Articles by Lithuania Tribune

The Seimas
CORPORATE

Seimas electoral debates begin with economics

September 14, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

Four week cycle of Seimas electoral debates has commenced. Politicians will be discussing the topics of economics, demographics, justice and social politics. The leaders of Lithuanian parties or their representatives will be engaged in live debates, trying to attract potential voters. The first debate featured representatives from the Order and Justice Party, Lithuanian Green Party, Lithuanian Polish Electoral Action – Christian Families’ Union (LLRA-KŠP), Lithuanian Freedom Union (liberals), S. Buškevičius and Nationalists’ coalition “Against corruption and poverty”. The leaders of the Lithuanian Green Party, Lithuanian Freedom Union and the coalition “Against corruption and poverty” were present with the other parties delegating representatives. […]

Juozas Olekas
Politics

Conservatives collect signatures for Minister of Defence interpellation

September 12, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuanian parliament’s biggest opposition group, Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), has collected signatures for initiation of the interpellation procedure against Social Democratic Minister of Defence Juozas Olekas. […]

Syrian Journalist Redwan, Editor-in-Chief Iržikevičius and #RefugeesLT ambassador Narkevičiūtė just before launching the project
Society

Join our initiative for successful #RefugeesLT integration

September 6, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuania Tribune is launching a project aimed at helping new refugees successfully integrate into the Lithuanian society. Lithuania has only just begun receiving refugees from the Middle East. This process is still in its embryonic stage; it is extremely important to get it right from the beginning. Successfully integrating refugees into the Lithuanian society is a huge task, and the Lithuania Tribune is ready to play an important part. Openness and publicity, that is the most effective way we can contribute. Therefore, the Lithuania Tribune is proposing to follow the process of refugee integration through the eyes of a Syrian refugee, a journalist who was resettled in Lithuania just two months ago. We are reaching out to you to help us make this project a reality, this is why we began this crowdfunding campaign. […]

Economy

Tourist growth in Lithuania ‘exceeds expectation’

August 30, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

In the first quarter this year, organisations providing accommodation services in Lithuania received as many as 11% more tourists compared to the same period last year. […]

Tommy Fagerlund
Economy

Tommy Fagerlund on automation in finance: Why would you buy a hand-made Aston Martin for getting from A to B?

August 3, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

As an introduction to the Baltic SSC Conference that will take place in Vilnius in October, we are happy to interview Mr. Tommy Fagerlund, Managing Director of Thule, a shared services center based in Lithuania mainly supporting the activities of Skandia in financial services back office. […]

Vice President of India Mohammed Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevičius
Foreign affairs

India and Lithuania agree to deepen cultural and economic ties

July 21, 2016 Lithuania Tribune 0

In a high-level interaction between India and Lithuania, the Vice President of India, Dr. Mohammed Hamid Ansari, and the Prime Minister of Lithuania, Mr. Algirdas Butkevičius, agreed to deepen the two countries’ cultural links, expand trade and investment, and work closely together in multilateral fora. […]