Defence
Month: February 2015
Foreign affairs
Society
Economy
Foreign investors lead Lithuania’s Top Employer awards
Most of the winners in Lithuania’s first Top Employer awards, held in Vilnius this week, were foreign investors, Invest Lithuania reports. […]
Economy
Businesses exporting to Belarus should expect obstacles, warns Lithuanian ambassador
As Belarus has joined the Eurasian Economic Union, companies developing their production in this country will enjoy new opportunities, however, businesses exporting to Belarus or transit of goods should expect certain difficulties, says Evaldas Ignatavičius, Lithuania’s ambassador to Belarus. […]
Culture
Mikolaj Radziwill the Black on Lithuania’s first silver collectable euro coin
The 500th anniversary of, Mikolaj Radziwill the Black, one of the most prominent noblemen of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, is commemorated by the Bank of Lithuania with the issue of a 20-euro collector coin. It was presented to the public at the Vilnius Radziwill Museum, the Bank said. […]
Global LT
Defence
Former NATO secretary general: Russia may use “hybrid war” methods in Baltics to test NATO solidarity
Russia‘s President Vladimir Putin may “mastermind a hybrid attack on a Baltic state to test whether NATO would mobilise,” NATO’s former chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has warned. […]
Uncategorized
EU Ambassador Ušackas warns: confrontation with Russia may lead to “deeper military dispute”
The confrontation between the Western world and Russia may lead to “bigger and deeper military dispute,” the European Union‘s (EU) Ambassador in Moscow Vygaudas Ušackas of Lithuania has said. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania opens honorary consulate in Finland
Lithuania opened a honorary consulate in Kuopio, a city in eastern Finland. It will be headed by Esa Karvinen, the director general of Savo education consortium, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said. […]
Society
Polish investigator who kidnaps Lithuanian children from Norway’s child services: We did things we cannot talk about
It is a public secret what Krzysztof Rutkowski, a Polish private investigator, does for a living. He is helping people who have had their parental rights restricted by Norway‘s child welfare services to get their children back. Rutkowski tells DELFI that he has worked with families from Lithuania, too. […]
Defence
John Kerry in Kiev: Russian aggression cannot be ignored
US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is visiting Kiev on Thursday, has said that Russian aggression in Ukraine cannot be ignored, Euronews reports. […]
Society
Lithuanian prosecutors investigate suspected anti-constitutional activity on Facebook page
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office has opened a pre-trial investigation into suspected crimes against Lithuania’s independence, territorial integrity and Constitutional order on a Facebook page, entitled The People’s Republic of Vilnius, which seemingly advocates separatism. […]
Economy
EC forecasts 3-percent growth for Lithuanian economy in 2015
Lithuania’s economy is expected to maintain growth of 3.0 percent in 2015, despite a fall in exports to Russia. Domestic demand is set to remain the main growth engine, as employment and real disposable incomes rise. Inflation stays low and public finances improve slightly, the European Commission said in a statement. […]
Baltic Assembly gives special attention to Rail Baltica project
Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania Rimantas Sinkevičius greeted the participants of the Committee on Economics, Energy and Innovations of the Baltic Assembly (BA), emphasising the importance of the project Rail Baltica to both Lithuania and the whole Baltic region, the Ministry of Transport and Communications said. […]
Defence
NATO rapid response force to expand to 30,000 troops
NATO is expanding its rapid response force from 13,000 to 30,000 troops, including a spearhead force of 5,000 soldiers, some of whom could be deployed within “a few days,” alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg says. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian MEP goes on hunger strike over imprisoned Ukrainian pilot
Lithuanian MEP Petras Auštrevičius has started a hunger strike over the illegal imprisonment of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko in Russia. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian military aircraft to take humanitarian aid to Ukraine
On 5 February, the Spartan C-27 aircraft of the Lithuanian Air Force will transport to Ukraine donations of humanitarian aid committed by the Lithuanian Ministries of Healthcare and National Defence. […]