Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and public organisation Mes Darom signed a memorandum of cooperation making the prime minister a patron of the Let’s Do It (Darom) campaign. […]
On 17 April, Lithuanian Ambassador to the USA Žygimantas Pavilionis opened a new Honorary Consulate of Lithuania in Richmond, Virginia, Lithuania’s MFA reports. […]
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) will need run-off voting to elect its new chairperson. MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis came in a few dozen votes short of 50 percent of the vote in the first round of election this weekend. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday called for an enhanced mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Ukraine, where fighting between Russian-supported separatists and Ukrainian governmental forces continue regardless of ceasefire. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė welcomed participants of the conference, organised by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations, on women’s role in promoting international peace and security. […]
MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis is leading the elections for chairman of the largest opposition party, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), but it was unclear on Monday morning whether he managed to win in the first round of voting. […]
Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas and Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas are leaving for Ukraine on Monday for an official visit. […]
Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas has a pretty clear idea about whether Russia could use force in the Baltic states to “defend” Russian compatriots – absolutely not. He is also clear about the reason for his optimism. The human rights situation in Russia leaves much to be desired, whereas people in the Baltics have no reason to want to be defended. […]
In March the electricity price was the lowest since the Nord Pool Spot have been launched in Lithuania in 2012. The average electricity price in the Lithuanian bidding area was 32 EUR/MWh. The demand of electricity fell by 8 percent due to warmer weather and lengthening daylight. Compared to March last year, the price decreased by 23 percent in the Lithuanian market, the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid reports. […]
According to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, in January-February 2015, Lithuania’s intra-EU exports of goods stood at EUR 2.1 billion, up 2 percent compared with January-February 2014. Extra-EU exports of goods stood at 1.2 billion, down 19 percent compared with January-February 2014. […]
In the last quarter of 2014, Lithuania saw the second largest decrease in housing prices in the European Union (EU) – it amounted to -4.3 percent, Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, reports. […]
Newly released data shows that German firms are the largest foreign direct investors in Lithuania’s manufacturing industry. […]
Lithuanian Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis has stressed that when it comes to the country’s security, attention should be paid not only to the territorial defence but also to strenghtening national identity and people’s trust in the state. […]
Deputy Chairman of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs, Audronius Ažubalis, says that Lithuania’s security is guaranteed in the first place not by the military power, but by the country’s visibility and capability to act in the international arena, and this is ensured by Lithuania’s diplomats. […]
On Monday, 20 April, President Dalia Grybauskaitė will attend an international conference which will focus on ways to enhance the role of women in promoting international peace and security. The conference is organised by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations, the presidential press service announced. […]
On Friday, Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications Rimantas Sinkevičius met with President of the World Road Association (PIARC), Oscar de Buen Richkarday, who commended Lithuania for improving road safety. […]
The Embassy of the State of Israel, together with the Lithuanian Jewish community and the Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum, on a Day of remembrance of the Holocaust, this year marked on 16 April, awarded the Righteous Among the Nations. The State of Israel awarded six Lithuanian families, which in spite of the danger during the Second World War, saved Lithuanian Jewish people. The award ceremony was held in the Government’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania. […]
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