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NATO jets scrambled once from Lithuania last week over Russian warplanes
Fighter-jets serving in the NATO air-policing mission were last week scrambled once from Lithuania to intercept Russian warplanes flying in the international airspace above the Baltic Sea. […]
Foreign affairs
Society
Report shows significant rise in number of overdose deaths in Lithuania
The number of deaths from drug overdose in Europe has risen for the third year in a row and Lithuania is among five European nations that recorded a considerable increase in fatal overdoses, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) said in a report published this week. […]
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Foreign affairs
President Dalia Grybauskaite congratulates Ukraine on visa-free travel, calls for further reforms
President Dalia Grybauskaite on Friday congratulated Ukrainians on the start of visa-free travel to the European Union and urged them to continue reforms in order to join the EU and NATO. […]
Society
Official emigration volumes down in Lithuania in May
The volume of official emigration from Lithuania has declined – the number of declared emigrations was down by nearly 500 in May from April, Statistics Lithuania said. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s ex-MP Paulauskas founding movement with other Labor members
Arturas Paulauskas, a member of the Labor Party, is founding a public movement, which will be a new center-left political force to unite former and current members of the party, as well as non-affiliated individuals. […]
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Slovenian president to pay official visit to Lithuania
Slovenian President Borut Pahor on Monday is coming to Lithuania for an official visit that will focus on defense and cybersecurity, the Lithuanian president’s office said. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
President arrives in east Ukraine to celebrate visa-free travels
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Friday arrived in the city of Kharkov in eastern Ukraine to congratulate Ukrainians on visa-free travels to the European Union (EU) and express support in the Kiev conflict with Moscow. […]
Economy
Lietuvos Geležinkeliai plans restructuring, to sack part of administration
Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG), the state-run railway company, plans to restructure the group and give up some of the unnecessary property. Mantas Bartuška, the company’s CEO, does not rule out entering the stock exchange in the future. […]
Energy
Baltic states could have 2 LNG terminals – Lithuanian PM
Two terminals could operate on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea controlled by the three Baltic states – in Lithuania’s Klaipėda and in Estonia, which could build a small terminal, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis stated on Friday. In his words, the two terminals would supplement each other along with the Inčukalns gas storage facility in Latvia. […]
Economy
President signs alcohol control bill into law
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed the amendments to the Alcohol Control Law, which were adopted by the parliament and triggered heated discussions in the society, thus imposing substantial restrictions on alcohol trade, consumption and advertisements as of 2018. […]