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Vilnius University’s archaeologist among co-authors in Nature
The article Bronze Age Eurasian Population Genomics was publicized in the prestigious scientific journal Nature in June, presenting the findings of the international research project on the genetic testing results generated over the past few years. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Labour Party threatens to leave coalition over deputy minister row
Following a conversation of Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis, who was instructed to sack his deputy minister Vytautas Vigelis within a week, the Labour Party‘s leader Valentinas Mazuronis rushed off to the Government’s Office. The politician is convinced that the deputy minister was appointed lawfully, although the PM insists that Vigelis should be fired. […]
Economy
Every third Lithuanian would prefer foreigner boss
If they were able to choose the chief of the company they work for, only every thirtieth Lithuanian would like to be led by another Lithuanian, while every third of them would like their chief to be someone from a Western country, a poll conducted by cvmarket.lt reveals. […]
Global LT
Lithuanian diaspora leader: We agree to referendum on citizenship on 3 conditions
Dalia Henke, the new leader of the Lithuanian World Community (PLB), says that expatriate Lithuanians agree to the planned referendum on dual citizenship only on three conditions. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s industrial production up 4.4 percent in June
In June 2015 industrial production totalled EUR 1.7 billion at current prices and, compared to May, grew by 4.4 percent at constant prices, seasonally and working day adjusted – by 0.8 percent, Statistics Lithuania reports. […]
Economy
42 percent of Lithuanian companies use social media
Statistics Lithuania has carried out a survey on the use of information and communications technology (ICT) in Lithuanian companies. It has shown that all production and services companies with 10 and more employees were using computers and broadband internet. 64.5 percent of companies were using mobile broadband services provided by mobile network operators (53.3 percent in 2014). 13.6 percent of employees used mobile internet access for work purposes (11.4 percent in 2014). […]
Economy
Vokiečių Street in Vilnius to be reconstructed
Vilnius City Municipality intends to reconstruct Vokiečių Street, one of the most important locations in Vilnius Old Town. Proposals will be submitted and discussions will last until September. However, it is unclear when the actual work will break ground. […]
Politics
Deputy culture minister was appointed illegally, Lithuanian PM says
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius opposes the appointment of Vytautas Vigelis as Deputy Minister of Culture. The prime minister says the nomination was not coordinated with him and, therefore, is illegal. […]
Economy
Bankruptcy order against Lithuanian Shipping Company
The company Lithuanian Shipping Company (LSC), whose vessels remain arrested in foreign ports and which suffers from an extremely complicated financial situation, will have to file for bankruptcy, said Lithuanian Transport and Communications Minister Rimantas Sinkevičius after a meeting with President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday. […]
Economy
President Grybauskaitė: Lithuanian Railways acts like a state within a state
State company Lithuanian Railways, which is 100-percent owned by the Ministry of Transport and Communications, is acting like a state within a state, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė, adding that the company’s “lawlessness and irresponsibility” can cost very dearly to all taxpayers. Her comments came after a meeting with Transport and Communications Minister Rimantas Sinkevičius. […]
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Lithuania foreign minister calls for more pressure on Russia over Georgia
Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius says that the West is not responding sufficiently to the placement of border markers with Georgia, this way approaching the Tbilisi-controlled territory even more, and calls for more pressure on the Russian Federation. […]
Economy
Bank Snoras headquarters in Vilnius to be sold
Bankruptcy administrator of bank Snoras has started a new stage of property sales. The plan is to sell more than 1,500 movable and 250 immovable properties, including the bank’s former headquarters in Vilnius. The building, located on Vivulskio Street, will be the most expensive item on the list. Its initial price will be set at EUR 5.31 million. […]
Economy
Lithuanian meat processors interested in export opportunities to Iraq
A meeting between new Ambassador of Iraq to Lithuania, Asaad Sultan Hachim Abu Galal, and representatives of Lithuanian meat processors interested in export opportunities to Iraq was organised at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday. […]
Culture
Vilnius to celebrate US non-recognition policy of Baltic occupation
Lithuania will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Welles Declaration on 23 July in Washington Square in Vilnius at the event Together We Believe in Freedom. The declaration marked the beginning of the United States‘ non-recognition policy of the occupation and annexation of the Baltic states by the Soviet Union. […]
European Union
Lithuanian foreign minister attends EU’s Foreign Affairs Council
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, on Monday is taking part in the European Union‘s Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. […]
Economy
Society
Ornithologists find new bird species in Lithuania
A new bird species has been observed in Lithuania, the Baillon’s crake (porzana pusilla). It was spotted in Rokiškis region in north-eastern Lithuania, the Lithuanian Ornithological Society said. […]
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