Foreign affairs
Turkey’s foreign minister to arrive in Lithuania Monday
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is to arrive in Lithuania on Monday. […]
Year: 2018
Economy
Tripartite Council to resume discussion on raising minimum wage
Lithuania’s Tripartite Council, which brings together representatives of the government, some employers and trade unions, on Monday is to resume discussion on raising the minimum monthly wage next January. […]
Foreign affairs
Israeli PM met with local Jewish community on last day of his visit to Lithuania
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the local Jewish community in Vilnius on Sunday, the last day of his visit to Lithuania. […]
Society
Vilnius police complete investigation into attack on Ecuadorian
Vilnius police have completed their investigation into an attack on Fabian Sanchez, an Ecuadorian who lives in the Lithuanian capital. […]
Foreign affairs
Vilnius opens square named after slain Russian opposition leader Nemtsov
A small square outside the Russian embassy in Vilnius, named after murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, was officially opened on Friday, despite strong criticism from Russia. […]
Foreign affairs
Israeli PM at WWII massacre site in Vilnius: ‘We’ll never be defenseless again’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday visited Paneriai, a Vilnius neighborhood where over 100,000 people, mostly Jews, were killed during World War Two. […]
Foreign affairs
Israel doesn’t want to go back to clashes with Russia – Netanyahu in Vilnius
Israel seeks to maintain good relations with Russia in resolving conflicts in the Middle East as it does not want to go back to military clashes that took place half a century ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Vilnius on Friday. […]
European Union
Lithuania, 7 other EU countries agree to step up communism’s crimes investigation
Government officials from eight EU member states, including Lithuanian Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevičius, have met in Tallinn to discuss closer cooperation in investigating communist regimes’ crimes. […]
CORPORATE
Polish parliament deputy marshal: Poland cannot become the hostage of its ethnic minority
Poland cannot become the hostage of the Polish minority neither in Lithuania nor in other countries – stated the Deputy Marshal of the Polish Sejm Ryszard Terlecki in an exclusive interview. According to him, current […]
CORPORATE
TS-LKD members are confused: what game is a potential presidential candidate of theirs playing?
More than half a million letters sent out by conservative Vygaudas Ušackas to the Lithuanian people, asking whether it is worth for him to run for president this coming spring. This and other actions by […]
Society
Poll ranks security chief Jauniškis as Lithuania’s most influential civil servant
Lithuania’s elite sees Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department (VSD), as being the most influential among the country’s civil servants and lawyers, Delfi.lt reported on Monday. […]
Foreign affairs
Israeli PM asks for Baltic support to step up EU pressure on Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday asked for the Baltic countries’ support in increasing EU pressure on Iran. […]
Defence
Lithuanian army to set up new battalion in Šiauliai
Lithuania’s army plans to set up a new infantry battalion in the northern city of Siauliai, the Ministry of National Defense announced on Friday. […]
Politics
Panel suggests turning to court over Klaipeda councilor’s partisan statements
A special municipal impeachment commission on Friday suggested turning to court over the statements of Viačeslav Titov, a Russian Alliance councilor in the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda, on a Lithuanian partisan leader. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania wants closer ties with Israel, calls for obeying intl law, president says
Lithuania wants closer ties with Israel but also calls on Israel to stop the expansion of Jewish settlements and disproportionate use of force in the ongoing conflict with the Palestinians, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
Sports
Greg Monroe on the brawl with Jonas Valančiūnas: I would much rather play with a tough guy like Jonas than some timid player
The Toronto Raptors are getting ready for the upcoming basketball season this year by putting together a dominant duo in the front court. Masai Ujiri, general manager of the team, believes that Greg Monroe who split his time last year between Milwaukee, Phoenix and Boston, can provide a very capable back-up for Jonas Valančiūnas in the centre role. Monroe fielded questions from Canadian news media outlets in reference to the 2017 incident during the playoffs between himself and Jonas Valančiūnas, which was basically a shoving match between the two. He responded by expressing a positive outlook about that situation. […]
Politics
Seimas speaker pledges to include name-spelling issue into fall agenda
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis has pledged to include bills on the spelling of non-Lithuanian names in personal documents using Latin-based characters in the parliament’s fall agenda. […]
Economy
Plain packaging proved ineffective, tobacco producers say
Tobacco producers criticize plans to introduce more restrictions in Lithuania, announced by the Ministry of Health, and say the government fails to evaluate their implementation. Moreover, some of the proposals have proved ineffective in the world. […]
Defence
Lithuania buying short-range missiles from Sweden’s Saab for EUR 70 mln
Lithuania will spend almost 10 million euros on upgrading the RBS 70 short-range air defense capability the Lithuanian Armed Forces currently have, by purchasing missiles and equipment from Sweden’s Saab. […]
Society
Sabonis named most influential sports figure in Lithuania – survey
Former Lithuanian basketball player Arvydas Sabonis, who previously led the country’s basketball federation, has been named the most influential sports figure in Lithuania, according to a survey by Spinter Tyrimai for the delfi.lt news website, published on Friday. […]