Defence
Month: November 2017
Foreign affairs
Lithuania upgraded Marshall Plan for Ukraine into European idea – ambassador
The European Union’s (EU) financial plan for Ukraine, which is informally titled as the new Marshall Plan, has become a European initiative thanks to Lithuania, says Ukraine‘s Ambassador to Vilnius Volodymyr Yatsenkivski. […]
CORPORATE
Shocking statements by R. Vanagaitė outside Lithuania
Rūta Vanagaitė herself accused Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas of untrue things, meanwhile her defenders accuse Lithuania. The loudest voice here is that of the European Jewish Congress whose head is a Kremlin-leaning oligarch who has businesses in […]
Politics
JustMin suggests allowing document change for transgender persons
Lithuania’s Justice Ministry has drafted a bill that would allow transgender individuals to have their gender, first and last names, and personal code changed in their identification documents without a court ruling. […]
Politics
Lithuanian Liberals decide against founding new party
The Lithuanian Liberal Movement will not be eliminated and will continue operations, with the new leader to be elected in congress, not by way of direct election, the embattled party’s council decided in Vilnius on Saturday. […]
Society
Lithuanian court orders Ukraine’s politician to pay Hanner group EUR 5 mln
Prominent Ukrainian businessman and politician Oleg Radkovski and Ukraine’s company Yugstroi Invest should pay 5.91 million US dollars (EUR 5.03 mln) in loan including interest to Trust Capital, a Lithuanian company linked with the real estate development company Hanner, a Vilnius court ruled on Oct. 20. […]
Society
Amid growing EU control, Lithuania keeps semi-automatic guns with riflemen
As the European Union (EU) decided to step up control of some weapons in the wake of terrorist attacks, Lithuania intends to leave the right for members of the Riflemen’s Union and other volunteer troops introduced a year ago to keep their semi-automatic weapons. […]
Society
Lithuania’s iconic Gediminas Hill closed to visitors after landslide
Specialists on Saturday decided to close the Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius to visitors after a landslide on its eastern slope. […]
Society
Lithuanian court finds ban on Russian-made Ren TV Baltic content unlawful
The decision taken by the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) more than two years ago to ban rebroadcasts of Russian-made broadcasts of Ren TV Baltic in Lithuania was unlawful, Lithuania’s Supreme Administrative Court ruled earlier this week. […]
Economy
U2 leader Bono among owners of supermarket in Utena, Lithuania – news portal
Bono, the leader of the legendary Irish music bands U2, has been one of the largest investors in Utena, a city 100 km north of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, for the past decade, 15min.lt news portal said. […]
Foreign affairs
Defence
Politics
Lithuania’s Center Party crosses 5% threshold
The Lithuanian Center Party headed by MP Naglis Puteikis would cross the five-percent threshold to win parliamentary mandates, if elections were held on the nearest Sunday, shows a poll published on delfi.lt news portal on Monday. […]
CORPORATE
Where Vanagaitė and Paluckas are similar
Rūta Vanagaitė thought she would advertise her new book by slandering partisans, while Gintautas Paluckas and his entourage are using R. Vanagaitė’s scandal to announce their shift to the left because they lack any real […]
Politics
President signs controversial family bill into law
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė signed the controversial Law on the Strengthening of the Family on Friday. […]
Society
Unique Jewish archive being revived in Vilnius
As a result of intensified Jewish studies in Vilnius, scientists have this year identified thousands of valuable Jewish manuscripts that were hidden in the basement of a church in the Lithuanian capital during the Soviet occupation period and remained scattered among different archives for two decades after the country regained independence. […]
CORPORATE
Public letter by R. Vanagaitė: I admit I was mistaken
Writer and journalist Rūta Vanagaitė admits in a letter released on Friday that she was mistaken and regrets her “hasty and arrogant public comments” regarding resistance leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas. She admits she was mistaken in […]
Society
Vanagaitė apologizes for lying about Lithuania’s guerrilla leader
Rūta Vanagaitė, author and public relations specialist, on Friday admitted having made misleading statements about Lithuania’s anti-Soviet resistance leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas and publicly apologized for her “hasty and arrogant comments.” […]
Politics
Lithuania can hold citizenship vote during both rounds of presidential race – Karbauskis
The first and second rounds of the 2019 presidential elections is the best time for holding a referendum on dual citizenship, says Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union. […]
Society
Illegals found aboard Lithuanian ferry in summer sent home
Twelve illegal migrants discovered aboard Kaunas Seaways ferry of the Lithuanian ferry company DFDS Seaways last summer have been sent home. […]