Society
Security Department tracked over 1,000 Lithuanian citizens last year
The Lithuanian State Security Department says it secretly spied on over 1,000 Lithuanian citizens and over 800 foreigners last year. […]
Year: 2015
Politics
Lithuania’s outgoing security chief says saddened by criticism of inactivity
Outgoing director of the Lithuanian State Security Department, Gediminas Grina, says it was always sad for him to hear criticism about inactivity, regardless of the important investigations conducted by the institution under his leadership. […]
Society
Lithuanians increasingly embrace prenups
The number of nuptial agreements signed in Lithuania last year is the highest since the Register of Nuptial Agreements was launched in the country. Furthermore, agreements were concluded by persons in their 70s and 80s, the Justice Ministry said. […]
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Pentagon warns Russia about consequences of incident over Baltic Sea
The United States Department of Defense says that actions of Russia‘s air forces when their pilot intercepted an American reconnaissance plane RC-135U over the Baltic Sea on 7 April were unsafe and unprofessional. […]
Economy
Smooth euro adoption allows Lithuanian government borrow cheaper
A smooth adoption of the euro in Lithuania enabled the country not only to improve its international credit ratings but also to reduce borrowing costs, government-run euro.lt website reports. […]
Politics
New chief of Lithuania’s State Security Department appointed
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday appointed Darius Jauniškis as the head of the State Security Department (VSD) for a five-year term. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s conservatives to elect new party leader this week
The opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) will elect a new chairperson this week. […]
Foreign affairs
Clinton would be more Lithuanian-friendly US president, political scientist says
If Hillary Clinton, who officially opened her presidential election campaign on Sunday, is elected as the next president of the United States, she would be more strict towards Russia, says Kęstutis Girnius, associate professor at Vilnius University’s International Relations and Political Science Institute. […]
Society
Ban on Russian TV channel takes effect in Lithuania
A ban on broadcasts of the Russian-language TV channel RTR Planeta took effect in Lithuania on Monday, while the ban on rebroadcasts of some of the content of Ren TV Baltic has expired. […]
Society
Why Lithuania banned Russian TV channel
Lithuania made international headlines last week when its Radio and Television Commission decided to institute a blanket ban on all programmes of a Russian TV channel. The channel in question, RTR Planeta, is registered in Sweden, but its content is entirely Russian-produced. The Commission had previously suspended broadcasts of individual programmes, saying they violated Lithuanian laws, but RTR Planeta would not stop. […]
Moscow says it is concerned over Finland and Sweden moving closer to NATO
Responding to a joint declaration of the Nordic countries of intentions to step up military cooperation in the face of Russian aggression, Russia‘s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Sunday, saying that moves by Finland and Sweden towards closer ties with NATO were of “special concern”, Reuters reports. […]
Defence
Exercise involving 450 troops from NATO countries starting in Lithuania
An international exercise Fire Thunder 2015 is starting in Lithuania on Monday, involving about 450 troops from Lithuania, the United States, Poland and Portugal. […]
Defence
Over 200 Lithuanians volunteer for military service
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said on Friday that over the last two weeks a total of 206 citizens had volunteered to sign up for a 9-month military service, including 9 women. […]
Opinion
Edward Lucas: What if Putin gets what he wants?
Scaremongering is bad, but so is the wishful thinking which has fuelled the West’s approach to Russia for decades. So it is worth pondering what a world would look like in which we lose, and Vladimir Putin gets what he wants. […]
Sports
Berankis wins his first ATP doubles title in Huston
Lithuanian tennis player Ričardas Berankis, 24, who is currently 80th in the world in singles ranking, won his first ATP doubles title on Saturday, when he cooperated with 29-year-old Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili in the Fayez Sarofim & CO. U.S. Men‘s Clay Court Championship. […]
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Lithuanian president: Estonia provides example on strengthening military capabilities
During Friday’s meeting with Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė stressed that regional security is a common interest of both Lithuania and Estonia. […]
Economy
Lithuania leads Europe in fibre-optic internet penetration
Once again, Lithuania proved that it is a leading country in fibre-optic network penetration. In 2014, the number of internet users in Lithuania increased by almost 3 percentage points and reached 34.6 percent. This is by far the best result among the 39 European countries where the study was conducted, Lithuania’s Ministry of Transport and Communications said. […]
Economy
29,200 job vacancies available in Lithuania in March
There were better employment opportunities in March, as a 28.4 percent increase of job offers was recorded in Lithuania. The demand for fixed-term contracts grew particularly. More job proposals were registered for operators of mobile agricultural and forestry machinery, nursing specialists, painters, construction and mechanical engineers. The demand remained high for salespeople, drivers of heavy lorries and cargo vehicles as well as advertising and marketing specialists. There were a total of 29,200 job vacancies registered at the Labour Exchange in March. […]
Energy
Lithuanian power connection process gets streamlined
Lesto, Lithuania’s national power distribution company, has streamlined its power connection process for business and private customers. Connection time for new customers will be reduced by 2 days on average thanks to the changes, Invest Lithuania reports. […]
Politics
Lithuanian liberals’ ratings soaring
According to the latest public opinion polls, the ratings of the Liberal Party and its members soared in a month. […]