Foreign affairs
Baltic ministers to discuss security issues with Tillerson in Washington
The Baltic foreign ministers will meet with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington on Tuesday to discuss security issues. […]
Year: 2017
Society
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Solidarity is what Belarus needs most now – Lebedko in Vilnius
Solidarity from the international community is what Belarusian people, who have been subjected to repressions from authorities over mass protests, need most now, Anatoly Lebedko, leader of the United Civil Party of Belarus, said in Vilnius on Monday. […]
CORPORATE
On attempts to dismantl Tomaszewski‘s monopoly on ethnic minorities
A part of members of Seimas are considering the possibility to reduce the vote requirement for parties based on ethnic minorities. According to one of the idea‘s backers Andrius Kubilius of the Conservatives, this would […]
Politics
Prison Department’s director resigns
Živilė Mikėnaitė, the Lithuanian Prison Department‘s director who earlier this year was temporarily suspended her from duties amid a probe, has stepped down. […]
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Culture
Lionginas Šepka and Antanas Mončys – a Union between the Lithuanian Highlands and Lowlands
The Alanta Estate Gallery is hosting an exhibition of carvings by one of the most famous Lithuanian folk artists of the 20th century, Lionginas Šepka (1907-1985), born in the Rokiškis region, and modern sculptures, ceramics, collages and drawings by Antanas Mončys (1921-1993), a native of Kretinga who after the Second World War lived in Paris. […]
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Nausėda and Minister of Economy propose how to save the regions
8-10 regional centres should be identified, infrastructure should be created in them, improving transport links with surrounding towns and villages, investing and seeking there and seeking to attract business, creating jobs. This is the basis […]
Society
Historians find Nazi murder base Paneriai 3 times size of current memorial
The massacre base established during World War II by the Nazi Germany in Paneriai just outside Vilnius was three times the size of the current memorial, Lithuanian historians have established. […]
Society
5 pre-trial investigations opened in Lithuania over dangerous game Blue Whale
Five pre-trial investigations over the online game Blue Whale that leads teenagers to committing suicide have been launched in Lithuania over the past two weeks. […]
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Four scenarios of the coalition’s future
The ruling coalition partners – the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) and the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) will most likely continue working together, though their relations will remain turbulent. According to political scientists […]
Defence
Lithuanian Air Force to transfer to Western helicopters in 2022
Lithuania’s Air Forces should transfer to more modern Western helicopters from 2022, the Defence Resource Council decided last week. […]
Society
Vilnius University to issue ‘memory diplomas’ to those expelled by totalitarian regimes
Vilnius University (VU) has launched a project to commemorate members of its staff and students who were prevented from pursuing their academic careers or completing their studies due to Lithuania’s volatile history and actions by totalitarian regimes and their local collaborators. […]
Economy
Air Baltic launches flights from Vilnius to Munich Monday
Latvia’s Air Baltic is starting to fly passengers between Vilnius and Munich, Germany, on Monday. […]
Politics
Defence
Some 1,500 NATO troops to train to defend Suwalki gap this summer
Around 1,500 NATO troops this summer will train to defend the so-called “Suwalki gap“, a land corridor whose protection would be critical for defending the Baltic countries from Russia, the commander of the Lithuanian Land Force said. […]
Culture
Ukrainian communities criticize Vilnius film festival for screening Smarzowski’s Hatred
Ukrainian communities in Lithuania have criticized organizers of the Vilnius international film festival Kino Pavasaris (Cinema Spring) for including Hatred (Wolyn), a film by Polish director Wojciech Smarzowski, into this year’s program. […]
Economy
Lithuanian regulator slaps Vilniaus Energija with EUR 1.3 mln fine
The Lithuanian energy market regulator has slapped the district hearing supplier Vilniaus Energija (Vilnius Energija) with the maximum possible fine of 1.307 million euros for unjustified price increases between 2012 and 2014. […]
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Why G. Kėvišas with his son did establish a company in Cyprus?
The manager of Lithuania‘s National Theatre of Opera and Ballet (LNTOB) Gintautas Kėvišas has declared that he receives income from a company in Cyprus, whose director and shareholder is his son Martynas. Why did he […]
Politics
Seimas panel head describes intelligence file on MP Bastys as ‘serious’
The Lithuanian State security Department (VSD) has provided a vast amount of “really serious” information on MP Mindaugas Bastys‘ ties with Russian citizens and controversial business people, the head of the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defence said on Friday. […]