Politics
Lithuanian cities to receive Dutch tulip bulbs as Centennial Gift
Representatives of Lithuanian municipalities will receive a Centennial Gift in the form of tulip bulbs from the Netherlands at the government on Friday. […]
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Economy
Politics
Liberal Movement deprived of 6-months grant over gross violation
The Lithuanian Liberal Movement is losing a six-month grant from the state budget, i.e., around 395,000 euros, for gross violation of financing rules, the Central Electoral Commission decided on Thursday. […]
Economy
Luxembourg wants to cooperate with Lithuania in telecoms, finance, IT
Luxembourg wants to cooperate with Lithuania in the areas of telecommunications, information and finance technologies, satellites and logistics, Grand Duke Henri said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
Energy
Lithuania, Luxembourg sign EU’s 1st renewable energy cooperation deal
Lithuania and Luxembourg signed on Thursday a renewable energy deal, the first of its kind in the European Union, that will enable the Baltic country to sell a part of its renewable energy surplus for 10 million euros. […]
Defence
Mid-range air defense systems to cost Lithuania EUR 110 mln
Mid-range air defense systems will cost Lithuania 110 million euros, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Thursday after signing a contract on the acquisition of Norwegian Advanced Surface to Air Missile Systems (NASAMS). […]
European Union
Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Henri to pay official visit to Lithuania
Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg is on Thursday coming Lithuania on a two-day official visit. […]
Politics
Government says joint activity agreement not suitable for regulating cohabitation
The Lithuanian government has criticized lawmakers’ proposal that relations between people living together be regulated by agreements on joint activity, rather than by partnership agreements. […]
Foreign affairs
Uncategorized
Lithuania, Poland need to develop concrete cooperation – Komorowski
Lithuania and Poland must move from official events to concrete cooperation in their relations, Poland’s former president Bronislaw Komorowski said in Vilnius on Wednesday. […]
Politics
Vilnius mayor says to push for administration director’s dismissal
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius says that he cannot imagine himself working with Alma Vaitkunskienė, who on Wednesday survived a vote on her dismissal from the post of municipal administration director, and plans to repeatedly propose that the city council sack her. […]
Politics
Vaitkunskienė stays as director of Vilnius administration
Alma Vaitkunskienė keeps her job as director of the Vilnius administration after surviving a vote on her dismissal in the city’s council on Wednesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s ‘Magnitsky act’ makes headway in parliament
Lithuania’s Magnitsky legislation banning entry to foreigners involved in large-scale corruption, money laundering or human rights violations is making headway in the parliament. […]
Society
Lithuanian police launch 41 online child pornography probes
Lithuanian police launched 41 investigations into the distribution of child pornography on the Internet as part of an operation carried out in October. […]
Society
Chief prosecutor notes rising number of missing children
Although the official statistics does not reflect the actual number of children missing in Lithuania, Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis notes an increasing the number of long-term missing cases that could be linked with human trafficking or sexual or criminal abuse. […]
Society
Lithuanian court merges two January 13 coup trials
A Vilnius court on Wednesday decided to merge two cases of the January 13 trial into one – criminal charges against two former Soviet officers will be added to the big case heard for almost two years. […]
Economy
Free Market Institute finds Vilnius administration as most efficient for 3 years
The Vilnius administration has been the most efficient across Lithuania for the third consecutive year, shows the 2017 Municipal Performance Index published by the Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LLRI). […]
Defence
Contract on medium-range air-defense systems NASAMS to be signed on Sep. 26
Lithuania’s Armed Forces will Thursday sign a contract on acquisition of Norwegian medium-range air-defense systems NASAMS, the Defense Ministry said. […]
Politics
Coalition talks possible with Polish party group, not Tomaszewski – Seimas’ speaker
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis does not rule out that the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) would hold coalition talks with the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Union of Christian Families amid the lack of formal majority. […]
Society
Government to discuss contracts of joint operations for cohabitants
Lithuania’s government will Wednesday discuss the possibility for persons living in cohabitation to regulate their relationship by contracts of joint operations. […]