Global LT
Month: May 2015
Politics
Management of public funds must be transparent, Lithuanian president says
During her meeting with Arūnas Dulkys, the new head of the National Audit Office, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė stressed the need to ensure transparency in the use of the state budget funds and the European Union’s (EU) funds, audits of public institutions, assessment of fiscal policy, and control of Lithuania’s budget policy. […]
Culture
Polish journalists’ book about Lithuania presented at Warsaw Book Fair
A book about Lithuania’s road to independence, in which Polish journalists look at their neighbours through the eyes of Czeslaw Okinczyc, a signatory to the Lithuanian Act of Independence, was presented at Warsaw Book Fair on Saturday, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reports. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament adopts amendments to Consular Statute regarding material assistance
With 70 votes in favour, none against and 3 abstentions, the Seimas has adopted amendments to Article 22 of the Consular Statute, the press service of the Seimas said. […]
Uncategorized
Georgian ambassador: Riga summit can’t end in awkward silence
Georgia‘s ambassador to Lithuania, Khatuna Salukvadze, says that the Eastern Partnership summit to be held in Riga on 21 May cannot end in awkward silence instead of offering clear answers. […]
Society
Nearly 800 apply in Lithuania for Mission Siberia
Nearly 800 applicants would like to take part in Mission Siberia 2015, a trip to sites where Lithuanians were exiled and imprisoned by the Soviet regime in the decades after World War Two. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania presents its efforts against anti-Semitism in Jerusalem forum
At the 5th Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism held in Jerusalem on 12-14 May, Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mantvydas Bekešius reviewed Lithuania’s accomplishments in liquidating consequences of the Holocaust and combating the manifestations of anti-Semitism, especially in cyberspace, Lithuania’s MFA said. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament marks 95th anniversary of Constituent Seimas
At its plenary sitting, the Seimas of Lithuania marked the 95th anniversary of the Constituent Seimas on Friday. Loreta Graužinienė, the speaker of the Seimas, pointed out that the Constituent Seimas was the first representative of the Lithuanian nation that had its first democratic, universal and direct elections. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuanian ambassador: Anti-government protests in Ukraine incited by interest groups
Lithuania’s new Ambassador in Kiev Marius Janukonis says that Ukraine currently has many economic problems, which might give cause for dissatisfaction among the population. However, he believes that any unrest would most likely be spurred by groups not eager about the country’s European future. […]
Politics
Lithuanian PM proposed new candidate for education minister
Lithuania’s Labour Party has submitted a new candidate to fill the vacant post of education minister. Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that he will reveal the candidate’s name once he receives a report on their reputation from the Special Investigation Service (STT). […]
Economy
Bank of Lithuania: Geopolitical tensions overshadow low interest rate concerns
Financial institutions operating in Lithuania consider the risk arising from the prolonged period of low interest rates as increasingly significant, although, with the persisting geopolitical tensions, the risk related to a likely exacerbation of Russia‘s and Ukraine‘s conflict and related consequences has been assessed as the major one, shows the survey conducted by the Bank of Lithuania. […]
Defence
Lithuanian soldiers train in international exercise in Norway
Since 5 May, a group of staff officers from the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces is taking part in a command post exercise (CPX) Trident Jaguar 2015 of the UK-led Headquarters Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARCC) in composition of the Danish Division in Norway, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence reports. […]
Energy
Society
LGBT individuals in Lithuania afraid to report discrimination at work for fear of losing job
Although Lithuania is on the bottom of the European Union (EU) list in terms of the situation of LGBT people, there have been very few discrimination complaints, especially about mistreatment at work. […]
Defence
Defence minister suggests Hungary to deploy troops in Lithuania
Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas, currently on a visit in Hungary, has suggested that the country should deploy troops in Lithuania and participate in international NATO exercises organized in the Baltic state. […]
Foreign affairs
How Lithuania can irritate Russia into retreat
Lithuania is in a perfect position to irritate Russia enough to force Moscow out its current misinformation offensive into the defensive, says J. Michael Waller, an American expert on information warfare. In an interview with DELFI, he shares some tips how even a country as small as Lithuania could push Russia’s buttons. […]
Defence
Baltics should have laid groundwork before asking for NATO troops, expert says
The Baltic states should have verified positions of Allies before submitting the request to NATO to deploy a military brigade in their territories, says Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, the director of Vilnius University’s Institute of International Relations and Political Science. […]
Society
Court upholds acquittal of Lithuanian presidential spokeswoman in state secret leaking case
A Vilnius court on Thursday upheld the acquittal of presidential spokeswoman Daiva Ulbinaitė who had been charged of leaking a state secret. […]
Opinion
Martin Schulz. Europe’s horizons: Narrow straits or open seas?
This year I will have the honour of receiving the Charlemagne Prize which every year rewards a person for their work towards European integration. […]
Politics
Investigators raid Lithuania’s Environment Ministry
Officers of the Special Investigation Service (STT) carried out a search and seizure at Lithuania’s Ministry of Environment on Wednesday. They took computers from the Public Information Project Management Division. […]