Defence
Month: October 2017
Foreign affairs
Landsbergis awarded Lithuanian Diplomacy Star
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Thursday awarded the ministry’s sign of honor, the Lithuanian Diplomacy Star, to Vytautas Landsbergis, the chairman of the country’s Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas who is often titled as the first-post independence state leader. […]
CORPORATE
Which state owned companies need privatisation?
Certain state owned companies are overflowing with funds, cannot handle their appetites and fail to perform their core duties. This is what Seimas Commission of Energy chairman Virgilijus Poderys is convinced of. He states that […]
Economy
PM off to Šiauliai to view Swedish investments
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is visiting Šiauliai, northern Lithuania on Friday, to see the development of the Swedish-capital company ROL Group. […]
Politics
SocDems’ leader to attempt persuading rebels into changing position
Gintautas Paluckas, the leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, will try to persuade the party’s rebellious members to reconsider their position and obey the party’s decision to avoid expulsion from the organization over signing an agreement with the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union. […]
CORPORATE
Uncertain news about presidential elections for PM Skvernelis
Current surveys on the presidential elections will likely have little to do with the final results, sociologists Rasa Ališauskienė and Vladas Gaidys tell LRT.lt. Political scientist Jūratė Novagrockienė also claims that the current ratings of […]
Sports
MEP Guoga wants Lietuvos Rytas basketball club’s CEO out over sponsorship
Lithuanian MEP Antanas Guoga, also president of the Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius basketball club, says he will demand removal of the club’s CEO Darius Gudelis over a sponsorship contract with MG Baltic concern, delfi.lt news portal said. […]
European Union
Energy independence: is Lithuania getting away with state aid?
The EU says Lithuania can levy funds from gas consumers to finance its own energy companies. Achema, Lithuania’s largest consumer, disagrees, Ramūnas Miliauskas, the CEO of Achema writes. […]
Economy
Seimas Speaker’s delegation didn’t fit in Air Baltic airplane
A delegation headed by Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis was forced to spend the night in Brussels after failing to fit in the airplane of Air Baltic airline. He was scheduled to return to Vilnius on Wednesday. […]
Politics
Polish Ambassador advises Polish party in Lithuania against celebrating May 9
Celebrating the end of World War II on May 9 is not a good thing to do, as the day in 1945 did not bring freedom to Lithuania or Poland, says Poland’s new Ambassador to Lithuania Urszula Doroszewska. […]
Defence
Seimas sanctions increased presence in intl missions abroad, including anti-ISIS
Lithuania’s parliament on Thursday gave a green light to dispatch of more troops to international missions abroad, including increased participation in efforts against the Islamic State group. […]
CORPORATE
Macron’s vision for the EU is underpinned by federalisation with a France First flavour
For reform and seamless integration of the creaking European Union, visionary leaders are needed. This being said, pure thinkers are no longer welcome. We have had too many before. What Europe needs are doers with […]
Economy
Changes in Delfi: M. Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė changes work profile, editorial office to be headed by R. Lukaitytė-Vnarauskienė
The long term editor of Delfi Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė has decided to relinquish the office of chief editor and focus on journalistic and creative work, the leadership of the Delfi editorial office is to go to the deputy chief editor and business news editor, also long term Delfi journalist Rasa Lukaitytė-Vnarauskienė. […]
Economy
Polish ambassador in Vilnius: Consultations in progress on Lietuvos Geležinkeliai case
Consultations are currently in progress on settlement of the dispute between Orlen Lietuva, a concern operated by Poland’s PKN Orlen, and Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) after the European Commission imposed a large fine on the state-run railway company for removed tracks, Poland’s Ambassador to Lithuania Urszula Doroszewska said. […]
Politics
Seimas vice-speaker sees moratorium as only possible compromise in for SocDems
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Vice-Speaker Gediminas Kirkilas of the Social Democratic Party says that a moratorium on all recent decisions is the only compromise possible in the clash of the positions of the party and the political group on the party’s future in the ruling coalition. […]
Economy
Polish reviewer: Deal on Lithuanian railway co would speed up other projects
Lithuania should seek settlement with Poland over the dismantled railway tracks, as peaceful settlement would give an impetus to investments by Poland’s PKN Orlen concern in the utility in Mazeikiai, northern Lithuania, and facilitate the implementation of energy and transport projects, says Tomasz Furman, reviewer for the Polish daily Rzeczpospolita. […]
Defence
Efforts to raise defense budget shouldn’t push aside other Lithuanian sectors – PM
Increase of Lithuania’s defense budget should be even, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, adding that other sectors in need of bigger funding should not be forgotten amid discussions about the need to raise it to 2.5 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). […]
Economy
Davos Economic Forum founder visiting Lithuania
Prominent German engineer and economist Klaus Martin Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum in Davos, is visiting Lithuania this week. […]
Economy
Lithuania raising tobacco excise for public health reasons – Finance Minister
The Lithuanian government’s proposal to raise the excise duty on tobacco products next year is a result of the efforts to improve public health rather than generate more budget revenue, says Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka. […]
Politics
MPs to receive bid to probe illegal influence to politicians, institutions
The Lithuanian parliament will Thursday be presented the parliamentary probe into unlawful influence upon politicians, political processes and state institutions, a bid initiated by Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defense Committee. […]