Economy
Month: March 2015
Politics
Lithuania’s migration system to be reformed
On March 25, the Government will consider the reform of the migration system and the Migration Department. Based on the information available to ELTA news agency, it will be proposed to close down the Migration Department and transfer its functions to the Police Department. […]
Politics
Head of Financial Crime Investigation Service to undergo polygraph test
News website Alfa.lt has reported that Director of the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT), General Kęstutis Jucevičius, will undergo a polygraph test. Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis ordered the test to be carried out by the Second Investigation Department under the Ministry of National Defence. […]
Global LT
Lithuanians take part in St. Patrick’s Day parade in Dublin
According to a legend it was the sixteen year old shepherd Patrick who laid the cornerstone of Christianity in Ireland. It was he who used a three leaf clover as a symbol for the Holy Trinity and by ringing bells made the symbol of paganism, snakes, flee Ireland. On the anniversary of his death thousands of pilgrims would climb the Croagh Patrick hill to pay respects to the saint. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuania holds informal meeting of UN on situation in Crimea, eastern Ukraine
At the United Nations – first-hand testimonies on violations of human rights in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. On 19 March, the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations held an informal meeting of members of the Security Council on the situation in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. According to Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, we see a rapidly deteriorating situation and grave violations of human rights a year after the illegal annexation of Crimea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. […]
Ukraine’s Person of Year title is recognition for whole of Lithuania – Grybauskaitė
On March 21, during a solemn ceremony at the National Art Palace Ukraine in Kyiv, President Dalia Grybauskaitė was presented with Ukraine’s Person of the Year 2014 award. The title was bestowed on the president of Lithuania for her solid support to Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and European aspirations, the presidential press service said. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission confirms final election results
The Central Electoral Commission held a sitting on Sunday, March 22, and confirmed the final results of municipal and direct mayoral elections. […]
Politics
Foreign Minister presents Lithuania’s readiness for OECD entry in Australia
Lithuania‘s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, currently on a visit in Australia, on March 23 presented the country’s readiness to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). […]
Sports
Lithuanian football team moves up in FIFA world ranking
Lithuania is going to face England in a crucial match on March 27, but before the clash, Lithuania improved its world position by two places while their next opponents, England, lost two places. […]
Society
440 people asked for asylum in Lithuania in 2014
The number of asylum applicants in Lithuanian last year stood at 440, a 10 percent increase from 2013 with 400 applications. The applicants in Lithuania in 2014 accounted for 0.1 percent asylum seekers in the European Union in total, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, reports. […]
Politics
President, PM and interior minister among most popular politicians in Lithuania
President Dalia Grybauskaite, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius and Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis remain among Lithuania’s most favored politicians, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s liberals on popularity rise
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Movement would get most of the votes in parliamentary elections, if they were held next weekend, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
Politics
Local election results in two Lithuanian districts invalidated over gross violations
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission on Saturday invalidated the mayoral elections in the single-mandate constituency of the Širvintos district municipality. […]
Economy
New companies in Lithuania create 25,000 jobs annually
According to new data, more than 25,000 jobs are created each year by companies newly registered in Lithuania. The data, published by Creditreform Lietuva, also shows that after two years of operations this figure increases by another 60 percent, with some companies registering a tenfold growth in employee numbers, Invest Lithuania reports. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Labour Party to elect new chairperson in June
After the sitting of the Council of the Labour Party, it was announced that a congress of the party will be held on 6 June and it will elect a new chairperson to replace Loreta Graužinienė who has stepped down. […]
Economy
Lithuania revises economic growth projections
After evaluating Lithuania’s economic situation and the impact of external factors on its economic growth tendencies, the Ministry of Finance has revised main macroeconomic projections for 2015-2017 and prepared projections for 2018. […]
Economy
More goods and passengers transported in Lithuania in 2014
According to preliminary data of Statistics Lithuania, in the fourth quarter of 2014, all types of transport carried 26.6 million tonnes of goods, or by 0.8 percent more than in the fourth quarter of 2013. […]
European Union
EU leaders open way for funding of Baltic grid synchronization with Europe
The European Council’s latest decision has opened the way for financing the synchronization of the Baltic power grids with those of Continental Europe, Lithuania’s permanent representative to the EU said. […]
Society
Emigration drops in Lithuania
The level of emigration has dropped slightly in Lithuania and more Lithuanians return home, according to the latest figures published by the Statistics Lithuania on Friday. […]
Defence