Economy
Year: 2018
Foreign affairs
Panel suggests no rush with Kaczynski’s, Nemtsov’s commemoration in Vilnius
A Vilnius commission in charge of names has suggested taking it slowly with commemoration of late Polish president Lech Kaczynski and murdered Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov. […]
Defence
Lithuania celebrates 1 year since deployment of NATO battalion
Lithuania will mark the 1st anniversary of the deployment of the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Rukla, eastern Lithuania, on Monday. […]
Society
3 lecturers of Vilnius Academy of Art accused of sexual harassment
Ethics watchdogs of the senate of the Vilnius Academy of Art is looking into student complaints over possibly unethical conduct of three of the academy’s lecturers. […]
Defence
Visaginas mayor’s ratings reduced by hackers on alfa.lt survey
Cyber attackers distorted the votes of Visaginas Mayor Dalia Straupaitė on the voting of Mayor of the Year organized by alfa.lt news portal in Lithuania, giving her more than 2,000 negative votes. […]
Politics
President – Government lacks capacities for implementation of child laws
The Lithuanian government lacks capacities for implementation of laws that have been adopted in the field children’s rights, says spokeswoman to President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Foreign affairs
The Chinese “Silk Road” – where does it lead?
On 26 November 2017, BNS (News agency Baltic News Service) announced that Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis will leave for Hungary, where sixteen heads of Governments from Central and Eastern Europe will meet with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and S. Skvernelis will also attend a separate bilateral meeting with the Chinese Prime Minis-ter. […]
Culture
Lithuanian cultural weekly runs blank pages to protest funding cuts
Literatūra ir Menas, a Lithuanian weekly cultural magazine, published a blank edition on Friday in protest against decreased state funding for the cultural press. […]
Politics
Ex-lawyer fined for collecting info on Lithuanian financial crimes agency’s ex-chief
A court on Friday found Juzef Kuzobovski, a former lawyer, guilty of unlawful collection of information about Kęstutis Jucevičius, a former director of Lithuania’s Financial Crime Investigation Service, or FNTT. […]
Society
Over 0.5 mln Lithuanians screened for cancer in 2017 under preventive programs
Some 552,000 people in Lithuania were last year screened for cancer under state-financed prevention and early detection programs, Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said on Friday. […]
Society
Vilnius Arts Academy’s ethics panel to look at sexual harassment allegations
The Ethics Committee of the Senate of the Vilnius Academy of Arts, or VDA, is holding a meeting on Thursday to discuss sexual harassment allegations against two of its lecturers. […]
Economy
Lithuanian border guards set to buy 77 new SUVs
The Lithuanian State Border Guard Service is looking to purchase 77 new SUVs to renew its fleet of vehicles used to control illegal migrants and smuggling, the 15min news website reported on Friday. […]
Politics
Seimas panel questions national broadcaster’s top management
Žygintas Pečiulis, the head of the council of the Lithuanian national broadcaster LRT, told the parliamentary commission scrutinizing LRT finances whether members of the council understood numbers of the budgets they had approved. […]
Society
ECHR ruling paves way for profits by hurting churchgoers – Lithuanian bishop
The ruling of the European Court of Human Rights on the advertisement with Jesus and Mary dangerously paves way for businesses to profit by insulting religious members of the society and desecrating their religion, says Archbishop Gintaras Grušas, the chairman of the Lithuanian Conference of Bishops. […]
Global LT
Los Angeles Airport to light up in Lithuanian flag colors for February 16
The Los Angeles International Airport in the US will light up in the colors of the Lithuanian flag for the February 16 centennial anniversary of Lithuania’s statehood, the Foreign Ministry said. […]
Economy
Condition of Lithuanian roads worse than expected
The quality of Lithuania’s roads is worse than expected, Transport and Communications Minister Rokas Masiulis said in a presentation of road audit results. In his words, the checks revealed that the quality of nine in 10 roads is unsatisfactory. […]
Society
Embassy of Israel welcomes Lithuania’s decision to adopt the IHRA working definition of anti-Semitism
The Embassy of Israel welcomes the Lithuanian Government’s decision to adopt the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) working definition of anti-Semitism, the Embassy of Israel stated in a press release. […]
Society
Vilnius Academy of Art professor resigns after anonymous sexual exploitation allegations
Jonas Gasiūnas, professor at the Vilnius Academy of Art and National Prize winner, is stepping down after anonymous accusations of sexually exploiting his female students, lrytas.lt news portal said. […]
Economy
Lithuania made a triple jump into becoming the European FinTech centre
The fact about Lithuania as one the most favourable and friendly jurisdiction for FinTech companies, planning to offer payment service across the EU is spreading out. 30 electronic money institutions had activity licences issued by the Bank of Lithuania licenses in 2017, as in 2016 there were just 12. According the information, announced by the Bank of Lithuania on 29th January 2017, about 100 companies are on consultations about licencing opportunities in Lithuania and 19 are now under review. So what factors influenced such growth and interest in FinTech licensing in Lithuania? […]
Defence