Society
Medium speed cameras installed in Lithuania
Lithuania’s police have started installing speed cameras that record a vehicle’s medium speed in a certain section, rather than its instant speed. […]
Year: 2015
Politics
EC calls on Lithuania to transpose EU legislation on in-vitro fertilization
The European Commission has requested Lithuania to transpose provisions of EU directives on quality and safety standards for medical procedures involving reproductive cells. […]
Economy
Two CEOs detained for attempt to bribe Lithuanian Competition Council employee
Officials of Special Investigation Service (STT) detained two CEOs for an attempt to bribe an employee of the Lithuanian Competition Council (KT). The KT‘s employee refused to accept 14,000-euro bribe, an equivalent of the employee’s annual salary, in exchange for a favourable decision in a suspected bid rigging case. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s airports report healthy upturn in operating results
It has been a good year so for Lithuania’s airports with traffic across its three biggest gateways up by 11% in the first five months of 2015. […]
European Union
Lithuanian government gives approval for Greece bailout talks
The Lithuanian government on Thursday approved in principle the European Commission‘s decision to negotiate, together with the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, with Greece on financial assistance to the country under the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). […]
European Union
EU Commissioner Andriukaitis: Countries themselves should decide whether to import GM feed
The European Commission wants that EU member states themselves decide if to import genetically modified (GM) animal feed, just like they decide if to grow genetically modified organisms (GMO), EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis said on Thursday. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuanian minister in charge of making Ukraine economy more efficient: 400 ministry staff gone in 7 months
Many Lithuanians follow closely developments in Kiev, where Aivaras Abromavičius, a 39-year-old Vilnius-born businessman, has been put in charge of Ukraine‘s ministry of economy and trade. He is one of several foreigners invited by Ukraine’s current leadership who decided it takes an outsider to tackle corruption and inefficiency that plagues the country’s economy. […]
European Union
Lithuania’s Labour Party says its ministers will not back Greek bailout plan
Lithuania’s Labour Party said on Thursday its ministers would not back the proposed Greek bailout plan, calling for a ruling coalition’s meeting on the issue. […]
Foreign affairs
Society
Foreign affairs
President Obama challenges critics on historic nuclear deal with Iran
US President Barack Obama was fully on the offensive on Wednesday to let the world know that the deal with Iran was the best deal preventing that country from obtaining nuclear weapons. […]
Economy
Could immigration ease Lithuania’s labour shortage?
What should Lithuania make of the European Union’s intention to distribute refugees, who are coming in droves to Italy and Greece, among all member states? Economists at the Baltic Investors Forum discussed whether these people could help solve the country’s labour force shortage. […]
Society
Society
U-turn on excavation of WWII mass grave found in Šiauliai
The authorities in Lithuania’s northern city of Šiauliai have decided against excavating remains from a recently discovered World War Two mass burial site due to concerns from the Jewish community. […]
Defence
Volunteers should be enough for mandatory service, Lithuanian defence minister says
Volunteers should be enough for carrying out mandatory military service, Lithuanian National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas says, adding that no additional men might be conscripted. […]
Politics
Defence
Lithuanian defence ministry to propose pay raise for professional troops
Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence will propose raising pay for professional troops. […]
Politics
Lithuanian MP urges to establish no-flight zones for drones
Chair of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defence, Artūras Paulauskas, has appealed to the Association of Local Authorities urging all municipalities of Lithuania to establish no-flight zones for drones. […]
Politics
Economic adviser leaves Lithuanian president’s team
Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters, chief advisor on economic issues to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, is leaving the presidential team after working less than a year. […]
Culture
Lithuanian president opens exhibition in Sforza Castle on historic Lithuania-Milan ties
President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is in Italy on a working visit, has opened an exhibition entitled Historical Ties between Milan and Lithuania: Bona Sforza and the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania in Milan’s Sforza Castle, the presidential press service said. […]