ELTA EN, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

Former British ambassador to Latvia: Cold war is already on

January 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

A new cold war is already on, and the West has made a mistake in being unprepared for such a situation, former British ambassador to Latvia Ian Bond said in an interview to lsm.lv. […]

EU ambassador to Moscow Ušackas: Putin will stay on

January 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Russia, Vygaudas Ušackas, has met with Lithuanian businesspeople and said that Russian President Vladimir Putin should not be expected to leave leadership any time soon. Ušackas said 2015 will be an uncertain year in relations with Russia and anything can happen. […]

PM Butkevičius: American companies show interest in Lithuanian shale gas

January 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

A possibility to explore and extract shale gas interests several energy companies from the United States, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]

Lithuanians light candles in tribute to Freedom Defenders

January 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The unity of the Lithuanian nation preserved its freedom that each person must strengthen and cherish, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]

EC report: Euro changeover in Lithuania reaching final stage

January 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuania adopted the euro on 1 January 2015, thus becoming the 19th member of the euro area. With the dual circulation period ending on 15 January, a crucial part of the changeover will be completed this week, the European Commission said in a report. […]

Michnik to Lithuania: Poland always was, is and will be with you

January 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Despite differences, Poland always was, is and will be with you, said the Polish public figure, one of the leaders of Poland’s oppositional movement Solidarity, editor-in-chief of Poland’s largest newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, Adam Michnik. […]

Lithuania’s ruling coalition talks education and healthcare reforms

January 12, 2015 ELTA EN 0

In 2015, Lithuania’s ruling coalition is planning reforms in the areas of science and education as well as healthcare areas, according to Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]

Estonia translates all its laws into English

January 12, 2015 ELTA EN 0

As of Monday, all Estonian laws have been translated into English and are available on the English-language web page of Riigi Teataja (State Gazette). […]

Algimanta Pabedinskienė ir Dalia Grybauskaitė

President slams welfare minister for stagnant foster care reform and murky fund use

January 12, 2015 ELTA EN 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with Minister of Social Security and Labour Algimanta Pabedinskienė on Monday and criticised her for stagnating reforms in children’s care homes and for the lack of transparency in the ministry’s use of funds. […]

President Grybauskaitė invites Lithuanians to join remembrance campaign

January 12, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Over 1,500 Lithuanian schools, state institutions and organisations have responded to the invitation by the International Commission for the Evaluation of the Crimes of the Nazi and Soviet Occupation Regimes in Lithuania and President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is a patron of the initiative, to participate in the civic campaign Memory is Alive Through Testimony, which is dedicated to the Day of Freedom Defenders. […]

Lithuanian communities in Belgium and Ireland join traditional 13 January run

January 12, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Last Saturday, 10 January, the 24th international run, the Road of Life and Death, dedicated to commemorate defenders of Lithuania’s freedom, took place in Lithuania, Belgium and Ireland. Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also took part in the event. […]

Lithuanian ambassador to Ukraine to quit diplomatic service

January 12, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Petras Vaitiekūnas, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lithuania to Ukraine, has decided to quit the diplomatic service after returning to Vilnius once his term of office ends. Vaitiekūnas’, 61, diplomatic career spanned over two decades, vz.lt reports. He served as Lithuania’s minister of foreign affairs between 2006 and 2008. […]

Fewer divorces recorded in Lithuania in 2014

January 11, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Based on preliminary statistical data, 131 fewer couples divorced in 2014, compared with 2013. Meanwhile, 1,600 more new marriages were recorded. […]

Lithuanian PM welcomes decision on private kindergartens

January 11, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has welcomed the decision of Kaunas District Municipality to support parents whose children attend private kindergartens. The prime minister called the decision “beneficial to young families, the municipality and the state”. […]

Industrial producer prices in Lithuania down 1.1 percent

January 11, 2015 ELTA EN 0

In November 2014, compared with October 2014, industrial producer prices1 fell by 0.3 percent in the euro area and by 0.4 percent in the European Union. In October prices decreased by 0.3 percent in the euro area and by 0.5 percent in the EU, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union said. […]

Lithuania ranked 16th according to ICT skills

January 10, 2015 ELTA EN 0

According to the latest report by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Lithuania stands 40th in the world according to its development in information and communications technologies (ICT). Country’s best position (16th globally) is according to ICT skills; that measure the share of the population with higher education and the overall level of adult literacy, Invest Lithuania said. […]

Non-residents own 24 percent of total shares issued in Lithuania

January 10, 2015 ELTA EN 0

In the third quarter of 2014, the annual growth rate of Lithuania’s financial assets (5 percent) exceeded that of liabilities (3 percent). In Q3 2013, the said growth rates accounted for 3 and 1 percent respectively. Net acquisition of financial assets in all sectors of Lithuania’s economy, except for households, was positive, the Bank of Lithuania reports today. […]