At a meeting in Berlin on 26 March, Lithuania’s Defence Policy Director of the Ministry of National Defence Dr. Vaidotas Urbelis and Director General for Security and Defence Policy of the Federal Ministry of Defence Geza Andreas von Geyr underlined that Lithuania and Germany saw each other as essential partners for defence cooperation, the Lithuanian ministry reports. […]
StormGeo, the biggest global provider of decision support solutions and services for weather-sensitive operations for the oil and gas, wind energy and shipping industries, is establishing a product development office in Vilnius, the agency Invest Lithuania reports. […]
A grave thought to be a couple of thousand years old has been found in Lithuania’s western district of Klaipėda during the building of a gas main. It contains a unique urn. […]
The Lithuanian Film Centre (LKC) granted EUR 32,700 of state funding for the pre-production of two films. This concludes the first competition for state funding of 2015, the Centre said in a report. […]
Lithuanian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė expressed concern during the recent UN Security Council debate on the situation of Christians in the Middle East. […]
The ruling Social Democratic Party of Lithuania say the recent local elections were good but the party is concerned about the situation in major cities where it lost around 9,000 votes, compared to the previous local poll. […]
The Catholic Church in Lithuania is against a group of lawmakers’ proposal to legalize same-sex partnerships in Lithuania, saying that such a move would degrade the family concept, a representative of the Lithuanian Bishops’ Conference says. […]
Russia’s euphoric and triumphalist celebration all this week, marking the one year anniversary of Moscow’s annexation of Crimea, has already drawn crowds of people, national flags in abundance, and veterans marching in various cities. Meanwhile, Russia-backed militants continue their attacks in eastern Ukraine testing the fragile truce between Kiev and the separatist forces. A year later since Moscow’s foray into Crimea, there is little evidence of Russia is willing to back down or back out of its aggressive campaign in Ukraine. What often gets blurred in Moscow’s nationalist rhetoric is that fact that Russia’s economic and military interests in Ukraine run deep, making Russia’s pull out from Ukraine unlikely in the medium to long-term. […]
On Monday 23 March, a new world ranking was published by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). […]
Ukraine would not withstand “an internal war among oligarchs,” Ukrainian political scientist Oleksandr Zadorozhny said in Vilnius on March 26. […]
Lithuania is switching to daylight saving time this week by advancing clocks by one hour at 3 a.m. on Sunday. Also known as the summer time, the daylight saving time will be in effect for seven months until the end of October. […]
Lithuanian National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas says that Russia would make a great mistake if it decided to cross the borders of any of the NATO members. […]
Russia’s gas concern Gazprom has what to be afraid of in Lithuania and the European Union (EU), Lithuania’s Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis has said. […]
Swedish investor Marc Wallenberg has said that he is impressed by Lithuania’s ability to swiftly re-orientate itself to new markets and that he sees prospects for long-term cooperation with the country. […]
Greece’s exit from the eurozone would amount to a catastrophe, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin said in Vilnius on Friday, hoping that Athens will soon reach agreement with its creditors. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the current financial situation of the country allows it increasing financial support to conscripts but she stressed that national defence should not be only associated with one’s financial gain. […]
The Baltic states must be ready to defend themselves if they want their NATO partners to assist them, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
Lithuanian Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius says that despite the reduced economic growth forecast there no objective reasons to review the state budget. […]
Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas has signed a decree ordering the start of conscription on May 11 this year, the Ministry of National Defense said on Friday. […]
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