Defence
Backing separatists in Eastern Ukraine means acting against Lithuania
The Lithuanian State Security Department‘s director says that those who support separatists in Eastern Ukraine are acting against Lithuania and Western values. […]
Articles by Lithuania Tribune
Lithuania, Latvia to jointly purchase pneumococcal vaccine
Lithuania and Latvia have issued a joint international tender to purchase a pneumococcal vaccine, the Lithuanian National Health Insurance Fund said on Tuesday. […]
Politics
SocDems’ decision on future in ruling bloc should come a.s.a.p. – PM
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union has to rely on the opposition in decision-making in the parliament, and if the coalition partners, the Social Democrats, no longer see the sense of being in the ruling bloc, they should let us know as soon as possible, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis of LFGU. […]
Freetime
Vilnius celebrates St Patrick’s!
Lithuania joined global celebrations of St Patrick’s Day with the greening of the Vilnelė river on Saturday as celebrations kicked off around the world. See the pictures. […]
Lithuania #1 among Baltic States by number of tourist overnight stays
Tourists spend more nights in Lithuania than in Latvia or Estonia. According to EUROSTAT, the official statistical office of the European Union, in 2016 the number of overnight stays of tourists (local as well as foreign) who stayed in Lithuanian accommodation establishments, including rural tourism, was the largest in the Baltic states and comprised 7 million, while in Estonia and Latvia this number amounted to 6.2 million and 4.4 million respectively, the State Department of Tourism reported in a press release.
announced in a press release. […]
Economy
Special envoy of Denmark comes to discuss the future of European Medicines Agency
On 22 March 2017 Denmark’s special envoy, Lars Rebien Sørensen, will be visiting Lithuania to present the Danish candidacy for hosting European Medicines Agency (EMA) and draw attention to the advantages of the Danish bid. He will meet with Lithuanian high level officials in order to explain why Denmark is working towards getting the EMA relocated from London to Copenhagen. the Danish Embassy in Vilnius announced in a press release. […]
Culture
Lithuania picks Fusedmarc as this year’s Eurovision entry
Fusedmarc band has been selected to represent Lithuania at this year’s Eurovision song contest in Kiev in May with its song Rain of Revolution. […]
CORPORATE
Political scientist – party chairmen are not elected the way Landsbergis wants
The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) decided during their congress that the party chairman should be elected in open elections, similarly to the proceedings of the US presidential elections. The hope is that […]
Estonians inviting developers of autonomous vehicles to Estonia
Vice-President of the Riigikogu and former Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas, and the Deputy Chairman of the E-Estonia Support Group and the Environment Committee Kalle Palling sent a letter to five leading manufacturers of autonomous cars on March 7. In their letter, they are inviting major international companies to invest in the development projects of autonomous cars in Estonia. […]
Economy
President moves to give public authorities free access to registers
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė proposes that public authorities should be given free access to the state’s registers. […]
Economy
Freetime
Pioneering the emotional Lithuanian cuisine by getting back to the sweet roots
In the very heart of Užupis, there is a restaurant just as exceptional and alluring as the Užupis itself — Sweet Root. It may be presented as the pioneer of the local cuisine, but you will not find any traces of cliched Lithuanian food on the menu. Instead, they serve dishes made strictly from seasonal locally-grown ingredients, spiced with some true Lithuanian emotions, memories and habits. To top it off, the restaurant is about to release its own book—“Proud of Lithuania: A Fairy Tale by Sweet Root”. Margarita Knysh talked to the mastermind behind it and the owner of the restaurant, Sigitas Žemaitis, about the trends in the food industry, sustainability, and the search of the true spirit of Lithuania. […]
CORPORATE
While the Liberals flounder, the Conservatives seek to get rid of entrenched stigma
The Liberal Movement can now only forget the positions it once had because it will long have to seek to escape the shadow of Eligijus Masiulis and when his trial begins, the harm will only […]
Freetime
Traffic restrictions during Kaziuko mugė
The Lithuania Tribune team would like to inform our readers that some streets in the Vilnius Old town will be closed from this Friday, March 3rd due to Kaziukas Fair. […]
Politics
TS-LKD International Secretary leaves the post to return to Lithuania
TS-LKD (Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats) appoints Dr. Žygimantas Pavilionis as the new International Secretary of the party. He replaces Ms. Gintarė Narkevičiūtė, who successfully held this position for over five years. […]
CORPORATE
Seimas has yet to show its true face
The first hundred days of the new Seimas which sparked hopes for change have been marked more by scandals and not by work. However political scientists note that three months is too brief a time […]
Energy
Electricity consumption highest in a quarter of a century
In 2016, the final electricity consumption in Lithuania totalled 10.47 kilowatt hours (or 10.47 terawatt hours, TWh). A record growth in the consumption was observed last year: residents, businesses, agriculture and transport used 4.5% more electricity compared to 2015. The growth rate in agriculture was as high as 8.4%, service sector 5.7%, residents 4.3%, and transport sector 4%. The lowest year-on-year growth rate (3.5%) was recorded in the industrial sector, Litgrid press office reported. […]
CORPORATE
Butkevičius speaks up – important “Farmer” reforms will not be supported
The Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) coalition partners, the Social Democrats are complaining that they are essentially unsure how the Saulius Skvernelis cabinet intends to implement most of its intended reforms. During a Saturday […]
Society
Novozymes Prize goes to Šikšnys and Charpentier
The 2017 Novozymes Prize is being awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier, Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin, Germany, and Virginijus Šikšnys, Professor and Head of the Department of Protein–Nucleic acids Interactions at the Institute of Biotechnology of Vilnius University in Lithuania, the University of Vilnius announced. […]
Culture
Vilnius invites to celebrate the 100th Independence Anniversary with sound of trumpets
One year before the proclamation of the 100th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuanian statehood in Vilnius – from this February 16 until February 16 next year, daily at 19 hours 18 minutes – trumpet player Laurynas Lapė and his students will perform the composition “Dear Lithuania” for Vilnius residents and guests from the Palace of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania, Go Vilnius agency reported. […]