Society
Second refugee family leaves Lithuania
A second refugee family — Syrian parents and their three children — have left Lithuania, LNK TV News has reported. […]
Month: September 2016
Defence
First national cyber security exercise kicks off in Lithuania
Lithuania’s first national cyber security exercise, named Cyber Shield 2016, is getting underway on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry said. […]
Uncategorized
Seimas’ speaker drops plans to go to Baku forum co-hosted by Putin
Loreta Graužinienė, the speaker of Lithuania’s outgoing parliament, has changed her plans at the last minute and will not attend a Baku forum co-hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Tuesday. […]
CORPORATE
ELECTIONS. Meet the 15 new faces of Seimas
Following the October Seimas elections, many current members will have to relinquish their seats to newcomers. The Alfa.lt portal looks at the new politicians who can be expected to be seen in Seimas for the […]
CORPORATE
ELECTIONS. Major parties debate higher education reform
Drastically decreasing numbers of students, 82 study programmes shutting down this year due to lack of students, poor study quality and positions in global ratings, these are the problems most prominent in the Lithuanian higher […]
CORPORATE
ELECTIONS. Landsbergis – cabinet scandals and evaluation of PM Butkevičius’ term
The Chairman of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats Gabrielius Landsbergis recently spoke on the Alfa Savaitė show. The main focus of the conversation was regarding the recent efforts of the opposition to initiate interpellations to the scandal hit ministers of national defence and agriculture in order to prevent them from avoiding responsibility. […]
Society
Israeli President Rivlin offers condolences over death of Donskis
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has expressed his condolences to Jolanta Donskienė, the wife of Lithuania’s late philosopher Leonidas Donskis. […]
Society
President awards 46 Jewish rescuers with Life Saving Crosses
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday signed a decree to award Life Saving Crosses to 46 people who rescued Jews from the Holocaust during World War II. […]
Defence
NATO jets in Baltics scrambled to escort 7 Russian warplanes last week
NATO fighter jets serving in the Alliance’s air-policing mission in the Baltic countries last week were scrambled to identify and escort seven Russian military aircraft flying in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Defence Ministry said on Monday. […]
Opinion
Kremlin’s propaganda machine: another weapon, another armed force
When we talk about Russia’s propaganda machine we often imagine it as a perfectly functioning system in which some operator presses a button and moves attached figures towards them. Yet what is it really like? How does Russia’s intricate propaganda mechanism run? What makes it different and is it similar to the way Soviet propaganda operated? […]
Politics
Party membership up to 5% of adults
The number of members of political parties in Lithuania has risen by 3,400 to 118,800 over the past year, which accounts for 5 percent of the country’s adult population, shows data published by Statistics Lithuania on Monday. […]
Foreign affairs
Opposition criticizes Foreign Minister over ties with Cuba
The aspiration of Lithuanian diplomats to develop closer ties with the Communist Cuba has drawn criticism from the opposition – former foreign minister Audronius Ažubalis has accused the Foreign Ministry of dual standards and lack of honesty in statements about democratic values. […]
Politics
Nearly 8% of Lithuanian employees part of trade unions in 2015
The number of members of trade unions was on the decline over the past six years, uniting 92,000 members or 7.7 percent of all employees last year, Statistics Lithuania said on Monday. […]
CORPORATE
ELECTIONS. The most likely coalition governments after elections
With only a couple of weeks remaining to the Seimas elections, the electoral campaigning isn‘t the only thing to reach a fevered peak, so are the calculations and debates on who will form the coalition […]
Economy
Why the new Labour Code is good for Lithuania. Interview
A newly adopted Labour Code is a signal to the investors that investment climate is improving in Lithuania. After the change, labour relations in the country will be more flexible, and this will create better conditions not only for investors but also for employees. At the same time more favourable conditions might be one of the incentives not to emigrate and stay in Lithuania, and this will increase the number of workers in the country. […]
Defence
CORPORATE
ELECTIONS. A problem of ideology for young voters
The three months leading up to a major election such as that to Seimas is filled with debate, political activism and accusations of slander and misinterpretation. No real changes occur, making it a rather dull time. It is, however, a time to consider a key problem that many young voters are faced with. […]
CORPORATE
ELECTIONS: Conservative’s electoral programme highlights
With the elections less than two weeks away the Lithuanian Free Market Institute looks at some of the key points of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) electoral programme and their significance. […]
Global LT
Vilnius should establish World Litvak Museum, restore YIVO institute
Vilnius has been suggested to establish the World Litvak Museum and restore a Jewish research institute, as well as pay tribute to the memory of Jews who contributed to the restoration of Lithuania’s statehood in the government building. […]
Economy
Ex-banker Baranauskas to seek compensation for Snoras nationalisation
Lithuanian businessman Raimondas Baranauskas will seek compensation from the state for the nationalisation of Snoras bank, he said in an interview released on Saturday. […]