Politics
Lithuanian mayor removed from office on bribery suspicions
The Panevėžys city unit of Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) is investigating suspected bribery by Utena District Mayor Alvydas Katinas. […]
Year: 2015
Foreign affairs
US focuses more on Eastern Europe, Lithuanian foreign minister says
On 2 November in Vilnius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius welcomed the participants of the roundtable discussion Transatlantic Renewal and thanked them for their effort to develop the vision of a free and united Europe, Lithuania’s MFA reports. […]
Energy
Lithuania’s Litgrid and INEA sign agreement on partial LitPol Link funding
Litgrid, the Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator, and the European Union Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) have signed an agreement on partial LitPol Link project funding. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
Lithuania at UN calls to end impunity for crimes against journalists
The Permanent Missions of Lithuania and Greece together with UNESCO organised an interactive Panel discussion on Ending Impunity for Crimes against Journalists: Putting Resolutions into Practice on the occasion of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on 2 November, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Opinion
Opinion: From the Baltic to the Caspian Seas, land unites again
For centuries, the rule of thumb in trade was that land divides, water unites. It took years and gradually months to follow an overland trading route from Europe to China, as opposed to months and eventually weeks by boat. But speed-trains are changing the global logistics map. These speed train connections are the “hardware” of the overland Silk Path road project that connects Europe to China. […]
Economy
Most Lithuanians feel price hikes after euro adoption
As many as 65 percent of Lithuanians, most of them younger people (aged 15-34 years), say they are already used to changes after the euro adoption, the latest survey for September has shown. However, compared to February’s survey, considerably more respondents believe that prices of goods and services have gone up after the introduction of the new currency. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president proposes amendments to raise university enrolment criteria
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has proposed law amendments, requiring students to pass at least one national-level graduation exam in order to be accepted into a college or university. […]
Society
Four Lithuanian universities pooling resources
Four Lithuanian universities – Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Klaipėda University, Šiauliai University and the Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences in Vilnius – have agreed pool their resources and allow students to use facilities in either institution. […]
Politics
Former President Valdas Adamkus turns 89
Former President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus is celebrates his 89th birthday on Tuesday. […]
Society
Study reveals Lithuanians’ ambivalence towards corruption
Professor Aistė Diržytė, head of the Psychological Well-Being Research Laboratory, was somewhat surprised by her own research results on corruption. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president hopes to appoint new prosecutor general in 2015
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė expects to appoint a new prosecutor general by the end of this year, the president’s spokeswoman Daiva Ulbinaitė said after a meeting with the Board of the Seimas (parliament). […]
Economy
OECD gives high rating to Lithuania’s construction regulations
This year, Lithuania has been listed among three countries in the region that are most favourable to business in terms of the simplicity of procedures for issuing documents that permit construction. […]
Politics
Lithuanian conservative leader’s family business under prosecutors’ investigation
Lithuanian prosecutors have started investigating potential damage done to the state by a business company owned by the family of Gabrielius Landsbergis, leader of the Homeland Union- Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD). […]
Sports
Uncategorized
Estonian plans present challenge to Lithuanian energy strategy
Should Lithuania be worried about Estonia‘s plans to build its own liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal? If it becomes a regional gas supply facility, it could supply gas to Latvia and Estonia and take away desperately needed clients from Lithuania’s Klaipėda LNG terminal, already struggling to operate at adequate capacity. […]
Politics
Conservative MP proposes to abolish proportional representation in Lithuanian parliamentary elections
Conservative MP Dainius Kreivys has registered amendments to the Law on Elections to the Seimas, proposing to abandon the party-list voting system and elect MPs only in single-member constituencies starting from 2020. […]
Energy
Lithuanian Gas and LESTO to be merged into Energy Distribution Operator
The Nasdaq stock exchange announced on Monday about reorganization of AB LESTO, Lithuania’s electricity distribution network operator, and Lietuvos Dujos (Lithuanian Gas). […]
Economy
Minimum wage to grow in January
The Tripartite Council – consisting of representatives of the Government, employers and employees – has reached an agreement that the minimum monthly wage would be raised to EUR 350 on 1 January 2016. […]
Economy
Most Lithuanians trust banks, but not instant credit companies
Two thirds of Lithuanians trust insurance companies and the same number of people is suspicious of instant credit companies. […]