January 2016 - Page 3 of 20 - the Lithuania Tribune

Partnership with Poland should be Lithuania’s key foreign policy priority, says former ambassador to US

January 28, 2016 Vladimiras Laucius 0

Many in Lithuania have been criticizing Poland‘s new government, but former Lithuanian ambassador to the US Žygimantas Pavilionis believes that the return of a strategic partnership between Poland and Lithuania should be our greatest foreign policy priority. According to Pavilionis, those now criticising the Polish government are the same people that accepted Barack Obama‘s attempts to reset the US relationship with Russia and improve the EU’s relationship with Russia. […]

Maltese man fights extradition to Lithuania quoting ‘inhumane’ prison conditions

January 27, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

A man arrested in Malta on Lithuania-issued arrest warrant is fighting extradition, saying conditions in Lithuanian prisons are inhumane. […]

Belarus lifts ban on fish imports from Lithuania

January 27, 2016 BNS 0

Belarus has lifted the ban on Lithuanian companies shipping fish products into the country, according to Lithuania’s chief veterinary officer. […]

Lithuania raises €38m from telecommunications spectrum auction

January 27, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian national telecommunications regulator RRT raised €38 million from an auction of spectrum in the 900 MHz and 1,800 MHz bands for mobile phone companies. […]

Sanctioned consumer credit company resumes operations in Lithuania

January 27, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

4finance Group S.A., a Riga-based online and mobile consumer lending group, has announced it has re-started lending operations in Lithuania through its subsidiary UAB Credit Service under the group’s brands Vivus and SMSCredit. […]

Serious problems with secret criminal intelligence laws found by Seimas committee

January 27, 2016 BNS 0

Existing Lithuanian laws allow for political manipulation using classified criminal intelligence reports, an investigation by the Lithuanian Seimas Committee on Legal Affairs has revealed. […]

2016 budget boosts money for road development and maintenance

January 27, 2016 BNS 0

The road maintenance and development program (KPPP) finance estimates submitted by the Ministry of Transport and Communications were approved by the government on Monday. The amount earmarked for road development and maintenance was €454 million, or 16.8 percent, larger than it was in 2015. […]

Lithuanian exporters see no dangers in doing business with Poland

January 27, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

After Lithuanian economist Nerijus Mačiulis said recently that the new government in Poland made the country as unpredictable a business partner as Russia, Lithuanian businesspeople counter him by insisting they do not see any threats in doing business with the neighbouring country. […]

Veolia’s suit against Lithuania is ‘distraction’, energy minister says

January 27, 2016 BNS 0

Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis says that the arbitration case to be filed against Lithuania by the French group Veolia is a distraction tactic, adding that the government might counter-sue over violations by its subsidiary Vilniaus Energija. […]

Kaunas cuts its debt by €45m

January 27, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The city of Kaunas and its municipal companies have have cut their debts by €45 million over the last nine months. […]

Lithuania offers more civil, political freedoms than Latvia, fewer than Poland, Estonia

January 27, 2016 BNS 0

Lithuania is doing better in ensuring civil and political liberties than Latvia but lags behind neighbours Poland and Estonia, according to the World Freedom Index published on Wednesday. […]

Cast and crew watch BBC’s War and Peace screening in Vilnius

January 27, 2016 David van Roon 0

The first screening of the BBC’s War & Peace in Vilnius this Saturday saw some of the heavy hitters of the Lithuanian film and culture industry mingle with the British BBC crew. With the BBC having shot this major production in Lithuania and the implementation of new tax incentives, the country’s film industry is seeing a surge. […]

Prosecutor wants Supreme Court to interview Lithuanian President in spokeswoman’s case

January 27, 2016 BNS 0

A State prosecutor filed an appeal against the acquittal of presidential spokeswoman Daiva Ulbinaitė on charges of leaking a state secret, stressing at the Supreme Court on Wednesday that President Dalia Grybauskaitė should also be interviewed in the case. […]

New rail shipments to Italy to open up export routes

January 27, 2016 LT Daily 0

Lithuanian Railways has begun regular shipments between Lithuania and Italy that will open export routes for Lithuanian goods. […]

Ethics Commission to decide whether to open investigation into Education Minister’s trip

January 27, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s Ethics Commission will decide whether to open an investigation into the controversy surrounding the Minister for Education and Science, Audronė Pitrėnienė, bringing her husband with her on an official trip to London. […]

‘Full justice’ in Jan 13 coup case cannot be achieved without charging Gorbachev, says Landsbergis

January 27, 2016 BNS 0

Justice will not be achieved in full in the January 13, 1991, attempted coup case without the presence of the former leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, according to Lithuania’s first post-independence leader, Vytautas Landsbergis. […]

French group Veolia sues Lithuania for €100m

January 27, 2016 BNS 0

The French group Veolia, which owns heating companies in Lithuania, is suing the country for €100 million at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington. Veolia is demanding compensation for losses it allegedly sustained due to unfair treatment by the Lithuanian government. […]

Month: January 2016

Partnership with Poland should be Lithuania’s key foreign policy priority, says former ambassador to US

Maltese man fights extradition to Lithuania quoting ‘inhumane’ prison conditions

Belarus lifts ban on fish imports from Lithuania

Lithuania raises €38m from telecommunications spectrum auction

Sanctioned consumer credit company resumes operations in Lithuania

Serious problems with secret criminal intelligence laws found by Seimas committee

2016 budget boosts money for road development and maintenance

Lithuanian exporters see no dangers in doing business with Poland

Veolia’s suit against Lithuania is ‘distraction’, energy minister says

Kaunas cuts its debt by €45m

Lithuania offers more civil, political freedoms than Latvia, fewer than Poland, Estonia

Cast and crew watch BBC’s War and Peace screening in Vilnius

Prosecutor wants Supreme Court to interview Lithuanian President in spokeswoman’s case

New rail shipments to Italy to open up export routes

Ethics Commission to decide whether to open investigation into Education Minister’s trip

‘Full justice’ in Jan 13 coup case cannot be achieved without charging Gorbachev, says Landsbergis

French group Veolia sues Lithuania for €100m

Hearings of January 13 coup case adjourned as lawyer falls ill in court

Klaipėda CHP plant generates record amount of power

Lithuanian-Indonesian partnership could lift both economies