Society
Future leaders of Africa met at International Summer School at MRU
Tomorrow’s leaders of Africa met all this week at the Transparency International (TI) Summer School held on the campus of Mykolas Romeris University. […]
Year: 2015
European Union
Lithuanian president wants ‘objective criteria’ for refugee relocation
Lithuania hopes the relocation of refugees from Greece and Italy to other EU member states will be based on the same GDP and population criteria after EU members states agreed on the resettlement of refugees from third countries, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Friday. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Labour Party holds rally to protest ATM fees
On Friday, representatives of the Labour Party held a symbolic rally outside the Vilnius headquarters of the biggest commercial banks operating in Lithuania – SEB, Swedbank and DNB. […]
European Union
Lithuanian president sees 50-50 chance of Greek deal
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Friday there was a 50-50 chance of reaching agreement with Greece on reforms. […]
Society
Telšiai mayor dies in car accident
Vytautas Kleiva, mayor of Lithuania’s western town Telšiai, was killed in a car accident on Friday. […]
European Union
Lithuanian conservative leader commends new proposal from Greece
Greece‘s decision to prepare an action plan and “tighten belts” is a step forward, says MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis, Chairman of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD). […]
Uncategorized
New Latvian president to pay a visit to Lithuania
Latvia‘s new President Raimonds Vejonis will pay a working visit to Lithuania on 13 July. This will be the first visit of the new leader of the neighbouring country to Lithuania and his second foreign trip after he took the presidential oath. […]
Foreign affairs
Global LT
Lithuania’s national anthem live on American television
During its tour around the world, the national anthem of Lithuania was even heard live on Fox News, the American TV channel with viewership of up to 87 million. With the approaching centennial of Lithuania’s independence, the tradition of singing the national anthem all around the world expands geographically each year and acquires ever more daring and interesting forms. […]
European Union
Lithuania favours Greece staying in eurozone
Lithuanian officials will tell eurozone finance ministers on Saturday and EU leaders on Sunday that Vilnius is in favour of Greece staying in the monetary union. […]
Society
Energy
Stockholm arbitration court completes oral hearing in Lithuania’s dispute with Gazprom
A Stockholm arbitration tribunal’s oral hearing for Lithuania’s suit against Russia‘s gas supplier Gazprom was completed on Thursday after the parties to the dispute made their closing statements. […]
Society
Top ten of Lithuania’s richest people
Nerijus Numavičius, chairman of the management board at VP Grupė which owns grocery store chain Maxima, remains the richest person in Lithuania with estimated assets of 1.3 billion euros, according to a list of the country’s wealthiest people published by the IQ magazine. […]
European Union
EC: 21 new infringement cases opened against Lithuania in 2014
The European Commission has published its annual report on how it monitored the application of Union law in 2014. Twenty one new infringement cases were opened against Lithuania in 2014. […]
Defence
Lithuanian defence minister says there are other alternatives to German G36 rifles
If it transpires that German rifles Heckler & Koch G36 are unreliable, other alternatives will be sought, says Lithuania’s National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas. […]
Economy
Prosecutors to look into Air Lituanica’s legality
Vilnius City Municipality has turned to the Prosecutor General‘s Office asking to investigate if the capital of airline Air Lituanica was formed legally. […]
Politics
Lithuania to accept 85 refugees from non third countries, vice-minister says
Lithuania will accept 85 refugees from third countries, says Vice-Minister of the Interior Elvinas Jankevičius. EU interior minister are also scheduled to hold talks on the relocation of migrants from Greece and Italy on July 20. […]
Defence
Lithuanian online media suspect preparations for major cyber attack
Lithuania’s major online news outlets had their operations disturbed late Thursday night. Experts suspect preparations for a major cyber attack against Lithuania. […]
Opinion
Open letter to anti-Greek Eastern European bloc
Economist Dr.Zoltan Pogatsa believes that the Eurozone states of the former Eastern bloc have been duped by the major powers into firmly opposing Greece. They are being led to believe that Athens is damaging to their economies. It’s all a deception, the Hungarian professional of political economy argues, as Eastern Eurozone members’ money never actually went to Greece, but to Brussels, in order to support the euro. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Tsipras’s attempt to use Communist Youth Lessons on Greece
If we all sat at a table in a tavern, having fun eating and drinking and then decided to vote if we wanted to pay the bill or not, the chances are that most would vote to pay the bill. What would a table like that look like from the side as it flaunts the results of that vote, demanding that the customers’ opinion be respected and their vote not be trampled on? […]