The Lithuanian branch of Transparency International (TILS), an international anti-corruption watchdog, has proposed a range of new measures to make Lithuanian political parties more transparent. They include requirements to publish more information about their financing and to impose stricter sanctions for political campaign financing violations. […]
The European Commission is predicting that the Lithuanian economy will grow by 2.9% this year following a lacklustre performance in 2015. […]
About one tenth of all Lithuanian bank accounts will be scrutinised by the State Tax Inspectorate under a new law that requires banks to share information about depositors with tax authorities. […]
If Russian tanks and troops invaded the Baltic States, NATO forces would be overrun in just under three days, according to a war games simulation by the Rand Corporation, a leading US think tank. […]
The US Justice Department has announced it has accepted Lithuania’s request for extradition of former MP and former judge Neringa Venckienė, said Lithuanian Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė cancelled a planned trip to London where she was to attend an international high-level conference on humanitarian aid to Syria. Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius will take part in the event instead. […]
Lithuanian start-up SailRacer.net has attracted major interest from the sailing market with an innovative, battery-saving and comparatively inexpensive smart sail racing device that feeds data from a boat’s sensors to mobile devices to improve performance. […]
In 2015, 157 new HIV cases – 115 men and 42 women, were recorded in Lithuania by the Centre for Communicable Diseases and AIDS. […]
Governor of the Odessa region of Ukraine Mikheil Saakashvili has expressed his support for the Lithuanian-born Minister of Economy of Ukraine Aivaras Abromavičius after he announced his resignation due what he said was systematic corruption and blocking of important reforms in Ukraine. […]
World-renowned neurosurgeon, scientist and entrepreneur Professor Teodoro Forcht Dagi believes that Lithuania can become an innovative economy on a level with other Western European countries if the relationship between science and business is strengthened and promoted by the state. […]
A restoration of trade relations between Moscow and Brussels should not be expected in the near future, said the European Union Ambassador to the Russian Federation Vygaudas Ušackas in a meeting with the businessmen of the port city of Klaipėda. […]
With the Court of Appeals’ decision to overturn prison sentences for the Labour Party‘s fraudulent bookkeeping, talk has returned to the possibility of the party making a real comeback. The court’s decision was favourable for the Labour Party, but I doubt they can seriously aim for a victory in the Seimas elections. […]
The ambassadors of Western countries in Kiev have expressed their regret over the recent resignation of Ukraine‘s Economic Development and Trade Minister Aivaras Abromavičius, praising him for his efforts in fighting corruption and implementing reforms necessary for Ukraine’s economy. […]
As the presidential race in the United States picks up pace, political analyst Simonas Klimanskis looks at which of the front-runners for the Democratic and Republican parties’ nominations would pursue foreign policies that are in the best interests of the Baltic States and Eastern Europe. […]
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