Economy
IMF revises down GDP growth forecasts for Lithuania
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised down its forecast for Lithuania’s economic growth this year to 2.8 percent, from 3.3 percent projected last October. […]
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Kaunas Jazz concerts planned in Tallinn this year
Kaunas Jazz festival, which will take place for the 25th time this year, will visit the Estonian capital Tallinn, in addition to the usual venues in Kaunas and Vilnius. Concerts are also planned in Birštonas and Vilkaviškis, both towns in southern Lithuania. […]
Defence
Lithuanian foreign minister: NATO air policing mission contributes to Alliance’s overall security
The NATO air policing mission is a sign that the Allies are firmly committed to defending the Baltic states and adds to the Alliance‘s security, says Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
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Former Lithuanian PM invited to join Ukrainian president’s reform advisers team
Lithuania’s former prime minister Andrius Kubilius has been invited to join the council of foreign advisers set up by Ukraine‘s President Petro Poroshenko to help implement reforms in the country. […]
Energy
Lithuania to earmark additional EUR 3.1m for litigation with Gazprom
The Lithuanian government plans to earmark additional 3.14 million euros for litigation with Russia’s Gazprom at the United Nations’ arbitration court (UNCITRAL, United Nations’ Commission on International trade Law). […]
Politics
President, PM and interior minister among most popular politicians in Lithuania
President Dalia Grybauskaite, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius and Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis remain among Lithuania’s most favored politicians, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s liberals on popularity rise
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Movement would get most of the votes in parliamentary elections, if they were held next weekend, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
Politics
Local election results in two Lithuanian districts invalidated over gross violations
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission on Saturday invalidated the mayoral elections in the single-mandate constituency of the Širvintos district municipality. […]
European Union
EU leaders open way for funding of Baltic grid synchronization with Europe
The European Council’s latest decision has opened the way for financing the synchronization of the Baltic power grids with those of Continental Europe, Lithuania’s permanent representative to the EU said. […]
Society
Emigration drops in Lithuania
The level of emigration has dropped slightly in Lithuania and more Lithuanians return home, according to the latest figures published by the Statistics Lithuania on Friday. […]
Defence
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Russia and China boycott Lithuania-organized UN meeting on Crimea
Russia, China, Venezuela and Angola ignored the recent informal UN Security Council meeting, organized by Lithuania, on the human rights situation in Crimea which was annexed by Russia a year ago. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament moves to amend Constitution to allow Paksas to run for office
A hundred Lithuanian MPs have drafted Constitutional amendments that should pave the way for Rolandas Paksas, a member of the ruling Order and Justice party who has been impeached as president in 2004 and banned from running for public office since then, to run for parliament and president again. […]
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Foreign affairs
New Zealand opens work and travel program for Lithuanian youngsters
Young people of Lithuania will be able to participate in the work and travel program in New Zealand after the two countries completed negotiations, said the foreign ministers of Lithuania and New Zealand, Linas Linkevičius and Murray McCully. […]
European Union
EU to work out plan by June against Russian “disinformation campaigns”
The European Union‘s (EU) institutions intend to work out a strategic communication plan by June to “challenge Russia‘s ongoing disinformation campaigns”, heads of EU states and governments have agreed in Brussels. […]
Foreign affairs
Society
Lithuanian police conduct searches amidst investigation into anti-constitutional groups
Lithuanian law-enforcement officers on Thursday conducted searches in homes of several individuals in the framework of an investigation into operations of anti-Constitutional groups, the Police Department’s spokesman Ramūnas Matonis confirmed to BNS. […]
Defence
NATO fighter-jets alerted from Šiauliai to accompany Russian reconnaissance plane
Italian Typhoon fighter-jets performing the NATO air policing mission in Šiauliai, northern Lithuania, were scrambled on Thursday to accompany a Russian reconnaissance airplane. […]