Economy
Lithuanian president to discuss quality of higher education
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is to meet representatives of the academic community, employers and students to discuss how to increase the quality of higher education. […]
Year: 2015
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s foreign minister expresses condolences over Russian plane crash
Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Saturday expressed his condolences over the Russian plane crash in Egypt that claimed lives of over 200 people, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Economy
Lithuanian economy beginning to recover, Danske Bank says
The latest data provided by Statistics Lithuania has showed that the country’s economy grew by 1.8 percent in the third quarter of 2015. This is the best result achieved this year, demonstrating that Lithuania’s economy is gradually recovering from the lowest growth period since the 2008-2009 crisis. […]
Economy
Most Lithuanians don’t have ‘financial airbag’
The survey of financial literacy commissioned by the Bank of Lithuania has revealed that Lithuanians have only partially learned the lessons of the previous financial crisis. In case of losing the source of income, 30 percent of the polled said they would successfully cover living expenses for at least three months, while 29 percent – for a month. […]
Society
Economy
New bridge inaugurated in Kaunas
On Friday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius participated in the opening ceremony of a new Panemunė bridge in Kaunas. Residents of the city had to wait for three years for the new bridge to be built and were forced to use a bypass at that time. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Foreign students could substantially strengthen Lithuania‘s universities and colleges
Journalists and education experts criticise the trends in Lithuania‘s institutions of higher education, which in turn criticise journalists and experts who talk about the bad aspects only, but never see the good ones. […]
Economy
Closing down of power plant in Vilnius to result in 114 redundancies
Energy service company Vilniaus Energija has informed the Lithuanian Labour Exchange about the planned reorganisation which will result in lay offs of 114 employees of Vilnius Combined Heat and Power Plant TE-3. […]
Uncategorized
Linkevičius: Baltic states and Poland are in the same boat
The Baltic states and Poland is “in the same boat” when it comes to energy infrastructure projects and defence, Lithuania’s Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius has told the Žinių Radijas radio. […]
Defence
Energy
Economy
Lithuania’s IT sector among best-reputed in Europe
Lithuania‘s Information Technology sector has one of the best reputations in Europe. Currently, Lithuania‘s IT sector reputation index is 67 points, while the EU average is 56 points, lzinios.lt reports. […]
Politics
Lithuanian MP suggests indexing minimum wage to average pay
New proposed amendments to the Labour Code of Lithuania suggest that the minimum monthly wage should not be lower than half of the previous year’s average wage, which is estimated and announced by Statistics Lithuania. […]
Society
Defence
Lithuania pushes back decision on armoured vehicles purchase
The Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence has received two new governmental proposals to purchase infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) from the United States and Poland. As a result, the Ministry decided to carry out additional analysis and referred to companies which had submitted information earlier asking to specify certain data. […]
Foreign affairs
Local problems should not overshadow strategic cooperation with Poland, Lithuania’s Linkevičius says
Lithuania is ready to work with the new government of Poland and local problems should not overshadow strategic bilateral projects, says Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
European Union
EU Commissioner Andriukaitis: Selection among refugees for resettlement is immoral
EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis has slammed discussions in Lithuania about selection criteria for refugee resettlement. According to Andriukaitis, who was Lithuania’s healthcare minister before taking the job with the EU Commission, said that selections among people in the face of the current humanitarian crisis would be immoral and go against everything Europe holds as principles. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuania’s foreign minister insists on continuing Russia sanctions
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius believes that the European Union (EU) should continue its policy of sanctions on Russia, since it is the only way to get Moscow to listen. […]
Politics
No changes to Lithuania’s electoral system before 2016 general elections
Heads of political groups in the Seimas, the Parliament of Lithuania, on Wednesday met with Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė to discuss the implementation of the Constitutional Court‘s ruling on the size of electoral constituencies. A decision was reached that the parliamentary election system will not be changed for the 2016 general elections. […]
Lithuanian PM: Nordic and Baltic countries have to remain consistent in promoting their values
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius participated in the Nordic-Baltic prime ministers’ meeting (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), held in Reykjavik, capital of Iceland, the prime minister’s press service reports. […]