Year: 2015

Poland is set to sign a deal to build a highly strategic gas pipeline to the Baltic states as part of an effort to break Russia‘s energy stranglehold over the three EU members, the Financial Times reports. […]

Lithuanians in Ireland collected funds for cancer treatment

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Ireland‘s Lithuanian community raised over EUR 8,000 during a charity event that will be donated for cancer treatment of kids in Lithuania. […]

Lithuanian parliament returns Law on LNG terminal amendments for improvement

The Seimas of Lithuania, parliament, on Tuesday returned the amendments to the Law on the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal for improvement. […]

Lithuania’s Juknevičienė elected main rapporteur of Political Committee of NATO Parliamentary Assembly

MP Rasa Juknevičienė from the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) parliamentary group of the Lithuanian parliament has been elected as the main rapporteur of the Political Committee of NATO Parliamentary Assembly, which is taking place in Stavanger, Norway. […]

Lithuanian PM stresses importance of economic relations with Belarus

Lithuania is ready to continue its political dialogue with the neighbouring Belarus, whose president Alexander Lukashenko has been re-elected for his fifth consecutive term of office, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. He also stressed the importance of bilateral economic relations. […]

Russia’s actions in Syria only escalate conflict, Lithuanian foreign minister says

October 13, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius took part in the European Union‘s (EU) Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on 12 October, which focused on the situation in Syria and migration, Lithuania’s MFA said. […]

Commission to ‘promote’ Lithuania among refugees

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An interdepartmental commission, set up in Lithuania to oversee resettlement and integration of refugees, is putting together a plan how to promote the country among asylum seekers. Lithuania has pledged to resettle 1,105 refugees as part of an EU effort to ease the refugee crisis and will seek that the asylum seekers come to the country willingly. […]

Conservatives propose to recognize Lithuania’s Communist Party as criminal organisation

A group of Lithuanian politicians and activists have proposed that the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and its subsidiary in Lithuania – the Communist Party of Lithuania (LKP) – be recognized “a criminal organisation, organiser and executor of the genocide of the Lithuanian people, responsible for extermination, deportation and other repressions against Lithuanian residents”. […]

Klaipėda University to develop LNG centre of excellence

Lithuania is preparing to establish a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) centre of excellence in Klaipėda. Within a month, the heads of ministries will be presented a letter of intent signed with social partners and an activity plan for an LNG cluster. […]

Sales of new apartments in Vilnius surpass record year of 2014

Between January and September 2015, real estate developers sold 2,650 new apartments in Vilnius, 8 percent more compared with the same period last year. Supply in a year grew 26 percent, to 4,200 apartments. […]

EU should lift Belarus sanctions by the end of October, Lithuanian minister says

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The European Union should make the decision to lift sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko by the end of the month, according to Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, LRT.lt reports. […]

NATO air policing intercepted one Russian military aircraft last week

Between 5 and 11 October, NATO air policing fighter jets patrolling Baltic airspace identified and intercepted one IL-76 transport aircraft of the Russian Federation flying in international airspace above the Baltic Sea, the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania reports. […]

Seimas speaker under criticism of former party leader

MEP Viktor Uspaskich, the founder and de facto leader of Lithuania’s Labour Party, has criticized fellow party member Loreta Graužinienė, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, for her “passivity”, warning that “life does not end in the Seimas speaker chair” in reference to Graužinienė’s future political prospects. […]

Lithuanian PM presents competitiveness promotion plans to business leaders

Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has presented the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK) with the Government’s plans of enhancing the country’s competitiveness and attractiveness to businesses. […]

Lithuania: Presidential election results in Belarus were predictable

The results of the presidential election in Belarus were anticipated and Lithuania together with other member-states of the European Union will decide on long-term relations with Belarus by taking into account the final report of election observers from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]

Uber coming to Vilnius

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Uber, the company behind the mobile app that provides access to vehicles for hire, is in talks with Vilnius authorities about bringing the alternative to taxi service to the Lithuanian capital, LRT.lt reports. […]

NordBalt to provide more energy security for 6m people in Baltics

Two months remain until the completion of the biggest joint Swedish and Lithuanian project NordBalt. In December the electricity produced in Scandinavia will be transmitted directly to Lithuania for the first time in history. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden along with the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė evaluated the NordBalt implementation progress while visiting the construction site of the NordBalt high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station in Klaipėda. […]

Lithuanian leaders condemn terrorist attacks in Ankara

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania has strongly condemned the terrorist attack carried out against peaceful protesters in Ankara on Saturday. […]

Ethnic minority representatives to hold protest action

Representatives of Lithuania’s Polish-speaking community, backed by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) political party, are planning a protest action this week over ethnic minority education and the planned reforms of the Labour Code, lzinios.lt reports. […]

Lithuanian army officer injured in helicopter crash in Afghanistan