Month: January 2016

Kaliningrad
CORPORATE

Opinion: Kaliningrad – Kremlin‘s joker in geopolitical poker game with West

January 29, 2016 Vytautas Kersanskas 0

The Kremlin‘s propaganda rarely shocks anymore and hardly registers as news with most people but some of it deserves attention because when a specific propaganda message is repeated over and over, it is done in an attempt to embed it in our minds as being the uncontestable truth. In the case of Kaliningrad, it has to be feared that the Kremlin‘s efforts are an attempt to incite war between the West and Russia. […]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign affairs

Lithuania allocates €20k to refugees in Turkey

January 28, 2016 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday it had allocated EUR 20,000 in humanitarian aid to refugees in Turkey. […]

No Picture
Society

Lithuania refuses residency permit to same-sex spouse

January 28, 2016 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Migration Department has refused to issue a temporary residence permit to a Belarusian man who married his Lithuanian male partner in the Netherlands. […]

CORPORATE

How would Lithuanians react to idea of abandoning hard cash?

January 28, 2016 LT Daily 0

Norway’s biggest bank DNB has called for the country to completely abandon hard cash, but how would Lithuanians react to such a move here? […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
European Union

Lithuanian president on refugees: no documents, no asylum

January 28, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The European Union must prioritize the security of European citizens over that of refugees, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė believes. If that requires reintroducing border controls, so be it, she said in an interview with LRT radio. […]