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Month: March 2015
Global LT
Lithuania took part in Luxembourg‘s Migration, Culture and Citizenship Festival
Lithuania was represented for the seventh time in Luxembourg‘s Migration, Culture and Citizenship Festival on 13-15 March. Thanks to the initiative of Lithuanian community in Luxembourg, this year Lithuania had three of almost 400 stands for information, cuisine, exhibitions, music and dance from all over the world. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign minister takes part in Lithuanian Independence event in Belgium
25th Anniversary of the Restoration of Independence of Lithuania was celebrated in Brussels on March 16. Belgium’s government and business officials, diplomats, representatives from NATO and EU institutions and friends of Lithuania were present at the event. […]
Society
Man turns to equal opportunities watchdog after being denied entry to Chippendales show
The Lithuanian Office of Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson is investigating a complaint filed by a man from Šiauliai who was not allowed to enter a Chippendales show. […]
Energy
Lithuanian government to consider ways to use 1.4bn it may win from Gazprom
Lithuania’s government is starting to discuss ways to spend approximately 1.4 billion euros, which it may receive as compensation from Gazprom if the Stockholm arbitration court sides with Lithuania in its dispute with the Russian gas giant. […]
Defence
President Grybauskaitė visits training regiment in Rukla
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė paid a visit to the Training Regiment located in Rukla and said that the infrastructure is of the highest NATO standards. […]
Defence
Germany to send over 500 troops to Lithuania for training this year
More than 500 German soldiers will come for combined training to Lithuania this year, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence said on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Vilnius Council coalition talks continue
On Tuesday, at the headquarters of the Liberal Movement, a round of negotiations was held over the establishment of the ruling coalition in Vilnius City Council. […]
European Union
EU must maintain ambitious Eastern Partnership agenda, Lithuanian foreign minister insists
At the Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 16 March in Brussels, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, while speaking about the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit on 21-22 May 2015, noted that it was important to set a strategic direction for Eastern Partnership and take a further step forward from the Warsaw and Vilnius Summits, Lithuania’s MFA said. […]
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Culture
Meditation events to mark Inner Peace Day
In March and April, several Lithuanian cities and towns are joining the World Day of Inner Peace and organizing meditation events. […]
Society
Prosecutor wants to question Lithuanian president in her spokeswoman’s case
Prosecutor Gintas Ivanauskas of the Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office wants to question the country’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė in the case of her spokeswoman Daiva Ulbinaitė who is accused of having leaked classified information. […]
Economy
Lithuanian consumers complain of high prices and too little competition
Food distribution, energy and pharmaceutical products, as well as telecommunications and the Internet, are the sectors where Lithuanians are most likely to have experienced problems due to a lack of competition, according to a Flash Eurobarometer survey. […]
European Union
Lithuanian president’s adviser: EU should avoid giving impression of retreat under Russian pressure
The forthcoming EU Eastern Partnership summit in Riga should not leave an impression that the EU is stepping back from its commitments to partners under Russia’s pressure, says Jovita Neliupšienė, chief adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on foreign policy issues. […]
Defence
Current manning of Lithuanian army at odds with geopolitical reality, president’s advisor says
Inadequatetly, only 35-percent manned Lithuanian army is not capable of actually defending the country, says chief presidential advisor on foreign affairs Jovita Neliupšienė. She stressed that this situation is what inspired the decision to restore a conscript army. […]
Foreign affairs
Politics
Seimas Speaker Graužinienė resigns as leader of Lithuania’s Labour Party
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė has resigned as leader of the Labour Party, the party announced on Tuesday. […]
Defence
Lithuania’s chief of defence: Five lessons to be learned from conflict in Ukraine
After the State Defence Council decided that conscription of 19-26-year-olds should be reintroduced for a 5-year period and as the Seimas is preparing to consider the issue, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says Lithuania has learned five lessons from the conflict in Ukraine. […]
Politics
Experts cautious about Gabrielius Landsbergis’ conservative party leadership prospects
Lithuanian political scientists are cautious about the chances of Gabrielius Landsbergis, 33, to lead the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats whose long-standing leader Andrius Kubilius announced on Monday he would not seek re-election. […]
Sports
Lithuanian Olympic champion Daina Gudzinevičiūtė: Fame is a burden for athletes
Daina Gudzinevičiūtė, the Olympic shooting champion, is one of the Lithuanian sports legends and there is no doubt in it. Today, at age of 50, she is the president of the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee, having beaten another Lithuanian sports legend, Virgilius Alekna, for the position. […]