Economy
Air Lituanica to file for bankruptcy in court
Air Lituanica, an already defunct airline established by the city of Vilnius, will try to open bankruptcy proceedings in court. […]
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Society
Alcohol found in blood of An-2 pilot
Alcohol has been found in the blood of Adolfas Mačiulis, one of the pilots of the An-2 plane that crashed flying over the Baltic Sea in mid May. […]
Defence
NATO secretary general on Baltic brigade plea: We assess all requests from all allies
NATO has made major contribution to ensuring security for Eastern Europe and the Alliance will continue assessing allies’ requests and do everything to protect then, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says. […]
Energy
Lithuania talks with Statoil to make LNG terminal more flexible, energy minister says
Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis has not denied that Lithuania is in talks with Norway‘s Statoil on a more flexible schedule of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, saying that various operating modes at Klaipėda LNG terminal and its possibilities are currently being tried out and that the ministry has asked companies related to the LNG facility to prepare for various possible scenarios. […]
Society
Lithuanian university to award honorary doctorate to Polish president
Lithuania’s Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) will award an honorary doctorate to Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski. […]
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Russia is the one that can stop arms race, Lithuanian defence minister says
Only Russia can stop the current arms race with NATO as it is the one carrying out aggressive policies, raising its military budget and militarizing its economy, Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president: NATO reacts adequately to changing situation
NATO‘s decision to increase its Response Force capability to up to 40,000 troops and set up headquarters in six Eastern European countries shows that NATO is capable of responding adequately to the changing security situation and making swift decisions, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
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Economy
Economic instability in Europe triggered by fragmentation, Lithuanian analyst says
Instability in the euro area results from fragmentation, chief economist for Lithuania at Nordea, the biggest financial group in the Nordic and Baltic countries, believes. […]
Energy
Stockholm arbitration court to start hearing dispute between Lithuania and Gazprom next week
A Stockholm arbitration court will next week start hearing the Lithuanian government’s suit against Russia‘s gas supplier Gazprom over unfair gas prices. […]
Defence
US weaponry should reach Baltic states in early 2016
The first heavy US weaponry should reach the Baltic states in early 2016, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence has said. […]
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US to ‘pre-position’ heavy weapons in Baltic states, defence secretary says
The US will pre-position heavy weapons, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and artillery in central and eastern Europe for the first time, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said on Tuesday, AFP reports. […]
Defence
Lithuanian defence minister invites Norway to send back-up for Baltic air policing mission
Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas met with is Norwegian counterpart Ine Eriksen Soereide and invited Norway to deploy a back-up contingent for the Baltic air policing mission in Lithuania in 2016. […]
Defence
Lithuania to increase number of professional troops
The number of professional troops in the Lithuanian army will grow by more than a thousand, and discussions on the number of conscripts have been postponed until the fall after the Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday endorsed the principled structure of the country’s army in 2016. […]
European Union
ECB assistance to Greek banks to continue, according to Lithuanian central bank chief
The European Central Bank‘s support to Greek banks, the so-called Emergency Liquidity Assistance (ELA), is likely to continue, the Lithuanian central bank governor said on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Lithuanian defence minister survives interpellation at parliament
Lithuanian National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas remains in place after the country’s parliament on Tuesday accepted his interpellation answers regarding the search and rescue operation for a plane that crashed in the Baltic Sea in the middle of May. […]
European Union
Lithuanian president wants EU’s refugee resettlement scheme to include migrants from Eastern Europe
Lithuania hopes that the European Union‘s refugee resettlement scheme will be voluntary and will not be restricted to only migrants coming from the south. […]
Foreign affairs
Speaker of US House of Representatives to pay visit to Lithuania
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives John Boehner is scheduled to come to Lithuania this week. […]
European Union
Lithuanian president says eurozone leaders still far from deal with Greece
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the Greek government still does not understand what may happen to the state if its authorities do not take responsibility for their actions and that the eurozone’s leaders are still “far away from” a deal with Greece to resolve the debt crisis. […]