Defence
Decisions on Baltic air defence must be made faster – foreign minister
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has called for faster decisions on the air defence of the three Baltic nations. […]
Year: 2018
Economy
Taavi Rõivas joins Blockchain Centre Vilnius Board to help connect Estonian and Lithuanian blockchain stakeholders
Estonian digital politician and former Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas has joined the Board of Blockchain Centre Vilnius, which connects partner Blockchain Centres in Australia and Asia. Blockchain Centre Vilnius is a not-for-profit knowledge-hub curating and organising unique educational and networking events for the international blockchain community, whilst also serving as a co-working space and incubator for blockchain technology companies. […]
Politics
MP does not consider giving up mandate amid sexual misconduct allegations
MP Mykolas Majauskas of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party does not yet consider resignation from the parliament amid the sexual misconduct allegations he has been faced with. […]
Economy
Lithuania joins warning of 7 north European countries on scope of euro zone reform
Lithuania and seven more countries in northern Europe on Tuesday warned against rushing with the ambitious integration of the euro zone in fields that are still lacking a unified position of European Union (EU) member-states. […]
Society
12 apply for head of Lithuania’s national broadcaster LRT
Among applicants for director general of the Lithuanian national radio and television (LRT) are Audrius Siaurusevičius who headed the LRT for two terms, former editor-in-chief of delfi.lt news portal Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė and political reviewer Bernardas Gailius of the conservatives. […]
Politics
Conservative MP suspends party membership amid harassment allegations
MP Mykolas Majauskas has suspended his membership in the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party amid reports about soon to be published allegations about his sexual misconduct. […]
CORPORATE
Proposed Ethnic Minority Law – respect to minorities or spreading chaos?
The proposed National Minority Law can be viewed as a hybrid warfare styled project, whose goal is to cause chaos and disintegration in the state, MP Audronius Ažubalis and linguist Antanas Smetona tell LRT Radio. […]
History
Lithuania viewing history more openly on 100-yr anniversary of guerrilla chief – historian
One of Lithuania’s most prominent guerrilla leaders, Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, would have turned 100 on Tuesday, and Kęstutis Girnius, philosopher who wrote a book on Guerrilla Fighting in Lithuania, says that the attention given to the personality on the occasion shows an increasingly open approach of the nation towards the country’s history. […]
Politics
President criticizes government’s pension, tax system reform plans
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė criticized on Tuesday the ruling bloc’s “vague” plans to overhaul the pension and tax systems and warned against raising expectations that cannot be delivered. […]
Politics
PM says to consult coalition partners on new justice minister
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he will consult the Social Democratic Labour group in the Seimas in the search for a new justice minister. […]
Politics
President: “All shadows” in election watchdog’s work must be cleared
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that “all shadows” concerning the performance of the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) have to be eliminated. […]
CORPORATE
Fewer low income earners, but there is a caveat
Most wages rose at the end of last year and the number of those earning less than the minimum wage declined. However, the wage increases for roughly half were less than the rise in prices, […]
Defence
President urges parties to seek new deal on defence funding
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called on political parties to seek a new political agreement on defence funding amid continuing threats to the country’s security. […]
Foreign affairs
Politics
Vainiutė says Lithuania needs a stronger person to lead Justice Ministry
Milda Vainiutė says that she has decided to step down as Lithuania’s justice ministry because she sees that the ministry needs a stronger person to lead changes in the system. […]
Economy
Lithuanian central bank set to issue world’s 1st digital collector coin
The Bank of Lithuania is planning to issue this year the world’s first digital collector coin, to be designed using blockchain or similar technologies. […]
Politics
SocDem Labour group to propose candidate for Lithuanian justice minister
The Social Democratic Labour group in the Lithuanian parliament will propose a candidate to become the country’s next justice minister after Milda Vainiutė stepped down on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Crimean Tatars call for non-recognition of Russian elections, FIFA World Cup boycott
Leaders of the Crimean Tatar parliament on Monday called on the West not to recognize Russia’s upcoming presidential elections and to boycott this summer’s FIFA World Cup in Russia. […]
Economy
Lithuania expects to get OECD membership invitation in June – finance minister
Lithuania expect to receive in June an invitation to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka said. […]
Society
None of 5 applicants to head Russian theatre in Vilnius scores minimum number of points
None of the five applicants for the job of director of the Russian Drama Theatre of Lithuania scored the minimum number of points in the selection process on Monday. […]