Defence
NATO communications exercise gets underway in Lithuania
Around 1,200 troops from 25 NATO member states are taking part in the communications units exercise Steadfast Cobalt, which officially got underway in Lithuania on Sunday. […]
Month: May 2017
Society
Economy
Former VU rector Juodka elected president of Employers’ Confederation
Benediktas Juodka, a former rector of Vilnius University and member of the Seimas, on May 19 was elected president of the Lithuanian Employers’ Confederation, or LDK, for a four-year term. […]
Politics
Popularity of ruling party on decline – poll
The popularity of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and its leaders is on the decline, according to the latest opinion poll conducted by Vilmorus and published by the daily Lietuvos Rytas on Saturday. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Constitutional Court opens MP Pukas impeachment case
Lithuania’s Constitutional Court on Friday approved for consideration the case of MP Kestutis Pukas charged with sexual harassment. […]
CORPORATE
Scandalous alcohol data is analyzed: there is an important mistake in formulas and conclusions
Lithuania has some of the strictest alcohol control restrictions now but alcohol consumption in the country remains very high, says the Chairman of the public institution “European Social, Legal and Economic Projects” (ESTEP) Klaudijus Maniokas. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
CORPORATE
G. Paluckas compliments to A. Butkevičius before the election of the leader of LSDP group
Algirdas Butkevičius, Juozas Olekas and Andrius Palionis should compete for the post of the leader of Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP). This was confirmed by the chairman of the party Gintautas Paluckas, who said that […]
Society
Cigarette packet with explosive thrown in Belarusian Embassy’s territory in Vilnius
A packet of cigarettes containing an explosive device was thrown into the territory of the Belarusian Embassy in central Vilnius on Thursday evening, local authorities said. […]
Defence
Defence
Polish airmen scrambled for 1st time from Lithuania over Russian warplane
Polish fighter-jets serving in the NATO air-policing mission in the Baltic states were for the first time scrambled over a Russian warplane flying above the Baltic Sea. […]
CORPORATE
A.Krupavičius: if this continues, then Lithuanian people will walk away
Lately, we no longer gear arguments amongst Lithuanian political parties over larger strategic questions: they agree on energy, defence, they don’t argue over the new Labour Code. Political scientist Mažvydas Jastramskis didn’t criticize these tendencies: […]
Defence
US special operations chief to visit parliament, observe exercise in Pabrade
General Raymond Thomas, commander of the United States Special Operations Command, is visiting Lithuania on Friday to meet with Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis and observe an exercise in Pabrade, central Lithuania. […]
Lithuania to continue to support Ukraine’s defense, security reforms
Lithuania will continue to support Ukraine‘s defense and security reforms, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius told Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak as they met in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
Society
Lithuanian court tells prosecutors to ask US for more info on fraud suspect
A Vilnius court told the Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office to ask the United States for additional information about Evaldas Rimašauskas, a Lithuanian national who is wanted in America on large-scale fraud charges. […]
Economy
Society
Financial crimes body opens probe into US real estate of ex-president’s widow
Lithuania’s Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) has launched a pre-trial investigation regarding real estate owned by former President Algirdas Brazauskas‘ widow Kristina Brazauskienė and her family members in the United States. […]
Economy
Government to start paying child benefit of EUR 30-50 next year
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the government keeps to its plan to next year start paying a monthly benefit for each child regardless of their parents’ income, but adds that the state cannot afford to pay more than 30 to 50 euros in so-called “child money“. […]
Economy