Economy
Lithuanian weekly Veidas awards Manager of the Year
The Lithuanian weekly Veidas elected Manager of the Year. The 2015 award went to Andrius Rupšys, head of the company Ruptela UAB. […]
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European Union
EP demands international probe into Nemtsov’s murder
Members of the European Parliament have demanded to carry out an international investigation into the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, says the resolution adopted at a plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday. […]
Uncategorized
West must show Russia that it can benefit from observing rules
A discussion on current geopolitics and the role of small countries in international policy was organised in Vilnius Town Hall on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence. […]
Politics
MEP calls for international search of Lithuanian boy taken from family by Norway’s child services
Member of the European Parliament Valentinas Mazuronis has addressed the Lithuanian minister of the interior, requesting to find a Lithuanian child who was taken away from his mother in Norway. […]
Politics
Social democrats come out in support of military conscription in Lithuania
The Social Democratic political group in the Seimas will support the reintroduction of military conscription, says the leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
Energy
Lithuania very close to 2020 renewable energy targets
Lithuania is less than 0.5 percentage points from its 2020 renewable energy consumption targets, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, reports. […]
Politics
Early voting in mayoral run-offs begins on Wednesday
Advance voting in the second round of mayoral elections begins in Lithuania on 11 March. Voters can cast their votes at any polling stations in 60 municipalities of Lithuania. […]
Defence
Lithuanian PM hopes volunteers will suffice to fill up this year’s military draft
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that that if there are enough volunteers during this autumn’s drafting, no other citizens would be called to serve in the conscript army. […]
Society
PM congratulates Jewish gymnasium students on Lithuania’s independence
On Monday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius visited Vilnius Sholom Aleichem ORT Gymnasium and met with its community. The prime minister was shown around the renovated building which will accommodate 350 students as of this September. The Government contributed to the renovation from the State Capital Investment funds. […]
Economy
Lithuanian president approves of minimum wage raise
President Dalia Grybauskaitė approves of the proposal to raise minimum wage, noting that Lithuania has the lowest minimum monthly salary in the Baltic states. […]
Politics
President Grybauskaitė slams Central Electoral Commission
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has sharply criticised the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) after facts surfaced about election violations in Trakai municipality and mass re-registration of place of residence elsewhere. According to the president, these facts attest to the lack of quality in the commissions work. […]
Society
635 strikes took place in Lithuania over last 15 years
Seventy-eight strikes were organised in Lithuania in November and December 2014. Forty-five of them were warning strikes. According to data of Statistics Lithuania, strikes were staged by pre-school, primary, secondary, sports, recreational and cultural education establishments. […]
Economy
30 percent more Lithuanian companies went bankrupt this February
In February 2015, compared to February 2014, the number of bankruptcies in Lithuania grew by 30 percent. Retails businesses gained the bankruptcy status more often than any other companies. […]
Economy
Lithuania sees second-largest fall of industrial producer prices in EU
In January 2015, Lithuania saw the second largest fall of industrial producer prices on the domestic market in the European Union (EU) as they dropped by 3.1 percent. The country also experienced the second biggest decrease of industrial producer prices on a year-on-year basis (-10.6 percent), both time surpassed only by the Netherlands, Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, reports. […]
Society
Lithuanian women most educated in EU
On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, Statistics Lithuania has published statistical information related to women. […]
Economy
Klaipėda Seaport achieves second best cargo handling result in February
Based on preliminary data, Klaipėda Seaport cargo handling turnover in February amounted to 2.95 million tonnes. This is the second best result achieved in the month of February in the history of the port. […]
Economy
Lithuanians go on holiday abroad more often than average Europeans
The Eurobarometer survey carried out in January revealed that 59 percent of the polled Lithuanians went on holiday abroad last year. […]
Economy
President of Lithuanian National Road Carriers Association steps down
President of the Lithuanian National Road Carriers Association (Linava) Algimantas Kondrusevičius is stepping down. […]
Politics
Uncategorized
Mikheil Saakashvili: Baltics do not have strategic advantages of Ukraine
In an interview with DELFI, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili said that, in the event of war, the Baltics lack the strategic advantages held by Ukraine. […]