Defence
Lithuanian arms control inspectors visit Serbia
Lithuanian arms control inspectors, together with invited inspectors from the Netherlands and Estonia, are visiting Serbia on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry. […]
Month: April 2018
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War between Grybauskaitė and Skvernelis: this will cost one of them dearly
The conflict with President Dalia Grybauskaitė may cost Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis his bid for the post of head of state, Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science docent dr. Kęstutis Girnius says. […]
European Union
Seimas ratifies EU-Canada trade agreements
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday ratified the European Union and Canada‘s economic and trade agreements following ten months of deliberations, with 70 votes in favor, six against and 14 abstentions. […]
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Suggesting to not dramatize Barclays job cuts: it could be worse in the future
Mobility is a natural trait of the service sector, thus the UK bank Barclays decision to cut the staff count in its technology centre should not be dramatized, economist Gitanas Nausėda told lrt.lt, adding that […]
Politics
Farmers and Social Democratic Labor Party to sign coalition deal
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and the newly-established Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDLP) plan to sign a coalition agreement on Tuesday. […]
Politics
MP Skvernelis says to decide on agriculture minister Wednesday
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis plans to decide on Wednesday whether Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas should stay in his post. […]
Society
Vilnius police detain man with 2 kilos of cocaine in his car
A man was arrested after police found two kilograms of cocaine in his car during a check in Vilnius on Monday. […]
Sports
PM to meet with UEFA president, Lithuanian Football Federation heads
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Tuesday is meeting with UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin and the Lithuanian Football Federation‘s top officials. […]
Society
Ministry considers making DUI drivers’ names public
Lithuanian Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says that the ministry considers making it mandatory to install ignition interlock devices in rental cars and publicly naming people caught driving drunk after several fatal accidents caused by drunk drivers. […]
Opinion
A jug of vodka or a joint?
Hello there! I am a lawyer and after getting acquainted to numerous scientific articles, I have come to a conclusion that for the sake of recreational reasons I would rather say “yes” than “no” to a joint. Unfortunately, I will not be able to do this in Lithuania any soon, not only because I conform to the Criminal Code, but also out of fear of being lynched by the so-called pseudo intellectuals. But first things first. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania has no reasons to change its political stance on Russia – formin
Lithuania has no reasons to change its political stance on Russia, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president congratulates British queen on great-grandchild’s birth
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday congratulated Queen Elizabeth II on the birth of her third great-grandchild. […]
Defence
NATO jets in Baltics scrambled once last week over Russian military aircraft
NATO fighter-jets patrolling Baltic airspace were scrambled once last week to identify and escort a Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]
Politics
Seimas starts debates on rescue plan for European Humanities University
The Lithuanian parliament has started debates on a rescue plan for the Vilnius-based European Humanities University (EHU), which may otherwise face closure after getting a repeated negative evaluation from experts. […]
Society
Transport minister calls for discussion on “alcolocks” in rented cars
Lithuania’s Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis is calling for discussions on the installation of the so-called “alcolocks” in rented cars following a tragic car accident over the weekend when a taxi passenger was killed in a crash caused by a DUI driver. […]
Economy
Cheaper business opportunities probably lead to Barclays’ decision, staff will be in demand
The Vilnius-based Barclays technology center, which has recently announced plans to cut the number of its staff by a third, has probably found cheaper business development opportunities, head of the Investors’ Forum, uniting foreign investors, believes. […]
Society
President lets US-based artist keep his Lithuanian citizenship
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has let US-based Lithuanian artist Žilvinas Kempinas, a laureate of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts and an American citizen, to keep his Lithuanian citizenship. […]
CORPORATE
Kęstutis Girnius. Restraining the president
The war of words between President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis will not end any time soon. It will continue until the president’s term ends, even if not as intensively as now. The […]
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Lithuanity Code (#LietuvybėsKodas). Projection – outpost of high technologies
In general terms, all of us know about the economic development of the restored State of Lithuania in the last hundred years. Many things have happened. What could we expect from our national economy in […]
Culture
Vilnius eyes space for artists in former synagogue location
Vilnius authorities are considering giving a Soviet-era school building in central Vilnius, built where the Great Synagogue of Vilna used to be, to artists and later demolish the building. […]