Politics

President’s position runs counter to rule of law principles, Lithuanian PM says

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s motives for rejecting Giedrius Danėlius, an attorney, for the position of justice minister run counter to the principles of the rule of law, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]

The Devil's Bride by Arūnas Žebriūnas_Photo by Rimvydas Strikauskas, from the archive of The Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema Museum
Culture

Baltic Films and Symposium on Baltic Cinema at goEast Festival in Germany

In April, for a whole week the German city of Wiesbaden becomes a meeting point and a promotion platform for Central and Eastern European film and filmmakers. The 18th goEast festival, which kicked off yesterday, is shining a spotlight on the Baltic States with a symposium, “Hybrid Identities – Baltic Cinema”, dedicated to the national cinemas of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, their histories, pursuits of national and cultural identities. The festival’s programme also includes some of the key recent titles of Baltic cinema. The project is part of a wide-ranging tripartite programme with which the Baltic States present their cinemas to Europe on the occasion of their centenary of statehood. […]

Saulius Skvernelis
Politics

PM calls president’s decision to reject justmin candidate “surprise”

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s decision to reject Giedrius Danėlius, an attorney, for the position of justice minister is surprising, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]

Society

One of Europe’s most dangerous gangs disbanded in Lithuania – police chief

Lithuanian police detained 19 people linked to an organized crime group during a large-scale operation in the country’s second-biggest city of Kaunas on Tuesday. […]

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Opinion

H. E. Shen Zhifei: Opening up for Greater Prosperity in the New Era

On the morning of April 10, 2018, the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2018 was opened in Hainan Province, China. More than 2000 distinguished guests from various countries gathered here for the “Oriental Appointment”. President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech themed with “Openness for Greater Prosperity, Innovation for a Better Future”. He made a comprehensive review to the glorious course of China’s reform and opening up and an in-depth analysis of the general trend of development of the world. He stressed that China will continue to launch new major measures to pursue further opening and sent to the international community a strong and clear message for further opening up of China. […]