What kind of war will Lithuania’s conscripts be preparing for? Hybrid conflicts that evolve into local mixed wars? People who talk about hybrid wars usually mean a phase of armed skirmishes with foreign army detachments with no discussion of how hybrid conflicts develop, how they impact on a conscript army and the challenges that army will face. […]
Experts propose scrapping Lithuania’s current Labour Code, which contains numerous outdated legacy provisions of the Soviet law, Tomas Davulis, a lawyer in charge of a task group developing a new social model, has said. […]
In February 2015, industrial production totalled EUR 1.49 billion at current prices and, compared to January, grew by 5.2 percent at constant prices, seasonally and working day adjusted – by 6.2 percent, Statistics Lithuania announced. […]
Lithuanians are the most avid online news consumers in the European Union, the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI 2015) has revealed. With the total score of 0.5, Lithuania is ranked 7th among the EU member states in internet usage. […]
NATO fighter jets guarding the Baltic airspace were scrambled eight times last week to identify and accompany Russian planes flying near the Baltic borders. […]
On 21 March a joined conference “Connect to Lithuania” by Lithuanian Embassy to Sweden, Stockholm Lithuanian Business Club, network “Global Lithuanian Leaders“, project “Backto.lt” and other partners took place at the residency of Lithuanian ambassador in Stockholm. […]
The Labour Party‘s mayoral candidate in recent elections in Vilnius, Jonas Pinskus, announced on Monday about his withdrawal from multiple positions held in the party. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday signed a legal amendment, which reintroduces conscription service in the country. […]
Last year, Lithuania attracted 29 foreign companies. In the next three years the country should have about 2,000 additional jobs thanks to these new investors. A recent report by the “Kapital” program, broadcast on Estonian national television, investigated what Lithuania has that Estonia doesn’t, Invest Lithuania reported. […]
French Finance Minister Michel Sapin is coming to Lithuania this week to discuss the financial situation in the eurozone. […]
On March 25, the Government will consider the reform of the migration system and the Migration Department. Based on the information available to ELTA news agency, it will be proposed to close down the Migration Department and transfer its functions to the Police Department. […]
News website Alfa.lt has reported that Director of the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT), General Kęstutis Jucevičius, will undergo a polygraph test. Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis ordered the test to be carried out by the Second Investigation Department under the Ministry of National Defence. […]
According to a legend it was the sixteen year old shepherd Patrick who laid the cornerstone of Christianity in Ireland. It was he who used a three leaf clover as a symbol for the Holy Trinity and by ringing bells made the symbol of paganism, snakes, flee Ireland. On the anniversary of his death thousands of pilgrims would climb the Croagh Patrick hill to pay respects to the saint. […]
At the United Nations – first-hand testimonies on violations of human rights in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. On 19 March, the Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations held an informal meeting of members of the Security Council on the situation in Crimea and eastern Ukraine. According to Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the UN, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė, we see a rapidly deteriorating situation and grave violations of human rights a year after the illegal annexation of Crimea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. […]
On March 21, during a solemn ceremony at the National Art Palace Ukraine in Kyiv, President Dalia Grybauskaitė was presented with Ukraine’s Person of the Year 2014 award. The title was bestowed on the president of Lithuania for her solid support to Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and European aspirations, the presidential press service said. […]
The Central Electoral Commission held a sitting on Sunday, March 22, and confirmed the final results of municipal and direct mayoral elections. […]
Lithuania‘s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, currently on a visit in Australia, on March 23 presented the country’s readiness to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). […]
Lithuania is going to face England in a crucial match on March 27, but before the clash, Lithuania improved its world position by two places while their next opponents, England, lost two places. […]
The number of asylum applicants in Lithuanian last year stood at 440, a 10 percent increase from 2013 with 400 applications. The applicants in Lithuania in 2014 accounted for 0.1 percent asylum seekers in the European Union in total, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, reports. […]
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