Defence
Lithuania publishes 2017 military conscription lists
The Lithuanian Defence Ministry published on Monday this year’s military conscription lists. […]
Year: 2017
Defence
Lithuania updates security strategy
Lithuania’s updated National Security Strategy will highlight corruption and social exclusion as threats, the chairman of the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defence said on January 9. […]
CORPORATE
Where the Kremlin’s influence is largest – how to reduce isolation?
Research commissioned by the Eastern Europe Studies Centre shows that more than two thirds of ethnic minority representatives view Russian President Vladimir Putin positively. Making a sad joke, former head of the centre, now member […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign Minister says dialog with Russia must be principled
Lithuania’s dialog with Russia must be a principled one, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday, commenting on the Russian ambassador‘s call for “improving the atmosphere of bilateral relations” between the two countries. […]
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New ratings – concerning trends
Bad news for the LiberalsIf elections were to happen next Sunday, the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LPGU) would triumph in it following its continued rise in popularity. Political scientist Virgis Valentinavičius warns that the […]
Economy
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The greatest issue for R. Karbauskis and the “Peasants”
The Peasant and Greens Union along with its large batch of non-partisan candidates won the Seimas elections, with a number of the new members of Seimas having already requested to become party members. But this is not enough. […]
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Lithuania, Russia should start with improving atmosphere of bilateral relations – envoy
Russia’s State Duma should set up a group for inter-parliamentary relations with Lithuania in the near future and the two countries’ lawmakers should start with improving the atmosphere of bilateral relations, Russia‘s ambassador to Vilnius said on Monday. […]
Politics
Five to compete in Homeland Union leader election
Five members of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) have confirmed that they will run for the post of the conservative party’s leader in next month’ election. […]
Politics
Tax chief suspected of illegally helping MG Baltic, Vilniaus Prekyba
Dainoras Bradauskas, head of the Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate (VMI), is suspected of exerting illegal influence on financial inspections of the country’s largest business groups, MG Baltic and Vilniaus Prekyba (VP), carried out by the tax authority, sources said. […]
Politics
Karbauskis re-elected chairman of Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union
Ramūnas Karbauskis was re-elected as chairman of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) at the ruling party’s congress last weekend. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian, Israeli presidents underline Holocaust memory, business ties
The presidents of Lithuania and Israel on Sunday underlined the importance of preserving the heritage of Lithuanian Jews and of expanding business ties as they marked 25 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. […]
Politics
Support for Peasants and Greens continues to rise
The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), the party that triumphed in last October’s parliamentary elections, continues to gain in popularity, according to the latest opinion poll published by the Delfi news website on Monday. […]
Defence
Lithuania blocks plans for data centre over links to Russia’s FSB
Lithuania’s authorities have taken steps to halt plans for building what would be the country’s largest data centre near Vilnius following an intelligence warning that it may be hooked up to a Russian spying centre. […]
Economy
How a Lithuanian company became successful in Baltic Sea region?
Startup DealLink.biz, a Lithuanian-built B2B open procurement platform, has successfully expanded into the Finnish and Polish markets, it announced. The company also confirmed it will start operations in Sweden in January 2017, in Denmark in March, and in Norway in May. […]
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Laying the foundation for a TESLA gigafactory in Lithuania
A day after the Tesla Motors lithium accumulator factory opened in Nevada, government and business representatives met for a discussion of the potential to build such a gigafactory in Lithuania as well. […]
Defence
Politics
President: Common grounds still found with new ruling bloc
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that common grounds are still found with the new ruling majority, adding that the Peasants and Green Union does not only work hard to keep its election promises but is also capable of hearing criticism and other opinions. […]
CORPORATE
On Tax Inspection scandal
Dainoras Bradauskas, the head of the Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate, may have committed disciplinary misconduct, the Special Investigation Service (STT) said on January 4. […]
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Some SocDems snap – coalition with “Peasants” needs to be reviewed
Facing a leadership crisis and internal bickering, the members of the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) have snapped – the decision to join a coalition with Ramūnas Karbauskis’ “Peasants” is being described as a mistake […]