Foreign affairs
Year: 2018
Society
March for Our Lives in Vilnius
Representatives of Vilnius’s American community, joined by local volunteers, held a “March for Our Lives” at Kudirkas Square on Saturday, March 24. The event was one of more than 820 such events held worldwide, inspired by the student activists from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Forida, where 17 students and teachers were shot dead on February 14, 2018, the organisers of the event wrote. […]
Culture
Reflections on Soviet medicine in exhibition 03 by artist Gabrielė Gervickaitė
Gabrielė Gervickaitė joins photography and illustration in her investigative exhibition 03 that opens at 6 PM on March 28 at the gallery Meno Niša. The artist looks back at the Soviet period, in which she was born and came of age, as well as investigates the power structures of today and how these were shaped by Soviet imageries. […]
Economy
PM to meet Orlen execs to discuss modernization, PSO tariffs
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is meeting on Tuesday in Vilnius with PKN Orlen CEO Daniel Obajtek and Michal Rudnicki, CEO of the Polish oil group’s Lithuanian unit Orlen Lietuva. […]
Politics
Amendment to allow Paksas to run for Lithuanian parliament, president to be submitted
A draft constitutional amendment to allow Lithuania’s impeached former president, Rolandas Paksas, to run both in parliamentary and presidential elections is planned to be submitted to the Seimas on Tuesday. […]
Economy
PM says tax reform aimed at increasing people’s income
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the government’s proposed tax changes are primarily aimed at increasing people’s income. […]
Society
Syrian priest in Vilnius: we don’t want to be refugees
As Lithuania expresses solidarity with the world’s persecuted Christians, a Syrian Jesuit priest says he has hope that countless refugees will be able to return home and expect not to be persecuted for their religious beliefs. […]
Foreign affairs
Russian ambassador sees Lithuanian intelligence reports as attempt to justify anti-Russian policy
Russia’s ambassador in Vilnius says that Lithuanian intelligence reports are an attempt to justify the country’s anti-Russian policy. […]
Foreign affairs
Ban on 44 Russians to enter Lithuania takes effect
The heads of the Lithuanian Interior Ministry and the Migration Department signed on Monday decrees barring another 44 Russian citizens from entering the country. […]
Foreign affairs
Freetime
Vilnius unveils new map for coffee lovers
Last week, Vilnius introduced the Good Coffee Map, a new guide to a handful of the city’s top specialty coffee shops. According to its creators, the publication, which is available in English for free either in print form or online, will help guests to the city and local coffee lovers get better acquainted with Lithuania’s capital by visiting cafés offering flavours from the most recognised coffee regions of the world Go Vilnius informed in a press release. […]
Society
Few people with undeclared KGB past could be in public service in Lithuania – official
Only a very small number of former KGB agents who have not come forward could be working in the public service, the director of the Lithuanian Genocide and Resistance Research Centre said on Monday. […]
Defence
Lithuania decides to expel 3 Russian diplomats
Lithuania has decided to expel three Russian diplomats to express its solidarity with Britain over the poisoning of a former Russian spy, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said. […]
CORPORATE
Ramūnas Bogdanas. You‘re angry the president didn‘t congratulate V. Putin?
A week ago, Russia featured a spectacle, which was called elections, after which the Lithuanian president did not congratulate Vladimir Putin with his continued reign. There is no obligatory rule in international protocol to greet […]
CORPORATE
Seimas’ secret: what is the Kubilius commission actually for?
Tensions remain high in the Seimas this week, with the opposition settling its accounts and dependencies with the majority. This time there was an effort to prove positions via ad hoc investigative commissions, according to […]
Energy
Lithuania expects new US LNG import contracts – Minister of Energy
Lithuania expects to sign this year new contracts with US liquefied natural gas (LNG) suppliers, Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said on Monday. […]
Politics
Links of Lithuania’s Poles with Russian Embassy no longer close – security chief
Lithuania’s report of national security threats this year no longer speaks about the Polish community, as “the situation has improved,” says Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department. […]
Economy
Central Bank: National security threats regarding fintech under control
Risks in connection to investments in the rapidly growing sector of financial technologies, also known as fintech, are under control, and the licensing requirements remain high, the central Bank of Lithuania said on Monday. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Security Dept skeptical about e-voting possibility
Lithuania’s State Security Department is skeptical about the possibility to introduce electronic voting, says the department’s director Darius Jauniškis. […]
Foreign affairs
Ahead of expulsion of diplomats, Russian ambassador summoned to Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Russia’s Ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Udaltsov was Monday summoned to the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry. […]