Energy
Year: 2017
Freetime
20th fable of Mėnuo Juodaragis tells of God of Thunder and Wardruna
The summer is going to be hot for Mėnuo Juodaragis, the festival of alternative music and modern Baltic culture. On the last weekend of August, the anniversary 20th edition of the festival will take place. The theme of the event will be illuminated with whips of lightning wielded by Perkūnas, the Baltic god of thunder, while the music programme will be headlined by Wardruna, the modern Norse tradition band from Norway. The organisers of the festival have also revealed guests from other countries. […]
Society
Economy
Solving Lithuania-Veolia dispute would be positive sign for French investors – ambassador
Resolution of Lithuania’s dispute with Veolia would send a positive message to French investors, France’s ambassador to Vilnius, Philippe Jeantaud, said on Monday. […]
CORPORATE
Poll: Landsbergis and Skvernelis meetings are beneficial but only for one of them
Farmers and Greens Union led by Ramūnas Karbauskis is the most popular political force but its ratings have decreased by a third from the beginning of the year. At the same time the Social Democrats […]
Politics
Fewer attempts reported in Lithuania to bribe voters – election watchdog chief
One pre-trial investigation into suspected bribery of voters was opened during the mayoral elections in the Šakiai and Jonava districts and MP election in the Panevėžys-Anykščiai constituency this past weekend, however, evidence shows that the incident should not revise the election results, says Zenonas Vaigauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission. […]
Foreign affairs
French political priorities will be visible after Govt appointment – ambassador in Vilnius
Political priorities of France will be more visible after appointment of the government, the country’s Ambassador to Lithuania Philippe Jeantaud said after pro-European centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron won the presidential elections. […]
Global LT
Economic plan for Lithuania, or how to stop emigration and increase immigration
In order to reverse the emigration from Lithuania and increase immigration, by the diaspora, it is necessary to fundamentally change things in Lithuania. REAL change will only come with Governmental Unity, and a strong political […]
Politics
PM decides against moving to official residence
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis announced on Monday he had decided not to move to a residence in the de luxe suburb of Turniškės and would stay in his current family home in the village of Smigliai in the Vilnius district. […]
European Union
Support to Macron at Embassy in Vilnius 4 times above that to Le Pen
Pro-European centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron secured four times the vote at the French Embassy to Lithuania on Sunday, as compared with his far-right opponent Marine Le Pen. […]
Defence
DefMin to assign planning of military acquisitions to Armed Forces
Lithuania’s Defence Ministry intends to put the Armed Forces in charge of coordination of the planning of military acquisitions as part of the reform of the procurement scheme in the defence system. […]
CORPORATE
Russia has issued impressive bill to Lithuania for Soviet times
Back in the spring of 2000, Lithuania adopted a law obliging to ask Russia to compensate the damages done during 1940-1990 period Soviet occupation and it was estimated to about 23 billion Euros. Moscow was […]
CORPORATE
SocDems confused: Farmers putting them into a terrible situation
The Social Democrats felt pressured to a corner: after adopting a Labour code which allows to fire employees easier, they lost the elections to Parliament but now the coalition partners Farmers and Greens are encouraging […]
European Union
Brave European policies defeated populism – Grybauskaitė’s message to Macron
Brave European policies defeated populism and nationalism, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in a congratulatory message to France‘s president-elect Emmanuel Macron. […]
Uncategorized
Baltic PMs in Tallinn to settle disputes on energy projects
The prime ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are meeting in Tallinn on Monday to work on their disputes on strategic gas and energy projects. No specific decisions and agreements should be signed Monday, however, the conversations are crucial for Lithuania that aims to persuade the other countries on the need for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to secure European funding, as well as the possibility to synchronize power grids via Poland in a single link. […]
European Union
Macron victory will ease Lithuania’s concerns over France’s stance on Russia
The victory by centrist Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential elections will mitigate the concerns in Lithuania over the Paris attitude towards Russia, says Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, director of the Vilnius University’s International Relations and Political Science Institute. […]
Politics
Farmers remain most popular but down by 1/3 since January
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, which triumphed in the last parliamentary elections, remains the country’s most popular political force, however, its ratings declined by a third since the beginning of the year, while the ruling Social Democrats and the opposition conservatives climbed on the popularity ladder, shows a poll published on delfi.lt news portal on Monday. […]
CORPORATE
Skvernelis: Ministers won‘t be seasonal workers
The current Government works like team and separate ministries are no longer untouchable by a party, said the Prime Minister (PM) Saulius Skvernelis. He states, that they are trying to get rid of a certain […]
Economy
Nordic style leadership, trust and how to communicate it – Norwegian Chamber of Commerce
On Thursday, exploring the concept of Nordic leadership and how to gain and communicate trust in the workplace and business environment dominated presentations and exchanges during a Norwegian Chamber of Commerce conference. […]
Politics
Social Democrats’ new leader promises to back university reform principles
Gintautas Paluckas, the newly-elected leader of the Social Democratic Party (LSDP), says that the party’s political group in the Seimas will support the principles for a reform of universities proposed by a prime minister-appointed working group. […]