Society
Year: 2016
Defence
Lithuania should boost input to intl operations -Minister of Defence
Lithuania should increase its contribution to international operations, new Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis says. […]
Defence
McCain sees Lithuania’s move to raise defence spending as important signal
Lithuania’s commitment to earmark 2 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) to defence in 2018 is an important signal, Republican Senator John McCain of the United States has said in Vilnius. […]
Defence
Lithuania considers buying combat helicopters – new DefMin
Lithuania considers purchase of combat helicopters, says the country’s new Minister of Defence Raimundas Karoblis. […]
Defence
Lithuanian border guards spot drone flight from Kaliningrad
Lithuanian border guards registered an unmanned aircraft entering the country’s territory from the Russian Kaliningrad region in early hours of December 29. […]
CORPORATE
President – the new government has enough strength to adjust
The new government has been making minor mistakes and has been observed to try and rush things, however it is also perfectly capable of listening to criticism, President Dalia Grybauskaitė told LRT Television in an interview. According to her, the newly elected government has enough strength to adjust and listen to how the people of Lithuania react. […]
Defence
McCain: Lithuania under threat, as Russia aims to restore empire
Lithuania is under threat, as resurgent Russia aims to restore its empire, US Senator John McCain said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
Society
Damage of sewage spill to River Neris may total EUR 300,000
The damage caused to the River Neris by the leak of sewage system in Vilnius may total 300,000 euros, the Lithuanian Environment Ministry said on Thursday. […]
Global LT
Global Lithuania Leaders Awards – the laureates
On Wednesday, December 28, guests and laureates for the Global Lithuania Awards 2016 gathered at the presidential palace. With the now fifth year of these awards, international Lithuanians and Lithuania-related business, culture and science professionals, talents seeking to create a successful and acknowledged Lithuania on the global level were honoured. […]
Politics
PM sees parlt elections as major 2016 event in Lithuania
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis sees the October parliamentary elections, which changed the country’s political map, as the most important 2016 event in the country, noting that the terrorist attacks in Europe were the most important worldwide. […]
Defence
President: US role remains trans-Atlantic security guarantee
At a meeting with United States senators visiting Vilnius on Thursday, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė emphasized the country’s role to trans-Atlantic security. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuania hands note to Belarusian ambassador over incident with Astravyets reactor
Belarusian Ambassador to Lithuania Alexaner Korol was on Thursday handed a note, urging him to provide detailed information about yet another incident involving the body of the reactor of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant under construction in Belarus, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said. […]
Energy
Vilnius Energy co asks Stockholm arbitration to appoint valuers of heating grid
Vilniaus Energija (Vilnius Energy), Lithuania’s biggest district heating supplier controlled by France’s Veolia, has asked the Stockholm arbitration to appoint an independent asset valuer in protest of the valuers selected by the municipal company Vilniaus Šilumos Tinklai (Vilnius Heating Grid, VST ). […]
Defence
US troops should always be in Lithuania – McCain
US troops should be stationed in Lithuania at all times, US Senator John McCain said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
CORPORATE
President signs 2017 state budget
President Dalia Grybauskaitė signed under the 2017 state budget project which already passed in Seimas. […]
CORPORATE
Minister “ban everything” – will absurd situations not occur?
The new government, it would appear, intends to start its work with harsh restrictions. Their newest idea – to ban children’s’ champagne as it supposedly is associated with alcoholism and encouraging alcohol consumption. […]
Defence
Minister of Defence on his plans for national defence infrastructure
Raimundas Karoblis’ name has so far not been well known in Lithuania. A career diplomat with over 20 years of experience, he himself was surprised by the proposal to become Minister of National Defence. He is inheriting a ministry with both an impressively rising budget and at the same time – the taint of corruption, but the former diplomat tells Delfi TV that in the end he decided to operate on the idea of “If need be, then so be it”. […]
CORPORATE
Man of the year of LRT Radio on Jews, Russia and theatre
Playwright Marius Ivaškevičius spoke with LRT Radio about his participation in a march in memory of the Holocaust in Lithuania, his work beyond just playwriting and his relations with Russia. Regarding them he noted that […]
Politics
Prosecutors launch probe into last week’s sewer pipe accident in Vilnius
Prosecutors on Wednesday launched a pre-trial investigation into last week’s sewer pipe accident in Vilnius, the Prosecutor General’s Office said. […]
Defence
Seimas speaker backs idea of military training at schools
Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis supports the re-introduction of military training at schools, an idea raised by Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU). […]