Defence
Year: 2016
Politics
Karbauskis calls for regulating MPs vacations by law
Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), says that lawmakers’ vacations must be formally regulated by law and that this issue will be addressed while reviewing the Seimas Statute. […]
Energy
EU aid for Klaipėda FSRU purchase to depend on Latvia, Estonia – EnergMin
Lithuania’s talks with the European Commission on EU funding for the acquisition of the Klaipėda liquefied natural gas ( LNG) terminal’s vessel will depend on whether Latvia and Estonia recognize it as a regional facility, Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said. […]
Politics
President backs initiative to move Seimas’ elections to spring
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė backs the Peasant and Green Union’s initiative to hold the next parliamentary elections half a year earlier. […]
Society
Vilnius mayor expect state of emergency over sewage spill to be lifted shortly
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius expects that the state of emergency that has been declared in the capital due to an environmental disaster will be lifted shortly. […]
Economy
Minister describes sewage pipe burst in Vilnius as major environmental disaster
Lithuanian Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas on Tuesday described a recent major sewage spillage into the River Nėris in Vilnius as one of the largest environmental disasters of recent years, adding that the exact damage to the environment will assessed shortly. […]
CORPORATE
Review: who were better of in 2016?
With talks of “everything was better and cheaper with the litas” settling down, tv3.lt calculates who had the best 2016, compared to last year. Economists note that the greatest happiness visited the services sector, while […]
Global LT
Several hundred Litvaks granted Lithuanian citizenship after legal amendments
Several hundred applications for Lithuanian citizenship have already been approved since the country amended the law last June to ease the rules for descendants of Jews who left Lithuania in the interwar period to apply for a Lithuanian passport. […]
Opinion
Drinking and driving. A sobering experience after the facts
Over the last year, there has been a lot of attention to alcohol problems in general and drinking and driving in particular. A high-profile civil servant, a TV personality and more recently a candidate for Minister of Justice received a lot of negative publicity following arrests for drinking and driving. They are all part of more than 2,500 drivers caught by the police for drinking and driving. Not just damaging to a career, it is also a very expensive experience. […]
CORPORATE
Budget 2017 – who will be better of next year?
The President and the new government have stressed a number of times that one of the greatest tasks for next year would be to reduce social segregation. The 2017 budget allocates over half a billion euro to social needs. The Prime Minister promises larger pensions, wages are to rise for educators, police officers. However the Seimas opposition says that without structural reform, it will be difficult to reduce poverty and social segregation. […]
CORPORATE
Exclusive interview with the President
In an exclusive interview to TV3, President Dalia Grybauskaitė revealed how the new ministers were appointed. The President also responded warmly about the new Seimas and cabinet and asked people to be understanding to the […]
Energy
LNG competence centre to open its doors in Klaipėda
Opening of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) competence centre in the seaport is a significant event for the Lithuanian LNG cluster members in the outgoing year 2016. A modern training infrastructure, which was marshalled in business incubator of Klaipėda University (KU), will serve the LNG terminal engineering students, as well as the specialists from Lithuania and abroad working in that field, the Klaipėda University stated in a press release. […]
Uncategorized
Economy
Specialized liquor stores could open in Lithuania in 2018 – HealthMin
Specialized retail stores for alcoholic beverages could be opened in Lithuania in 2018, Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said. […]
Politics
Seimas has made no big mistakes yet – President
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the country’s new parliament has so far made no big mistakes in its work, welcomes lawmakers’ enthusiasm to combat alcohol abuse and calls on the general public not to rush into criticizing the ruling coalition. […]
Society
Russian embassy opens condolence book for plane crash victims
The Russian embassy in Vilnius has said that members of the public will be able to sign a book of condolences for the victims of Sunday’s plane crash near Sochi. […]
Freetime
Merry Christmas from the Lithuania Tribune
The Lithuania Tribune team would like to wish all our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. […]
Society
Society
Defence
Russia’s actions in Lithuania may be disguised as terrorism
Russia and Belarus may be acting in Lithuania under the disguise of terrorism, says Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department. […]