Economy
Year: 2015
Economy
Lithuania introduces stricter speed limits due to heat
Additional speed limits may be imposed in Lithuania due to the continuing heat spell, the Road Administration said on Friday. […]
Defence
Foreign services made four attempts to recruit Lithuanian border guards this year
Four attempts by foreign services to recruit officers of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service were documented in 2015, the service said on Friday. […]
Energy
Lithuania to create state-controlled group of energy companies
On Thursday, the Government of Lithuania approved the plan to set up and development EPSO-G, a state-controlled group of energy companies. […]
Uncategorized
Reporters Without Borders urge Lithuania grant asylum to Russian journalist
International non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders has urged Lithuania to grant asylum to Russian journalist Andrey Nekrasov who was recently detained in Cyprus under a Moscow-issued arrest warrant. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania expects new Polish president to turn to Central Europe
Andrzey Duda, who was sworn in as Poland’s new president on Thursday, should pay more attention to the Central and Eastern European region than his predecessor Bronislaw Komorowski, say Lithuanian political scientists. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Russia’s UN Council veto will not salvage its reputation
Last Thursday’s UN Security Council vote on the resolution, submitted by Malaysia and supported by other nations, to set up an international tribunal for the MH17 downing over Donbass failed because Russia used its power to veto it. […]
Politics
Lithuanian interior minister inspects refugee accommodation facilities
Lithuania’s Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Vice-Minister Elvinas Jankevičius visited the city of Jonava on Thursday to discuss accommodation and integration of refugees to be hosted by Lithuania. […]
Defence
Air policing but one aspect of NATO presence in Baltics, Lithuanian minister says
Russia has no reason to interpret the reduction of the number of NATO aircraft in the Baltics as a sign of NATO’s weakness, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. The Alliance’s attention to the Baltic states has not declined, since patrolling of the Baltic airspace is just one aspect of NATO’s presence in the region, according to him. […]
Uncategorized
Sergey Lavrov and John Kerry have brief conversation before EAS
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a brief conversation with US Secretary of State John Kerry before the ministerial meeting of the East Asia Summit (EAS) in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. […]
Economy
Maxima owners deny tax evasion accusations
The private holding company Vilniaus Prekyba UAB, one of the largest Lithuanian groups of private companies and owner of the international retail chain Maxima, has rejected reports in the media that the company is using tax evasion schemes. […]
Society
Mission Siberia participants share impressions with Russian ambassador
Russian Ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Udaltsov met with participants of Mission Siberia 2015 earlier this week after they returned to Lithuania from the Russian region of Tomsk. […]
Culture
Foreign affairs
Lithuania refuses visa to Russian citizen with Crimean passport record
Lithuania has rejected a visa application from a Russian citizen whose passport specified the Republic of Crime as part of Russia as his place of birth, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday. […]
Economy
Train speed limits introduced due to hot weather in Lithuania
Lithuania’s railroad network administrator, Lithuanian Railways, has decided to limit train speeds due to an intense spell of hot weather. […]
Economy
Achema’s biggest shareholder is not going to sell
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that he has received personal reassurance from Lyda Lubienė, the main shareholder of the fertilizer manufacturer Achema, that she is not going to sell her shares in the concern which has been eyed by Russian investors. […]
Sports
Defence
Lithuanian president: NATO presence in Baltics still ‘unprecedented’
NATO‘s Baltic air policing mission is being downsized alongside reinforcements in other security elements in the Baltic region and therefore is not significant, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
Defence
Lithuanian deputy defence minister: Bad time to cut NATO Baltic air policing
Now is a bad time to reduce the number of fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of NATO‘s air policing mission, Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of National Defence Marijus Velička says. […]