Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has reiterated his call on Poland to resolve the issue of funding for the Gas Interconnection Poland-Lithuania (GIPL) project as quickly as possible. […]
Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says that 2,000 volunteers have already enlisted in the Lithuanian Armed Forces for 9-month military service. […]
Estonians continue to be the Baltic nation with the strongest sense of security, while Latvians continue to feel the least secure, according the latest Ergo Security Index. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday adopted amendments on the extension of the service time for professional troops. […]
Limiting Vilnius‘ share of personal income tax revenues collected in the city goes against the Constitution, the Constitutional Court said on Thursday in a ruling that will take effect on January 2, 2016. […]
The Lithuanian justice minister’s blanket rejection of a gender neutral bill to allow civil partnerships contravenes European standards, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Justice Minister Juozas Bernatonis released on Thursday. […]
Lithuania could take in 250 refugees as a voluntary contribution to the European Union‘s efforts to alleviate the Mediterranean migrant crisis, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. According to him, the number of 250 refugees, which the Lithuanian president recently mentioned, matches the country’s capabilities. […]
At the request of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Lithuania, the Seimas, parliament, is holding a presentation of the Ukrainian TV channel Ukraine Today, which is to be launched in Lithuania. The participants at the presentation in the European Information Office on Thursday will be welcomed by Benediktas Juodka, Chair of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs, the press service of the Seimas said. […]
Commenting on recent reports that the rebroadcasting of one more Russian TV channel could be suspended in Lithuania, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that such bans are not the best way to fight propaganda. Instead, he says, Lithuania should create high-quality alternatives. […]
False information was on Wednesday published on the website of the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. An investigation has been launched into suspected hacking, the Ministry of National Defence said on Thursday. […]
Ambassadors do not pop up out of the blue and, for Marius Janukonis, Lithuania’s new Ambassador to Ukraine, the journey has been, he says, “a natural course of the diplomatic career”. But landing a diplomatic post in a country like Ukraine is obviously “a big challenge”, he agrees. […]
The recent sensation around the homophobic Facebook post written by the Lithuanian DJ “Ten Walls” (Marijus Adomaitis) has generated – as usual in these cases – a number of polarized reactions, but most of all has re-opened once again the Pandora’s vase of the admittedly-difficult relation that Lithuania has with homosexuality, especially in times like this, when (finally, if I may add) issues of same-sex marriage are being addressed. […]
The Bank of Lithuania forecasts that this year, due to the worse situation of exporters, the country’s GDP will grow 2 percent. The previous forecast was 2.7 percent. Next year, economic development is projected to accelerate to 3.4 percent (the previous projection was 3.5 percent). […]
The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania, which recently suspended broadcasts of a Russian TV channel, says it has sufficient evidence on violations by another Russian television to ban it from Lithuanian airwaves. […]
The recent homophobic rant by Lithuanian DJ and producer Marijus Adomaitis, known internationally as Ten Walls, and the following outcry will benefit Lithuania, as it will trigger an even more open discussion on homophobia and intolerance, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
The European Parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of a report drafted by Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis on the European Union‘s relations with Russia. […]
At a press conference at the Latvian Foreign Ministry, United States Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute said that Russia‘s aggressive actions in Crimea and Donbas had completely changed the rules of the game. NATO must therefore prepare for future challenges and offer the necessary support to its partners. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has criticized to competence of prosecutors who drafted the indictment for the trial of former Soviet OMON leaders, noting that there are reasons to appeal against last week’s court ruling which cleared the former OMON officers of all charges. […]
The Sunrise Valley Centre for Technology and Innovation is officially opening in the Lithuanian capital on Wednesday. […]
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