Defence
Statements about Russians landing in Lithuania were ‘hypothetical’, MP says
MP Artūras Paulauskas says his statements several weeks ago about a possible landing of Russian forces on the Lithuanian coast were “hypothetical”. […]
Month: April 2016
CORPORATE
British universities start flying over Lithuanian students
A British university is to fly 15 potential students from Lithuania to Britain to visit the university, see its facilities and meet its teaching staff – something unheard in Lithuanian universities. “I do not know […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania to help rehabilitate wounded Ukrainian soldiers
Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas opened NATO week in Kiev on Monday and agreed to bring 11 wounded Ukrainian soldiers to Lithuania for rehabilitation. Olekas also met with Ukrainian Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak and discussed […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania in world‘s top 10 for leasing finance
Lithuania has the ninth highest level of leasing finance in the world with lease agreements signed amounted to more than a billion euros last year in Lithuania. A third of leasing finance was used for […]
CORPORATE
Austrian Group completes takeover of Lukoil petrol stations
Austrian Group Amic Energy Management has completed its takeover of Lukoil petrol stations in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, according to Ivanas Paleičikas, the head of Lukoil Baltija talking on LRT Radijas. Paleičikas said the Austrian […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania gets first university endowment fund
The first university endowment fund has been established in Lithuania by Vilnius University with an initial €1 million raised from supporters. Called the Vilnius University Foundation, the endowment fund was supported by Lithuanian laser companies […]
CORPORATE
Why Lithuania’s tax system is increasing inequality
Lithuania’s taxation system is conducive to social inequality with a disproportionate burden falling on labour income, and taxes on capital half that of the European Union average, according to leading economists. […]
Society
January 13th trial tells of fears of violent coup in aftermath of Lithuanian independence
Concerns about the Soviet plot to overturn Lithuania’s legitimate administration could always be felt in the years following the restoration of Lithuanian independence, said Lithuania’s then-MP Vincas Ramutis Gudaitis. […]
Energy
Society
Vilnius to tear down illegal structures in Roma settlement
Authorities are to tear down illegally erected structures in Vilnius Roma settlement alongside measures to integrate members of the Roma community, Vilnius Deputy Mayor Gintautas Paluckas has said, adding that the demolition will start as soon as a family occupying the building moves out. […]
Politics
Global LT
13-year-old boy fighting chronic illness plans toy donation to Lithuanian orphanage he came from
Gytis Snyder, a 13-year-old boy from Franklin, Tennessee, has led an effort to collect several shopping carts full of toys for an orphanage for disabled or chronically ill children in Lithuania. The orphanage has special significance for the young boy, who is fighting cystic fibrosis – it is the orphanage from which his parents adopted him when he was just 5 years old. […]
Global LT
Sports
Lithuania faces possible ban from Eurobasket 2017
Lithuania is among 14 nations that could be banned from Eurbasket 2017, the media has reported, but the country’s basketball federation cautions that FIBA has only asked for clarification and has not yet sanctioned Europe’s silver medallists. […]
Culture
Kino Pavasaris winners announced as film festival wraps up
Now that the Kino Pavasaris International Film Festival in Vilnius is over, the winners of the festival’s top honours can finally be reviewed. Among notable winners from around the world was the first-ever victory of a Lithuanian film at the festival. […]
Politics
Olympic champions become coveted trophy for Lithuania’s political parties
Several political parties would like to have a Lithuanian Olympic champion Virgilijus Alekna in their candidate lists during October’s general elections, while the athlete himself says he has not yet made up his mind about going into politics. […]
Economy
Defence
Linkevičius on NATO-Russia meeting: ‘I would like to be wrong in my scepticism’
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says he is sceptical about NATO‘s plans to hold the first official talks with Russia in two years this week. […]
Defence
Vegetarian menus being prepared for Lithuanian armed forces
On Saturday, the Lithuanian military announced that it would be preparing alternative dietary menus without meat, fish and dairy products. This decision was made after a survey of more than 1,300 conscripts, 29 of whom expressed an interest in alternative diets. […]
Defence
US and Russia in war of words over another military encounter above Baltic Sea
US European Command said on Sunday that a Russian jet had made aggressive manoeuvres near a US reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea, a second incident between Russian and American forces in the region in the past week, Reuters reports. […]