 countries represented here in Vail-Beaver Creek, Colorado, for the FIS World Alpine Ski Championships. Some of them are well-known in the ski racing world, and attend these and other big ski racing events with an entourage of coaches, doctors, trainers, ski technicians, and even personal assistants. But the majority of the field is made up of up-and-coming racers doing it mostly on their own, and many of them are from small nations like Lithuania, Latvia, Georgia, Israel, Brazil (at least in the ski racing world), and even Haiti and Mexico, countries that don’t even have snow. […]
On 12 February, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius received Israel‘s new Ambassador to Lithuania Amir Maimon. Minister stressed that the opening of the Israeli Embassy in Vilnius would further strengthen the partnership between Lithuania and Israel and people-to-people contacts, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who took part in an informal meeting of the European Council on Thursday, says that all member-states of the eurozone must carry out a responsible fiscal and economic policy and Greece is no exception. […]
The Minsk talks, which ended on Thursday in an agreement on ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, have proven that the “war button is pushed” in Moscow, says a lecturer at Vilnius University’s International Relations and Political Science Institute Vytis Jurkonis. He emphasized the importance of putting the agreements into practise, as earlier cases have shown that Russia is less than a trustworthy partner. […]
The four-way negotiations in Minsk failed to settle the key issue on control of Ukraine‘s borders, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that a decision to lift legal protection of the Soviet statues on the Green Bridge should be made only by specialists. He added, however, that a discussion on the issue is needed. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said that Vilnius Concerts and Sports Palace, a currently abandoned modernist structure in central Vilnius, will become a modern congress centre by 2017. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that constructing the National Stadium and Multifunctional Health, Education and Culture Centre may cost approximately EUR 94 million for Lithuania. It could take three years to complete the project under a public and private partnership. […]
It’s too early to speak about real progress in eastern Ukraine following the Minsk talks as it’s still not clear whether the agreements reached will be implemented, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says, adding that no final decisions have been made on key issues. […]
Vladimir Antonov, former shareholder of Lithuania’s bankrupt bank Snoras, on Wednesday skipped a hearing of his extradition case at the High Court in London. […]
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