Defence
Two Russian military aircraft violated Lithuanian airspace – Foreign Ministry
Two Russian IL-76 military transport aircraft last week violated Lithuania’s airspace, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. […]
Month: September 2017
Politics
Police probe hacking into Defense Minister’s Facebook account
Police have launched a pre-trial investigation into the hacking of Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis’ Facebook account. […]
Society
Defence
Society
Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian EC member: EC starts drafting unified food quality assessment methodology
The European Commission has ordered the development of a unified food quality assessment methodology in the European Union (EU) to prevent different food standards in the community, said Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Lithuanian commissioner in charge of health and food safety. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania seeks EP support to Marshall Plan for Ukraine
Lithuanian politicians who have proposed a plan of European Union’s (EU) financial aid to Ukraine aim to secure support at the European Parliament (EU). […]
Politics
2 national minority schools denied status of long gymnasiums
Lithuania’s Education and Science Ministry has denied the status of long gymnasiums to two national minority schools and a Lithuanian-language school. […]
Economy
Wizz Air opens flights from Vilnius to Warsaw
Hungary’s budget airline Wizz Air is Monday starting to fly passengers from Vilnius to the Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport and will have four weekly flights. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s president off to New York for UN summit
President Dalia Grybauskaite on Sunday left for New York to attend a session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, which will bring together more than 100 head of states and governments to discuss international issues. […]
Foreign affairs
Russia aiming to intimidate Europe in energy – Lithuania’s ambassador in Washington
Russia is using energy projects, such as the Astravyets nuclear power plant in Belarus and the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, to intimidate Europe, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the United States, Rolandas Krisciunas, said at a conference of the executive council, ministers and diplomats of the Community of Democracies last Friday. […]
Culture
Culture
Paris museum to tell world about most prominent Lithuanian symbolists
Musee d’Orsay, one of the most famous museums worldwide, should next year present symbolism of the Baltic states, and the museum’s director Laurence Des Cars hopes to introduce visitors to Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis and other Lithuanian symbolists. […]
Defence
Belarusian border guard suspected of violating Lithuanian border
The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (VSAT) and prosecutors have confirmed yet another investigation into violation of the state border where a Belarusian border guard is suspected of unlawfully entering Lithuania. […]
European Union
Ministry of foreign affairs has no info on Lithuanians injured in London metro explosion
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said it had no information on Lithuanians injured in the Friday’s explosion in London metro. […]
Energy
MEP Paksas defends Nord Stream 2 project in EU parliament
In a discussion at the European Parliament, Lithuanian MEP Rolandas Paksas on Thursday called on politicians to refrain from criticizing plans to expand the Nord Stream gas pipeline between Russia and Germany and to look for benefits in the project that causes concern to the Lithuanian government. […]
Foreign affairs
Germany plans to lend Lithuania its 1918 independence act for 5 years
Germany plans to hand the original copy of Lithuania’s 1918 Act of Independence recently found in Berlin’s diplomatic archive over to Lithuania for five years, diplomatic sources have confirmed to BNS. […]
Energy
Belarus building N-plant without public consent, parties to Aarhus convention admit
Parties to the UN Aarhus Convention acknowledged during their meeting in Montenegro on Thursday that in building the Astravyets nuclear power plant, Belarus had violated the right of the public, granted by the convention, to receive information and participate in environmental decision-making, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said on Friday. […]
Society
European Heritage Days kick off in Lithuania
The European Heritage Days, a major cultural heritage event, is kicking off in Lithuania on Friday. […]