Defence
Defence minister publishes recruitment lists for 2018
Lithuania’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday published the recruitment list for the country’s Armed Forces. […]
Year: 2018
CORPORATE
Benefits to Lithuania in the EU-Russian economic war
Lithuanians have adapted well to the European Union‘s economic sanctions on Russia and its retaliatory bans on European imports. Though the export of Lithuanian origin goods to Russia has almost halved since the Crimean annexation […]
Foreign affairs
Expression of disagreement with the Lithuanian vote on Jerusalem: damage to national interest
At the initiative of the Lithuania – US association, a group of public figures, intellectuals, politicians and journalists voiced their disagreement on the Lithuanian vote in the December 21, 2017 UN General Assembly. “It doesn’t […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania should hold balanced stance on Chinese investment – Linkevičius
Lithuania may benefit from Chinese investment, however, they should be considered from the economic and the national security point of view, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, adding that strategic objects should be controlled by the state. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania may be invited to OECD in May – formin
Lithuania’ expects to be invited to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) by this summer, says Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
Politics
President meeting mayors to discuss solution to emigration
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is meeting with mayors on Wednesday to discuss the possible contribution of the country’s municipalities to tackling emigration-related issues. […]
Society
Lithuanian police handing out candles to traffic offenders
Lithuania’s police is taking unconventional measures to reduce the number of deaths on the country’s roads – handing out funeral candles to pedestrians and drivers who violate traffic rules. […]
History
Lithuanian troops, researchers to scan Šiauliai district for interwar plane crashes
The Lithuanian Air Force and the Klaipėda University have agreed to hold a joint expedition for search of airplanes that crashed between World War I and II. […]
Foreign affairs
Seimas speaker, Nordic, Baltic colleagues to meet China’s president
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis will Wednesday meet with China’s President Xi Jinping as part of his trip to China. […]
Energy
Ignalina N-plant chief stepping down
Darius Janulevičius is stepping down from the leading post of the Lithuanian Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant amid allegations of lack of transparency in the sales of the company’s properties. […]
History
Studies by GDL Vilnius residents in Europe
Studies abroad reflect the direction of a country’s integration into educational and cultural spheres as well as its degree. The scope of university studies that had grown in Europe in the 17th-18th century was tied to the processes of professionalization and rationalisation, which accompanied the strengthening of the role and bureaucratization of the state. In the Commonwealth, these trends expressed themselves somewhat less which is why the need for experts with a university education was small. […]
Energy
PM doubtful about N-plant’s chief fitness for post
Lithuanian society is having reasonable doubts about the suitability of the top executive of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) to continue in the post amid suspicions from the law enforcement, says Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Society
Politics
Lithuanian ruling MPs initiate parliamentary probe into public broadcaster LRT
Lawmakers of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) are initiating a parliamentary investigation into the management and financial and economic activities of the public broadcaster Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), Arvydas Nekrošius, vice-speaker of the Seimas, has confirmed to BNS. […]
Society
Commission chair urges formal end to lustration process in Lithuania – daily
Lithuania should formally close a lustration process that was started more than a quarter of a century ago, says Algimantas Urmonas, professor at Mykolas Romeris University who has chaired the country’s Lustration Commission for ten years. […]
Energy
Ignalina N-plant CEO refuses to say if he’ll resign amid abuse suspicions
Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant CEO Darius Janulevičius, suspected by law-enforcement bodies of involvement in a non-transparent auction of the plant’s assets, refuses to comment on whether he intends to step down, saying that he will wait for the energy ministry’s decision. […]
CORPORATE
Kęstutis Girnius. Challenges to the president‘s rulership
So far President Dalia Grybauskaitė would set the outlines of foreign policy herself, on rare occasions consulting the cabinet. From the very first days of her presidency she allowed everyone to understand that it will […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania – new destination for UK financial institutions loosing “passporting rights” after BREXIT
As it is almost clear that that UK banks, investment managers, payment service providers and other financial institutions will lose their “passporting rights” to do business in the European Union, Lithuania competes in attracting international financial companies leaving the UK. The Northern country uses the opportunity to become the forefront of financial technologies in the region and there are many reasons to believe about this success. An attractive legal and technological environment, business minded and advanced supervisory authority open to financial market innovations, qualified and competitive workforce, opportunities to operate across the EU basing from Lithuania – that‘s what put Lithuania to one of the best places on the global FinTech map already now. […]
Foreign affairs
Strasbourg court to issue judgments in 4 property rights cases against Lithuania
The European Court of Human Rights is expected to deliver on Tuesday its judgments on four complaints field by Lithuanian nationals over alleged violations of their right to property. […]
Economy
Introduction of cap on cash payments in Lithuania postponed – daily
With discussions on imposing a cap on cash payments in Lithuania going on for years, politicians now say that a law setting the limit at 3,000 euros may be passed this year and come into effect next year, the business daily Verslo Žinios reported on Tuesday. […]