Foreign affairs
Month: July 2018
Society
Latvian citizen detained in Lithuania for transporting illegals from Vietnam
Lithuanian border guards detained four illegal immigrants from Vietnam and a Latvian citizen who was driving them on Saturday, the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service said. […]
CORPORATE
Šarūnas Legatas. Lithuania and the new world order
With tectonic shifts in global processes, it is becoming vital to renew discussions in Lithuania about the country’s foreign policy direction. The importance of such discussion is also underlined by the context of Lithuanian domestic […]
LIGHT
Lithuanian chef, while preparing for global challenge: we hold advantages against Western countries
On the closing night of the best Lithuanian restaurants election, Deivydas Praspaliauskas and his only one-year-old restaurant Armandus once more ranked among the best, taking an honourable seventh place. The chef himself did not appear in the joyous crowd of the event that evening; he was working in the restaurant with his team. He admits that it is pleasant to be appreciated, but it is more important to contribute in promoting Lithuania with his work. […]
CORPORATE
Kęstutis Girnius. Has NATO grown stronger? Has Grybauskaitė saved the Alliance?
From its first minute, the NATO summit meeting became Donald’s “show”. The meeting had not even officially started, but during a breakfast with NATO Secretary General J. Stoltenberg, President Trump began to criticise other NATO […]
Freetime
Kupiškis’ lagoon shaken by the centenary event “Stichijos”
“Stichijos” (“Elements”) is a creativity and arts festival that does not have an equivalent in the entire Lithuania, and is aimed at promoting the name of the city of Kupiškis. On July 7th, the third iteration of the “Stichijos” event arrived to the Kupiškis lagoon with a resonating name “Mother-in-law’s Tongue”. The event was dedicated to celebrating the centenary of Lithuania’s independence, and the four elements – fire, water, earth and air – that reflected the specific periods of the country’s history, including their spirit, fashion, music, and creative activities Kupiškis Culture Centre wrote in a press release. […]
Society
Totorių Street is being renovated in the Capital
Works of restoration of the section of Totorių Street from Gediminas Avenue to Labdarių Street were started in the Old Town of the capital. In a couple of months, new asphalt pavement will be built, also replacing about 2000 sidewalk tiles and road curbs. The City allocated about 70 thousand euro for the repair of Totorių Street. The Totorių Street has not undergone any major renovation since the stone pavement was replaced with asphalt on the street, a Vilnius city municipality press release states. […]
Society
Automatically lifting barrier gates – in the Gediminas Avenue
The works of installation of new modern automatically lifting barrier gates were started in Gediminas Avenue. The City has arranged for the installation of new stainless steel hydraulically lifted and lowered barrier gates by the end of the summer. This modern system, which cost about 50 000 euro, was brought to the capital from Great Britain. Traffic is restricted in a part of the avenue in the evenings of working days and on weekends, giving way to pedestrians and cyclists, city sightseeing tours and active recreation, a Vilnius city municipality press release states. […]
Economy
Building houses with the help of smart phones – an innovation tested in Lithuania
It is hard to imagine our lives today without smart phones, but soon they might become indispensable at construction sites as well. When developing real estate projects, construction and sustainable real estate development company “YIT Kausta” is the first in Lithuania to start using an application of digital construction for smart devices, which was created by the Danish company “Dalux”. This application allows expanding, transferring to mobile devices and supplementing the Building Information Modelling (BIM) system that is already applied in construction. This way, the system can be applied in a flexible and broader way, a press release from YIT Kausta states. […]
Culture
Lithuanian cinema and documentary thrive in first half of 2018
Over the first six months of this year, national cinema in Lithuania has seen a significant rise in attendance, as evidenced by box office returns: ticket sales of Lithuanian films have almost reached 60% of last year’s total (€2.6 million, compared to €4.5 million in 2017), attracting 500,000 viewers (compared to 860,000 for the whole 2017). National cinema has also increased its share in theatre programming to unprecedented 28% of the market, a significant rise from 22% last year, a press release from the Lithuanian Film Centre states. […]
Economy
Significant impetus for trade with China will be given by cooperation with the bank
Enterprise Lithuania and Bank of China Limited signed a cooperation memorandum providing Chinese and Lithuanian business communities with an opportunity to develop more efficient cooperation in the fields of trade, investments, services, and industry. The cooperation agreement was signed on 7 July, at the meeting of heads of government of the Central and Eastern European countries and China, held in Sophia, a press release from Enterprise Lithuania states. […]
Energy
Vilnius to host discussion on funding Ignalina NPP’s decommission
Representatives of the European Parliament and European Commission are coming to Vilnius this week to see the progress of decommissioning of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant and discuss its funding beyond 2021. […]
Foreign affairs
Seimas speaker’s adviser set to become ambassador to Moldova
Diplomat Kęstutis Kudzmanas, an adviser on foreign affairs to Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis, is set to be appointed Lithuania’s ambassador to Moldova. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian language to be taught in secondary schools in Ireland
Secondary schools in Ireland will offer Lithuanian language classes as of September. […]
European Union
Lithuanian, EU formins to discuss Eastern Partnership, North Korea, Libya
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is going to Brussels on Monday to attend an EU Foreign Affairs Council, with the Eastern Partnership, Libya and North Korea being on the meeting’s agenda. […]
Defence
Does Trump-Putin meeting pose threat to Lithuania?
United States President Donald Trump is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday.
BNS Lithuania has asked three analysts whether this meeting poses any threat to Lithuania. […]
Defence
Pašvenskas takes over as commander of Lithuanian National Defense Volunteer Force
Colonel Lieutenant Dainius Pašvenskas took over as commander of the Lithuanian National Defense Volunteer Force in a ceremony at the Defense Ministry on Friday. […]
Society
Culture
Lithuania introduces ‘cultural passport’ for schoolchildren
Lithuania is set to launch on September 1 a state-funded program for schoolchildren aimed at improving their access to cultural and educational projects and events. […]
CORPORATE
R. Karbauskis’ pursuits risk a political crisis
The Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) Seimas group prefect Ramūnas Karbauskis together with a group of supporters intends to investigate illegal impact and influence on political processes for the time period when his opponents, […]