The Lithuanian government on Wednesday approved a new, investor-friendly tax regime for shale gas production which, once endorsed by parliament, will open the way for launching a new tender for a shale gas exploration license. […]
An agreement between the local government of Šiauliai and a company that wants to invest in a project close to Šiauliai military airport will probably be cancelled, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday submitted legal amendments for parliament’s approval, suggesting that investment in strategic economic sectors and in territories near strategic objects be subjected to extra scrutiny in order to assess implications to national security. […]
An Ebola virus case was suspected in Lithuania but the guess was dismissed, Vice-Minister of Healthcare Erikas Mačiūnas said on Wednesday. […]
The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) have invited former finance minister Ingrida Šimonytė to run for Vilnius mayor in municpal elections next year. Meanwhile the Liberal Movement has nominated the party’s former finance minister, Remigijus Šimašius, for the post. […]
Lithuania should be prepared for provocations from Russia, says Benediktas Juodka, chairman of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee. […]
The Russian government’s statements about the allegedly bad situation of Russian-speaking minorities in the Baltic states are alarming, says Lithuanian Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė. She also thinks that some local politicians exaggerate problems of Lithuania’s ethnic minorities to make them appear worse than they actually are. […]
Ratification of the Ukraine–European Union (EU) association agreement is a symbolic act, however, it is obscured by the decision to postpone enforcement of the free trade agreement amid pressure from Russia and some Ukrainian oligarchs, Lithuanian experts say. […]
Moscow’s steps towards self-isolation from the rest of the world will harm both the economies of Europe and Russia, the European Union‘s Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas warned in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius expects that the government and the parliament will approve new rules for taxing shale gas exploration and production this autumn. He also hopes the rules will be favourable for investors and will open the way for launching a new tender for a shale gas production license. […]
Ministers of interior affairs of the three Baltic states have agreed to set up a joint committee to coordinate issues of home security and public peace. […]
Europe’s right wing will suggest member-states of the European Union (EU) to buy out the Mistral warships under construction in France commissioned by Russia, Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Tuesday. […]
A cemetery of Soviet soldiers in Akmenė, northwestern Lithuania, has been vandalized, the local police informed on Tuesday. Tombstones at the cemetery have been sprayed with colours of the Ukrainian national flag. […]
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met on Tuesday with the appointed NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg. Linkevičius says he has been reassured the decisions made during the recent NATO summit regarding the strengthening of military capabilities in the Baltic states will be implemented. […]
A huge crowd welcomed Lithuania’s men’s national basketball outside Vilnius Town Hall on Monday night after it flew back from Spain where the team came in fourth in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. […]
Lithuanian government representatives and the Industrialists Confederation are setting up an expert group which will be tasked with search for new exports markets. […]
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned the killing of a humanitarian aid worker from the United Kingdom, David Haines, stating that the crimes cannot undermine the efforts against terrorism. […]
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