Defence
Lithuanian army expects to have German howitzers next year
Lithuania’s Armed Forces expect to receive artillery systems from Germany in 2016. […]
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Energy
Lithuanian government rumoured to consider building nuclear plant without Latvia and Estonia
Although the three Baltic countries continue official discussions about possibilities to build a new nuclear power plant in Visaginas together, the Lithuanian authorities have started to consider chances to develop the project with just one partner – the supplier of technology, Japan’s Hitachi. […]
Defence
4 in 5 conscripts will serve in Land Forces, Lithuanian army says
Four in five conscripts to be recruited this year will serve in the Land Forces of the Lithuanian Army, the army said on Tuesday. […]
Culture
Jewish organizations and Lithuanian government agree on sensitive renovation in central Vilnius
Members of the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe said after meeting with Lithuania’s prime minister that they had no critical remarks to the government in connection to the plans to renovate the former Sports Palace building built on an old Jewish cemetery. […]
Energy
Lithuanian energy minister says open to discussions on LNG terminal financing model
The current model for financing the operation of the Klaipėda liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal can be changed if a better solution is offered, Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis said on Tuesday, commenting on a proposal from the Association of Heat Producers that all consumers contribute to the maintenance of the facility. […]
European Union
Lithuanian author Undinė Radzevičiūtė awarded EU Prize for Literature
Lithuanian writer Undinė Radzevičiūtė has been awarded the European Union’s Prize for Literature of 2015. […]
Economy
Vilnius mayor-elect says to review street lighting upgrading project
Vilnius Mayor-elect Remigijus Šimašius says that Italian investors who last year signed a deal with the local government on the upgrading and maintenance of the capital’s street lighting network so far have not provided arguments to convince the authorities that their project is the best for the city. […]
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Society
Lithuanian security report focuses on media groups voicing pro-Moscow ideas
Lithuania’s State Security Department stated on Monday that the media of the Respublikos Leidiniai (Respublika Publications) and balsas.lt group, as well as the organisation founded by Rolandas Paulauskas disseminated anti-Western opinions, which “often echoed the ideas propagated by Moscow”. […]
Society
Economy
Growth in services prices in Lithuania due to rising incomes, finance minister says
Lithuanian Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius believes that services prices have been rising due to people’s growing incomes rather than to euro adoption. […]
Society
Security Department tracked over 1,000 Lithuanian citizens last year
The Lithuanian State Security Department says it secretly spied on over 1,000 Lithuanian citizens and over 800 foreigners last year. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s outgoing security chief says saddened by criticism of inactivity
Outgoing director of the Lithuanian State Security Department, Gediminas Grina, says it was always sad for him to hear criticism about inactivity, regardless of the important investigations conducted by the institution under his leadership. […]
Society
Lithuanians increasingly embrace prenups
The number of nuptial agreements signed in Lithuania last year is the highest since the Register of Nuptial Agreements was launched in the country. Furthermore, agreements were concluded by persons in their 70s and 80s, the Justice Ministry said. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s conservatives to elect new party leader this week
The opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) will elect a new chairperson this week. […]
Foreign affairs
Clinton would be more Lithuanian-friendly US president, political scientist says
If Hillary Clinton, who officially opened her presidential election campaign on Sunday, is elected as the next president of the United States, she would be more strict towards Russia, says Kęstutis Girnius, associate professor at Vilnius University’s International Relations and Political Science Institute. […]
Society
Ban on Russian TV channel takes effect in Lithuania
A ban on broadcasts of the Russian-language TV channel RTR Planeta took effect in Lithuania on Monday, while the ban on rebroadcasts of some of the content of Ren TV Baltic has expired. […]