Foreign affairs
Over 90,000 invitations to meeting with pope in Kaunas issued
Authorities have issued over 90,000 invitations to attend a meeting with Pope Francis in a park in Kaunas next Sunday. […]
Articles by BNS
Economy
Smart Continent LT to assess Vilnius’ attractiveness among investors
Smart Continent LT will assess the attractiveness of Vilnius and its five foreign competitors among investors after winning a tender called by Vilnius tourism and business development agency Go Vilnius. […]
Politics
MP Pavilionis won’t run in Lithuanian conservatives’ presidential primaries
Žygimantas Pavilionis, a lawmaker of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats, on Monday announced his decision not to run in his party’s primaries for next May’s presidential election. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania among best EU states in terms of compliance with AAQ directive
Lithuania has been named among EU member states which effectively comply with the EU Ambient Air Quality Directive adopted a decade ago. […]
Defence
Politics
Juozaitis to run for Lithuanian president, focus on language, family, education, justice
Arvydas Juozaitis, a philosopher and one of the initiators of the Sąjūdis national revival movement, has on Monday announced his decision to run for president of Lithuania, naming the language, family, national education and justice as his key priorities. […]
Politics
Economist Nausėda to run for Lithuanian president
Economist Gitanas Nausėda has on Monday announced his decision to run for Lithuanian president. […]
Economy
Tax credit brings 25 million-worth of investment to Lithuania – film center
A tax credit has brought in 24.4 million-worth of investment from foreign film makers in Lithuania over the pas four years, specialists from a Belgian consultancy have calculated. […]
Economy
Baltics to get more of US attention due to Blackstone investment – experts
The decision by a consortium led by private equity funds managed by Blackstone to invest 1 billion euros into Luminor, a Scandinavian bank operating in the Baltic states, should make the US administration pay more attention to the Baltic states, and also attract more investors from this country, political scientists have told BNS Lithuania. […]
Politics
Dual citizenship referendum in Lithuania might cost EUR 1.8-2.5 mln
The costs of a dual citizenship referendum in Lithuania might range from 1.8 to 2.45 million euros, based on the calculations by the Central Electoral Commission. […]
Foreign affairs
Politics
President proposes amendments to restrict bailiffs’ remuneration
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is putting forward amendments aimed at restricting bailiffs’ financial remuneration to up to 15 percent of the amount recovered. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president, EU leaders to discuss infrastructure projects in Romania
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for Bucharest on Monday to discuss regional cooperation and joint infrastructure projects with leaders of 12 EU member states. […]
Politics
Haase, Bastys get into by-election run-off in Lithuania’s Zanavykai constituency
Irena Haase, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, and Mindaugas Bastys, a former social democrat who stood for election as an independent candidate, have gotten into the run-off of a by-election in Lithuania’s Zanavykai constituency, held to fill a vacant parliament seat, according to preliminary data. […]
Foreign affairs
Estonia’s Skinest Rail may take Lithuania to international arbitration court
Estonia’s railway services and investment group Skinest Rail, the owner of Lithuania’s Skinest Baltija, is considering taking Lithuania to an international arbitration court over an alleged bilateral investment promotion agreement violation after losing a battle in local courts. […]
Defence
US Army deploys tanks, IFVs to Lithuania for training
The US Army’s Abrams tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles were on Friday transported to Lithuania for training, the Lithuanian Armed Forces said. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania won’t appeal EU commission’s decision in Gazprom probe – energy minister
Lithuania will not appeal against the European Commission‘s decision in its probe against Russia‘s gas giant Gazprom as this would not bring much benefit to the country, which has sufficient means to ensure its energy security, Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said on Friday. […]
Foreign affairs
Merkel, in Vilnius, vows to keep sanctions on Russia, but defends Nord Stream (Updated)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in Vilnius on Friday that the European Union would maintain its sanctions against Russia until progress had been made in implementing the Minsk agreement on resolving the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. […]
Politics
MP says scrapping election threshold for minorities could undermine equality
The chairwoman of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs says that the Seimas would probably breach the principle of equal treatment if it removed the election threshold for ethnic minority parties. […]
Energy
Energmin calls deal on synchronization scenario ‘decision of the decade’
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have reached a long sought-after agreement that opens the way for the further development of the key regional energy project, Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said on Friday after a scenario for the Baltic power grids’ synchronization with the Continental European was endorsed in Brussels. […]