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EU ambassador to Moscow: “I’m not in the business of prophecies”

March 20, 2015 Linas Jegelevicius 0

The task of a diplomat is to maintain contacts with the authorities and society leaders, so dribbling basketball with the administration chief of the Russian president, playing buskashi with Afghans in Kabul – engaging in what one might call “sport diplomacy” – is part of the job. While such informal contacts might provide a wealth of insights into the unofficial workings of a foreign country, Vygaudas Ušackas, the EU Delegation chief in Russia, admits he is not “in the business of prophecies” to tell how long the Russian-Ukrainian conflict can last. […]

EU to keep sanctions on Russia

March 20, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

European Union leaders have decided to maintain economic sanctions on Russia until the end of the year. […]

Serbia bans Crimea exhibition at OSCE headquarters

March 20, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania has been angered by the ban of Serbia, as the presiding country of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), to open an exhibition on Crimea in Vienna in an effort to mark one year since the region’s annexation. […]

Lithuanian police conduct searches amidst investigation into anti-constitutional groups

March 19, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian law-enforcement officers on Thursday conducted searches in homes of several individuals in the framework of an investigation into operations of anti-Constitutional groups, the Police Department’s spokesman Ramūnas Matonis confirmed to BNS. […]

Putin’s Russia: What did Nemtsov’s assassination reveal about the current regime?

March 19, 2015 Rytu Europos studiju centras 0

Assassination of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was a shocking wake-up call for many all over the globe. Circumstances were more than eloquent – bullets hit Nemtsov right in front of Kremlin and merely one day before the planned protest march. […]

NATO fighter-jets alerted from Šiauliai to accompany Russian reconnaissance plane

March 19, 2015 BNS 0

Italian Typhoon fighter-jets performing the NATO air policing mission in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, were scrambled on Thursday to accompany a Russian reconnaissance airplane. […]

Lithuania calls UN Security Council meeting on Crimea

March 19, 2015 BNS 0

The UN Security Council is holding a closed-door meeting on Crimea, initiated by Lithuania, later on Thursday. Russia, which annexed the Ukrainian region a year ago, is reportedly boycotting the meeting. […]

Lithuanian PM says new labour code to bring more flexibility

March 19, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that much-discussed draft amendments to the country’s Labour Code will be good both for employees and employers and will make the labour market much more flexible. […]

Energy, economy and information security to dominate European Council agenda

March 19, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has left for Brussels to attend a European Council meeting on 19-20 March, the presidential press service reports. […]

Gabrielius Landsbergis as chairman would be the end of conservative party, social democrat Kirkilas says

March 19, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Social Democratic Deputy Parliament Speaker Gediminas Kirkilas says that the resignation of Andrius Kubilius as chairman of the oppositional conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) was a sensible step. […]

Private investor will have to save Air Lituanica, PM says

March 19, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Government will not invest in Air Lituanica, an airline owned by the Municipality of Vilnius, but Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says a private investor has taken interest in the company. […]

Lithuania’s MFA says treaty between Russia and South Ossetia has no legal value

March 19, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania issued a statement regarding the “Treaty on Alliance and Integration” between the Russian Federation and South Ossetia region of Georgia, asserting that the agreement has no legal value. […]

Lithuanian parliament votes overwhelmingly in favour of restoring conscription

March 19, 2015 BNS 0

The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday voted in favour of restoring conscription in the country. The first stage of military draft is scheduled for August-September, National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said. […]

Lithuanian PM says government will not revise spending due to lower GDP projections

March 19, 2015 BNS 0

Even though the Lithuanian central bank last week cut its GDP growth forecast for this year, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the government is not planning to revise the national budget, at least for now, adding that EU support should help cushion the impact of slower growth. […]

Vilnius train stations step up security due to Russian troops train

March 19, 2015 BNS 0

Security was stepped at Vilnius and Naujoji Vilnia Train Stations in Lithuania on Thursday in response to information that Russian army conscripts might be crossing to the Russian region of Kaliningrad via Lithuania, according to the lrytas.lt news website. […]

Lithuanian parliament to start hearing conscription bill

March 19, 2015 BNS 0

A bill on the restoration of military conscription will be brought before the Seimas of Lithuania, parliament, on Thursday. Both the ruling and the opposition political groups have pledged their support. […]

Julius Pranevicius playing the piano Photo Ludo Segers

Julius Pranevičius shows American business the road to Lithuania

March 19, 2015 Ludo Segers 0

The Lithuanian Foreign Ministry operates in the United States two Consulates General, in addition to the Embassy in Washington. These Consulates General look a lot like the city hall of a Lithuanian mid-size town. Nevertheless, there is more than what meets the eye. The Consulate General in Chicago is the largest in the USA. The other Consulate General is located in New York City’s Manhattan. […]

Gabrielius Landsbergis – rising conservative star powered by recognizable name and tough stance on Russia

March 19, 2015 Linas Jegelevicius 0

When Gabrielius Landsbergis, 33, breathed his way last summer into the European Parliament, for many the success of his campaign seemed to have much to do with his family lineage – namely, his legendary grandfather, patriarch of Lithuania’s modern politics Vytautas Landsbergis. […]

Lithuanian government pledges to give money won in court from Gazprom to consumers

March 18, 2015 BNS 0

The government said on Wednesday that if Lithuania won its arbitration dispute with Gazprom at the Stockholm arbitration court, then around 1.4 billion euros to be paid as compensation by the Russian gas giant would go to consumers. […]

Lithuania to set up defence adviser positions at embassies

March 18, 2015 BNS 0

The government on Wednesday okayed the amendments on the establishment of positions of defence adviser at Lithuanian embassies abroad. […]