2015 - Page 184 of 202 - the Lithuania Tribune

Israel opens embassy in Vilnius

January 27, 2015 BNS 0

An embassy of Israel was opened in the Lithuanian capital on Monday, its representatives said. […]

Lithuanian MEP calls for moving 2018 FIFA World Cup from Russia

January 27, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian MEP Petras Auštrevičius has called for stripping Russia of the right to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup and move it to some other country, or otherwise boycott the championship. […]

Linas Linkevičius ES ministrų susitikime

EU hints at additional sanctions against Russia

January 27, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

European Union leaders asked their foreign ministers on Tuesday to consider possible new sanctions on Russia in response to a rebel offensive in eastern Ukraine, Reuters reports. A final decision to impose them, however, is likely to be left to a summit next month. […]

Lithuania mulls contributing to EFSI, finance minister says

January 27, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania is considering to contribute to the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), or the so-called “Juncker-plan”, but it would like to see that money earmarked for projects of the Baltic region. […]

Opinion: Why is Russia raising stakes in east Ukraine?

January 27, 2015 www.lrt.lt 0

Why have we seen an intensification of military action in eastern Ukraine? Government forces report that Russian troops are pushing towards not just Donetsk Airport, but essentially in all directions. This way, all previous predictions about how the military conflict will only smoulder during the winter but won’t advance have burst like soap bubbles. Fierce fighting has recommenced, civilians are dying as well as soldiers. […]

Lithuania’s export to Russia to shrink 10 percent, Swedbank economist says

January 27, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Continuing geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe will continue to affect Lithuania’s economy in 2015, says Nerijus Mačiulis, chief economist at Swedbank. […]

Lithuanian president on Holocaust Day: Some people in Europe won’t acknowledge today’s aggressor

January 27, 2015 BNS 0

Europe must learn its history lessons and prevent the rise of a new aggressor whom some people don’t want to see, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday as the world marks the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. […]

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Lithuanian president slams EU Commissioner Andriukaitis over Russia embargo talks

January 27, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė sees Brussels’ proposal to Moscow to hold talks on lifting the existing food embargo with individual EU countries as a “deplorable precedent” and believes that Lithuania’s representative, European Commissioner for Heath and Food Safety Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, must take responsibility for that, a presidential adviser said on Tuesday. […]

Janukonis tipped for ambassadorship in Ukraine

January 27, 2015 BNS 0

Diplomat Marius Janukonis is set to be appointed Lithuania’s ambassador to Ukraine, the Lietuvos Žinios daily reports citing sources. […]

EU agriculture chief: EU to speak with one voice with Russia about trade sanctions

January 27, 2015 BNS 0

The European Union (EU) will be unified in talks with Russia over possible lifting of sanctions for certain food products, Phil Hogan, EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, said after a Farm Council meeting on Monday. […]

Faculty of Physics of Vilnius University

New lab at Vilnius University expected to deal with artificial intelligence in future

January 27, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 22 January, Telecommunications Research Centre M2M (machine-to-machine) laboratory was opened officially at the Faculty of Physics of Vilnius University. […]

Italian legacy to Latvian Presidency of the European Union Council: words or facts

January 27, 2015 Sofia Casablanca 0

“The legacy left by the Italian Presidency to Europe is growth and not just austerity,” according to Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in his address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, on November 26, 2014, when Juncker’s new plan was presented. […]

European Parliament President Martin Schulz

EP president calls on Russia to let in Landsbergis’ delegation

January 27, 2015 BNS 0

European Parliament President Martin Schulz on Monday called on Russia to allow a delegation led by Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis to enter the country despite tension between Brussels and Moscow. […]

Lithuanian Ambassador to the United Nations Security Council Raimonda Murmokaitė

Lithuania’s UN ambassador: Russia is responsible for Mariupol tragedy

January 27, 2015 BNS 0

Russia’s persistent support to separatists has led to the Mariupol tragedy when around 30 civilians were killed and over 90 were injured when the Ukrainian city came under a rocket attack, Lithuanian Ambassador to the United Nations Security Council Raimonda Murmokaitė said on Monday. […]

Minister Linkevičius discussed additional Russia sanctions in London

January 27, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 26 January, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius met with UK Minister for Europe David Lidington in London and discussed possible results of the forthcoming EU’s Foreign Affairs Council. […]

Hundreds honour Mariupol attack victims in Vilnius

January 27, 2015 BNS 0

Several hundred people paid tribute to the victims of the recent attack on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol outside the Lithuanian parliament on Monday night. […]

Lithuania promotes itself as dental tourism destination in Scandinavia

January 27, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania continues to rise in the consciousness of Scandinavians and Western Europeans as a proffered destination for elective dental health treatments. Vilnius dental clinic Odontika, the Baltic’s leading dental clinic for patients from abroad, has been active in promoting Lithuania to the Scandinavian market this winter. […]