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Vilnius council greenlights national stadium concession tender
The Vilnius City Council on Wednesday finalized preparations for the tender for the national stadium concession. Mayor Remigijus Šimašius says the tender would be called shortly to pick a consortium to build and manage the stadium. […]
Sports
Lithuania sees off team to Rio Paralympic Games
Lithuania’s Paralympic national team was seen off to Rio de Janeiro at a ceremony at Vilnius Cathedral Square on Wednesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian and Polish presidents to have first face-to-face meeting
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is scheduled to have a face-to-face meeting with her Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, during a regional event in Croatia on Thursday – it will be the first conversation in the format since Duda was elected to the post in August 2015. […]
Sports
Lithuanian president presents perfume to athletes robbed in Rio
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has given bottles of perfume to two of the country’s bronze-winning athletes who had their personal belongings stolen in Rio de Janeiro. […]
Society
Foreign affairs
Seimas speaker says persona non grata list should be made public
The list of individuals banned from entering Lithuania should be made public, says Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė. […]
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Economy
Vilnius to borrow €50m from EIB to refinance debt
The municipality of Vilnius to borrow up to €50 million from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for refinancing earlier loans and investment projects, Mayor Remigijus Šimašius has said. […]
Defence
Trump ‘doesn’t understand what Article 5 is’ – Biden on defending Baltics
United States Vice-President Joe Biden has said that the Baltic states have no reasons to doubt US commitments to NATO, downplaying the remarks about NATO made by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. […]
Sports
Lithuanian national basketball team coach steps down after Rio
The head coach of the Lithuanian national men’s basketball team, Jonas Kazlauskas, said on Tuesday he was to step down.
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Energy
Astravyets plant may be used as ‘unconventional’ weapon against Baltics – President Grybauskaitė
The Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus may be used against the three Baltic states unconventionally, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday before a conference on geopolitical and nuclear impact of the Astravyets utility.
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Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president meeting US Vice-President Biden in Riga
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is scheduled to meet with United States Vice-President Joe Biden and other Baltic leaders in Latvia on Tuesday, with plans to address US military assistance to the region on mutual grounds, not just in the NATO format. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s Linkevičius first EU and NATO minister to visit Turkey after coup
Monday’s visit to Turkey made Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius the first foreign minister of a European Union (EU) and NATO country to come to the country after a failed coup in mid-July. […]
Defence
NATO jets in Lithuania scrambled once last week over Russian warplane
Fighter jets serving in the NATO air policing mission in the Baltic states were scrambled once last week to identify and accompany a Russian warplane flying in international airspace above the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence. […]
Culture
Lithuania guest of honour at Beijing Book Fair
Lithuania will this week attend the Beijing International Book Fair in China, its first ever participation in the event, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. […]
Society
WWII German war prisoner remains exhumed in Kaunas
Exhumation of remains of German prisoners of war of World War II has been started in the southern redoubt of the Kaunas fortress, Kauno Diena daily reports. […]
Defence
Lithuania buying German Boxers for €386m
Lithuania on Monday signed a contract to purchase German Boxer infantry fighting vehicles for nearly €386 million, which is the most expensive acquisition in the history of Lithuania’s Armed Forces. […]
Energy
Protection of Lithuania’s LNG terminal ‘impressive’
Lithuania’s Interior Minister Tomas Žilinskas said during a visit in the port city of Klaipėda on Friday that the Public Security Service and Klaipėdos Nafta (Klaipėda Oil) were doing a good job protecting the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. […]
Politics
Social democrats inclined to support president’s Labour Code veto – Sysas
Lithuania’s ruling Social Democratic Party is likely to support the presidential veto of the new Labour Code, says the party’s vice-chairman MP Algirdas Sysas. […]