May 2015 - Page 2 of 19 - the Lithuania Tribune

EUROC Lithuania – the largest Western Union site in the world

May 29, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

EUROC Lithuania celebrates the fifth birthday of the establishment. Within the past 4 years, EUROC expanded more than 5 times from the initial plan of 250 employees in 2010 to more than 1,300 employees today (2015 April). During this time, Western Union‘s (WU) centre in Lithuania has experienced the strongest growth in global WU scale. Now EUROC has become the largest WU site in the world, said Invest Lithuania, the government’s foreign investment promotion agency. […]

George Soros to continue support to democracy in Eastern Europe, Lithuanian minister says

May 29, 2015 BNS 0

US business tycoon billionaire George Soros is willing to continue supporting projects that are aimed at promoting development of human rights and democracy in Eastern Europe, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said after meeting him in New York on Thursday. […]

Baltic states to seek medium-range air defence system

May 29, 2015 BNS 0

Defence ministers of the three Baltic states have agreed to analyze the possibilities of establishing a joint medium-range air defence system. […]

Russia willing to cooperate with Lithuania, Putin tells new ambassador

May 29, 2015 BNS 0

Russia‘s potential of cooperation with Lithuania is not yet exhausted, Russian President Vladimir Putin says. […]

Ukraine's Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak

Latvia and Estonia do not consider arms supply to Ukraine

May 29, 2015 BNS 0

Latvia and Estonia intend to continue providing support to Ukraine, but they are not yet considering aid in the form of weapons or munitions, defence ministers of the two countries said at a meeting in Lithuania on Thursday. […]

Air Lituanica to file for bankruptcy

May 28, 2015 BNS 0

Air Lituanica, an airline established by the city of Vilnius, plans to file for bankruptcy, it announced a week after grounding all flights. […]

Latvians and Estonians join Lithuania’s Mission Siberia

May 28, 2015 BNS 0

Young people from Latvia and Estonia will this year join Lithuania’s Mission Siberia 2015 project, during which they will travel to Russia‘s Tomsk region to clean up the graves of Baltic deportees sent to Siberia under Stalin. […]

Lithuania to help Ukraine with training and “minimum” aid in weapons

May 28, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania will continue its support to Ukraine in the shape of training and humanitarian aid, while support in weapons will remain at a minimum level, says Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee. […]

Lithuanian diplomat allowed to see spying suspect in Russia

May 28, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s consul to Russia should on Friday meet with the Lithuanian citizen detained in Moscow on spying charges, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed. […]

Opinion: Lithuania’s hypocritical response to refugee crisis

May 28, 2015 Kestutis Girnius 0

Lithuania’s foreign policy is not without some ambivalence. Vilnius aspires to be a regional leader and set an example to other small countries, Lithuania demands to be treated as a respected full-fledged member of the European Union, NATO and the international community. Its own actions, however, do not always live up to the standard. […]

NATO jets scrambled from Lithuania over Russian military transport plane

May 28, 2015 BNS 0

Fighter-jets serving in the NATO air policing mission were scrambled from Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, on Wednesday evening to identify a Russian transport airplane flying above the Baltic Sea without an agreed plan. […]

Most Lithuanians oppose abortion ban

May 28, 2015 DELFI 0

Nearly 60 percent of Lithuanians would object to a law banning abortions, shows a survey commissioned by DELFI. […]

Russian opposition figure hospitalized with mysterious illness

May 28, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Russian opposition activist and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza was rushed to hospital in Moscow on Wednesday after suddenly losing consciousness. Doctors initially suspected poisoning. […]

Lithuanian financial crimes agency chief stays in post

May 28, 2015 ELTA EN 0

After an official inquiry, Lithuania’s Interior Ministry has decided that Kęstutis Jucevičius, the head of the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT), may stay in his post and have access to classified information. […]

Unique Jewish heritage site opens in Šeduva

May 28, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

More than two years of work on the restoration and preservation of Jewish heritage in Šeduva were marked in a private ceremony at the town’s recently restored Jewish cemetery (Žvejų gatvė). More than 400 tombstones have been identified and more than 1,300 have been either painstakingly restored or preserved in a tribute to the lives of the thousands of Jews that once comprised the majority of this Lithuanian shtetl. […]

Lithuanian startup Widerfi enters world’s largest accelerator

May 28, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Widerfi, a startup established in Lithuania and formerly known as Cheap Data Communications, has joined MassChallenge – the World’s largest accelerator, and will compete for 500 thousand pounds and 1 million dollar prizes at the end of the year. Widerfi offers a new mobile internet model for travellers and is the first Lithuanian startup to participate in the accelerator which will be held simultaneously in Boston and London. […]