Politics
Lithuanian parliamentary committee to discuss Greek bailout on Wednesday
The Lithuanian Seimas Committee on European Affairs is scheduled on Wednesday to discuss the Greek bailout plan. […]
Year: 2015
European Union
Society
Broadcast ban on Russian channel expires
The three-month ban to rebroadcast the Russian-language TV channel RTR Planeta in Lithuania has expired. […]
Defence
New commander hopes to attract 3,000 to serve in Lithuania’s volunteer force
The new commander of the Lithuania National Defence Volunteer Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Artūras Jasinskas, hopes to attract up to 3,000 troops to the volunteer forces during his five-year term. […]
European Union
Lithuanian finance minister: Greece must show political will to carry out reforms
Greek authorities must demonstrate their strong political will and approve reform measures agreed after more than 17 hours of overnight talks in order to reach a deal with the eurozone on a new bailout programme, Lithuanian Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius said on Monday. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s social democrats lose popularity as liberals’ rating continue up
Lithuania’s Social Democratic Party has inched down in June while the opposition Liberal Movement continues to strengthen its position, a survey for DELFI has revealed. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Europe needs Greece despite its faults
Will Greece remain part of integrated Europe or will it not, choosing Grexit instead? Europeans, especially the political and non-political commentators, see the Greek situation in a quite primitive way: Greeks had an easy life in the European Union, misusing the funding, constructing irresponsible financial arrangements. Finally they are at the dead end. […]
Foreign affairs
Iran – new and strong player
Not long ago, on 2 April 2015 an agreement was reached in Lausanne, Switzerland, that was referred to as “historic”. The agreement was concluded between The Six (five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council + Germany) and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iran takes the responsibility to reduce the enrichment of Uranium and the West, in return, is ready to lift some sanctions. The Lausanne Agreement was assessed positively. However, there are some sceptics thinking that the Agreement includes particular threats. […]
European Union
European Commission positive about Lithuania’s preparations for EU investment
The European Commission‘s Supervisory Committee has approved selection criteria of 44 projects administered by Lithuania’s Ministries of the Interior, Health, Culture, Transport and Communications that will be financed by the European Union (EU) from the 2014-2020 Financial Perspective. […]
Defence
Lithuania-based NATO jets alerted once by Russian plane last week
NATO Baltic air policing fighter jets were scrambled once last week to intercept and accompany a Russia plane flying over the Baltic Sea, according to Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence. […]
Uncategorized
Latvian president visiting Lithuania
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is on Monday meeting with the President of Latvia, Raimonds Vejonis, who is in Lithuania on an official visit. […]
Society
European Union
Lithuanian president: Future will show if Greece stays in eurozone
The future will show if Greece will stay in the eurozone, but in any case, the European Union will help the country, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Sunday. […]
Economy
Prices of 44 types goods and services go up in June
In June, the average retail prices of 44 of the 100 main homogeneous consumer goods and services monitored by Statistics Lithuania increased. Prices of 39 goods and services decreased while 17 remained the same. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s foreign trade deficit stood at EUR 0.2bn in May
Statistics Lithuania reports that, based on non-final data obtained from customs declarations, Intrastat reporting and VAT returns data, exports in May 2015 amounted to EUR 2 billion, imports – EUR 2.2 billion. […]
Uncategorized
EU to allocate EUR 13.1bn to transport projects, including Rail Baltica
Friday the European Commission‘s record EUR 13.1 billion investment plan for the transport sector came closer to reality, after EU Member States approved the list of projects to receive funding under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), which includes the Rail Baltica high-speed rail project, the European Commission informs. […]
Defence
Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union and State Border Guard Service to step up cooperation
The Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union (LSS) and the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) have signed a cooperation agreement, based on which the two organisations will enhance cooperation and members of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union will assist in protecting the state border. […]
Economy
Society
Lithuania’s population shrank in 2014
On 1 January 2015, the population of the European Union was estimated at 508.2 million, compared with 506.9 million on 1 January 2014. During the year 2014, 5.1 million babies were born in the EU, while 4.9 million persons died, meaning that the EU recorded a positive natural change of its population of 0.2 million, double that of 2013. The remainder of the change is driven mainly by net migration, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union said. […]
Society
Only 3 municipalities in Lithuania provide all social services to elderly
The number of older people in Lithuania is rising (in 1990, pensioners represented 19 percent of the total population, in 2014 – 22.4 percent), the need for social services is increasing, however the supply of services remains poor and hardly accessible, the National Audit Office says. […]