Society
Lithuanian company transfers EUR 475,000 to fraudsters
A Lithuanian company has transferred 475,000 euros to fraudsters in Hong Kong. […]
Month: July 2018
Society
The City of Panevėžys sets up Robotics Competition Centre
“The establishment of the new centre will provide more possibilities for the pupils from the region to acquire the basic knowledge about robotics, to take part in competitions, to develop the skills of creativity, logical thinking, team work, engineering competences, to organise and participate in regional, national and international world standard competitions,” – says the Deputy Mayor Aleksas Varna in a press release from the city municipality. […]
Defence
Czech soldiers join NATO eFP battalion in Lithuania
Soldiers of the Czech Republic on Tuesday joined the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence (NATO eFP) battalion deployed in Lithuania. […]
Global LT
Experience of a Lithuanian working in Silicon Valley: what actually happens in the cradle of innovation?
Many people all over the world believe that working in a company based in Silicon Valley is the dream of a lifetime. Giedrė Pociūtė, referring to herself as a citizen of the world, not only dreams the dream but also purposefully pursues her goals. This graduate of Vilnius University Business School leads her life as if no boundaries or rules exist and now openly shares her not-so-easy daily life in the world’s cradle of information technologies, a press release from the business school states. […]
Politics
PM drops out of presidential ratings’ top three – survey
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has dropped out of the top three of presidential candidates after trust in the head of government slid, the delfi.lt news website reports. […]
LIGHT
Customers are satisfying their hunger for English books
Interest in books is on the rise, according to sales figures from Lithuanian retail chain “Maxima”. Customers purchased more than 1.2 million books in 2017, and the most intense demand for books in recent years was recorded in the first half of this year. The main reason for this trend is that books written or translated into English are immediately selling out, a press release from the retail chain states. […]
Politics
VRK: TV series contained hidden advertizing of LVŽS, its leader
Naisių Vasara (Naisiai Summer), a TV series funded by Agrokoncernas, a business group owned by Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), contains hidden episodes of political advertizing, Lithuania’s election watchdog has ruled. […]
European Union
Lithuanian government still undecided on appealing EC’s Gazprom decision
Lithuania’s government is still undecided as to whether it will appeal the European Commission‘s decision regarding a probe against Russian gas giant Gazprom. […]
Politics
Security panel chair expects Seimas to hold hearings on energy in fall
Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK), expects the Seimas to hold hearings in the fall on whether the country’s key energy projects are in line with its national security interests. […]
Politics
Order and Justice party may sign cooperation deal with ruling bloc in late August
The Order and Justice political group in the Seimas plans to sign in late August a cooperation agreement with lawmakers from the ruling bloc. […]
CORPORATE
Žygimantas Pavilionis. Putin-Trump meeting, do we have the strength to face this challenge?
Putin is winning? While the Russian national team dropped out of the football championship, just the championship itself was a propaganda victory for Putin. Millions of people, drawn to screens, which among other things were […]
Economy
Lithuania sells grain directly to Saudi Arabia for the first time in history
On July 16, Saudi Arabia‘s state grain buyer, the Saudi Grains Organization (SAGO) bought 115 thousand tons of Lithuanian wheat through an international tender from the Lithuanian grain trade company Agrorodeo. The Lithuanian capital company Agrorodeo is the first in the Baltic States to directly sell grain to Saudi Arabia through an international tender, a press release from the company states. […]
Foreign affairs
Vietnamese delegation to discuss migration issues with Lithuanian border officials
Vietnamese diplomats and officials will discuss migration issues with Lithuanian border officials during their visit to Lithuania starting on Tuesday. […]
Energy
Lithuania seeks EU funding for dismantling of Ignalina reactors – energy minister
Lithuania is seeking to secure all necessary funding for the dismantling of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant‘s reactors and the government is now asking the European Commission for more funds to ensure that works are not interrupted during the switchover from one EU budget period to another, Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Seimas speaker off to Iceland for NB8 conference
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, is leaving on Tuesday for Reykjavik to take part in a conference of the parliamentary speakers of the eight Nordic and Baltic countries (NB8). […]
Politics
Homeland Union remains Lithuania’s most popular party – Delfi/Spinter poll
The opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats continues to top Lithuania’s popularity rankings and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) holds onto its number two spot, according to an opinion poll released on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president signs civil service overhaul package into law
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday signed a legislative package on an overhaul of the civil service into law. […]
Defence
Defence
Politics
Lithuanian court to continue hearing case as Liberals, intelligence body fail to agree (Updated)
The Lithuanian Liberal Movement will continue efforts to prove that information in a State Security Department (VSD) report about MG Baltic‘s influence on it is untrue after the party and the intelligence agency failed to reach an amicable agreement during a preliminary court hearing on Monday. […]