Year: 2015
Defence
Lithuanian reserve troops to be mobilized for exercise
Lithuania’s Armed Forces is Thursday starting to send out induction papers to reserve soldiers for one-day mobilization exercise to check the performance of the mobilization system. […]
Foreign affairs
Economy
AlternativaPlatform, creators of Tanki Online, to open office in Vilnius
AlternativaPlatform, the creators of on-line game Tanki Online, which currently serves over 5 million users monthly, have announced the opening of their office in Lithuania. The office will soon employ five people who will be responsible for Tanki Online communication, public relations and client service in the European market. There are plans to enlarge the team in the future. […]
Foreign affairs
Diplomats working to find out if Lithuanians were on sunken Russian ship
Lithuanian diplomats are working to establish whether Lithuanian citizens were aboard the Russian fishing vessel that sunk close to the coasts of Kamchatka on Thursday. […]
Foreign affairs
Energy
Gazprom asks Vilnius court for full access to documents on EUR 36m anti-trust fine
A Vilnius court on Wednesday started hearing Gazprom‘s request to grant it full access to documents regarding a fine of almost 35.7 million euros imposed on the Russian gas giant by the Lithuanian competition watchdog. […]
Opinion
Opinion: War as a chance for Ukraine to become a normal state
Ukraine’s social order, characterized by limited access, has been an obstacle in the country’s attempts to create democracy and market economy during its entire post-soviet history. Recent Russian military aggression changed the balance of power within the country and opened a window of opportunity for Ukraine to transform itself from a limited access to open access order. Whether Ukraine will use this opportunity depends on relationship between the president and oligarchs. […]
Foreign affairs
Culture
Society
Vilnius University inaugurates new rector
Physics professor Artūras Žukauskas was inaugurated as the new rector of Lithuania’s oldest education institution, Vilnius University, at a ceremony on Wednesday. […]
Economy
Lithuania will have hard time meeting this year’s budget targets, economist says
After the International Monetary Fund has warned that Lithuania this year is facing serious challenges in public finances, an economist says that meeting this year’s budget targets will not be easy. […]
Economy
Lithuanian government asks banks to suspend loan interests for conscripts
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius urges banks to be more flexible as regards conscripts’ financial obligations and says that suspending loan interest for the duration of military service would not bring major financial consequences to commercial banks. […]
Defence
Portuguese scouts in Lithuania for combined training
On 31 March, soldiers of the Portuguese Armed Forces arrived in Lithuania for combined training as part of NATO reassurance measures in the Baltic region, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence reports. […]
Defence
Lithuanian defence minister wants conscripts’ families and employers fined for not passing summons
Parents, spouses and employers should be put under the obligation of handing conscription papers to persons liable to military duty, Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said in one of the proposals to the parliament’s National Security and Defence Committee on Wednesday. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Putin’s party paid for by oil money (II)
On 26 March, fifteen years ago, Vladimir Putin was elected the president of Russia. The moment coincided with the start of a global oil price boom that brought billions in additional revenue to Russia. […]
Opinion
Loopholes and taxation: Overseeing a fairer European Union
Companies should pay a fair share of taxes on the money they earn, and governments should not favor certain businesses by giving them advantages not available to others. This sounds straightforward, but the reality is not. […]
Society
Prosecutor wants Vilnius vice-mayor Adomavičius jailed for corruption
Lithuanian prosecutors want outgoing Vilnius Vice-Mayor Romas Adomavičius of the Social Democratic Party found guilty of mediation in bribery and imprisoned for five years. […]
Sports
Rainer Schüttler on tennis, retirement and coaching Lithuania’s Ričardas Berankis
Rainer Schüttler is one of the best German tennis players. After 17 years of intensive career, he retired in October 2012. Today, he is working with his former coach Dirk Hordorff and coaching several players, including Lithuania’s number-one Ričardas Berankis, whom Schuttler would like to see among the world’s top 50 players. […]