Energy
Latvenergo starts selling natural gas in Lithuania
Latvia’s state energy company Latvenergo has started offering natural gas to its customers in Lithuania, in addition to supplying electricity. […]
Month: November 2018
Economy
Mobile signature system back up and running in Lithuania
Estonia’s SK ID Solutions has confirmed that its Mobile-ID service is back up and running in Lithuania after a technical problem was fixed. […]
Politics
Lithuanian Tatars discuss PM’s proposal for community building on former cemetery site
Lithuanian Tatars discussed Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis‘ proposal to construct a community building on the site of a former Tatar cemetery in Vilnius as they held their first-ever congress on Saturday. […]
Politics
Mažylis, Kubilius top Lithuanian conservatives’ list for European Parliament elections
Liudas Mažylis, professor at Vytautas Magnus University, and Andrius Kubilius, a former prime minister and now lawmaker, top the list of European Parliament election candidates of the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) after receiving the most preference votes from the conservative party’s members last weekend. […]
Defence
CORPORATE
Kęstutis Girnius. All the presidential candidates cause concern
The president is the head of state in Lithuania, the first person in the country, who has more influence on citizens’ lives than any other in the country. It is an incredible responsibility, thus the […]
Foreign affairs
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette conferred upon Vytautas Grubliauskas
On 3 November 2018, the Government of Japan announced that Mr. Vytautas Grubliauskas was conferred with The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette for his contribution as the Mayor of Klaipėda City to building friendly relationship between Japan and Lithuania, especially in the fields of cultural and defence exchanges, a press release from the Japanese embassy states. […]
Economy
ESO applies Narrowband Internet of Things: first results bring pleasant surprise
Preparing for a mass rollout of smart metering in Lithuania, JSC Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius (ESO) has started the active testing of NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things) technology. The pilot project aims to evaluate if meter data collection is possible by employing this technology and if its penetration in practice is higher compared to that of traditional communications technologies and sufficient to satisfy the needs of ESO’s business. Attempts are being made to identify whether this technology is sufficient for equipment control, maintenance, replacement and updating of software, a press release from ESO states. […]
Society
WWI victims honored in Vilnius
A commemoration of the German Day of National Mourning was held in Vilnius on Sunday and WWI victims were honored at the German soldiers’ cemetery in Vingis Park. […]
Economy
Foreign companies get 30 pct of Lithuania’s defense budget
Foreign companies get 30 percent of Lithuania’s defense budget, and 70 percent return to Lithuanian economy, according to National Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis who introduced lawmakers last week to national defense funding figures for the next year. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president calls on China to improve investment environment for EU businesses
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called on China to create a more favorable investment environment for EU investment and facilitate conditions for foreign imports. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian army’s elite force commander to be appointed NATO, EU rep
Colonel Modestas Petrauskas, commander of the Lithuanian Special Operations Forces, is set to be appointed Lithuania’s military representative to NATO and the European Union after the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense gave the green light to his appointment. […]
Defence
Lithuania will consider sending more troops, civilians to Afghanistan, defmin says
Lithuania will consider sending more troops to Afghanistan and also appoint a civilian representative, says Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Raimundas Karoblis, currently on a visit to Afghanistan. […]
Politics
I lacked time to boost my reputation, Ušackas says
Former diplomat Vygaudas Ušackas, who lost in a primary presidential candidate election held by the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats over the past weekend, says he lacked time to boost his reputation among party members. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s TS-LKD picks Šimonytė as presidential candidate
Lithuania’s opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) has picked MP and former Finance Minister Ingrida Šimonytė as the party’s presidential candidate in a primary election held over the weekend. […]
Economy
Lithuania should use InvestEU opportunities, Katainen says
As the European Commission proposes cutting cohesion support to Lithuania by almost a quarter as of 2020, InvestEU, a fund being set up by the EU, might become a financial alternative after it will replace the European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI), also called the Juncker Plan, which has operated since 2015. […]
Politics
Court to continue hearing political corruption case
Vilnius Regional Court is set on Monday to continue hearing the high-profile political corruption case. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president about China visit: it would be unreasonable not to take advantage
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is starting her visit to China and says Lithuania has a unique opportunity that amid trade disputes in the global context and it would be unreasonable not to take advantage of it. […]
Cyber security
Identity thieves do not restrict themselves to your bank accounts
Most people leave a substantial trace in the virtual space. However, few think about the fact that any data circulating in the social media or on the computer and the phone, may be accessed and exploited by cybercriminals. Below, Dr. Rytis Rainys, the Director of the National Cyber Security Center at the Ministry of Defense talks about what personal identity theft is and how to avoid it. […]
Politics
Lithuanian journalists take govt to court over refusal to release meeting recording
The Lithuanian Journalists’ Union (LJU) and journalists from several media outlets have asked a court to order the government to provide them with the audio recording of a Cabinet meeting in which ministers discussed giving the media free access to registry data. […]