Politics
Lithuania gets new deputy justmin
Lawyer and public procurement expert Giedrius Ruseckas was appointed as Lithuania’s new justice vice-minister. […]
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Foreign affairs
Lithuania opens honorary consulate in Istanbul
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday opened a honorary consulate in Istanbul, which became the country’s 5th honorary consulate in Turkey. […]
Society
Lithuanian court convicts man for public approval of Soviet crimes
A Vilnius court on Monday imposed restriction of freedom for Jurijus Subotinas, resident of the country’s eastern city of Visaginas, for publishing a comment that expressed support to Soviet deportations. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s president off to UAE to agree on exports certificates for meat, eggs
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has left for an official visit to the United Arab Emirates, saying that the main aim of the visit will be to finalize exports certificates for meat and eggs. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s ambassador to Russia pays tribute to victims of Soviet repressions
On the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions in Russia, Lithuania’s Ambassador to Russia Remigijus Motuzas paid tribute to the victims in Moscow. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania expects agreements on energy projects at meeting of Baltic, Nordic PMs
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is leaving for Finland this week for an annual meeting of Nordic and Baltic prime ministers, which Lithuania’s government representatives expect to result in agreements on energy projects. […]
Defence
US stops rotating troops in Lithuania, send them to drills – General
The United States have ceased permanent rotation of its Land Forces troops in Lithuania, however, will continue sending them to exercises, says US Lieutenant General Ben Hodges. […]
Defence
US general observes Iron Wolf II exercise in Lithuania
Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, outgoing commander of the US Army Europe, arrived in the General Silvestras Žukauskas Training Area on Saturday to view international exercise Iron Wolf II. […]
Foreign affairs
Politics
2 deputies to Lithuania’s FNTT chief resign
Šarūnas Rameikis and Vytautas Giržadas have resigned as deputies of the Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigation Service‘s (FNTT) chief Antonis Mikulskis. They stopped performing their duties last Thursday. […]
Defence
Lithuanian army to set up artillery battalion in Šilalė district
The Lithuanian Armed Forces will set up an artillery battalion in Pajūris, a small town in the district of Šilalė, as part of a brigade that is being formed in the western part of the country. […]
European Union
Lithuania calls for dialog in solving Catalan crisis
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that Lithuania supports the territorial integrity of Spain and calls for dialog in solving the crisis over the Catalan independence declaration as a confrontational path will mean riots and victims. […]
Politics
Border Crossing Infrastructure Directorate’s head resigns
Arnoldas Tvaronavičius has resigned as head of the Border Crossing Infrastructure Directorate under the Lithuanian Transport Ministry amid suspicions of non-transparent public procurement practices in the authority. […]
Culture
Publisher withdraws Vanagaitė’s books over remarks about Lithuanian partisan leader
The publishing group Alma Littera said on Friday that it was ending cooperation with Rūta Vanagaitė and withdrawing all of her books from the market over the author’s unacceptable statements about Lithuania’s anti-Soviet resistance commander Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas. […]
Politics
Paluckas says he doesn’t fear Social Democrats split
Gintautas Paluckas, the leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, says he does not fear that the party would split. He spoke in response to the decision taken y breakaway MPs to set up a new political force. […]
Politics
MPs who left Social Democratic party setting up new party
A group of Lithuanian parliamentarians who left the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party a few weeks ago have announced establishing a new Social Democratic force with their former allies. […]
Defence
Lithuanian security chief: We must avoid hysteria when discussing threats
Darius Jauniškis, the director of the Lithuanian State Security Department (VSD), says that intelligence agencies are increasingly open to communication with the public as they cannot remain invisible services in this information age. […]
Politics
Leaders of Liberal Movement tend to preserve party – Gentvilas
Leaders of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement tends to preserve the party, however, the final decision will be made by the party’s council next week, says acting leader Eugenijus Gentvilas. […]
CORPORATE
Lithuanians seek a very specific president after Grybauskaitė
Lithuanians want an oligarch, they would be prepared to vote for Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis in the presidential elections if he runs. Meanwhile other business representatives currently do not have any great chances in the […]