OECD
Foreign affairs

Lithuania secures support from New Zealand, Australia for OECD entry

Lithuania has secured the backing of New Zealand and Australia for its accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, on an official visit to Australia, said. […]

Kremlin's propaganda on Youtube

Nordic and Baltic officials call for fight against propaganda

On 23-24 March in Copenhagen, political directors of the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) discussed regional issues, challenges to Ukraine‘s security and territorial integrity, preparations for the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga, prospects for relations with Russia, ways to increase resilience to propaganda of the societies, as well as threats of terrorism and the spread of radical Islamic ideology, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

From the crash scene of German wings airliner in France
European Union

President extends condolences over deadly plane crash

President Dalia Grybauskaitė expressed condolences, on behalf of the Lithuanian people and on her own behalf, to His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain and to President Joachim Gauck of the Federal Republic of Germany over the loss of lives of Spanish and German citizens in a tragic plane crash in southern France, the presidential press service said. […]

Euros
Economy

Lithuanian PM promises to raise minimum wage in July

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the minimum monthly wage will be raised since 1 July 2015. Even though economic growth indicators of the first months of 2015 are not too encouraging, yet the prime minister says it is too early to tell how Lithuania will fare in collecting state budget revenue and thus salaries should grow. […]

Josip Skoko
Sports

Football: Socceroo Skoko sees similarities with Lithuanian team

Former Socceroo Josip Skoko has assured Lithuanian football fans that he does not consider their upcoming opponent England as an unbeatable outfit. […]