European Union
Month: April 2016
CORPORATE
New €10m international logistics centre to open in Vilnius
German capital company Rhenus Svoris along with the investor Norwegian company Baltic Sea Property AS starts are to building a €10 million logistics complex in Vilnius. “This is a long-planned step – we will need […]
CORPORATE
Skills shortage forces Lithuanian engineering companies to look overseas
Lithuanian engineering companies are being forced to look to hire workers from abroad because of a skills shortage in Lithuania. Chief executive of one of the largest engineering industry groups in Lithuania AB Vakarų laivų […]
Society
Afghan interpreter arrives in Lithuania after Youtube plea
Abdul Basir Yoususi, the Afghani refugee who caught Lithuania’s attention in a video revealing himself to have worked as a Lithuanian-speaking interpreter for Lithuanian NATO forces in Afghanistan‘s Ghor province, arrived in Lithuania on Wednesday. […]
CORPORATE
Klaipėda port surpasses Tallinn and Riga with record quarter
Klaipėda Seaport has again broke records for freight traffic in March, now surpassing other eastern Baltic ports. “In March we had a huge growth of loads compared to the same month last year. Traffic was […]
CORPORATE
Almost entire Social Democratic party branch in Druskininkai leaves party
After a more than four-hour-long meeting with the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party’s branch in Druskininkai, Julius Sabatauskas, the chairman of the party’s transparency group and the party chairman’s deputy, confirmed that the party had lost […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania fifth most overweight nation in Europe
Lithuania has the fifth most overweight population in Europe according to new data. In Lithuania, over 60% of men are overweight as well as 44% of women, according to national statistics. About every fifth man […]
CORPORATE
European Union
Lithuania will not support EU asylum system reform until borders secured – Grybauskaitė
Lithuania will not support radical proposals for the overhaul of the refugee system as long as the European Union’s borders aren’t completely secured, said president Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Sports
Lithuania expects ‘at least two medals’ at Rio Olympics
Lithuanian athletes are expected to win at least two medals at Rio de Janeiro Olympic games this summer, says the country’s National Olympic Committee president Daina Gudzinevičiūtė. […]
Uncategorized
Economy
Lithuania’s economy ‘four years behind Estonia’ – Danske Bank
It will take three to four years for Lithuania’s economy to reach where Estonia is today, says Rokas Grajauskas, economist for Danske Bank. […]
Economy
‘Too hard to access information about how taxpayers money is spent’ – watchdog
Lithuanian citizens still have a tough time accessing data about how state institutions are using taxpayer’s money. […]
Society
National Land Service deputy chief detained
Deputy director of the Lithuanian National Land Service, former minister Gintaras Jonas Furmanavičius, was detained by law enforcement officers on Wednesday. The Special Investigation Service says he is suspected of influence trading. […]
Uncategorized
Azerbaijan ambassador compares Nagorno-Karabakh to occupation of Vilnius
Azerbaijan‘s Ambassador to Lithuania Hasan Mammadzada says that the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed Armenian-dominated region, is comparable to the occupation of the Vilnius region which was ruled by Poland in the interwar period. […]
Society
Exclusive 50% student discount offer for the Lithuania Tribune – Lithuanian news in English
The Lithuania Tribune is offering a special student subscription for only €35 a year. That will give you access to all the key news, views, events, culture, music and sports happening in Lithuania every day for a full year. […]
Defence
CORPORATE
Gazprom’s intermediary LT Gas Stream leaving Lithuania
LT Gas Stream, a gas sale intermediary registered in Switzerland, is no longer selling Gazprom‘s gas to Lithuania’s Dujotekana, Verzlo Žinios reports. LT Gas Stream has been selling Russian gas exclusively to Dujotekana since 2008, […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania first in world to regulate peer to business lending
Lithuania is soon to become the first country in the world to regulate lending between enterprises and their customers. “There are many countries which have similar borrowing alternatives, but they do not have regulation. We […]
Society
Lithuania’s star swimmer’s father stuns Gay League with letter
The Lithuanian Gay League invited swimmer Rūta Meilutytė to march in the Baltic Pride event in Vilnius this year, but received an unexpected answer from her father Saulius Meilutis. […]