Economy
Bank of Lithuania expects 2.6% GDP growth
The Bank of Lithuania expects the country’s economy to grow 2.6%, leaving its earlier projections unchanged.
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Year: 2016
Politics
Lithuanian leaders give their reasons for not joining Baltic Pride march
Lithuania’s president, parliamentary speaker and prime minister say they will not join the Baltic Pride march this weekend in show of support of the country’s LGBT community. […]
Defence
Lithuania wants to buy defence systems from Norwegian government
Lithuania would buy the NASAMS medium-range missile defence systems from the Norwegian government, not directly from the manufacturer Kongsberg, Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas says.
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Culture
Free Little Library, Bibliotekėlė, offers children’s books in Vilnius Bernardinai Garden
On Tuesday, a new little free library opened in Bernardinai Garden (Bernardinų sodai) in Vilnius.
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Uncategorized
Russian students to visit Soviet army cemeteries in Lithuania
A group of university students from Russia are coming to Lithuania in mid-July to take care of the graves of Soviet soldiers, Lietuvos Žinios reports.
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Society
Memorialising Lithuanian deportees who perished in Siberia
Tens of thousands of Lithuanians were deported by Stalin to Siberia during and after World War Two. Villages in the distant reaches of Russia still bear traces of Lithuanian deportee communities, although time and neglect are taking toll on Lithuanian cemeteries.
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Society
Has Lithuania’s 5-year-old law against domestic violence yielded results?
A conference to be held in the parliament (Seimas) will review Lithuania’s law against domestic violence, which was passed five years ago, how it has worked, and how it might be changed.
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Economy
Swedbank transfers investment services to Vilnius
The Swedish Swedbank banking group has transferred a significant portion of its investment fund and investment portfolio administration services to a branch in Vilnius.
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CORPORATE
Seimas eases rules for initiating referenda
The Lithuanian parliament has adopted amendments to the Law on Referendum, simplifying rules for citizens’ legislative initiatives. Groups who wish to call a referendum will be able to collect citizens’ signatures online. Moreover, they will […]
CORPORATE
Lithuanian carriers joined protest rally in front of EC
On Tuesday, a delegation of 10 truck drivers from the Lithuanian National Road Carriers organisation Linava joined an international protest outside the European Commission‘s headquarters in Brussels against new protectionist EU laws which carriers say […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania to showcase its products in world’s second-largest seaport
Lithuania is planning to open a trading house for Lithuanian products in China‘s city of Ningbo. The exhibition hall would be used for Lithuanian businesses to present their products, to look for trading partners, to […]
CORPORATE
Lithuanian industrialists criticise government’s energy strategy
Lithuania’s industrialists criticised the new state energy strategy for a lack of investment attraction measures that would improve Lithuania‘s competitiveness and economic development. Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis agreed that the burden on the industry […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania may lose millions of EU funding for projects with Russia
The European Union has allocated €16 million for joint cross-border cooperation projects between Lithuania and Russia, but the money will be available only if Lithuania submits an application to the European Commission by the end […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania leads EU in drug overdoses
Last year 90 people died of drug overdoses in Lithuania. Although Lithuania leads the EU in overdose-related deaths, the country has failed to adopt other countries’ best practices. Lithuania suffers from the highest numbers of […]
Defence
NATO ministers agree on four battalions in Baltics and Poland
NATO defence ministers have agreed on stationing four international battalions in the Baltic States and Poland in a show of support for uneasy members.
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Society
Orlando shooting bares the face of homophobia in Lithuania
An attack in a gay bar in Orlando, Florida, shocked the world just one week before an LGBT pride event in Lithuania. Some of the reactions to the news from Orlando made it clear that homophobia is still a huge problem in the country.
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Defence
Economy
Lithuanian exporters ‘will start turning towards China’ in two years
China has been identified as a tempting new market for Lithuanian exporters, but few producers, outside the food industry, are making any forays into the world’s most populous market.
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European Union
Russia receives €150,000 fine and suspended disqualification over UEFA riots
After riots broke out at a football match between Russia and England, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has hit Russia with a €150,000 fine and a suspended disqualification.
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Uncategorized
Former Russian prisoner Nadiya Savchenko planning visit to Lithuania
Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian fighter pilot and lawmaker who was recently released from Russian custody in a prisoner swap, is planning her visit to Lithuania.
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