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Defence
EU and NATO must agree on common strategy for hybrid warfare
On 21 January, in Riga, the Informal Meeting of European Union Defence Policy Directors agreed that the European Union and NATO had to cooperate in providing response to threats of hybrid warfare, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Economy
President Grybauskaitė in Davos: Major global companies show interest in Lithuania
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and is scheduled to meet with heads of Germany, Ukraine and Georgia. According to the president, major global companies like Google, Nasdaq as well as biotechnology and pharmaceutical company Thermo Fisher show interest in investing in Lithuania. […]
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Russia refuses entry to EP delegation
Russia has refused entry to a delegation led by Lithuanian member of the European Parliament (EP) Gabrielius Landsbergis, shows a copy of a letter received by BNS. The delegation was planning to go to Moscow in the end of January. […]
Opinion
Opinion: How Mikhail Khodorkovsky came to identify with Putin
This January, the Vilnius-based Eastern Europe Studies Centre organized a big two-day international event for experts, politicians and intellectuals. The centrepiece of the second day of the conference was an address by Mikhail Khodorkovsky. […]
Energy
Lithuania’s power generation company becomes market maker
Nasdaq Commodities has welcomed Lietuvos Energijos Gamyba, the national electricity generation company which combines all electricity generation capacities controlled by the state of Lithuania, as a new market maker for the Latvian Electricity Price Area Differential, EPAD RIGA, contracts. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Khodorkovsky’s speech in Vilnius or prudence vs. clatter of dreamers
Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s visit in Vilnius has triggered a wave of emotional reactions that seem to have overwhelmed the critical thinking faculties and political sense of angry observers. Absolutely scandalous – Khodorkovsky dared not to say that he would immediately give back Crimea if he became Russia’s leader! […]
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Russian government wants to monitor students’ contacts with EU diplomats
Russia‘s Education and Science Ministry wants to be informed about the meetings of university students with the staff of the European Union (EU) Mission to Russia, which is headed by Lithuania’s former foreign minister Vygaudas Ušackas, Russian media said on Wednesday. […]
Freetime
A Week in Vilnius: 21-28 January
Here’s a week full of recommendations of how to spend your free time in Vilnius. Music, art, gastronomy, bar-hopping, cinema and sports – but please, don’t try to experience everything at the same time. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s deputy foreign minister discussed cooperation opportunities with Brazil
On 19 January, Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mantvydas Bekešius met with Under Secretary General for Political Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Carlos Antonio da Rocha Paranhos, Oswaldo Biato, Director of the Europe Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other officials. The officials discussed bilateral relations and opportunities for economic cooperation, the MFA said. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president leaving for Davos to attend World Economic Forum
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for the Swiss ski resort of Davos on Wednesday to attend the prestigious World Economic Forum. […]
Society
Lithuanian courts need to make rulings more understandable and well-reasoned, Supreme Court chief says
Lithuania’s courts are regaining their prestige but there are many challenges ahead, noted Rimvydas Norkus, President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, at the meeting with President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Opinion
Defence
Lithuanian defence minister invites Canada to contribute to Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian brigade
On 20 January, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas met with Canadian Defence Minister Robert Nicholson at Canada‘s National Defence Headquarters in Ottawa. Both ministers addressed a number of common security and defence issues, including joint efforts to support Ukraine. […]
Energy
Lithuania to study oil extraction prospects
According to the data of the Lithuanian Geological Survey (LGT) under the Ministry of Environment, the Šilutė-Tauragė area (in Western Lithuania) sows promise for extracting hydrocarbons, especially oil. It is therefore planned to announce a tender for exploration and extraction of these resources. […]
Energy
Lithuanian Energy CEO to attend energy discussion in Davos
Dalius Misiūnas, CEO of Lithuania’s energy group Lietuvos Energija (Lithuanian Energy), is going to Davos to take part in an energy discussion. […]
Economy
Counterfeit euros made outside Lithuania, interior minister says
After Lithuania joined the euro area on 1 January 2015, about 20 counterfeit euro notes have been discovered in the market, says Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis, adding that the number of suspected forgeries is considerably higher, but they are made outside Lithuania. […]
Sports
Tennis: Berankis endures the Sijsling heat
TENNIS star Ričardas Berankis will enter tomorrow afternoon’s Australian Open action well rested following his opening round battle with Dutchman Igor Sijsling on Monday. […]
Culture
21 films to be screened in Lithuania as part of French film festival Ecrans d’hiver
Twenty-one films will be shown in 12 Lithuanian towns from Thursday to 3 February as part of the annual French film festival Ecrans d’hiver (Winter Screens), organized by the French Institute in Lithuania. […]