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Lithuanian president off to Georgia for centennial celebrations
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving on Friday for Tbilisi to attend festive events marking the 100th anniversary of the first Democratic Republic of Georgia. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
Russia’s decision to complicate Lithuanian MP’s work on his report to PACE – formin
An entry ban imposed on Moscow on Lithuanian MP Emanuelis Zingeris will complicate his work on a report for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the killing of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said. […]
Foreign affairs
Russia bans entry to Lithuanian PACE rapporteur for Nemtsov murder case
Emanuelis Zingeris, a Lithuanian lawmaker appointed by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) as a special rapporteur for the Boris Nemtsov murder case, has been banned from entering Russia. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s new justice minister intends to start discussions on LGBT rights
Lithuania’s new Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevičius intends to initiate discussions on sexual minorities’ rights, although he does not reveal his position on these issues. […]
Politics
Lithuania ruling parties move to lower yes-vote threshold for dual citizenship referendum
The leaders of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) and its junior government coalition partner, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDDP), propose to lower the yes-vote threshold for a dual citizenship referendum. […]
Energy
Lithuanian ex-energmin: Gazprom to keep its dominance if Nord Stream 2 is built
The binding obligations imposed by the European Commission on Gazprom to prevent its dominance in Central and Eastern Europe will prove pointless if a second Nord Stream gas pipeline is built, Arvydas Sekmokas, a former Lithuanian energy minister, said on Thursday. […]
Energy
Lithuanian energmin: EC probe to help control Gazprom’s behavior in Europe
Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas says that the European Commission‘s investigation into Gazprom‘s operations in Central and Eastern Europe will help to better control the Russian gas giant’s behavior in the European gas market. […]
Defence
Lithuanian defmin: NATO’s attention to Baltics must be continuous
The Baltic countries must secure the continuation of the security initiatives that have been launched in the region, Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Thursday after meeting his Latvian and Estonian counterparts in Klaipėda. […]
Energy
Lithuania may contest EC decision not to fine Gazprom – PM
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis does not rule out contesting the European Commission‘s decision not to fine Russia‘s gas giant Gazprom, saying that the same criteria should apply when deciding on anti-trust infringements. […]
Society
Lithuanian firm blames level crossing signals for truck collision with train in Italy
Lithuania’s TBL, the owner a heavy goods vehicle that was hit by a train in northern Italy, blamed the traffic signals of the level crossing for the collision. […]
Energy
European Commission: Gazprom may have charged higher gas prices in part of Europe
Russia’s gas giant Gazprom may have used its dominant market position to charge higher gas prices in five Central and Eastern European countries, including Lithuania, the European Commission (EC) said after completing its anti-trust probe. […]
Society
Lithuanian truck driver manages to jump out before train crash in Italy
A Lithuanian driver managed to jump out of his truck before a train crashed into it in northern Italy. […]
Energy
EC’s decision not to fine Gazprom would be strange, Lithuanian PM says
The European Commission‘s decision not to fine Russian gas giant Gazprom over its activity in Central and Eastern Europe would be strange, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
Society
Lithuania registered truck in train collision in Italy, two dead
Near the city of Turin in Northern Italy, two died and eighteen were wounded in a derailment on Thursday night, which was caused by the train colliding with a truck. […]
European Union
Lithuania to be late for implementation of new EU data protection rules
Lithuania has failed to adopt necessary laws in time for the start of the application of the European Union‘s new data protection rules on Friday. […]
Foreign affairs
Vilnius Russia Forum to discuss situation after Putin’s election
The fifth Vilnius Russia Forum will be held in the Lithuanian southern town of Trakai on 24-25 May, bringing together more than 100 politicians, civil society representatives, human rights defenders, academicians, journalists from Russia, Lithuania, and other Western countries. They will discuss the situation in Russia after President Vladimir Putin‘s re-election. […]
Foreign affairs
Baltic defmins to meet in Lithuania’s Klaipėda
Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Raimundas Karoblis, Minister of Defense of Latvia Juri Luiku and Minister of Defense of Estonia Raimonds Bergmanis will meet at the Lithuanian Navy Headquarters in the western port of Klaipėda on Thursday to discuss regional security and mutual cooperation. […]
Culture
Lithuanian artist’s installation opens in Washington Union Station
“Gardens”, a LED and aluminum mobile sculpture by Lithuanian-American artist Ray Bartkus, was unveiled in Union Station, the main transportation hub in Washington DC, on Wedneday to mark the centennial of the modern state of Lithuania. […]