September 2015 - Page 3 of 18 - the Lithuania Tribune

Event by Lithuanian Professionals in Sweden. Photo Elin Joensson

Experts join Lithuanian professionals at Swedbank HQ in Sweden

September 28, 2015 Elin Joensson 0

Expert panelists shared their insights into sustainability as a driver for business growth at an event by Lithuanian Professionals in Sweden (LPS), at the Swedbank headquarters near Stockholm on Thursday. […]

Opinion: The dilemma of dictatorial stability

September 28, 2015 Julius Zube 0

Current times in Eastern Europe can hardly be seen as a blessing. With the region more destabilized than ever, not only the economies of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the surrounding countries suffer, but also the image of Eastern Europe has been in downfall lately. However, for someone these problems in the region might be coming at a perfect time. […]

Lithuania’s defence budget to grow by third in 2016

September 28, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s defence budget should expand by more than a third in 2016, according to the budget draft published on Monday. […]

Constructions begin as Lithuania enhances airspace surveillance

September 28, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Constructions of military infrastructure necessary for installation of new long-range radars and contracted for by the Lithuanian Armed Forces begins in the 1st (Antaversis village, Prienai district) and the 3rd (Degučiai village, Šilutė district) radiolocation posts of the Lithuanian Air Force, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence reports. […]

Russia’s sincerity in UN ‘very hard’ to believe, Lithuanian president says

September 28, 2015 BNS 0

In light of the situation in Ukraine, it is “very hard” the believe the sincerity of Russia‘s statements about peace initiatives in the Middle East, says Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė attending events of the United Nations (UN) in New York. […]

Julian Darius Revie. Photo Baltic Bridge

Canadian Lithuanian’s composition performed at Papal Mass

September 28, 2015 Baltic Bridge 0

On Sunday, millions of people at the Papal Mass in Philadelphia and around the world heard a new composition by Julian Darius Revie, a Canadian Lithuanian. The piece was heard as Pope Francis received Communion. Revie’s “The Love of God” was performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra and the 350-voice children’s chorus and massed choir. This performance follows Revie’s recent premiere of another original composition, “Mass of the Divine Shepherd,” at Carnegie Hall this past June. […]

Holocaust in Lithuania commemorated at embassy in London

September 28, 2015 ELTA EN 0

On 24 September, representatives of the British, Jewish and Lithuanian communities in the United Kingdom as well as members of parliament and foreign diplomats residing in London gathered at the Embassy to commemorate the victims of the Shoah in Lithuania, the Embassy reports. […]

Lithuanian airports bring in consultants to assist in concession project

September 28, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian airports announced a public tender regarding the advisory services for the concession project. The consultant is expected to advice on all financial, tax, legal and technical issues arising in the drafting of the concession project. It is planned that Lithuanian airports will commence work with the selected consultant from Lithuania or abroad starting with January next year, Vilnius Airport reports. […]

Lithuania’s 2016 draft budget projects lower revenue, but higher spending

September 28, 2015 BNS 0

The revenue of Lithuania’s central government budget, including EU and other international aid, next year should be lower than this year, whereas spending and, consequently, budget deficit should grow. […]

Lithuanian minister assures Polish counterpart about ethnic minority education

September 28, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania has not passed any amendments to worsen the conditions for ethnic minorities to study in their native language, Lithuania’s Education and Science Minister Audronė Pitrėnienė has said in a letter to her Polish counterpart. […]

Syrian refugee: Doing business is hard in Lithuania

September 28, 2015 DELFI EN 0

Pierre Naoum sold his property in Syria and invested the money into a pizza restaurant that he opened in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he was granted asylum. […]

Lithuanian universities to offer free spots to refugees

September 25, 2015 BNS 0

Every university of Lithuania intends to enrol between several and a few dozen refugees, financing their tuition. […]

Regulator suspends operations of Lithuania’s tour operator Ditmos Projektai

September 25, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Tourism Department has suspended operations of a tour operator, making it the second tourism agency to lose license this year. […]

Some of the 18 Vilnius residents and visitors who attended this year’s inaugural meeting at the Jewish Cultural and Information Center on Mėsinių Street in the Old Town

Vilna Yiddish literary reading circle invites to its next meeting

September 25, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

After a successful experiment at the first session it was decided that each week’s session would start with an intriguing article from a different prewar Vilna Yiddish newspaper. In addition to reading from the photocopies provided, participants will be able to view the original newspaper. The session, which lasts an hour-and-a-half total, will then move on to the literary text being read. This Sunday the circle will start reading a humorous text by Der Túnkeler, “The Dark One,” pseudonym of Joseph Tunkel (1881 – 1949), a Litvak Yiddish humorist born in Bobruisk, now in Belarus. […]

TechCrunch names Alisa Matsanyuk as one of world’s most influential women in the tech industry

September 25, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

TechCrunch, one of the most popular technology portals, has named 30 women who have conquered the technology industry. Among them is Alisa Matsanyuk, the founder of leading mobile game developer Game Insight and recently opened maker space Green Garage. […]

Lithuanian political parties got EUR 8.4m in funds in 2014

September 25, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian political parties received EUR 8.4 million in funds last year, according to the country’s statistics department, Statistics Lithuania. […]

Lithuanian Tatars offer help with refugee integration

September 25, 2015 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Tatar community has offered to help the country’s government with the integration of refugees to be resettled in Lithuania. Lithuania’s Tatars also call on people not to be afraid of Muslims and not to identify them with extremist groups. […]