Politics
Lithuania comes in 40th in UN’s e-government development index
Lithuania comes 40th out of 193 countries in the United Nations’ Electronic Government Development Index, dropping 17 positions, compared to 2016. […]
Year: 2018
Politics
Papal visit to Lithuania: spending arrangements and calls for Church to reveal figures
Lithuanian institutions and the Catholic Church have started coordinating financial issues related to the upcoming visit of Pope Francis, with funds to be spent on stages, protection, decorations. […]
Defence
Legal measures against Yandex.Taxi are being looked for, Lithuanian PM says
Specific and motivated legal solutions against ride-sharing company Yandex.Taxi are being looked for, but that’s not a strategic company which can be subject to certain restrictions, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Economy
Vilnius’ “G-Spot of Europe” ad campaign doesn’t cross line, PM says
An advertising campaign introducing the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius as “the G-Spot of Europe” does not cross the morality line but the timing of its launch should have better considered, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
Global LT
Asta and Linas who traversed the world on motorcycles have returned home: a record seems to be in the stars
On Saturday a campsite with friends and family members near Vilnius marked the end of the round the world trip for two motorcycle enthusiasts Asta Dovydėnaitė and Linas Mockevičius. In 640 days or more than 21 months the two travelers traversed more than 100 thousand kilometers and visited 45 different countries. This experience will forever cement itself in their memory not only because of the thousands of photos taken during the trip, but also because of a new mention in the Lithuanian record books. They have become the first Lithuanians to cover this much distance using motorcycles. […]
Society
CORPORATE
A riddle for our time: who are the grey cardinals? Part Two
They won the auction… But did they Mr. Skvernelis also mentioned that by protecting these Lietuvos Energija projects, other rivals could be eliminated. The 2013 auction incentive auction for a biomass-winning company became one such […]
Society
History
“The silent” Seimas the end of the internal fights
The Sejm of the Polish – Lithuanian joint state – the Commonwealth of the Two Nations – that convened on 1 February 1717, and sat in conference for only six or seven hours instead of the usual several weeks or several months, was given a name of “silent” because the draft laws were approved without considering them and none of the participants was allowed to start discussions. This procedure for adopting laws was agreed upon in advance. Only the Speaker of the Sejm was allowed to speak whose candidature was coordinated prior to the beginning of the Sejm. There was no usual election of the Speaker of the Sejm either. […]
Society
Fewer gravel roads in Lithuania: newly paved roads on many picturesque routes
This summer, travelers around Lithuania can already reach various picturesque places by going on newly paved roads. In the country’s regions, about 30 sections of gravel roads were paved this year, many of them leading through landscape reserves, along rivers or around lakes, a press release from the Transport and Communications Ministry states. […]
Defence
NATO jets scrambled 8 times last week to intercept Russian planes over Baltic Sea
Fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of NATO’s air policing mission were scrambled eight times last week to identify and escort military aircraft of the Russian Federation in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea, according to data from the Ministry of National Defense. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s Financial Crime authority finishes probe into Brazauskienė’s family US assets
Ernestas Butrimas, the son of Kristina Brazauskienė, the widow of Lithuanian President Algirdas Brazauskas, is suspected of false accounting and the provision of false income, profit and asset information related to real estate operation in the United States. […]
Economy
More business financing alternatives and investment opportunities introduced in Lithuania
Reduction of administrative burden on investment funds and more favourable environment for their activities in Lithuania, and at the same time, creation of better possibilities of business financing and greater opportunities for investors is the main goal of the draft laws on collective investment undertakings (CIU) which the Ministry of Finance submitted today to the Government. […]
Defence
Lithuanian officers to hold radioactive explosion tabletop exercise
Officers from the Lithuanian interior system will carry out a tabletop exercise in September on how to respond to an explosion of a radioactive bomb during a mass gathering. […]
CORPORATE
A riddle for our time: who are the grey cardinals? Part One
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis abruptly dismissed his energy advisor Tomas Garasimavičius in March this year. Skvernelis claims he had lost political trust in his advisor. Just over a month later, Lietuvos Energija launched an internal […]
Society
Central/Eastern Europe
Ex-political prisoners, deportees call on Russia to let Mission into Siberia
Lithuania’s former political prisoners and deportees called on Russia during their convention on Saturday to let participants of the Mission Siberia project into the country. […]
European Union
Ministry of Justice proposes selection procedure for European Public Prosecutor’s Office
Lithuania’s Ministry of Justice is proposing a procedure for selecting candidates for the European Public Prosecutor’s Office being established. The new body will fight fraud and corruption in the area of EU support. […]
Economy
Railways to rent new railcars for grain producers
Lithuanian state-run railway company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) plans to rent grain railcars from Belarus as Lithuanian grain processors and exporters complain about a lack of them. And the traffic of the existing ones is slow due to ongoing railway repairs, they add. […]
Foreign affairs
ForMin has no info on Lithuanian earthquake casualties in Indonesia
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday it has no information on Lithuanian citizens killed or injured during the recent earthquake in Indonesia. […]