September 2015 - Page 10 of 18 - the Lithuania Tribune

Group wants to stage rally against ‘enforced immigration’ in Vilnius

September 16, 2015 ELTA EN 0

A group has asked Vilnius Municipality for permission to stage a rally outside the Representation of the European Commission on 20 September to protest refugee relocation to Lithuania. If authorised, the rally would be attended by up to 100 people. The organisers claim that people are not given enough information about the countries in conflict, that the terms “refugee” and “economic migrant” must be explained in order to reassure people. […]

Presentation of credentials by Ambassador Iraklis Asteriadis of Greece. Official photos by Robertas Dačkus

Lithuanian president accepts letters of credence from Greek ambassador

September 16, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė accepted letters of credence from Greek Ambassador Iraklis Asteriadis on Tuesday. The president and the ambassador discussed cooperation between Lithuania and Greece within the European Union as well as other topical bilateral issues, the presidential press service said. […]

Russian army ship diverts Lithuanian civilian vessel due to shooting exercise

September 16, 2015 BNS 0

A Russian military ship on Tuesday ordered a Lithuanian civilian vessel to change its course due to an exercise in the Baltic Sea, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence reports. […]

Lithuania’s Interior Ministry considers setting up migration division

September 16, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Ministry of the Interior is considering establishing a special division to coordinate inter-institutional activity in the area of migration, Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]

Russian journalist Galina Sapozhnikova declared persona non grata in Lithuania

September 16, 2015 BNS 0

Komsomolskaya Pravda journalist Galina Sapozhnikova has been declared persona non grata in Lithuania. […]

European Commission earmarks EUR 12.6m for Lithuania’s dairy farmers

September 15, 2015 BNS 0

The European Commission (EC) has earmarked 12.63 million euros in support to Lithuania’s dairy farmers, who sought a much larger amount of 32 million euros. […]

Lithuanian PM calls German minister’s statements about cutting EU aid ‘unacceptable blackmail’

September 15, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s top officials have different opinions on Germany’s recent warnings about possible cuts in EU aid for member states that disagree with mandatory refugee quotas. […]

EC will not cut support to EU nations refusing refugee quotas

September 15, 2015 BNS 0

The European Commission (EC) stated on Tuesday it was not considering to cut European Union (EU) structural assistance to countries that disagree with the mandatory migrant quotas. […]

Lithuania hosting Baltic exercise to curb flooding

September 15, 2015 BNS 0

An international rescue exercise is starting in the Kelmė district, northern Lithuania, on Tuesday where Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian officers will work on their skills to manage flood effects. […]

Leading Chinese mobile solutions company Fun Guide to open Lithuanian office

September 15, 2015 Invest Lithuania 0

Fun Guide, China’s leading mobile e-commerce and integrated mobile solutions company, has chosen Lithuania as the location for its first office in Europe. The company, which counts among its customers a number of big Chinese players including major banks, will open Fun Guide Europe, a Vilnius-based mobile software development and data mining office, this autumn. The company is now recruiting a team of talented software specialists in Lithuania who will be responsible for developing new mobile software for the company and will also carry out big data analytics. […]

Prime minister says no discussions on closing Lithuanian borders

September 15, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that Lithuania currently is not considering the option to close its borders due to the refugee crisis. […]

Russia’s policies in Syria irresponsible, Lithuanian president’s adviser says

September 15, 2015 BNS 0

The reported presence of Russian military forces in Syria is alarming and may further fuel the conflict, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s adviser. […]

Interior minister: Lithuania ready to resume border controls if need be

September 15, 2015 BNS 0

In case of a refugee influx, Lithuania would be ready to resume temporary border controls, says Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]

City of London delegation visiting Lithuania

September 15, 2015 ELTA EN 0

On the invitation of Lithuanian Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius, a delegation of the City of London, one of the key financial centres of the world, is visiting Vilnius on 14-15 September. […]

Karen Dawisha delivering Keynote Address Photo Ludo Segers

Vilnius Democracy Forum discusses democracy and lack thereof east of Lithuania

September 15, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

Monday afternoon saw about 200 academics, political scientists, diplomats, members of the Seimas (parliament), democracy promoting think-thanks and action groups gathering in the Presidential Palace in Vilnius for the start of a two-day conference to discuss democracy or the lack thereof, particularly east of the Lithuanian border. […]

Andorran Foreign Minister Gilbert Saboya Sunye and Lithuania's Linas Linkevičius

Foreign ministers of Lithuania and Andorra discuss cooperation during Vilnius meeting

September 15, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with his Andorran counterpart Gilbert Saboya Sunye in Vilnius on Monday and said that he saw many opportunities to strengthen bilateral ties, especially in the fields of economy and business. […]

NATO jets in Baltics perform one scramble to intercept Russian aircraft

September 15, 2015 BNS 0

Fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of the NATO air policing mission performed one scramble last week to identify and intercept military aircraft of the Russian Federation flying in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea. […]

Karen Dawisha: Signs of rift within Putin’s kleptocracy

September 15, 2015 DELFI EN 0

Back when the future president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, was still working at the Mayor’s Office of Saint Petersburg, shiny new Mercedes cars were not quite as ubiquitous on the streets of the city as they are now. However, there were two parked in the yard of a newly renovated building that was to be converted to South Africa’s consulate. […]

Interior minister: Lithuania ‘sceptical’ about EU migrant quotas

September 14, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania is of a “sceptical opinion” about a Brussels-proposed mandatory migrant quota system, the country’s Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Monday, calling for focusing on border control and sending back migrants without the right to asylum. […]

Rasmussen: NATO ready to repel any possible attacks on Baltic countries

September 14, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Former Secretary General of NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed the view to the Ukrainian news site APOSTROF that NATO would be ready to repel any possible military attack from Russia against the Baltic states. […]