2016 - Page 216 of 222 - the Lithuania Tribune

Lithuanian Swimming Federation splits from Union of Sports Federations ahead of Olympics

January 13, 2016 LT Daily 0

The Lithuanian Swimming Federation (LPF) is leaving the Lithuanian Union of Sports Federations (LSFS), saying that it fails to advance the interests of sports. […]

Chinese companies interested in Rail Baltica contracts

January 13, 2016 LT Daily 0

Chinese representative are coming to Lithuania to inspect Rail Baltica, the European-gauge railway project that will connect the Baltic states and Western Europe with a view to bidding for contracts, LRT reports. […]

New innovative Lithuanian smoke alarm launches globally

January 13, 2016 LT Daily 0

Technological innovation company Eldes has launched a globally unique smoke alarm called Fumerex. […]

Cyber security unit starts operation to protect state systems

January 13, 2016 LT Daily 0

The Centre of Registers has opened an Information Security Operations Centre that will protect the cyber security of public records and state level information systems. […]

Is Vilnius still the least expensive Baltic capital?

January 13, 2016 LT Daily 0

Vilnius is often hailed as the least expensive capital city among the Baltic countries – at least that is what the Lithuanian Statistical Department claims. However, price comparison website Numbeo.com shows that prices in Vilnius are very similar to Riga, and in some cases, even more expensive. […]

Lithuania commemorates day of freedom defenders

January 13, 2016 LT Daily 0

The day of the Defenders of Freedom was commemorated in Lithuania on Tuesday to honour January 13, 1991, the anniversary of the defenders of Lithuanian freedom and the victims of Soviet aggression. Bonfires were burning all around Lithuania as a reminder of the day when the country’s freedom was defended on January 13, 1991. […]

Butkevičius needs to ‘rethink position on emigration’, say experts

January 13, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

Demographic experts attacked Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius for saying that increased emigration from Lithuania was down to military conscription, pointing instead to low wages and long term emigration trends as the key reasons behind the increase. […]

Vytautas Landsbergis snubs January 13 events at Seimas

January 13, 2016 LT Daily 0

Vytautas Landsbergis, the first head of state of Lithuania after secession from the Soviet Union in 1990, has caused minor controversy by refusing to participate in January 13 commemoration events in parliament. […]

New Lithuanian political party founded ahead of elections

January 13, 2016 ELTA EN 0

A new political party has been established in Lithuania ahead of general elections in October. In the founding assembly held in Panevėžys, northern Lithuania, last weekend, some 2,600 founding members voted to call the party Increase of Non-Taxable Income (PNPD). […]

Journalist recalls the moment when Soviet troops stormed TV studio on January 13, 1991

January 13, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

On the evening of 13 January 1991, journalist Eglė Bučelytė was broadcasting from the Lithuanian Radio and Television studio in Vilnius when Soviet paratroopers broke into the building to cut off her live broadcast. With the approach of that significant day’s 25th anniversary, Bučelytė spoke to Delfi about her experiences. […]

“These events show to the world that we still savour our freedom”

January 12, 2016 David van Roon 0

Lithuanians all over the world stand in solidarity on the 25th anniversary commemoration of January 1991 events. […]

Will high approval ratings for social democrats translate into election gains?

January 12, 2016 LT Daily 0

As the general elections approach, Lithuania’s political parties have become acutely aware of fluctuations in their popularity ratings. The social democrats, the biggest party in the current ruling coalition, continue to top survey results, but will that translate into votes and, eventually, into parliamentary seats? […]

New tax could end Polish bargains for Lithuanian shoppers

January 12, 2016 LT Daily 0

Lithuanian shoppers, who have gotten used to bargain shopping across the border in Poland, might be forced to change their habits as the Polish government considers a new tax on retailers. […]

Conservative leader Landsbergis refutes suggestions he might not run for parliament

January 12, 2016 LT Daily 0

MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, says he will definitely run in this year’s general elections, refuting earlier suggestions that there might be conditions for his giving up a seat in the European Parliament for one in the Lithuanian Seimas. […]

Local rules need to be explained to refugees, president’s advisor says

January 12, 2016 ELTA EN 0

“Cultural norms” and laws will have to be explained to refugees who will be resettled in Lithuania, says Lithuanian president’s chief foreign policy adviser Renaldas Vaisbrodas. […]

The capital of communication: Kaunas on January 13

January 12, 2016 Daiva Repeckaite 0

“Sometimes I think, how come we weren’t a least bit afraid – even for my husband, who was a Soviet army conscript at the time?” Odeta Barkauskienė, a factory worker at the time of the turbulent events of January 1991, remembers her spontaneous decision to join civil guards of a broadcasting station near Kaunas. […]