Three memoranda of understanding were signed on Friday with China Merchants Group at the Office of the Government. The memoranda were signed regarding Kaunas Free Economic Zone, Lithuanian Railways and Klaipėda State Seaport. […]
A group of US soldiers have underlined NATO‘s collective defence commitment during their Friday visit to the Seimas of Lithuania. […]
Eastern Partnership Ministerial Meeting on Trade took place on 7 May in Brussels. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Rolandas Kriščiūnas said that although the European Union‘s (EU) trade volume with Georgia and Moldova was growing, the benefit of free trade treaties would be revealed fully once the countries implemented economic, political and legal reforms. […]
Following the UK Conservatives’ victory in Thursday’s general elections, Prime Minister David Cameron will have to keep his promise to call a referendum on the country’s EU membership, and the immigration policy is likely to be tightened, Lithuanian political scientists say. […]
The 9th of May marks the 65th anniversary of the historical Schuman Declaration. On that day in 1950 in Paris, French Foreign Affairs Minister Robert Schuman proclaimed the idea of supranational community which became the foundation of the European Union as we know it today, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Lithuania marks the end of World War Two on Friday, with the country’s president, prime minister and speaker of the Seimas attending commemorative events. […]
Artūras Skučas is a man with many talents. His photographic art and poetry brought him to Washington, DC, on a summery evening. He probably remains best known for his role in the Sąjūdis movement, set up to liberate Lithuania from the Soviet oppression. He also organized the Savanoriai (a militia made up of volunteers). That militia was set, in 1990, to protect the Seimas (parliament) and its leader, Professor Vytautas Landsbergis. […]
Lithuanian Finance Minister vilniusRimantas Šadžius does not support the idea of allowing local governments to issue bonds, saying that such bonds would create an additional risk to fiscal sustainability. […]
Representatives of the Lithuanian government and the Lithuanian Jewish Community on Thursday agreed on an action plan to preserve Jewish architectural heritage and cemeteries in Lithuania as well as raise awareness about Jewish history. […]
Lithuanian Seimas opposition leader Andrius Kubilius gave evaluated the work of the Government led by Social Democrat Algirdas Butkevičius with a mark of four out of ten. […]
This coming May, 800 delegates from over 51 countries will travel to Jerusalem not to enjoy the sunny Israeli weather but rather to discuss the prolonged eclipse that has clouded the streets of Europe in growing intensity in recent times. […]
Volunteers have already filled almost a third of conscription places as Lithuania plans to issue lists of conscripts next week, the country’s Ministry of National Defence said on Thursday. […]
Two new military facilities will be built near Vilnius, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Thursday. […]
Introducing the Government‘s annual activity report for 2014 at the Seimas, parliament, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius started with the mention of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal project, the adoption of the euro and augmentation of Lithuania’s defence capabilities. […]
The Lithuanian Seimas adopted amendments to the Law on Intelligence and thus authorised intelligence agencies to receive information from financial companies and institutions as well as other legal persons not only about present financial transactions but about financial operations completed in the past. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday she would not appoint Labour Party MP Vydas Gedvilas as the country’s education and science minister, taking into account information provided by the Special Investigation Service. […]
Two bills opening the way for impeached and removed Lithuanian president Rolandas Paksas to run for parliament were to be presented for parliamentary deliberation on Thursday, but were removed from the agenda at the last minute. […]
Good news from Chile has reached manufacturers of milk products this week – an official permission has been granted for them to export their production to this country, Lithuania’s State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) reports. […]
The first results of the Survey of Lithuania’s Non-financial Enterprises show that most entrepreneurs believe the events in Ukraine will not affect or will affect only insignificantly the financial situation and their ability to repay loans. During the study, the heads or financiers of around 500 enterprises in different business sectors were surveyed, the Bank of Lithuania reports. […]
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