2015 - Page 126 of 202 - the Lithuania Tribune

President Obama and Michele with Mr. and Mrs. Abe before the State Dinner Photo Ludo Segers

State visit underscores strong ties between Japan and USA

April 29, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

The first State visit to the USA by a Japanese prime minister in a decade highlights the gentle change of US policy in the Pacific area. It was a big event in Washington. The two leaders visited together the Lincoln Memorial. In addition to several high profile events on Tuesday, the Japanese Prime Minister is addressing both the House and Senate on Wednesday. That is something his grandfather did before him, more than 60 years ago. […]

Lithuania opens honorary consulate in Saudi Arabia

April 29, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday opened an honorary consulate in Saudi Arabia‘s second-largest city Jeddah. […]

Port CEO: Expansion will make Klaipėda more competitive

April 29, 2015 BNS 0

Expansion of the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda will make it more competitive vis-à-vis other ports in the region as it will be able to handle larger ships and increase reloadings simultaneously, the port’s CEO has said. […]

A war of civilizations: diverging approaches to warfare and Russia’s military reform

April 29, 2015 Vytautas Raskauskas 0

Deividas Šlekys, military expert and lecturer at Vilnius University, discusses the nature of warfare and how it has transformed under liberal democracy. […]

Eight Russian bikers sent back at Lithuanian border

April 28, 2015 BNS 0

A total of eight motorcyclists were refused entry to Lithuania on Monday and Tuesday because they did not have all necessary documents, the State Border Guard Service said. […]

Polish president: Many EU countries want to lift sanctions on Russia

April 28, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Many European Union countries want to lift the sanctions on Russia, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said in an interview with the newspaper Dziennik Gazeta Prawna. […]

NATO jets scrambled from Šiauliai over Russian transport plane

April 28, 2015 BNS 0

NATO air policing fighter-jets were on Tuesday scrambled from a base in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, to accompany a Russian transport airplane en route to the Kaliningrad region. […]

Lithuania’s top court to hold meeting on sanctioning wiretapping

April 28, 2015 BNS 0

Rimvydas Norkus, president of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, is calling a meeting of heads of regional courts on sanctioning monitoring of personal information transmitted via electronic networks. […]

Lithuania signs EUR 100m loan agreement with NIB

April 28, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and the Republic of Lithuania have signed a loan agreement, totalling EUR 100 million, with a maturity of 20 years, to improve energy efficiency in public and residential buildings, Lithuania’s Ministry of Finance reports. […]

Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. Photo Ludo Segers

Lithuania’s MFA among best connected foreign ministries on Twitter

April 28, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Ministry’s (MFA) Twitter account is among the top five most mutually connected accounts of world leaders on Twitter. […]

EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko

Ukraine official says Kiev is getting weapons from EU

April 28, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Ukraine is receiving weapons from some European Union countries, according to Ukraine’s deputy head of the president’s administration. […]

Kaunas police investigate inscriptions inciting ethnic discord

April 28, 2015 BNS 0

Inscriptions inciting ethnic discord have been spotted in several places in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second largest city, over the last few days. […]

Opinion: Leader and democracy

April 28, 2015 Ramunas Bogdanas 0

Nobody takes much notice when the leader of any Western country stays out of the public eye for a period of time. And this is because the state has a governance structure which provides for substituting one official with another, if need be, all the way to the top. […]

President’s adviser praises Lithuanian conservative party’s chairman election

April 28, 2015 BNS 0

An adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday commended the results of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats‘ chairperson election, saying that such a renewal could become an example for other political parties as well. In weekend’s vote, the conservatives elected 32-year-old Gabrielius Landsbergis as their new leader. […]

Lithuanian Foreign Ministry contacted all Lithuanians in Nepal

April 28, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday it had managed to contact all 36 Lithuanian nationals who are currently in Nepal. […]

Seven Lithuanian NGOs to observe compilation of military draft lists

April 28, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Nine people representing seven Lithuanian organisations will observe on 11 May how military draft lists are compiled. […]

Vilnius mayor is looking for creditors outside Lithuania

April 28, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Remigijus Šimašius, Mayor of Lithuania’s capital Vilnius, says that real financial changes will be visible in Vilnius after 2016. He intends to invoke foreign financial institutions to manage the city’s debts. […]

Lithuania and China sign agreement on recognizing academic qualifications

April 28, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuania’s Education and Science Minister Dainius Pavalkis and China‘s Deputy Education Minister Li Weihong signed an agreement on bilateral recognition of academic qualifications. The agreement was signed at the 5th Asia-Europe Meeting of Ministers for Education (ASEM ME5) which is being held on 27-28 April in Riga, Latvia. […]

Lithuanian president: Social security minister is doing worse than education minister

April 28, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is critical of the Labour Party‘s decision to recall its minister Dainius Pavalkis from the Ministry of Education and Science, saying that there are other ministers delegated by the party that are doing much worse. […]

Norwegian jets arrive in Lithuania for NATO air policing mision

April 28, 2015 BNS 0

Norway‘s two F-16 Fighting Falcons landed in the Lithuanian Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai on Monday for the NATO air policing mission. […]