Foreign affairs
Lithuania condemns North Korea’s ballistic missile launches
Lithuania condemns two short-range ballistic missile launches by North Korea executed on 1 March, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Month: March 2015
Society
PM congratulates Jewish gymnasium students on Lithuania’s independence
On Monday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius visited Vilnius Sholom Aleichem ORT Gymnasium and met with its community. The prime minister was shown around the renovated building which will accommodate 350 students as of this September. The Government contributed to the renovation from the State Capital Investment funds. […]
Economy
Lithuanian president approves of minimum wage raise
President Dalia Grybauskaitė approves of the proposal to raise minimum wage, noting that Lithuania has the lowest minimum monthly salary in the Baltic states. […]
Politics
President Grybauskaitė slams Central Electoral Commission
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has sharply criticised the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) after facts surfaced about election violations in Trakai municipality and mass re-registration of place of residence elsewhere. According to the president, these facts attest to the lack of quality in the commissions work. […]
Politics
Lithuanian MP proposes parliamentary resolution on Nemtsov’s murder
Lithuanian MP Emanuelis Zingeris, of the conservative Homeland Union, has proposed a resolution on the murder of Russia‘s opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. The Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas, might debate the resolution in its spring session due to open on Tuesday. […]
Society
635 strikes took place in Lithuania over last 15 years
Seventy-eight strikes were organised in Lithuania in November and December 2014. Forty-five of them were warning strikes. According to data of Statistics Lithuania, strikes were staged by pre-school, primary, secondary, sports, recreational and cultural education establishments. […]
Politics
Trakai to repeat local elections due to violations
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission decided on Sunday to cancel the results of the elections to local governments and mayors in Trakai. […]
Politics
Dozens of people consciously work for Russian propaganda, Lithuanian MP says
Several dozen people are consciously helping Russia to spread propaganda in Lithuania, says historian Arvydas Anušauskas, a member of the Lithuanian parliament’s National Security and Defence Committee. […]
Uncategorized
Peter Pomerantsev: Big media need their Geneva convention
As Russia wages war in Ukraine, attacking not just military targets but also basic common sense with aggressive misinformation and propaganda campaign, information has become a security issue. Faced with new and quite unprecedented challenges, big media is approaching a moment when it will need to have a Geneva convention moment – get together and agree on a global self-regulation mechanism, says British journalist and author Peter Pomerantsev. […]
Economy
30 percent more Lithuanian companies went bankrupt this February
In February 2015, compared to February 2014, the number of bankruptcies in Lithuania grew by 30 percent. Retails businesses gained the bankruptcy status more often than any other companies. […]
Economy
Lithuania sees second-largest fall of industrial producer prices in EU
In January 2015, Lithuania saw the second largest fall of industrial producer prices on the domestic market in the European Union (EU) as they dropped by 3.1 percent. The country also experienced the second biggest decrease of industrial producer prices on a year-on-year basis (-10.6 percent), both time surpassed only by the Netherlands, Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, reports. […]
Economy
Economy
Rail Baltica project presented to Lithuanian MEPs
On Friday, Lithuanian Transport Minister Rimantas Sinkevičius met members of European Parliament (MEPs) Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Zigmantas Balčytis and Valentinas Mazuronis. During the meeting, the minister presented the progress of implementation and EU funding opportunities for the project Rail Baltica. […]
Society
Lithuanian women most educated in EU
On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, Statistics Lithuania has published statistical information related to women. […]
Economy
Klaipėda Seaport achieves second best cargo handling result in February
Based on preliminary data, Klaipėda Seaport cargo handling turnover in February amounted to 2.95 million tonnes. This is the second best result achieved in the month of February in the history of the port. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian UN envoy: International community should take action to support Ukraine
The people of Ukraine have had enough of statements from the international community, the time has come for it to show its position in work, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Raimonda Murmokaitė has said at the UN Security Council’s meeting initiated by Lithuania. […]
Economy
Economy
Lidl to build 3 stores in Kaunas
Lithuanian construction company Mitnija and Lidl, one of Europe’s largest retail companies, have signed an agreement for the construction of three grocery stores in Kaunas. […]
Economy
Lithuanians go on holiday abroad more often than average Europeans
The Eurobarometer survey carried out in January revealed that 59 percent of the polled Lithuanians went on holiday abroad last year. […]
Uncategorized
Russia’s ambition in central Europe exceeds its capability
Russia has actively worked to boost its leverage in Central Europe over the past few years, and the crisis in Ukraine has only heightened the Kremlin’s interest in the region. Russia aims to use commercial and political ties to undermine Western institutions and to steer Central Europe toward Russian interests. […]