Society
Lithuania marks 24-year anniversary of Medininkai checkpoint massacre
Friday marks 24 years since tragic events at the Lithuanian checkpoint of Medininkai when seven Lithuanian officials were gunned down at work. […]
Year: 2015
Sports
Embassy of Israel invites to Trophy Basketball Tournament
The Embassy of Israel in Vilnius together with Šarūnas Marčiulionis Basketball Academy is organizing a youth basketball tournament in Vilnius. […]
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Lithuanian president: Moscow’s economic embargo punished Russia itself
The economic embargo imposed by Russia had the biggest effect upon Russians themselves by way of a sharp decrease in the selection of food products and surge in food prices, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Global LT
Lithuania might be getting to something big: dual citizenship e-referendum
Russia’s Vladimir Putin may have just done favour for Lithuania with his sardonic remark on “fewer Lithuanians” during his recent visit to Kaliningrad – even parties that had bristled against the idea of a referendum on allowing dual citizenship, might be embracing it amid the sabre-rattling from the East. Moreover, politicians might be getting cozy with another outlandish idea: get the folks say “yes” or “no” through e-voting. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s labour code overhaul divides opinions
Lithuania is often described as a country where potential investors are put off by a tax system inherited from the Soviet times and inflexible labour code. Still, the new social model, currently in the works and promised to provide more flexible employer-employee relations, have received a fair deal of criticism. […]
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Culture
Vilnius mayor happy to trade Green Bridge statues for 16-century Lithuanian Statute
There will be more clarity about the fate of the Soviet statues which were recently removed from the Green Bridge of Vilnius in autumn, says Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius, adding that he has already received six official requests to take the statues. […]
Economy
Shock therapy ‘good’ for Lithuanian economy
DNB Bank’s chief economist for the Baltic states Jekaterina Rojaka says that shock therapy will be for the better of Lithuania’s economy. […]
European Union
EU extends help for farmers hit by Russia’s food ban
The European Union will continue providing support into next year for farmers hard-hit by the Russian ban on food imports from the EU, the bloc’s executive said Thursday. […]
Society
Vilnius court issues ruling on ‘w’ in marriage certificate
Vilnius City District Court on Thursday ordered Vilnius Registry Office to change the marriage certificate of a Lithuanian woman married to a Belgian and spell her name with a non-Lithuanian character “w”. […]
Energy
Lithuanian PM wants new shale gas bid
A new tender for shale gas exploration should be announced, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius believes. […]
Economy
Supervision of Lithuania’s tourism sector insufficient, auditors say
Implementing the Public Audit Programme of 2015, National Audit Office of Lithuania has already conducted one third of the financial (regularity) audits and prepared their reports. The report of the audit of the Ministry of Economy has been presented to the public – how Ministry as well as institutions under the Ministry performed the delegated functions and used the funds allocated for the implementation of various programmes during 2014, the Office reports. […]
Defence
NATO jets scrambled three times to accompany Russian planes over Baltic Sea
NATO fighter jets, stationed in Lithuania as part of NATO’s Baltic air policing mission, were scrambled three times on Wednesday to identify and accompany Russian planes flying over the Baltic Sea. […]
Society
Rescuers reach Lithuanian group in Tian Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan
Rescuers have reached a group of Lithuanian travellers stuck on the Tian Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan. The group is now being led down, and the rescuers will also bring the body of a female traveller killed during a stone fall. […]
Society
Education Ministry proposes more classes in Lithuanian at ethnic minority schools
Lithuania’s Ministry of Education and Science has proposed some changes for curricula in ethnic minority schools. […]
Foreign affairs
Russia blocked attempt to ensure justice for MH17 victim families, Lithuanian diplomat says
By vetoing on Wednesday a UN Security Council resolution on setting up a tribunal for those responsible for the Malaysian plane MH17 tragedy, Russia blocked the way for ensuring justice for the families of the victims, Dainius Baublys, a minister counselor at Lithuania’s Permanent Mission to the UN, says. […]
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Kazakh citizen wanted by Interpol detained in Lithuania
Kazakh citizen Syrym Shalabayev was detained in Vilnius on Tuesday after more than two years of being wanted by the Interpol. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Will Russia escape responsibility for MH17 crash?
Since the moment news broke about a downed passenger plane in eastern Ukraine, Russia has adopted a pose of aggressive defensiveness, although no one was making any accusations against it. Officially, the Kremlin maintains it is not a party to the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine and can, at most, act as a mediator between Kiev and the separatists. No one officially disputes that, it is as self-appointed mediator that Russia took part in the Minsk peace talks. […]
Society
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Putin rejects idea of international tribunal on MH17 crash
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated in a telephone conversation with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday that establishing an international tribunal on Flight MH17 crash in Ukraine is inexpedient. […]