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Lithuania to resettle 30 families of Lithuanian descent from Crimea and eastern Ukraine

July 10, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania plans to bring back Lithuanian citizens, people of Lithuanian descent and their families who live in the Crimean peninsula and Ukraine‘s eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk. […]

Stockholm arbitration court completes oral hearing in Lithuania’s dispute with Gazprom

July 10, 2015 BNS 0

A Stockholm arbitration tribunal’s oral hearing for Lithuania’s suit against Russia‘s gas supplier Gazprom was completed on Thursday after the parties to the dispute made their closing statements. […]

Nerijus Numavičius, Darius Mockus, Žilvinas Marcinkevičius

Top ten of Lithuania’s richest people

July 10, 2015 BNS 0

Nerijus Numavičius, chairman of the management board at VP Grupė which owns grocery store chain Maxima, remains the richest person in Lithuania with estimated assets of 1.3 billion euros, according to a list of the country’s wealthiest people published by the IQ magazine. […]

Lithuania to accept 85 refugees from non third countries, vice-minister says

July 10, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania will accept 85 refugees from third countries, says Vice-Minister of the Interior Elvinas Jankevičius. EU interior minister are also scheduled to hold talks on the relocation of migrants from Greece and Italy on July 20. […]

German GTK Boxer prototype. Photo Wikimedia

Lithuanian army plans to buy German Boxers

July 9, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuania plans to buy Boxer armoured fighting vehicles from Germany, the spokesman for the Lithuanian chief of defence confirmed to BNS on Thursday, adding that the proposal would be submitted to the State Defence Council. […]

Lithuania gets ready for refugee challenge

July 9, 2015 BNS 0

As the European Union launches talks on refugee distribution, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says accepting several hundred refugees is not only a challenge but also an opportunity to solve the problem of short workforce supply. […]

NATO high readiness elements might come to Lithuania next year

July 9, 2015 BNS 0

Allied high readiness elements might come to Lithuania next year for training and certification of a NATO headquarters being established in Lithuania, its Deputy Commander Lieutenant Colonel Mindaugas Petkevičius says. […]

China’s stock market plunge may affect global trade, Lithuanian foreign minister says

July 9, 2015 BNS 0

China‘s stock market plunge may affect EU and global trade, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Thursday. […]

Vilnius plans to start taking down Green Bridge statues next week

July 9, 2015 BNS 0

Vilnius authorities plan to start the removal of the Soviet Green Bridge statues next week and it will take up to two week to complete the work, a spokesman for the municipality said on Thursday. […]

NATO Force Integration Unit to be presented in Vilnius

July 9, 2015 BNS 0

The progress made in the establishment of a NATO headquarters, the NATO Force Integration Unit (NFIU) in Vilnius, its leadership, tasks and organization will be presented to national defence leadership, foreign defence attachés in Lithuania, and media at the headquarters of the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces in Vilnius. […]

MEPs nominate Nemtsov for Sakharov Prize

July 9, 2015 BNS 0

A group of European lawmakers, including Lithuania’s representatives, have nominated murdered Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov for the European Parliament‘s annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. […]

Nord Stream expansion to do ‘great harm’ to Ukraine

July 9, 2015 BNS 0

The European Union does not need a new Nord Stream gas pipeline that Russia‘s gas behemoth Gazprom is planning to build, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said, adding that the project will do great harm to Ukraine. […]

Lithuanian government’s approval would be needed for ESM loan to Greece, finance minister says

July 9, 2015 BNS 0

Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius says that if the eurozone decided to provide financial support to Greece from the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), in Lithuania it would be the government that would decide on whether or not to approve the loan. […]

Invited by Russian ambassador to visit Crimea, Vilnius mayor said he’d wait for Ukraine’s invitation

July 8, 2015 BNS 0

Invited by Russian ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Udaltsov to visit Crimea, Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius hit back by saying that he would wait for the invitation from Ukraine. […]

Vilnius mulls introducing “pillow tax” next year

July 8, 2015 BNS 0

Vilnius authorities are considering to introduce a “pillow tax” of 50 euro cents as of next year, Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius said on Wednesday. […]

Lithuanian MEPs unconvinced by Greek prime minister’s speech in Strasbourg

July 8, 2015 BNS 0

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ speech in Strasbourg on Wednesday did not convince Lithuanian MEPs who said they only heard excuses but not real proposals on ways to deal with the debt crisis after Greek voters turned down creditors’ demands in a referendum on Sunday. […]