Defence
Month: October 2016
Politics
Culture
Focus on Lithuanian film in Ukraine
The 46th Kiev International Film Festival ‘Molodist‘ will begin tomorrow with the participation of Lithuania as a guest country. The programme of the festival will include the latest Lithuanian films and a special section dedicated to the filmmaker Vytautas Žalakevičius. […]
Defence
Deployment of Patriot missiles in Lithuania being considered
The deployment of Patriot long-range air defence systems in Lithuania as part of NATO’s multinational battalion that is to arrive in the country next year is being considered, the chief of the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces said on October 20. […]
Defence
Uncategorized
Russia demonstrates aggression, situation shouldn’t be escalated-Grybauskaitė
Russia‘s increasingly active military actions are a geopolitical threat to the Western world, however, the situation should be deescalated to avoid major military conflicts, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in Brussels on Thursday. […]
Society
Kaunas family to be awarded as Righteous Among Nations
Israel’s Ambassador to Lithuania Amir Maimon will Friday award the Yad Vashem medal and honors of Righteous Among the Nations to the Blažaičiai family, which risked their lives during World War II to rescue Jews from Nazi genocide. […]
CORPORATE
ELECTIONS. Incredible fortune – the disappearance of A. Paleckis’ loan
The image of the controversial candidate to Seimas in the Vilnius Naujoji Vilnia district Algirdas Paleckis, who cannot boast any big income, is fairly paradoxical. He has received considerable sums from what is suspected to be the unemployed and pensioners, lives in a house on Laurai street, while a half million litas loan mysteriously up and vanished following some scandalous rhetoric from Paleckis, who had no income to cover the loan himself. […]
CORPORATE
ELECTIONS. Butkevičius’ on unsteady footing – potential replacements
With the poor Social Democrat (LSDP) performance in the multi-mandate electoral district, earning only 13 mandates, discussions have sprung up in the party, on potentially selecting a replacement for PM Butkevičius. The man in question does not deny such a possibility either, expressing no attachment to the position of party chairman. […]
CORPORATE
Will Conservatives ignore ‚Russian skeleton’ in Karbauskis’ wardrobe?
The Conservatives (TS-LKD) have taken a far more moderate stance today compared to when two years ago they released a party document titled “The Soft Russia‘s Containment Strategy” (Minkštoji Rusijos sulaikymo strategija“), among the contents […]
CORPORATE
ELECTIONS. two reasons for a “Peasant” – Social Democrat coalition
Lithuania, as other countries, has a number of tales where a young girl or third brother reach a fork in the road and have to choose between the left and the right. While the elections […]
Uncategorized
Lithuania doesn’t rule broadening natl sanctions against Russia
Lithuania does not rule out broadening its national sanctions against Russia if the European Union fails to do so at the bloc’s level, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has said. […]
Opinion
Gorbachev had to have known about the January 13 Vilnius assault
I read with interest the BNS October 17, 2016 article, published in the EN.DELFI by the Lithuania Tribune “Lithuanian court rules to question Gorbachev in coup trial” as my Ph.D. in history research at the University of Tartu, Estonia is on “Why the Soviet use of Coercive Force in the Baltic Republics Failed in 1990-1991 and Led to the End of the Soviet Union.” The most important part of this BNS article was not the headline of the Lithuanian court ruling to request the questioning of Gorbachev, which will never happen. Rather, the statement that “…Lithuanian prosecutors said that the available evidence did not lead to a conclusion that Gorbachev was aware of the intended military action and failed to take measures to prevent it.” […]
Economy
Foreign affairs
Linkevičius: there are signs of Russia meddling in US presidential race
There are indications in the US election campaign that other states are meddling in the presidential race, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Thursday, referring to Russia. […]
Society
President says to recommend new govt to learn from Finland’s education reform
Noting that university mergers are inevitable in Lithuania, President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that she will recommend that the new government learn from Finland’s successful higher education reform experience. […]
CORPORATE
A few days to ELECTIONS – deciding factors. Analysis
This Seimas election is changing the Lithuanian political map. The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) are two entities which will dominate political life for the next […]
Society
Child pornography ring cracked in Lithuania in international operation
In an international operation against sexual abuse of children, officers of the Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau have established eight individuals distributing a large number of pornographic files featuring small children. […]
CORPORATE
ELECTIONS. SocDems after losing – three alternatives for their future
The biggest loser in this Seimas election has been the Labour Party, having failed to pass the 5% vote barrier. That said, no less a blow was that to the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) which had been dominant in ratings nigh on up to election day. What do the Social Democrats need to do after this loss to Gabrielius Landsbergis’ Conservatives and Ramūnas Karbauskis’ “Peasants”? […]
Defence
Efforts against terrorism, domestic violence in focus of public security plan
Lithuania’s government on Wednesday revised the public security development plans, stepping up the focus on efforts against terrorism and domestic violence. […]