Economy
Lithuania has no plans to build new airport yet, transmin says
Lithuania has no plans to build a new airport as it would be too expensive, the country’s Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis says. […]
Month: August 2018
Politics
Govt mulls interest declarations for journalists, media ban for politicians
Lithuania’s government is considering introducing asset, income and interest declarations for journalists, and also barring politicians from becoming shareholders in media companies. […]
Foreign affairs
Vilnius politicians suggest making George W. Bush honorary citizen
Vilnius politicians are mulling making former American President George W. Bush an honorary citizen of the Lithuanian capital. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s Vičiūnai says it cannot control sellers of its products in Crimea
The Lithuanian food production group Vičiūnų Grupė (Vičiūnai Group), owned by Visvaldas Matijošaitis, mayor of Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas, as well as other shareholders, says it cannot control sellers of its products in Crimea Peninsula, occupied by Russia. […]
Society
Lithuanian president, Valančiūnas open adolescent day center
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Jonas Valančiūnas, playing for the Toronto Raptors, have on Tuesday opened an adolescent day center, called Išvien (Together) established by the basketball player. […]
Society
ECHR: Slovenia violated Lithuanian’s rights by providing Russian interpreter
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Slovenia violated the rights of a Lithuanian sentenced for a bank robbery when it provided a Russian-language, and not a Lithuanian-language, interpreter. […]
Politics
Parties act irresponsibly by pitting defense against social needs, Lithuanian president says
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday political parties are acting “not nice and irresponsibly” by trying to play defense needs off against social needs. […]
CORPORATE
R. Bogdanas. What does Kremlin’s sclerosis mean?
The existence of sovereign states in the contemporary world is defined by legal documents, which safeguard sovereignty or independence. Even those breaking international law seek to dress their crimes in legal dress, Ramūnas Bogdanas writes […]
Economy
Vilnius posts 8 pct growth to 0.53 mln in H1 tourist numbers
The Lithuanian capital saw the number of visitors rise by 8 percent in the first half of 2018 from a year earlier and the total number of overnight stays grow by 6.5 percent to almost a million, Go Vilnius, the city’s tourism and business development and agency, said. […]
Politics
All major Lithuanian parties, except LSDP, likely to sign new defense deal next week (Updated)
All of Lithuania’s parliamentary political parties, except for the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP), are likely to sign an agreement on the country’s defense policy for the next decade in September, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania calls for dialog between EU and Turkey
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Lithuania will seek to promote a dialog between Turkey and the European Union. […]
Foreign affairs
Europe can’t turn its back on financially-troubled Turkey – Lithuanian president
Europe cannot turn its back on financially-troubled Turkey in the face of geopolitical security and economic challenges, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday as she met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Vilnius. […]
CORPORATE
Will Lithuania become Israel’s wedge in the European Union? The message Netanyahu sends to his own
With B. Netanyahu’s historic visit concluding, Lithuania is beginning to lean toward the US‘ position on Iran. This was the discussion topic on Delfi’s Dėmesio Centre with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lithuanian Prime […]
Defence
Defense Ministry, media outlets sign agreement on cyber security (Updated)
The Lithuanian Defense Ministry, its National Cyber Security Center and the country’s major online media outlets signed on Tuesday an agreement on cooperation in cyber security. […]
Politics
Lithuanian political parties to discuss new defense policy deal
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is meeting on Tuesday with parliamentary parties’ leaders to discuss the country’s defense policy for the next decade. […]
Foreign affairs
Israeli PM says he respects Putin, won’t get involved in Ukrainian conflict
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he respects Russian President Vladimir Putin and will not interfere with the war in Ukraine as Israel has plenty of its own problems. […]
Society
Lithuanian higher schools fail to attract enough people to engineering, technology studies
Thousands of state-funded places have been left vacant at higher schools in Lithuania after they failed to attract young people to study and become engineers and technologists. […]
Economy
Tripartite Council postpones decision on raising minimum wage
Lithuania’s Tripartite Council, uniting the government, some employers and trade unions, on Monday failed to agree on increasing the minimum monthly wage as of next year. […]
Politics
Kurlianskis never was MG Baltic’s vice president, lawyer says
A lawyer representing Lithuania’s MG Baltic business group told a Vilnius court on Monday that Raimondas Kurlianskis, accused of bribery, never represented the company. […]
Economy
Govt in bid to cut Lithuanian Railway’s passenger losses
Lithuania’s government is taking measures to cut state-run railway company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai‘s (Lithuanian Railways) losses linked to the transportation of passengers, set to reach around 34 million euros this year. […]