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Lithuania’s Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis on Thursday announced his candidates for ministerial posts to the parliament. […]

Ukraine plans to create civilian, volunteer forces on Lithuania’s model

Ukraine is planning to create civilian paramilitary and volunteer military forces on the model of the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union and the National Defence Volunteer Force. […]

New PM expects to name his ministerial candidates this week

Lithuania’s Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis expects to present his candidates for ministerial posts to the president and the general public by the end of this week. […]

UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson wants to visit Lithuania

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told his Lithuanian counterpart Linas Linkevičius, in London on Wednesday that he wants to visit Lithuania, the Foreign Ministry said. […]

General Viktor Muzhenko, the chief of the general staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces

Ukraine is ready for all scenarios, including massive military action

Ukraine is ready not only for the so-called Crimean corridor scenario, but also for much larger-scale military action by pro-Russian separatists in its territory, General Viktor Muzhenko, the chief of the general staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, said. […]

Lufthansa cancels Thursday’s flights from Frankfurt to Vilnius

Germany’s flagship carrier Lufthansa has cancelled flights scheduled to depart Vilnius for Frankfurt at 6:20 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, the second day of flight cancellations by the airline in Europe. […]

Lithuania demonstrates better defence abilities on Armed Forces Day

As Lithuania marks the Day of Armed Forces on Wednesday, the country’s leaders and top military officers noted the enhanced national and NATO defense capacities amid the continuing dismay over Russia. […]

At the Labour Party's Council meeting in Dec 2015

Labour Party doesn’t consider merger with SocDems

The Lithuanian Labour Party does not consider merger with the ruling Social Democrats or other parties, says the party’s acting leader Vytautas Gapšys. […]

National Defence, Security Industries Association gets new chief

Ričardas Sartatavičius has been appointed as the new director of the Lithuanian Defence and Security Industries Association. […]

President approves Skvernelis as new PM

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday appointed Saulius Skvernelis as the country’s new prime minister in line with the Constitution and in response to the approval of the newly-elected parliament. […]

Lithuania’s attention to Ukraine’s army to continue

Lithuania’s outgoing Defence Minister Juozas Olekas assured Ukraine’s Chief of Defence Viktor Muzhenko that Lithuania’s attention to the Ukrainian Armed Forces would remain at the same level next year. […]

New Orthodox church opens in Klaipėda

A new church of Orthodox Old Believers was opened in the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda on Monday. […]

New missiles in Kaliningrad aimed at hindering NATO ships’ access

The deployment by Russia of new missiles in its Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad is aimed at restricting access for NATO allies’ ships to the Baltic countries, the Lithuanian Defence Ministry said. […]

Seimas approves Skvernelis as prime minister

The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday approved Saulius Skvernelis, the candidate proposed by the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), as the country’s next prime minister. […]

Lithuania must streamline its higher education network

Lithuania’s new government must streamline the network of universities and other higher education institutions amid a rapid decrease in student numbers, an advisor to President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]

Former c.bank official Šapoka considering offer to become FinMin

Vilius Šapoka, a former director of the Financial Services and Markets Supervision Department at the central Bank of Lithuania, says that he is considering an offer to become the country’s next finance minister. […]

Court orders freeze on EUR 20 mln worth of funds of Veolia’s subsidiary

A Vilnius court has ordered a freeze on almost 20 million euros worth of funds of Vilniaus Energija (Vilnius Energy), a local district heating supplier controlled by France‘s Veolia, a move that the company describes as “an assault” against it and plans to contest. […]

Lithuanian businesses get no access to millions of euros from Boxer contract

The Lithuanian Defence Ministry does not say why it did not make use of the so-called offset mechanism in the procurement of Boxer infantry fighting vehicles, thus not giving local businesses a chance to earn at least 60 million to 80 million euros, the business daily Verslo Žinios reported on Tuesday. […]

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