Culture
Two Lithuanian shorts at Stockholm animation festival REX
The international REX animation festival, which opens in Stockholm on Friday, is screening two entries from Lithuania. […]
Year: 2015
Energy
Lithuania halved greenhouse gas emissions since 1990
Between 1990 to 2012, greenhouse gas emissions in Lithuania, including international aviation, were reduced by 55.6 percent, or from 49.12 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 1990 to 21.81 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2012. […]
Economy
EC downgrades Lithuania’s GDP growth projections to 1.7 percent
Economic recovery in the euro area and the European Union as a whole is now in its third year. It should continue at a modest pace next year despite more challenging conditions in the global economy, the European Commission said. […]
Economy
Ryanair launches new Kaunas to Israel service
Budget airline Ryanair has launched a new winter route from Kaunas to Eilat Ovda (Israel), starting on November 5 with a twice weekly service, Kaunas Airport reports. […]
Society
Society
Should Lithuania change its name for better marketing?
Many a travelling Lithuanian at one time or another had the following conversation: “Where are you from?” – “Lithuania.” – “Where? Ukrainia?” – “No, Lithuania. It’s a Baltic state, next to Latvia and Estonia.” – “(somewhat unconvinced) All right…” […]
Defence
Energy
Wind power production growing in Lithuania
Over the first nine months of this year, wind power plants in Lithuania produced 511GWh of electricity, up by 13.2 percent compared to the same period last year. Overall, electricity production grew 10 percent in Lithuania. […]
Uncategorized
Baltic states strengthening cooperation in cyber security
Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas, Latvian Defence Minister Raimonds Bergmanis and Estonian Economic Affairs and Communications Minister Kristen Michal electronically signed a memorandum on cooperation in cyber security on Wednesday. […]
Economy
Economy
9 Lithuanian companies cleared to import meat to USA
On Tuesday, the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture officially announced the list of Lithuanian companies which will be allowed to import meat products to the USA. […]
Defence
Economy
Lithuanian government to consider assistance to dairy cooperative Pienas LT
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with dairy producers and promised to inform them in two weeks how the state could assist the dairy production cooperative Pienas LT, enhance possibilities for cooperation of farmers and boost competitiveness of Lithuania’s dairy sector. […]
Uncategorized
Attempts to restrict media freedom in Georgia ‘worrying’, Lithuanian PM tells Georgian counterpart
After a meeting with Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili, Lithuanian PM Algirdas Butkevičius has said that attempts to restrict freedom of the press in Georgia are worrying. […]
Sports
Berankis and Grigelis inch down in ATP rankings
After a new ATP ranking update was published on Monday, four of the six ranked Lithuanians lost their positions. […]
Defence
Seimas speaker wants conscription to stay
Speaker of the Lithuanian parliament Loreta Graužinienė believes that military conscription must be kept beyond the five years it has been reinstated. […]
Politics
MPs want more funding for Lithuania’s State Security Department
The Lithuanian government is planning to increase the budget for the State Security Department (VSD) by 500,000 euro. However, parliamentarians say that in view of the growing geopolitical threats, the VSD should receive a far bigger budget increase. […]
Economy
Lithuania to target 10 priority export markets
A list of priority export markets was approved in Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Economic Diplomacy Council on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Former finance minister to run for Lithuanian parliament
Ingrida Šimonytė, deputy chairwoman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, will be running in next year’s parliamentary elections in one of Vilnius single-member constituencies. Her candidacy was put forward by the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD). […]
Defence
Lithuanian president on NATO: Much done, still more to do
Russia‘s actions in Europe, eastern Ukraine and Syria require more resolute response from NATO to ensure security of its eastern members, according to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė who is leaving for Bucharest on Wednesday to meet with leaders of Central-Eastern European NATO member states. […]