Year: 2015

Officers of the Special Investigation Service (STT) carried out a search and seizure at Lithuania’s Ministry of Environment on Wednesday. They took computers from the Public Information Project Management Division. […]

Opposition suggests Lithuanian parliament speaker to re-evaluate her deputy

Andrius Kubilius, Leader of the Seimas Opposition, has proposed that Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, re-evaluate whether Vydas Gedvilas may continue holding the position of First Deputy Speaker of the Seimas. […]

NATO chief tight-lipped on Baltic call for permanent brigade

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has so far refused to elaborate on the Baltic call for deployment of a permanent brigade in the territories in an effort to deter Russia. […]

Estonian Chamber of Commerce chair: Lithuania able to support its own energy needs

May 14, 2015 George East 0

Speaking at the annual ‘Traditional and Renewable Energy Forum’ on 13 May in Vilnius, Lithuania, event organizer and Chairman of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce, Robert Juodka, told the Lithuania Tribune he believes the Lithuania is now able to support its own energy needs. […]

Lithuanian parliament votes down Constitutional amendment to extend mandatory education

Lithuania’s parliament on Thursday rejected a Constitutional amendment which stipulates extension of mandatory education age from the current 16 to 18. […]

Seimas rejects president’s veto on amendments to Law on Forestry

On Thursday, the Seimas of Lithuania rejected amendments to the Law on Forestry, vetoed by President Dalia Grybauskaitė, and preserved the current system of state forest enterprises. Around 500 foresters staged a rally in front of the Seimas building against Grybauskaitė’s veto. […]

NATO jets scrambled from Lithuania over Russian transport plane

NATO fighter-jets were Wednesday scrambled from Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, to identify and accompany a Russian strategic transport airplane flying above the Baltic Sea. […]

Baltic states to ask NATO for permanent brigade

The three Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, will ask NATO leadership to deploy a permanent brigade in an effort to deter Russia, the Lithuanian army‘s spokesman said on Thursday. […]

Ukrainian president appoints Lithuania’s former PM to advisory council

Ukraine‘s President Petro Poroshenko has appointed Lithuania’s ex-PM Andrius Kubilius as member of the advisory council for reforms, according to a decree published on the president’s official website on Wednesday. […]

EU grants assistance to Poland-Lithuania gas interconnection

May 14, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s natural gas transmission system operator, AB Amber Grid, and Poland‘s gas transmission system operator, GAZ-SYSTEM S.A., signed a tripartite agreement with the European Union‘s (EU) Innovation Network Executive Agency (INEA) on the financial assistance of the EU to the project Preparatory Works for the Poland-Lithuania Gas Interconnection up to building permission(s) obtainment. Under this agreement, the project was granted financial assistance of the EU of EUR 10.6 million under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), AB Amber Grid said in a statement. […]

Lithuania’s Labour Party chooses new candidate for education minister

The Labour Party has chosen a new candidate for the position of Lithuania’s education and science minister, but refuses to reveal the person’s name. […]

Lithuania’s Linkevičius has “no illusions” about Russia

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says he has “no illusions” about Russia, adding that Moscow has so far failed to implement the Minsk agreement on a truce in Ukraine. […]

Lithuanian leadership sceptical about EC’s refugee relocation proposal

Accepting refugees is not the only way to contribute to the resolution of the existing refugee crisis, and the allocated quotas are still an issue “on paper”, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]

Estonian politician: Question not whether, but how Estonia should receive refugees

May 13, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Kalle Laanet, the chairman of the Estonian parliament’s Constitutional Committee, says the question for Estonia must not be whether the country should receive refugees, but how it should be done, The Baltic Times reports. […]

EU recommends that Lithuania spend more money on people’s health

The European Commission recommends that Lithuania, one of the fastest ageing nations in the EU, should invest money in improving people’s health, as well as broaden its tax base and improve tax compliance. […]

European Commission suggests that Lithuania accept 207 refugees

The European Commission has suggested moving 207 refugees to Lithuania as part of the resolution of the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean Sea, the European Commission Representation in Lithuania says. […]

EU forecast on Lithuania’s population decline is based on inaccurate data, economist says

The European Commission’s forecast of a dramatic decline in Lithuania’s population is based on wrong and too short historical data, Swedbank Lithuania’s chief economist said on Wednesday. […]

Gedvilas withdraws as candidate for education minister

May 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Seimas Deputy Speaker Vydas Gedvilas, who was proposed to the post of the science and education minister by the Labour Party, has refused to stand as a candidate. The Lithuanian president previously said she would not appoint him, quoting a classified report on him. […]

Lithuanian courts can refuse to recognize Stockholm arbitration decision on Gazprom, ECJ rules