Foreign affairs
Year: 2018
History
Pope Francis confirms Lithuanian Giedraitis as blessed
Mykolas Giedraitis, a secular Augustinian born in Lithuania in the 15th century, has been confirmed as blessed, the Vatican News website reports. […]
Society
Lithuania’s emigration rate falls, but more people leave than arrive
Lithuania’s emigration rate fell by 14.2 percent in the ten months of 2018 compared with a year ago, but the number of emigrants exceeded that of immigrants by 4,249 people, according to figures from Statistics Lithuania. […]
Politics
Ruling party moves to cut MP seats to 121
Lawmakers of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) say that will table a new draft constitutional amendment to reduce the number of members of the Seimas to 121, from the current 141 seats. […]
Politics
Health minister to table new hospital network reform amendments
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga and several lawmakers said on Friday they are submitting new amendments to a healthcare network reform package to ensure that both public and private hospitals have access to compulsory health insurance funds. […]
History
Vilnius unveils plaque to mark 100th anniversary of Lithuania’s 1st government
A commemorative plaque was unveiled in Vilnius on Friday on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Lithuania’s first government. […]
Defence
Seimas panel head to propose to raise intelligence body funding by EUR 4 mln – media
Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense, will propose to increase next year’s budget allocations for the Lithuanian State Security Department, or VSD, by 4.2 million euros, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Friday. […]
Society
Lithuanian town of Vandžiogala unveils monument to Jews killed in 1941
A monument to the Jews who were killed in Vandžiogala in 1941 was unveiled in the small town in the district of Kaunas on Thursday. […]
CORPORATE
LRT investigation. R. Karbauskis’ business sells fertiliser produced by the factory of V. Putin’s friend
The ruling “Farmers” leader Ramūnas Karbauskis‘ Agrokoncernas does not only import fertiliser from the Russian fertiliser producers Phos Agro and Acron. The LRT Investigation Department has uncovered that fertiliser belonging to a childhood friend of […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Street named after late Polish President Kaczynski unveiled in Vilnius
A sign marking a Vilnius street named after late Polish President Lech Kaczynski has been unveiled on Thursday. […]
Cyber security
Experts warn about attempts to artificially escalate panic
Specialists involved in the matter expect that states antagonistic to Lithuania might manipulate information about the Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant, currently under construction in Ostrovets, just 50 kilometers away from Vilnius, to escalate panic in the society. Edgaras Geda, the Head of the Civilian Security Agency at the Fire and Rescue Department warns, that false messages about incidents at the plant might reach Lithuania through various media, including even the established channels. […]
Politics
Agrokoncernas pledges to stop buying fertilizers from Rotenberg
Agrokoncernas, a business group owned by Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, has pledged to stop buying fertilizers from Russia company Minudobreniya as its key shareholder Arkady Rotenberg is subject to international sanctions. […]
Society
Lithuania’s top court adjourns hearing of gay rights case hearing
Lithuania’s Constitutional Court of Thursday adjourned the hearing of a case on the rights of gay people married abroad. […]
Politics
Politics
Lithuanian govt has no position on recognizing same-sex marriages, PM says
Lithuania’s government has no position on recognizing same-sex marriages, and the interior minister, as a politician, has the right to express his opinion, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
Politics
Seimas committee chair on same-sex marriages: it’s impossible
As Lithuania’s Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas mulled on Thursday a possibility that Lithuania could recognize same-sex marriages, Agnė Širinskienė, chair of the parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs, says it’s now impossible. […]
Politics
Lithuania to issue residence permits to foreigners in same-sex marriages with Lithuanians
Following the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, Lithuania is changing its rules and will issue residence permits to foreigners who entered into same-sex marriages with Lithuanian citizens abroad. […]
CORPORATE
N. Maliukevičius. Putin the Troll
To start with irony, Tolkien fans would say that trolls originated from stone and that they lurk in dark caves and gloomy forests, that they’re the servants of evil forces and inhabit Middle Earth. They’re […]
CORPORATE
A few remarks on the legacy of Angela Merkel
This week has started with a seemingly surprising piece of news. Following a fairly unsuccessful election in the federal state of Hessen for her Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced […]