BNS, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

Election task force sees EUR 45,000 as non-monetary donation to Liberals

October 19, 2017 BNS 0

The 45,336 euros in the costs of the training organized by an Institute of Applied Politics owned by Šarūnas Gustainis, former MP and former member of the Liberal Movement, for the party should be recognized as non-monetary contribution, says a task force established by the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission, saying that parties would otherwise get a green light to conceal some of their financing sources. […]

Lithuania must save for future amid growing economy – Minister of Finance

October 19, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuania formed a surplus 2018 state budget for the first time since regaining independence in 1990, says Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka, adding this is necessary amid fast economic development and the need to accumulate reserves for a rainy day. […]

Lithuania didn’t provide Turkey with ByLock user data

October 19, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuania never received a Turkish request for legal assistance on user of ByLock app and did not provide any data, says Julius Sabatauskas, chairman of the parliamentary Committee for Legal Affairs. […]

President off to EU summit to discuss Brexit, EU reforms

October 19, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is Thursday leaving for the European Union’s (EU) summit, which will discuss talks on the United Kingdom’s exit from the organization and the bloc’s plans for reforms. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė, Vytautas Landsbergis

Landsbergis has always been Lithuania’s first head-of-state – president

October 19, 2017 BNS 0

Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania’s first post-independence leader, has always been the first head-of-state and will always have the status, which cannot be changed by any laws or machinations, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]

Watchdog group: Liberal Movement grossly breached campaign funding rules

October 19, 2017 BNS 0

A task force of the Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has proposed finding the Liberal Movement guilty of gross violations of the law on financing of the election campaign, VRK leader Laura Matjošaitytė confirmed to BNS. […]

Providence finalizes acquisition of Lithuania’s TV3

October 18, 2017 BNS 0

Global private equity firm Providence Equity Partners on Wednesday finalized the acquisition of the TV3 media group from Sweden’s concern Modern Times Group (MTG). […]

Lithuanian railway co to appeal against size of EU fine – president

October 18, 2017 BNS 0

Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) does not intend to deny the competition violation established by the European Commission (EC), however, intends to go to court over the size of the fine, says the country’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]

Government okays closure of embassy to Switzerland

October 18, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuania’s government has endorsed the idea of eliminating the country’s embassy to Switzerland from August 6, 2018. […]

President wishes Landsbergis years of activity, creativity on 85th anniversary

October 18, 2017 BNS 0

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė congratulated Vytautas Landsbergis, the country’s first post-independence leader, on his 85th anniversary on Wednesday. […]

Ireland, Netherlands joining Baltic-Nordic meeting in Brussels

October 18, 2017 BNS 0

Leaders of the Baltic and the Nordic states have for the first time invited their Irish and Dutch colleagues to join the traditional meeting in Brussels ahead of the European Union (EU) summit. […]

KTU rector pledges to appeal against ethics watchdog’s finding

October 18, 2017 BNS 0

Petras Baršauskas, rector of the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), plans to go to court over the finding by the Lithuanian academic ethics watchdog that accused him of violating citing rules and requirements of academic ethics, dismissing the accusations as political retribution. […]

10 police officers sent to help Migration Dept with document processing

October 18, 2017 BNS 0

Amid a heavy increase in workflow at the Lithuanian Migration Department, ten police officers from migration units have been sent as temporary backup, Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas said. […]

Lithuanian railway co to appeal against EC fine – CEO

October 18, 2017 BNS 0

Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) intends to file an appeal against the European Commission‘s (EC) move to slap it with a fine of nearly 28 million euros for the 2008 removal of tracks from Mažeikiai to the Latvian city of Renge, Mantas Bartuška, CEO of the state-run company, stated on Wednesday. […]

Seimas panel probing if Lithuania could provide ByLock consumer data to Turkey

October 18, 2017 BNS 0

The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee for Legal Affairs is working to establish whether Lithuania could have provided Turkey with information about uses of ByLock chat app. Ankara maintains the app had been developed specifically for mobilization of coup supporters, and having it on a mobile was a sufficient reason for arrests. […]