Society
Lithuanian prisoners go on strike
Prisoners from various Lithuanian penal institutions on are going on hunger strike on 1 and 2 September in protest of the new edition of the Code of Execution of Punishment. […]
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Economy
US market opened for Lithuanian meat producers
Lithuanian businesses will be able to export meat and meat products to the USA, according to a 31 August regulation prepared by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the US Department of Agriculture. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s GDP up by 1.4% in Q2 2015 y-o-y
Based on more comprehensive business, tax and price statistics, in the second quarter of 2015, GDP at current prices amounted to EUR 9,284.7 million, Statistics Lithuania reports. […]
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We have made Lithuania an offer to supply gas to co Latvenergo
During her visit to Lithuania yesterday, a serious offer was made for gas to be supplied to joint-stock power utility company Latvenergo, Economy Minister Dana Reizniece-Ozola (Greens/Farmers) told Latvian Television this morning. […]
Politics
Social Democrats remain most popular in Lithuania
The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP) remains the most popular party in the country. The latest survey has revealed that the Liberal Movement is the second most popular party. It and two other opposition parties garnered greater support in July. […]
Society
Fire and Rescue Department, Church, police are most trusted institutions
The Fire and Rescue Department is still the most trusted institution in Lithuania. The survey revealed as much as 88 percent of the polled trust it. Meanwhile, growing confidence in police and national defence has continued to push the President’s Office from the top three of the most trusted institutions. […]
European Union
Lithuania strongly welcomes consistent British stance on EU policy towards Russia
Deputy Speaker of the Seimas, Chairman of the Committee on European Affairs, Gediminas Kirkilas, at his meeting with the Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) to Lithuania, Claire Lawrence, discussed bilateral relations, especially trade, security and international policy, the press service of the Seimas reports. […]
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Lithuanian PM suggests Ukraine’s political parties to co-op with EU’s parties
Prime Minister of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevičius during his visit in Kyiv met with Volodymyr Hroysman, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and discussed the situation in Parliament and how to improve its activities. […]
Foreign affairs
Indonesia interested in Lithuania’s experience in renewable energy
Lithuania’s Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius, who is paying an official visit to Indonesia, says that the country is very interested in Lithuania’s renewable energy sector. […]
Economy
Lithuania to export meat to US
United States officials have confirmed on the phone to the agriculture minister that Lithuania will receive permits to export meat products across the Atlantic. […]
Economy
We are incapable to take what has been put on our plate – Grybauskaitė on Rail Baltica
President Dalia Grybauskaitė says the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the Government are responsible for the loss of European funding for the Rail Baltica signalling system. Moreover, the inability to prepare attractive funding project for Brussels shows poor communication with the European Commission (EC). […]
Defence
Testing of Boxer armoured fighting vehicles begins in Lithuania
Testing of Boxer armoured fighting vehicles (AFV) begins on Thursday in Pabradė military training area in Lithuania. […]
Economy
Lithuanians do not expect positive economic changes in near-term
The Lithuanian Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) remained negative in August – more people claimed that their household’s financial situation worsened or remained the same, while one in ten predicted unemployment to rise in the next 12 months. […]
European Union
Passenger train from Poland to arrive in Kaunas after gap of 75 years
On 27 August, a train from Poland will arrive in Kaunas on the new Rail Baltica track with Catherine Trautmann, the European Coordinator for the North Sea-Baltic core network corridor, of which Rail Baltica railway line is a part, aboard. A train from Poland with passengers aboard last arrived in Lithuania in August 1939, the Ministry of Transport and Communications reports. […]
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Linkevičius congratulates Moldova on Independence Day
On 27 August, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius congratulated Moldova on the occasion of its national holiday – Independence Day. Linkevičius stressed that Lithuania remained committed to supporting Moldova on its European path and stood ready to share its own experience with this country, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. […]
Defence
Defending Finland is not our direct obligation – Minister of Defence
Minister of National Defence, Juozas Olekas, says that Lithuania and NATO are not directly obligated to defend Finland in case it is attacked, yet he is sure the Alliance would likely find ways how to help. […]
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Klaipėda councillor vows to demand for investigation over expelled Latvians
Klaipėda City Municipality Councillor Viacheslav Titov vowed to write a letter to the interior minister demanding to launch an investigation into why three Latvian citizens were included in the persona non grata list. […]
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PM pays official visit to Ukraine
On August 27 Thursday Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius will start a two-day official visit to Ukraine where he will meet the Ukrainian top government officials, participate in the opening ceremony of the Lithuanian Honorary Consulate and discuss trade and investment issues with business community, the prime minister’s press service said. […]
Economy
Export promotion is giving results
Minister of Economy, Evaldas Gustas, presented to the Government accomplishments in business promotion and mitigation of the Russian embargo. He said that implemented measures have given results. […]
Economy
Falling emerging markets will not have major impact on Lithuania – Danske Bank analyst
Falling stocks in China and other emerging markets will not have a major direct impact on Lithuania, whose export to India, China and the Southeast Asia amounts to less than 1 percent of the total export. What will pose more problems is the decreasing purchasing power in Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. However, cheaper oil will save the situation, says Rokas Grajauskas, Baltic Analyst at Danske Bank. […]