Sports
Basketball: Gudaitis ends Klaipėda’s NBA draft drought
Thursday night Artūras Gudaitis was added to the long list of Žalgiris Kaunas products to have been drafted into the NBA. […]
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Defence
Lithuanian defence chief pledges to strengthen rapid response forces
Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas visited the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces on Thursday and pledged to strengthen the country’s rapid response forces. […]
Economy
Bank of Lithuania introduces new macro-prudential policy instrument
In an effort to counter pro-cyclicality in the financial system and strengthen the credit institutions’ capital base during periods of excessive credit growth, the Bank of Lithuania begins applying a new macroprudential policy instrument, counter-cyclical capital buffer. […]
European Union
Lithuanian president: Mediterranean migrant crisis needs more serious solution
The European Council’s decision to relocate 40,000 refuges from Greece and Italy to other EU member states over the next two years is a symbolic step, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says, adding that the migration problem needs a more serious solution. […]
Politics
Lithuanian opposition parties to snub national agreement on emigration
A national agreement on emigration, initiated by Lithuania’s ruling Order and Justice party, has failed to secure the support of the country’s key political parties. Major opposition parties have no plans of signing it, the Lietuvos Žinios daily reports. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian government approves candidates for ambassadors in US, South Africa and Switzerland
The Government of Lithuania on Friday approved candidates for three ambassadorial positions. […]
European Union
Culture
Two Lithuanian co-productions receive Eurimages funding
Eurimages, the Council of Europe‘s film support fund, extended a grant of EUR 50,000 to the film Deadweight directed by Ignas Miškinis. The film is produced by Tremora (Lithuania) and coproduced by Film Angels Productions (Latvia), reports the Lithuanian Film Centre. […]
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Nordic, Baltic and Poland are Europe’s new front-line states, security report says
Europe’s new front-line states are the Nordic countries, Baltic countries, plus Poland, which share a common concern about a “revisionist and rapidly-rearming Russia”, according to the Baltic Sea Security Report by the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). […]
European Union
Free movement is fundamental for EU, Lithuanian leader tells Cameron
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with British Prime Minister David Cameron in Brussels on Thursday and stressed that any EU reform must not undermine free movement of people, goods, services and capital. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian ambassador in Moscow: Balancing political estrangement and cultural closeness
With the creepy chill in the Lithuanian-Russian relations, the aftermath of the geopolitical square-off between Moscow and Western powers, the trade, amazingly, has taken the beating until this year quite well. “Quite paradoxically, the scope of Russia-bound Lithuanian export rose throughout 2014, while Russia was already gripped by Western economic sanctions,” Remigijus Motuzas, Lithuania’s ambassador to Russia, tells the Lithuania Tribune. This year, bilateral trade has started taking a hit, however. The Lithuanian Embassy in Moscow nevertheless keeps bustling as visitors are unfazed by the roughed up relations. […]
Defence
Amount of US military equipment in Lithuania will vary, defence minister says
The amount of American military equipment deployed in Lithuania will vary, the Baltic country’s National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas says, adding that it would change depending on exercises in Eastern Europe. […]
Economy
Air Lituanica to file for bankruptcy in court
Air Lituanica, an already defunct airline established by the city of Vilnius, will try to open bankruptcy proceedings in court. […]
Society
Alcohol found in blood of An-2 pilot
Alcohol has been found in the blood of Adolfas Mačiulis, one of the pilots of the An-2 plane that crashed flying over the Baltic Sea in mid May. […]
Defence
NATO secretary general on Baltic brigade plea: We assess all requests from all allies
NATO has made major contribution to ensuring security for Eastern Europe and the Alliance will continue assessing allies’ requests and do everything to protect then, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says. […]
Energy
Lithuania talks with Statoil to make LNG terminal more flexible, energy minister says
Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis has not denied that Lithuania is in talks with Norway‘s Statoil on a more flexible schedule of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, saying that various operating modes at Klaipėda LNG terminal and its possibilities are currently being tried out and that the ministry has asked companies related to the LNG facility to prepare for various possible scenarios. […]
Society
Lithuanian university to award honorary doctorate to Polish president
Lithuania’s Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) will award an honorary doctorate to Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski. […]
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Russia is the one that can stop arms race, Lithuanian defence minister says
Only Russia can stop the current arms race with NATO as it is the one carrying out aggressive policies, raising its military budget and militarizing its economy, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president: NATO reacts adequately to changing situation
NATO‘s decision to increase its Response Force capability to up to 40,000 troops and set up headquarters in six Eastern European countries shows that NATO is capable of responding adequately to the changing security situation and making swift decisions, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
Defence