Society
2.6m watch Eurovision in Baltics
Over 2.6 million people in the three Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia watched at least one broadcast of the Eurovision song contest last week, TNS LT market research company said. […]
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Foreign affairs
Lithuanian foreign minister to preside over UN Security Council meeting on extremist fighters
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius will on Friday preside over a meeting of the United Nations (UN) Security Council on instruments against foreign fighters joining extremist organizations, such as the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. […]
Economy
EUROC Lithuania – the largest Western Union site in the world
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. […]
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George Soros to continue support to democracy in Eastern Europe, Lithuanian minister says
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. […]
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Baltic states to seek medium-range air defence system
Defence ministers of the three Baltic states have agreed to analyze the possibilities of establishing a joint medium-range air defence system. […]
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Russia willing to cooperate with Lithuania, Putin tells new ambassador
Russia‘s potential of cooperation with Lithuania is not yet exhausted, Russian President Vladimir Putin says. […]
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Economy
Air Lituanica to file for bankruptcy
Air Lituanica, an airline established by the city of Vilnius, plans to file for bankruptcy, it announced a week after grounding all flights. […]
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Lithuania to help Ukraine with training and “minimum” aid in weapons
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. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian diplomat allowed to see spying suspect in Russia
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
Opinion: Lithuania’s hypocritical response to refugee crisis
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. […]
Defence
NATO jets scrambled from Lithuania over Russian military transport plane
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. […]
Society
Most Lithuanians oppose abortion ban
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
Russian opposition activist and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza was rushed to hospital in Moscow on Wednesday after suddenly losing consciousness. Doctors initially suspected poisoning. […]
Politics
Lithuanian financial crimes agency chief stays in post
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. […]
Society
Unique Jewish heritage site opens in Šeduva
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. […]
Economy
Lithuanian startup Widerfi enters world’s largest accelerator
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. […]
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Minister Linkevičius on Russian MP Zhirinovsky: Some politicians belong in a zoo
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says he sees no sense in discussing statements made by Russian Duma member Vladimir Zhirinovsky‘s about “redeeming Vilnius and Klaipėda”. […]
European Union
Lithuanian president critical of EU’s refugee relocation proposal
EU member states should be given the right to decide themselves whether to accept refugees from Greece and Italy and how may of them to accept, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]