Foreign affairs
Israeli PM thanks Lithuania for historical invitation to EU
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday thanked Lithuania for its initiative to invite him to a meeting with EU foreign ministers. […]
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Defence
Foreign affairs
Lithuania expects Ukraine’s support on Belarus’ N-plant project
Lithuania is trying to secure Ukraine’s support for its efforts to block the construction of the unsafe Astravyets nuclear power plant in Belarus, but it has received no concrete position from Kiev yet, Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said. […]
Society
Concerns over condition of Mindaugas Castle heightening in Belarus
Belarusians are sounding alarms over the threat to the Mindaugas Castle in Novogrudok, a city merely 150 km from the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Lietuvos Rytas daily said on Saturday. […]
Society
54,000 people declare emigration from Lithuania in Jan-Nov
Over 54,000 persons declared emigration from Lithuania in January through November this year, which marks an increase from the same period of 2016, however, the number of immigrants also went up, Statistics Lithuania said on Monday. […]
Culture
Lithuania awards National Culture, Arts Prize to Gabrėnaitė, Kalinauskaitė, Trimakas
This year’s National Culture and Arts Prize has been awarded to actress Eglė Gabrėnaitė, writer Danutė Kalinauskaitė and photographic artist Gintautas Trimakas. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian-language teachers gradually pushed out of Kaliningrad schools
Lithuanian teachers who used to go to the Russian Kaliningrad region to teach the Lithuanian language there have lately been facing increasing obstacles and refused labour visas, a scheme Lithuania’s political scientists view as a way of pushing the Lithuanian spirit out of the enclave. […]
Culture
Winners of National Culture and Arts Prize to be announced in Vilnius
Winners of this year’s Lithuanian National Culture and Arts Prize will be announced at the Culture Ministry in Vilnius on Monday. […]
Politics
Lithuanian Liberal Movement to check results after Auštrevičius’ doubts in leader election
After MEP Petras Auštrevičius expressed doubts about the election for the Lithuanian Liberal Movement‘s leadership that was won by MP Eugenijus Gentvilas by a margin of a single vote, the party’s representatives pledged to crosscheck the discrepancies. […]
Foreign affairs
Saakashvili’s hands covered in blood – Ukraine’s president in Vilnius
The hands of Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili are stained with blood, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko stated in Vilnius last week. […]
Politics
Ukraine’s businesses expect new deal to ensure dignity of immigrants in Lithuania
Ukraine’s business representatives expect that the bilateral treaty under preparation will help ensure civilized working conditions for the increasing flows of Ukrainians arriving in Lithuania. […]
Foreign affairs
Ukraine could invite international experts in Saakashvili case – Poroshenko in Vilnius
International experts could be included in the investigation of charges against former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili on receipt of unlawful support from Russia, Ukraine‘s President Petro Poroshenko said in Vilnius on Friday. […]
Foreign affairs
EU ministers meeting Israel’s PM at Lithuania’s initiative
A meeting of the foreign ministers of European Union (EU) member-states with Israeli’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is held in Brussels on Monday at Lithuania’s initiative. […]
Politics
Gentvilas picked as leader of Lithuania’s Liberal Movement
The Lithuanian Liberal Movement on Saturday elected Eugenijus Gentvilas, the elder of the party’s political group in the parliament, as its new leader by advantage of a single vote. […]
Economy
2 participants apply for Lithuania’s national stadium concession tender
Two applicants – Icor’s engineering product and solution company Axis Industries and Vilniaus Nacionalinis Stadionas (Vilnius National Stadium) – have submitted final offers for the concession tender of the national stadium complex next to the Akropolis mall in Vilnius. […]
Politics
Lithuanian minister of health interpellation answers: Doctor wages to grow, pharmacies in order
Lithuania’s Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga answered interpellation questions, saying that salaries for doctors will grow, and introduction of mystery shoppers have finally forced pharmacies to obey prescription drug sales rules, therefore, this should be viewed positively. […]
Foreign affairs
Ukrainian president vows to protect law-enforcement from political interference
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, on a visit to Vilnius, vows to protect law-enforcement bodies fighting corruption in his country from interference by politicians and says he is ready to table a bill on establishing an anti-corruption court. […]
Foreign affairs
Economy
Economy
Lithuania expects to join OECD next year – finance minister
Lithuanian Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka expects that the country will become a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) next year. […]