Foreign affairs
Year: 2017
Politics
Adamkus, Grybauskaitė, Skvernelis are most popular politicians
Former President Valdas Adamkus is the most favored politician in Lithuania, followed closely by incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, according to a survey conducted by the pollster RAIT for BNS. […]
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Landsbergis‘ praise of Paluckas has angered the Social Democrats
The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) leader Gabrielius Landsbergis‘ comment that the most suitable candidate to lead the crisis struck Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) would be Vilnius vice Mayor Gintautas Paluckas has […]
Politics
Ruling Farmers remains Lithuania’s most popular party
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) continues to top popularity rankings, with 29 percent of respondents saying they would vote for it if general elections were held next Sunday, according to a survey conducted by the pollster RAIT for BNS. […]
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“Farmers” reconsider coalition – Seimas group holds a vote
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis was outraged with the Farmer and Greens Union’s lack of discipline and expressed his dissatisfaction during the Seimas group’s meeting at noon today. […]
Defence
NATO should move military commands closer to Eastern borders – President
NATO should move its military comomands closer to the Alliance’s Eastern borders, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said Thursday after meeting with General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe. […]
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Test passed by Kubilius and Butkevičius – will Karbauskis and Skvernelis succeed?
With Seimas beginning a new season of work, it will finally be clear whether Saulius Skvernelis’ cabinet is capable of accomplishing the reforms it promised. For now doubts are cast not only by the lack […]
Defence
Regional presence of US troops virtually permanent – NATO general
The presence of US troops in the region is already virtually permanent, General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe said in Vilnius on Thursday, as Lithuania has asked for deployment of troops in its territory on permanent, not rotational basis. […]
Culture
President sees Vilnius opera house chief’s work as “shadow play”
Backstage operations of Gintautas Kevišas, the director of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater (LNOBT), have turned into a “shadow play” and fall short of the requirement of transparent management and responsibility of an institution’s chief, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Lithuania #1 among Baltic States by number of tourist overnight stays
Tourists spend more nights in Lithuania than in Latvia or Estonia. According to EUROSTAT, the official statistical office of the European Union, in 2016 the number of overnight stays of tourists (local as well as foreign) who stayed in Lithuanian accommodation establishments, including rural tourism, was the largest in the Baltic states and comprised 7 million, while in Estonia and Latvia this number amounted to 6.2 million and 4.4 million respectively, the State Department of Tourism reported in a press release.
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Uncategorized
Ambassador visits burial site of Lithuania’s interwar ministers in Mowcow outskirts
Lithuania’s Ambassador to Russia Remigijus Motuzas and officials of the Foreign Ministry have visited a memorial place including graves of a few Lithuanian interwar ministers in the outskirts of Moscow. […]
Energy
Poland changes its mind on the second section of Litpol Link
While constructing the first electricity transfer line of LitPol Link, Poland has faced such difficulties that the country is unwilling to construct a second such line, biznesalert.pl claims, citing the head of the Polish electricity […]
European Union
President congratulates Netherlands after moderates’ election victory
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday congratulated the Netherlands following moderate politicians’ victory in Wednesday’s parliamentary election. […]
Politics
Homes of ex-CEOs of Lithuanian Energy, Elektrėnai plant searched in Alstom bribery case
In cooperation with the UK law-enforcement, the Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT) is conducting a large-scale corruption and bribery investigation involving, among other things, a 200-million-euro project carried out by France’s engineering group Alstom at the Lithuanian Power Plant in Elektrėnai, STT spokeswoman Renata Saulytė has confirmed. […]
Society
Honorary Consuls meet in Vilnius
The Association of Honorary Consuls in Lithuania held on Wednesday their yearly meeting in Vilnius Forty-four honorary consuls represent a number of foreign countries in Lithuania. Many represent countries that do not have Embassies or other forms of diplomatic representation in the country. Several do represent countries that have an embassy in Vilnius, but represent a country in cities outside Vilnius, such as Kaunas or Klaipėda. […]
European Union
Dutch election shows Europe can withstand far-right populism – analysts
Moderate political parties’ success in the Dutch parliamentary election shows that Europe may be able to withstand rising far-right populism, but it is too early to say that tensions have subsided, Lithuanian political analysts said on Thursday. […]
Economy
Special envoy of Denmark comes to discuss the future of European Medicines Agency
On 22 March 2017 Denmark’s special envoy, Lars Rebien Sørensen, will be visiting Lithuania to present the Danish candidacy for hosting European Medicines Agency (EMA) and draw attention to the advantages of the Danish bid. He will meet with Lithuanian high level officials in order to explain why Denmark is working towards getting the EMA relocated from London to Copenhagen. the Danish Embassy in Vilnius announced in a press release. […]
Economy
Government, employers, unions finish discussions on new labour code
Representatives of the Lithuanian government, employers and trade unions signed an agreement on a number of issues during the last meeting of the Tripartite Council on Wednesday, the Social Security and Labour Ministry said. […]
Politics
Several women file sexual harassment complaints against MP Pūkas
Three young women on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office, claiming that they had been sexually harassed by Kęstutis Pūkas, a member of the Seimas. […]
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Blinkevičiūtė: it isn’t the Conservative party’s leader we are electing
The Social Democrat party’s ratings show that the people do not trust in the Social Democrat party (LSDP) and are not prepared to vote for it. Furthermore, the party’s ratings which do not even reach […]