January 2017 - Page 2 of 14 - the Lithuania Tribune

Court opens case of bilingual street signs in Vilnius

January 30, 2017 BNS EN 0

A Vilnius court on Monday opened hearings into the bilingual street signs in the Lithuanian capital. The government’s representative says that non-Lithuanian signs run counter to the law and may instigate hatred, while the municipality maintains the signs are merely a decorative element. […]

Scandal took toll on ‘Peasants’, Karbauskis’ ratings

January 30, 2017 BNS EN 0

The scandal surrounding car lease and relationship with MP Greta Kildišienė has affected the rating of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) and its leader Ramūnas Karbauskis, says sociologist Vladas Gaidys. […]

67% Lithuanians agree NATO battalion will help deter hostile states

January 30, 2017 BNS EN 0

Some 67 percent of Lithuanian residents agree that the international NATO battalion under establishment in Lithuania will help deter hostile countries, shows a poll published on 27 January. […]

Politicians focus on child’s rights after violence against 4 years old

January 30, 2017 BNS EN 0

The death of a 4-year-old boy in Kėdainiai, central Lithuania, after severe beating at home has caused Lithuanian politicians and public to again shift their attention to the situation of child’s rights. […]

Brutal violence against children up in Lithuania – doctor

January 30, 2017 BNS EN 0

At least one child beaten at home is admitted to the Lithuanian Kaunas Clinic every month, and the number of brutal violence against children is increasing, says Rimantas Kevalas, the head of the Children’s Hospital of the Kaunas Clinic. […]

PM to meet Estonian leaders, sign Rail Baltica deal in Tallinn

January 30, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is going to Tallinn on Monday to meet with the country’s leaders and sign the agreement on European-gauge Rail Baltica railway. […]

Why there is no transport strategy in Lithuania?

January 27, 2017 Media Briefing 0

The transport sector’s contribution to the country’s GDP is over 13%, but Lithuania has no clear transport strategy which could be implemented. The representatives of various fractions in Seimas doubt whether consensus could be reached regarding this among the national parties. […]

Sabatauskas, Palionis join race for leadership of SocDems

January 27, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian MPs Julius Sabatauskas and Andrius Palionis on Friday announced plans of running for leadership of the ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party. […]

President calls for centralized decision on child removal from family

January 27, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called for resumed discussion on centralization of protection of child‘s rights. […]

Hundreds of candles lit outside Seimas against violence against children

January 27, 2017 BNS EN 0

After the tragic death of a 4-year-old after beating in his home in Kėdainiai, central Lithuania, a civil campaign was held outside the parliament on Friday aimed at stepping up efforts against violence against children. […]

Court issues arrest warrant for murdered child’s mother, stepfather

January 27, 2017 BNS EN 0

A Lithuanian court has issued arrest warrants for the mother and stepfather of the 4-year-old boy who died of severe beating early on Friday. […]

‘Peasants‘s fugitive MP Matelis on the car lease scandal

January 27, 2017 Media Briefing 0

“All the means of psychological pressure remind me of Lithuanian history of some 25 years ago. The impression is such that the person was, like an embryo, frozen and now thawed, talking on the same […]

Finland, Sweden to consider training along with NATO force

January 27, 2017 BNS EN 0

Finland and Sweden will consider the possibility of their troops training along with NATO forces being deployed to Lithuania, the country’s chief of defense said. […]

Karbauskis on car lease story – I would have acted differently if I knew about theft

January 27, 2017 Egle Samoskaite 0

With Greta Kildišienė relinquishing her Seimas member mandate, the head of the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) refrained from comments for a time. The politician told Delfi that he feels attacked and persecuted, with […]

National paying agency probed over old projects – AgrMin

January 27, 2017 BNS EN 0

Searches conducted by Lithuania’s Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) at the National Paying Agency (NPA) were part of a probe into projects administered by Saulius Silickas, a former head of the agency in charge of allocating EU and national agricultural aid funds, Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas said on Friday. […]