Society
Month: March 2016
CORPORATE
Lithuania facing a demographic day of reckoning
Over the last 25 years, the population of Lithuania has fallen from 3.7 million to 2.9 million, shrinking by over 1% annually. While predictions of the eventual extinction of the Lithuanian people are premature, the trends are a real cause for concern and will present huge challenges for the country over the coming half-century. […]
Economy
Corruption costing Lithuania up to €8bn a year – EU study
Corruption could be costing the Lithuanian economy up to €8 billion a year, according to a new study of studies published by the European Union. […]
Economy
Sports
Sabonis stock rises despite March Madness elimination
Despite losing out to No.10 seed Syracuse in the last 16 of the NCAA on Friday, Domantas Sabonis is being talked up as a serious NBA prospect and a likely top pick if he decides to enter the 2016 NBA draft. […]
Global LT
Energy
Orlen Lietuva to face competition council investigation
Lithuania’s Competition Council opened an investigation into Orlen Lietuva, suspecting the oil refinery could have sold diesel fuel to one company under preferential terms. […]
Politics
Interior minister agrees to resign
Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday he was ready to resign, adding that he felt he was being forced out of the post. […]
Defence
Culture
Opinion
The European Union is not a security union
In the wake of any shocking event, national governments and officials of the European Union invariably call for more cooperation between member states to prevent anything similar happening in the future. The response to the March 22 terrorist attacks in Brussels has been no different. […]
Economy
Impact of Lithuanians’ ‘Polish shopping’ greatly exaggerated – Presidential adviser
There is no need for such drama over Lithuanians’ shopping trips to Poland with the same cross-border shopping happening between countries across the world, according to Lina Antanavičienė, an adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Defence
Lithuania considers doubling its contribution to NATO Response Force
Lithuania plans to double the number of soldiers it sends to the NATO Response Force as of next year. […]
Culture
Defence
US ambassador to NATO: Lithuanian leaders understand changed security situation
Attacks in Brussels last week were not an assault against NATO, US Ambassador to the North Atlantic Council Douglas Lute tells LRT television. He visited Lithuania last week as part of a NATO delegation ahead of the summit in Warsaw this summer where Lithuania and other eastern Alliance members are seeking greater NATO presence in their territories. […]
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Skvernelis ‘using Peasant-Greens for own advantage’, political scientists say
Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis is taking advantage of participating in upcoming parliamentary election as a frontman for the Peasant and Greens Union without providing a vision for the party, according to political scientists. […]
Politics
Lithuanian foreign minister criticises coalition partner’s plan to block refugees
Lithuania’s Social Democrat Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has criticised coalition partner, the Labour Party‘s proposal to stop more refugees coming to Lithuania, saying such an initiative is excessive and would do more damage than good to Lithuania. […]
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Conservatives ‘in identity crisis’ as Labour party promotes new leader
Both the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats and the Labour Party are trying to promote new faces in the run-up to upcoming elections, but political analysts say the Conservatives are suffering from an identity crisis. […]
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EU gives €53m to develop Lithuanian-Polish border region
Around €53 million of European funding has been designated to promote the development of the Lithuanian and Polish border region. […]