Defence
Russia rated ‘as a bigger threat than ISIS by NATO’
NATO now sees Russia as a bigger threat than the so-called Islamic State, according to a senior Lithuanian government adviser. […]
Year: 2016
Society
Lithuania to be first Baltic state with ‘stumbling stone’ Holocaust memorials
Brass bricks known as “stumbling stones” will be embedded in the sidewalks of four Lithuanian cities to commemorate victims of the Holocaust.
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Economy
Lithuania’s inflation rate jumps in June
Lithuania’s consumer price inflation rate accelerated in June according to new figures from Statistics Lithuania. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuanian community in Kaliningrad oblast wants a Lithuanian school
Education and Science Minister Audronė Pitrėnienė is meeting on Tuesday with representatives of the Lithuanian community in Kaliningrad to discuss the possibility of opening a Lithuanian school in the Russian exclave.
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Economy
EU approves €191 million funding for Lithuania Rail Baltica project
The European Infrastructure Network Measure (EITP) coordination committee supported the European Union’s financing for the further development of the Rail Baltica project in the Baltics.
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Defence
Lithuania opens National Cyber Security Centre
Lithuania has opened a new National Cyber Security Centre in Vilnius under the authority of the Ministry of Defence that will be responsible for protecting the country’s cyber security and containing attacks.
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Freetime
Storm spectacular: Lithuanians capture ominous clouds as storms drench country
As a rain and hail storm blew through parts of Lithuania on Monday evening, Lithuanians captured impressive photos of ominous shelf clouds bringing torrential rains.
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Economy
New Nato deployment to boost Lithuania’s economy
NATO’s deployment of a multinational battalion to Lithuania will be an opportunity for local businesses to earn money by providing a thousand of German, Belgian, French and other allied troops with food, fuel and other supplies, boosting the local economy.
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CORPORATE
Lithuania’s tax revenues well ahead of target
Lithuanian state tax revenues were 5.4% ahead of target in the first six months of this year, and 7.8% higher than in the same period last year. Preliminary data from the Ministry of Finance shows […]
CORPORATE
Social Democrats cling to top of ratings but face competition as elections approach
Surveys show that if the Seimas elections were to be held next weekend, the Social Democratic party would win in its multi-member electoral districts. The Social Democrats have been the most popular party in Lithuania […]
CORPORATE
Large pig farmers complain of lax regulation of small farmers after new cases of swine fever
The Lithuanian Pig Breeders Association (LKAA) said lax state control of pig producers and indecisiveness by the Ministry of Agriculture and the State Food and Veterinary Service was leading to more cases of African swine […]
CORPORATE
Klaipėda port handles record level of cargo
Klaipėda port handled nearly 20 million tons of cargo in the first six months of this year – almost 5.7% more than in the same period last year. Klaipėda remained the only port in the […]
CORPORATE
How entrepreunerial and risk-taking are Lithuanians?
Only a little over 3% of Lithuanians would start their own business without savings behind them with 55% saying they would never start a business, according to a Vilmorus survey commissioned by DNB Bank. Around […]
Foreign affairs
After Warsaw, now comes the hard part for NATO
With little time to deploy promised troops to the Baltic States and Poland, and serious doubts over what do about the Russian threat in the so-called grey zone of Eastern Europe – Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova – now comes the hard part for NATO’s leaders.
CORPORATE
What are the chances of Lithuania being the target of a terrorist attack?
Across Europe there is widespread fear of terrorist attacks but is Lithuania a possible target for terrorists? […]
Sports
New York Knicks prompt furore by saying Lithuanian Kuzminskas ‘from USSR’
Lithuania’s ambassador to the United States has intervened after the New York Knicks listed their new NBA signing Rolandas Kuzminskas as being from the USSR not Lithuania.
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Society
Government withholds support for proposal to raise minimum age for alcohol from 18 to 20
The Lithuanian Government on Monday withheld support for proposals to raise the minimum legal age for purchasing alcoholic drinks to 20 years from the current 18 years and to allow selling alcoholic beverages only in specialised stores.
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Economy
Government approves plan to implement OECD’s suggestions
Lithuania’s Government has endorsed a plan to implement recommendations made by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Foreign affairs
65,000 Lithuanians sign petition against Belarus nuclear plant
Nearly 65,000 Lithuanians have signed a petition to block a new Belarusian nuclear power plant that could lead to a new law preventing it from exporting electricity. […]
Foreign affairs
‘Putin has persuaded NATO members that Russia is a threat’
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions have persuaded all NATO member-states that his country is a real threat, said Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite.
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