Rokas Masiulis
European Union

“Riga Process” moves ahead towards creating EU Energy Union

Lithuania’s Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis paid a visit to Riga to take part in a conference on the creation of the European Energy Union. Latvia is currently presiding over the Council of the European Union. The Lithuanian energy minister says such union might contribute to dealing with issues which are given insufficient attention on the current EU agenda and which lack European-level support. […]

Economy

Lithuania’s companies set off losses in CIS with exports to new markets

Due to the current geopolitical tensions and crisis, Lithuania’s exports to the region of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) last year declined by EUR 158 million, however, at the same time exports to new markets grew by EUR 176 million. […]

Ministry of National Defence
Defence

Lithuania’s Defence Ministry concludes cooperation agreement with Defence and Security Industries Association

The Ministry of National Defence signed an agreement with the Lithuanian Defence and Security Industries Association. Based on the agreement, institutions of the national defence system and enterprises of the defence and security industry will strive for tighter cooperation. […]

Michael Baum
Economy

Insights on building a billion-dollar company from Silicon Valley entrepreneur Michael Baum

Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur Michael Baum is coming to Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) to deliver a lecture and a pitching event. Baum is a CEO of 100 million worth investment company and startup academy FOUNDER.org which invests in student entrepreneurs from the world’s top universities and helps them build great companies. His lecture ‘The 8 Secrets to Building a Billion Dollar Company’ will take place on Tuesday 17 February. […]

Tomasz Pilewicz
Opinion

Opinion: Lithuania drives bottom-up transparency approach in the EU

What distinguishes Lithuania on the map of EU member states preparation toward 2014-2020 frameworks is agile and also transparent preparation process. From the governance system point of view it looks similar to other EU countries, as there is a “super ministry” coordinating the EU funds related process in general, and various Management Authorities (ministries, national funds, development agencies), which operate closer to final beneficiaries. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
Uncategorized

Lithuanian PM urges Latvia to liberalize its gas market

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on Friday reiterated his call on Latvia to implement the EU’s third energy package and liberalize its gas market. […]

Dag Malmer Halvorsen
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian foreig minister and Norwegian ambassador discuss children’s rights protection

On 6 February, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius and Dag Malmer Halvorsen, Ambassador of Norway to Lithuania, discussed the protection of the rights of Lithuanian citizens in Norway and possible cooperation of the two countries on children’s rights protection. […]