Defence
Lithuania to attend crisis management exercise in NATO countries
Lithuania will participate in a regular NATO crisis management exercise CMX15 on Wednesday through March 10, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Month: March 2015
Politics
Lithuania seeks to be among most transparent EU countries by 2025
Deputy Director of the Special Investigation Service (STT) Romas Zienka says that in 2025 Lithuania should come within the top 10 of the most transparent member states of the European Union. […]
President Grybauskaitė: Denmark is reliable defence partner of Lithuania
President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with members of the Danish Defence Committee at the Danish Parliament (Folketing) and members of the Danish delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. The meeting focused on security situation in the region and Lithuanian-Danish cooperation in defence and other spheres, the presidential press service said. […]
Politics
Parties weigh strategies and options before mayoral run-offs in Vilnius
After local elections in Lithuania last Sunday, the new Vilnius City Municipality Council will include 38 male and 12 female councillors. The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and the Russian Alliance Block of Valdemar Tomaševski delegated four women, the Liberal Movement, three, the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), two, and the remaining parties that were voted in will have one woman representative each. […]
Energy
Lithuania’s state-owned electricity and gas providers to merge
State-owned energy company group Lietuvos Energija (Lithuanian Energy) intends to merge electricity and gas distribution network operators, AB LESTO and AB Lietuvos Dujos (Lithuanian Gas). It is said that the synergy of the two companies will enable to increase the group’s efficiency, reduce operating costs and create additional benefits to electricity and natural gas consumers. […]
Defence
Two WWII aviation bombs neutralized in western Lithuania
The Lithuanian army‘s mine neutralization unit have neutralized two World War II-era German aviation bombs SC-250 in Pagėgiai, western Lithuania. […]
Energy
US values Lithuania’s strive for energy security, energy minister says
Lithuania’s Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis, who returned from his visit to the United States, says the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal as well as Lithuania’s strong stance on energy security has opened many doors. […]
Economy
Lithuanian investors say government should set up national airline
The Investors’ Forum has proposed that the Government of Lithuania invest in a national airline. […]
Defence
Defence Ministry submits draft law on conscription to Lithuanian government
The Ministry of National Defence submitted to the Government amendments to the law on the principles of structure of the Armed Forces in 2015. It includes a plan to draft 3,000-3,500 men to compulsory military service. […]
Energy
Shale gas is not very topical for Lithuania now, environment minister says
Lithuania’s Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas says the country should not speed up the international shale gas exploration tender. […]
Defence
Lithuania may stop acquisition of Russian border surveillance equipment
The installation of surveillance equipment with Russian-produced seismic sensors has not been started yet. And its acquisition might be halted following the evaluation of risks, Lithuanian Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
Sports
The dream that came true: alpine skier Ieva Januškevičiūtė is ready for more
Ieva Januškevičiūtė, 20-year-old Lithuanian alpine skier, made her dream to take part in winter Olympic Games come true. At the age of 18, she broke Lithuanian national record of women’s alpine skiing FIS points. In 2013 she finished 81st in the Giant Slalom event in the World championships, and in 2014 she was the first Lithuanian woman to represent the country in alpine skiing in Sochi Olympic Games. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuanian foreign minister at Nemtsov’s funeral: We cannot kill freedom, truth and courage
Even after the death of a person, their ideas live on, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius said during the funeral of one of Russia‘s opposition leaders, Boris Nemtsov, in Moscow on Tuesday. […]
Defence
NATO air policing jets scrambled twice last week
On 23 February – 1 March 2015, NATO fighter jets patrolling the Baltic airspace were scrambled to identify and escort aircraft flying near the Baltic states’ borderline in the NATO Baltic Air Policing Reaction Zone twice, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Politics
President’s office: Local elections showed that democracy in Lithuania is on the right track
Mindaugas Lingė, the presidential advisor on internal affairs, says that the new system of electing Lithuanian mayors directly did not cause a revolution, but that people of the country themselves confirmed that the political system in Lithuania is in a good state. […]
Opinion
Boris Nemtsov, 1959–2015
This is probably the most difficult piece in my life. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s economy grew more than estimated in 2014
“We are pleased that the revised GDP for 2014 compared to 2013 increased by 3 percent rather than by 2.9 percent as it was announced in the preliminary estimates. The higher growth was driven by the growth of the construction industry, also, the Government’s decisions regarding housing renovation under the new programme,” Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Monday, referring to revised data from Statistics Lithuania. […]
Defence
Lithuania’s arms control inspectors to conduct verification at military units of Azerbaijan
On 2-5 March, arms control inspectors of the Lithuanian Armed Forces will take part in an inspection of a specified area in Azerbaijan as part of a Spanish-led inspection team, the press service of the Armed Forces said. […]
Economy
Inc. mentions Vilnius as one of best European cities for fast-growing businesses
Vilnius has been ranked 4th in Europe as a city for fast-growth businesses. The list, compiled by influential US business publication Inc., rated European cities on the number of companies that made it to Inc.’s 5000 Europe list of rapidly-expanding enterprises, Invest Lithuania reports. […]