2017 - Page 115 of 179 - the Lithuania Tribune

Danish IT firm to establish development team in Vilnius

May 17, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

Trustpilot, considered one of Denmark’s most promising startups, is establishing a product development division in Vilnius. In the next two years, the company, which operates one of the world’s largest online review communities, plans to build a team of approximately 40 software system engineers in the Lithuanian capital. Initially, this team will be responsible for the infrastructure of big data and authentication systems that the Trustpilot platform is based on. […]

Child money could be EUR 30-60 next year – Minister of Social Affairs

May 17, 2017 BNS EN 0

Discussions are in progress in Lithuania to grant child money to all families regardless of their income starting 2018, with the benefits for families raising 1-2 children at 30 euros and families with more children at 50 or 60 euros per every child, says Social Security and Labor Minister Linas Kukuraitis. […]

Karbauskis wants Govt to start preparations for specialized alcohol stores

May 17, 2017 BNS EN 0

Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, has called for the government to be put under the obligation to draft legal acts by mid-2018 that are necessary for establishing specialized alcohol stores. […]

Child money should be EUR 100-150 – Seimas speaker

May 17, 2017 BNS EN 0

Child money in Lithuania should be between 100 and 150 euros, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]

Lithuania to ratify EU-Canada trade pact

May 17, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania is preparing for ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) signed between the European Union and Canada last October. […]

Israel's Ambassador to Lithuania Amir Maimon

Unity is crucial for Jewish community – Israeli ambassador

May 17, 2017 BNS EN 0

Unity is the most important thing to any community, Israel’s Ambassador to Lithuania Amir Maimon said ahead of the election of the chairman of the Jewish Community of Lithuania. […]

Mikhail Khodorkovsky at the Vilnius Russia Forum two years ago

Khodorkovsky, other Kremlin critics to attend this week’s Vilnius Russia Forum

May 17, 2017 BNS EN 0

More than 100 politicians, civil society activists, academicians and journalists from various countries are expected to attend the fourth Vilnius Russia Forum to be held in the Lithuanian capital this week, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. […]

Lithuania is world’s ‘top drinker’ – WHO

May 17, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanians consume the most alcohol in the world, according to 2016 data presented by a World Health Organization official in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]

The protest concert named "Freedom to Rock 'n' Roll"

Concert staged in Vilnius to protest against planned alcohol restrictions at mass events

May 17, 2017 BNS EN 0

Several hundred people gathered outside the parliament building in Vilnius on Tuesday to watch a show staged to protest against the ruling coalition’s plans to restrict alcohol consumption at concerts and other mass events. […]

Central bank calls for pension system reform as worker-to-retiree ratio falls

May 17, 2017 BNS EN 0

Amid a rapid decline in Lithuania’s worker-to-retiree pension, the central Bank of Lithuania is sounding the alarm and calling for the pension system to be reformed and for future pensions to be linked to personal contributions. […]

The state LNG terminal: it lacks where it’s short

May 16, 2017 Media Briefing 0

This is how we could describe the expensive maintenance model of Klaipėda liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, which exceeds the needs of the country by several times, Lietuvos žinios reported. The LNG terminal maintenance fee […]

Lithuania’s emigration rate remains higher than last year

May 16, 2017 BNS EN 0

Statistics show that Lithuania’s official emigration rate did not slow down in April and remained higher than in the same period last year. […]

LGBT community protest in the front the Russian Embassy

Rainbow Bus: protest held next to the Russian Embassy

May 16, 2017 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 13th May, 2017 in order to draw the attention to the persecution and serious human rights violations against LGBT people in Chechnya (Russian Federation), the National LGBT rights organization LGL organized a protest next to the Russian Embassy in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Gay League reported in a press release. […]

What would stop Lithuanians from emigration? Expectations have skyrocketed.

May 16, 2017 Mindaugas Jackevicius 0

One third of the Lithuanians would temporarily emigrate from Lithuania. Mostly people go abroad to earn more money and get better opportunities for self-realization. A salary of 1000-1500 euros would probably keep the people in […]

Truck carrying 676 kg of hashish busted in Lithuania

May 16, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian customs officials have detained a truck en route from Spain, carrying 676 kg of hashish, the Customs Criminal Service said, noting this was the largest drugs shipment busted in the country this year. […]

PM Skvernelis congratulates new French counterpart

May 16, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Tuesday congratulated the newly-appointed French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe. […]

Spread of WannaCry in Lithuania halted

May 16, 2017 BNS EN 0

The spread of the WannaCry ransomware that encrypts computer data has been halted in Lithuania, however, experts warn that the hackers may try finding new ways of the cyber attack of the immense scale. […]

Over 1,000 troops of NATO communications battalion to train in Kaunas, Lithuania

May 16, 2017 BNS EN 0

Troops of the communications battalion of the Jaegers’ Battalion of Vytautas the Great based in Kaunas, Lithuania, are readying for a military exercise, with over 1,000 NATO communications officers planned to train in Kaunas in the framework of the Steadfast Cobalt exercise. […]

What would the victory of Merkel mean to Lithuania?

May 16, 2017 Media Briefing 0

The fourth term of Angela Merkel as the German chancellor would be a good sign for Lithuania and Europe because after “Brexit“, migrants and economic crisis stability is needed. In addition, A. Merkel’s position on […]

PM views Lithuanian institutions’ stance on cyber security unsatisfactory

May 16, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the attention on cyber security in institutions in Lithuania is insufficient. […]