Culture
Lithuania launching campaign Pledge for Lithuania
The campaign Pledge for Lithuania has been launched in Lithuania on Wednesday, with a possibility for anyone to write his pledge in a dedicated book. […]
Month: September 2017
Politics
Most branches of Social Democrats want out of ruling coalition – survey
Some 43 of the 60 branches of the Social Democratic Party want the party to leave the ruling coalition with the Farmers and Greens Union. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
Foreign Ministry says to have no data of Lithuanian citizens injured in Mexico quake
Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it had no information about Lithuanian citizens affected by the powerful earthquake in Mexico. […]
Foreign affairs
President going to Poland next year
President Dalia Grybauskaite intends to go to Poland next year to attend festivities to mark 100-year anniversary of the country’s statehood, inviting her Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, to attend the 100-year statehood anniversary in Vilnius on Feb. 16, the presidential press service said. […]
Foreign affairs
Kremlin unable to curb its hatred to West – President tells leaders at UN
Russia’s leadership is unable to curb its hatred towards the Western world, President Dalia Grybauskaite said in her address to world leaders at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. […]
Economy
European Commission approves Nordea and DNB plans to enter into a merger in the Baltics
The European Commission approved unconditionally the creation of a joint venture between Nordea Bank AB and DNB Bank ASA, in the Baltic States. The Commission assessed the possible competitive effects of the merger on a number of distinct retail and corporate banking markets across the three Baltic countries and concluded that the merger would not raise competition concerns. […]
Politics
Child rights protection reform makes headway in parliament
A child right protection system reform package that, for the first time, sets six years as the minimum age for a child to be left alone is making headway in the parliament. […]
Economy
Parliament reintroduces 9% VAT on heating until 2018
Residents of Lithuania will have smaller heating bills between October and January, as the parliament reintroduced a 9 percent reduced rate of the value-added tax (VAT) on centralized heating. […]
Culture
Lithuania to exhibit Feb. 16 1918 Independence Act from Germany in Signatory House
Lithuania’s February 16 1918 Independence Act to be handed over by Germany will be exhibited in the Signatory House starting next year, the President’s Office said on Tuesday. […]
Culture
Court rejects Kevisas’ suit over his dismissal as national opera theater director
A Vilnius court on Tuesday turned down a suit filed by Gintautas Kevisas, a former long-standing director general of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater (LNOBT), over his dismissal from the job. […]
Defence
Lithuanian officials deny allowing Russian warplanes enter airspace
Lithuanian officials have denied giving permission to Russian military aircraft last week to enter the country’s airspace to avoid adverse weather conditions. […]
Society
Strong winds cause power outages, topple trees across Lithuania
Strong winds caused power outages and toppled trees onto roads and cars across Lithuania overnight, officials said on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania finds Russia’s proposal for UN force in eastern Ukraine unacceptable
Russia’s proposal to deploy an UN-mandated force on the dividing line between Kiev’s forces and Moscow-backed separatists is not acceptable, Nerijus Aleksiejunas, the Lithuanian president’s foreign policy advisor, said on Tuesday. […]
Economy
Lithuania to seek uniform quality of food products throughout EU – Agriculture Minister
Lithuania will seek that multinational companies use the same recipes for food products sold under the same brand throughout the European Union after a study has shown that the composition of some food products available in German stores differs from those in Lithuanian stores, Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas said on Tuesday. […]
Politics
PM surprised at Lithuanian EU commissioner’s position on Belarus’ N-plant
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is surprised at Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis’ position on the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus, saying that the EU commissioner’s statements are not in line with his country’s interests. […]
Politics
Low average amount of fines for corruption due to petty offenses – Lithuania’s top judge
Fines for corruption in Lithuania may amount to thousands of euros, but the relatively low average is due to minor offenses being much more numerous than large-scale crimes, Rimvydas Norkus, president of the Lithuanian Supreme Court and head of the Lithuanian Judicial Council, said. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania joins Trump’s initiative to reform UN
Lithuania has joined a political declaration on reforming the United Nations, drafted on US President Donald Trump’s initiative, the Lithuanian president’s office said on Tuesday. […]
Defence
Lithuanian airspace must be respected – defense minister
Lithuanian airspace must be respected, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Monday after two Russian military aircraft last week entered the country’s territory over its territorial waters. […]
Politics
Lithuanian airspace violation by Russia ‘not surprising’ – parliament panel head
Russian military aircraft’s violation of Lithuanian airspace during the Zapad exercise should not come as a surprise, given the scale of the war games, Vytautas Bakas, head of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense, said on Monday. […]