June 2015 - Page 8 of 18 - the Lithuania Tribune

EU extends Russia sanctions

June 17, 2015 DELFI EN 0

EU states’ ambassadors Wednesday agreed to extend economic sanctions against Russia for six months, Reuters reports. […]

Lithuanian army claimed to discriminate against gay servicemen

June 17, 2015 DELFI EN 0

Lithuania’s defence minister has been forced to reassure that the country’s military does not discriminate against gay men after an army psychiatrist claimed that homosexuality was an exclusion criteria in selecting servicemen. […]

Lithuanian politician’s defence in bookkeeping fraud case: I don’t know how to keep books

June 17, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian MEP Viktor Uspaskich, the founder of the Labour Party who is accused of bookkeeping fraud, told a court on Wednesday that he could not be in charge of bookkeeping because he did not understand it and did not even manage his own personal accounts. […]

Why Lithuanian airlines fail while Latvian and Estonian prosper

June 17, 2015 www.lrt.lt 0

Despite years of lasting loss-making, Estonia‘s airline Estonian Air and Latvia‘s AirBaltic keep on flying passengers to different destinations all over the world. Smart management and support from the Latvian government allowed the latter to cross into the black. Meanwhile in Lithuania, a second airline in less than a decade was recently brought down by insolvency. Why did this happen, and does Lithuania need a national airline at all? […]

4 Iraqi families to be resettled to Lithuania in July

June 17, 2015 BNS 0

Four Iraqi families that fled persecution in their country will be resettled in Lithuania in early July. […]

MRU language students on learning French in La Rochelle

June 17, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Vilnius Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) students say studying French language has been “an incredible experience” allowing to get to know French culture and taste world-renowned French cuisine, while studying abroad. […]

Lithuanian help needed in solving refugee crisis, EC vice-president says

June 17, 2015 BNS 0

The European Commission‘s Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis says that the principle of voluntary solidarity earlier applied in the efforts to solve the refugee crisis in Southern Europe did not work, therefore, a mechanism of balanced distribution of asylum-seekers is required. […]

Lithuanian parliament speaker speaks out against same-sex marriage

June 17, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė says she opposes same-sex marriages, giving no clear answer about partnership. […]

Baltic Defence College opens Baltic Way lecture room at graduation

June 17, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On Wednesday, 17 June, the defence ministers of three Baltic states are opening the lecture room named the Baltic Way in the Baltic Defence College, in the framework of the graduation ceremony. […]

Russian lawmakers question legitimacy of USSR State Council recognizing Baltic independence

June 17, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Russian Duma members Evgeny Fedorov and Anton Roman have turned to Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika with a request to assess the legitimacy of the State Council of the USSR‘s decision to recognize the independence of the Baltic states in 1991. […]

Lithuanian prosecutors bring corruption suspicions against basketball federation

June 17, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian prosecutors on Tuesday decided to bring suspicions to the Lithuanian Basketball Federation for abuse of powers, fraud and document forgery during EuroBasket 2011. […]

Stationing of brigade in Baltic states will depend on political decision, Breedlove says

June 16, 2015 BNS 0

The request made by the Baltic states to station a military brigade is currently being processed in the military sense, with the final decisions to be made by politicians, Commander US European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Philip Breedlove said in Lithuania on Tuesday. […]

Breedlove in Lithuanua: Europe faces challenges with long-term consequences

June 16, 2015 BNS 0

Europe is faced with the challenging security environment, which will have significant and far-reaching consequences, Commander US European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Phillip M. Breedlove said in Lithuania on Tuesday. […]

Greece may fall back to recession unless there’s deal with EU, EC vice president Dombrovskis says

June 16, 2015 BNS 0

If Greece fails to reach a debt deal with the European Union, the country may fall back into recession, Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission‘s vice-president for the euro and social dialogue, said in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]

Lithuania may exceed its 2020 renewable energy target

June 16, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania and 18 other EU member states may exceed their 2020 renewable energy targets, the European Commission said in its latest renewable energy progress report published on Tuesday. […]

Putin says Russia to add 40 missiles to its nuclear arsenal

June 16, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will add more than 40 intercontinental ballistic missiles to its nuclear arsenal in 2015. […]

EC vice president Dombrovskis says Lithuania should cut budget deficit

June 16, 2015 BNS 0

Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission‘s vice-president for the euro and social dialogue, has warned that Lithuania’s budget deficit should not increase this year, noting that the EU’s executive body forecasts that the country’s budget deficit in 2015 will be 0.7-0.8 percentage points above the target. […]