April 2015 - Page 6 of 19 - the Lithuania Tribune

Klasmann-Deilmann to expand production capacity in Lithuania

April 23, 2015 Invest Lithuania 0

The Germany-based Klasmann-Deilmann Group has announced EUR 11 million worth of investments in Klaipėda County, Lithuania. The company is to build a further state-of-the-art production line for manufacturing peat products and growing media for the worldwide commercial-horticulture sector. Its intended expansion of an existing factory at the Šilutė site includes plans for high-performance mixing, screening and packing facilities, a research laboratory and an experimental greenhouse for product development. This will involve the creation of at least 20 new jobs over the next three years. […]

Lithuanian army holds mobilization drill

April 23, 2015 BNS 0

The Lithuanian army is on Thursday testing its mobilization system. […]

Lithuanian PM backs dual citizenship referendum proposal

April 23, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says he is in favour of a proposal to hold a referendum on dual citizenship alongside the forthcoming general elections, but cautions that the amendments should prevent abuse cases. […]

Lithuania’s UN ambassador: Situation in Middle East had rarely been more dramatic

April 23, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

At the United Nations Security Council open debate on the Middle East on 21 April, Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, said that the situation in the region had rarely been more dramatic, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

Estonian president compares situation in Russia to The Godfather

April 23, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has compared compared the situation in Russia to “The Godfather” film and called Russian regime authoritarian capitalism, Postimees Online reports. […]

Kremlin ready to defend Gazprom against European Commission, Putin’s spokesman says

April 23, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Kremlin expects impartial treatment for Gazprom under the antimonopoly probe and reaching a compromise with the European Commission, Dmitry Peskov, Press Secretary of the Russian President, said on Wednesday. […]

Criticism leveled at Lithuanian government and society at Vilnius Holocaust conference

April 23, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

A conference on Holocaust education was held at Vilnius city hall on 17 April. The conference was the final event in the “Being a Jew” project’s series of events this year marking Holocaust Remembrance Day. […]

New Vilnius mayor and city council sworn in

April 22, 2015 BNS 0

New Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius and members of the new municipal council were sworn in on Wednesday. […]

Lithuanian and Estonian foreign ministers call for continued pressure on Russia over Ukraine

April 22, 2015 BNS 0

The foreign ministers of Lithuania and Estonia met in Vilnius on Wednesday, calling for continued pressure upon Russia for its actions in Ukraine. […]

Lithuanian president receives Moldova’s top state decoration

April 22, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday received Moldova’s highest state decoration – an Order of the Republic of Moldova. […]

Estonian officer in Russia has not been charged yet

April 22, 2015 BNS 0

There have been no clear charges pressed against Estonian security police officer Eston Kohver, currently kept detained in Russia, Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Keit Pentus-Rosimannus said in Vilnius on Wednesday. […]

Politics

Vilnius council member Mark Harold: “You see so much bullshit that you get annoyed and want to change things”

April 22, 2015 George East 0

The first ever non-Lithuanian national on the Vilnius City Council reveals to the Lithuania Tribune why he ran for office. […]

Star of Remembrance to commemorate Holocaust in Vilnius

April 22, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah) in Lithuania was unique this year. Over 700 youngsters from Vilnius, together with the Lithuanian Jewish community, former ghetto prisoners and Holocaust survivors took part in the traditional March of the Living in Ponar (Paneriai). […]

EU antitrust chief: Gazprom’s case is not political

April 22, 2015 BNS 0

The case against alleged abuse of dominance by Russia’s gas giant Gazprom is not political, the European Union’s Commissioner for Competition Policy has said. […]

Lithuanian government considers sending helicopter to Mediterranean

April 22, 2015 BNS 0

Amidst the European Union‘s (EU) efforts to solve the immigration crisis, the Lithuanian government is considering the possibility to assign a helicopter and a crew of the State Border Guard Service for rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea, the prime minister’s spokeswoman said on Wednesday. […]

Gazprom might have abused dominance in EU, European Commission rules

April 22, 2015 BNS 0

Gazprom might have charged unfair gas prices and abused dominance, the European Commission (EC) has said after completing a probe into possible abuse of monopoly power by the Russian gas giant in some Central and Eastern European countries. […]

Lithuanian defence minister discusses cooperation with Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast officials

April 22, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 21 April, Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas met with Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast City Viktor Anushkevychus and the Deputy Governor while on a visit with his delegation in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (Western Ukraine), the Ministry of National Defence reported. […]

Month: April 2015

Klasmann-Deilmann to expand production capacity in Lithuania

Lithuanian army holds mobilization drill

Lithuanian PM backs dual citizenship referendum proposal

Lithuania’s UN ambassador: Situation in Middle East had rarely been more dramatic

Estonian president compares situation in Russia to The Godfather

Kremlin ready to defend Gazprom against European Commission, Putin’s spokesman says

Criticism leveled at Lithuanian government and society at Vilnius Holocaust conference

New Vilnius mayor and city council sworn in

Lithuanian and Estonian foreign ministers call for continued pressure on Russia over Ukraine

Lithuanian president receives Moldova’s top state decoration

Estonian officer in Russia has not been charged yet

Vilnius council member Mark Harold: “You see so much bullshit that you get annoyed and want to change things”

Star of Remembrance to commemorate Holocaust in Vilnius

EU antitrust chief: Gazprom’s case is not political

Lithuanian government considers sending helicopter to Mediterranean

Gazprom might have abused dominance in EU, European Commission rules

Lithuanian defence minister discusses cooperation with Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast officials

Travel agency Voyage-Voyage inflicts EUR 285,000 in damages

Lithuanian courts okey 99 percent of wiretap requests

Lithuanian interior minister says his reform efforts are hindered by his nonpartisanism