Energy
Month: April 2015
Society
Lithuanian court finds ex-KGB agent guilty of genocide in guerilla leader case
A Kaunas court on Thursday found former KGB officer Ylya Vorobyov guilty for complicity in the 1956 detention of former guerilla chief Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas and sentenced him to two years of restricted freedom. […]
Foreign affairs
Energy
Politics
Lithuania’s Education Minister Pavalkis steps down
Lithuania’s Education and Science Minister Dainius Pavalkis on Thursday submitted his resignation, the government said. […]
North Korean leader cancels trip to Moscow for end of WWII event
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not be coming to Moscow for the Victory Day celebrations on 9 May, ria.ru reports. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s social democratic leader names likely successors
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, leader of Lithuania’s Social Democratic Party, is expecting to be reelected as the party’s chairman this Friday. However, he says, he would like to see a young politician replacing him in the post in two years. […]
Society
Lithuanian organization to send aid for Ukrainian troops
Aid for Ukrainian troops, collected during an artwork auction in Lithuania last week, will be shipped to Ukraine on Thursday, says Jonas Ohman, representative of the organization Blue-Yellow. […]
Politics
President Grybauskaitė to mark end of WWII anniversary in Poland and Lithuania
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Poland and will also pay respect to war victims in Lithuania. […]
Society
National Equality and Diversity Awards recognize equal opportunity advocates in Lithuania
In a gala ceremony on Tuesday night, national awards were handed out to individuals, organizations and initiatives that contributed most to promoting equality and diversity in Lithuania. The annual event was organized by the Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson‘s Office and a forum of seven NGOs for the second time to recognize achievements in eight categories. […]
Politics
Social security minister can continue her work, president Grybauskaitė says
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that she does not see any reasons to dismiss Social Security and Labour Minister Algimanta Pabedinskienė. […]
European Union
EC tells Lithuania to comply with obligations under EU document security legislation
The European Commission (EC) has asked four member-states, including Lithuania, to ensure the mandatory exchange of information under the European Union (EU) document security legislation and the integration of biometric features in residence permits, the EC reports. […]
Energy
Lithuania’s Ignalina NPP told to re-evaluate bid from British law firm
Lithuania’s shut-down Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP), which is carrying out multi-million-euro decommissioning projects, will have to re-evaluate the British law firm DLA Piper’s bid for a legal services contract, the Public Procurement Office said. […]
Defence
New contingent taking over NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission in Lithuania
Air contingents conducting the NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission will change over at a rotation ceremony at Šiauliai Airbase in Lithuania on Thursday. […]
European Union
Ambassador Ušackas to represent EU at Victory Day events in Moscow
The European Union‘s Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas will represent the EU at commemorative events in Moscow held to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two. […]
Economy
US insurer AIG opens service centre in Vilnius
One of the world’s largest insurance companies – American International Group (AIG) – has established a Service Centre in Vilnius, Lithuania. As an integral part of AIG’s network covering Europe, Middle East and African markets, the Vilnius AIG centre will service insurance policies, manage claims and oversee benefit payouts. […]
Foreign affairs
Politics
Lithuanian PM hesitant to dismiss education minister
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that he will decide on the fate of Science and Education Minister Dainius Pavalkis after scrutinizing the Labour Party‘s information about the minister’s work. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian UN ambassador meets with chairman of Crimean Tatar Mejlis
On 27 April in New York, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, met with Refat Chubarov, Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, who is participating in the Fourteenth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). […]
Opinion
Opinion: The Russians are coming to occupy the Baltic states
I purposefully chose a title for my piece to evoke the notorious phrase from 1949 by the then US Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal: “The Russians are coming. The Russians are coming. They’re right around. I’ve seen Russian soldiers.” […]