Defence
Lithuanian soldier suddenly passes away of pancreatitis during training in Italy
Sergeant of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Staff Battalion unexpectedly passed away during a training in Italy on Friday. […]
Year: 2017
Politics
Proposed bill to allow original name-spelling for Lithuania’s Poles – Seimas speaker
The proposed version will allow original name-spelling with non-Lithuanian characters on the main page of the passport for the local Polish community, says Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
CORPORATE
While the party is deliberating on the coalition, Seimas SocDems have already decided
Seimas Social Democrat group prefect Andrius Palionis states he believes that the Social Democrats should not withdraw from the coalition. According to a survey done by him, this opinion is held by another 12 of […]
Freetime
Sea Festival kicks off in Klaipėda
The traditional Sea Festival is starting in the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda on Friday. […]
CORPORATE
A. Ažubalis. Top grade for comments on foreign policy, but what about real achievements?…
Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, suggested that Latvia would not support Lithuania in its efforts to stop the construction of the Astravyets nuclear power plant that represents a danger and a threat […]
Politics
13 in 19 SocDems political group want to stay in Lithuania’s ruling bloc – portal
Thirteen of the 19 members of the political group of the Social Democratic Party do not want to leave the ruling coalition with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says Andrius Palionis, the leader of the political group. […]
Economy
Tomkus selling controlling stake in Elta to Lithuanian Labor Party’s ex-figure
Vitas Tomkus, owner of Respublikos Leidiniai (Respublika Publications) media group, is selling the controlling stake in Elta news agency. […]
Economy
Crisis-era pension cuts didn’t violate human rights in Lithuania – ECHR
The austerity measures taken by the earlier conservative government during a crisis did not violate human rights, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday. […]
Economy
Society
US scientists working in Lithuania to specify locations of Jewish graves
A group of scientists headed by archeology professor Richard Freund from the US Hartford University is launching research in Kaunas, Lithuania, to specify the locations of Jewish mass graves. […]
Politics
Seimas speaker and Minister of Justice to mull proposals on name-spelling
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis is meeting on Friday with Justice Minister Milda Vainiūtė to discuss the initiatives discussed at the parliament that would pave way to the use of non-Lithuanian letters in ID documents. […]
Defence
Lithuania hasn’t received Belarusian invitation to observe Zapad training
Althrough the official Minsk says that foreign representatives will be free to watch the Belarusian-Russian Zapad 2017 military training, Lithuania has not received an invitation yet, Lietuvos Žinios daily said. […]
Culture
HBO project in Lithuania of outstanding volume – head of Film Center
The miniseries about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster to be filmed in Lithuania by the US HBO television will be the second project of a similar size to be implemented in the Baltic state, says Rolandas Kvietkauskas, CEO of the Lithuanian Film Center. […]
CORPORATE
The fate of the coalition – another struggle between G. Paluckas and M. Sinkevičius?
The contours of the Social Democrat position regarding the coalition’s fate are slowly emerging. And only the Jonava branch, led by Minister of Economy Mindaugas Sinkevičius, spoke up in support of continued work with the […]
Economy
Lithuania’s special investigators applaud growing number of corruption reports
The Lithuanian Special Investigations Service (STT) says it has been receiving growing numbers of reports about corruption, which result in about half of all STT probes. […]
CORPORATE
S. Skvernelis: the Social Democrats will be even worse off in the opposition
With the Social Democrat Party branches having begun surveys on the potential to continue working in a coalition with the “Farmers”, rumours appeared that the “Farmers” may have already come to terms with the Polish […]
CORPORATE
“Farmers” already in agreement with Polish Electoral Action over coalition?
While the Social Democrat Party branches proceed with consultations over the prospects of continuing work in the ruling coalition with the “Farmers”, the latter may already have come to terms with the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Union (LLRA-KŠS). “I could neither confirm, nor deny this,” LLRA-KŠS leader Valdemar Tomashevski told LRT.lt after a Wednesday meeting of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and the “Farmer” management in Seimas. […]
Economy
Lithuania to kick off receipt lottery in November
Lithuania will launch the first fiscal receipt lottery this November, with the annual prize fund planned at about 173,000 euros. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s president to discuss defense, cyber security, energy with US Pence in Tallinn
Lithuania’s Dalia Grybauskaitė and her Baltic counterparts will meet with US Vice-President Mike Pence in Tallinn, pledging to address US military assistance, cyber security, the Belarusian nuclear power plant in Astravyets and supplies of US liquefied gas to Europe. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s parties still in debt for 2016 general elections – daily
Financial obligations of Lithuania’s political parties that ran for the 2016 general elections have narrowed by a factor of three, however, the total debt remains at an impressive 482,000 euros, Lietuvos Rytas daily said, citing data from the Central Electoral Commission. […]