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Economy
Lithuania’s energy provider hits Times Square as shares open on Nasdaq
On Monday, Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius, which is responsible for providing electricity and natural gas in Lithuania, opened for trade on the Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange. To mark the occasion, the company’s name and logo were displayed on an enormous display in New York City’s iconic Times Square. […]
Foreign affairs
China wants to bring pharmaceutical factories and traditional medicine to Lithuania
Minister of Health Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė, who is currently visiting China, said that the country’s representatives are interested in building pharmaceutical factories in Lithuania and would like to open a traditional Chinese medicine centre as well. […]
Sports
Valančiūnas makes it onto Lithuanian conscription list
Jonas Valančiūnas, the Toronto Raptors center beloved by basketball fans both in Lithuania and abroad, made it into the conscription list as part of Lithuania’s mandatory military conscription for 2016. […]
Economy
Startup investment fund planned by Ministry of Economy
The Ministry of Economy is planning a potential investment fund that would provide seed capital and co-investments to newly formed small and micro businesses, or startups. The measure being considered to form the fund would also help develop the alternative First North market, a stock exchange geared towards smaller companies in the Nordic region, by preparing those companies to enter the regulated securities market. […]
Politics
Butkevičius needs to ‘rethink position on emigration’, say experts
Demographic experts attacked Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius for saying that increased emigration from Lithuania was down to military conscription, pointing instead to low wages and long term emigration trends as the key reasons behind the increase. […]
History
Journalist recalls the moment when Soviet troops stormed TV studio on January 13, 1991
On the evening of 13 January 1991, journalist Eglė Bučelytė was broadcasting from the Lithuanian Radio and Television studio in Vilnius when Soviet paratroopers broke into the building to cut off her live broadcast. With the approach of that significant day’s 25th anniversary, Bučelytė spoke to Delfi about her experiences. […]
Foreign affairs
9th Snow Meeting to focus on preparing for NATO’s Warsaw summit
The traditional Snow Meeting, an informal gathering of Lithuanian and foreign experts of security policy, is to be held on 14-15 January near Trakai. This year, the meeting will focus on preparing for the NATO summit in Warsaw this July. […]
Energy
Energy minister discusses potential nuclear power plant boycott with Estonian minister
Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis, who sent out a letter to ministers in Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Finland urging them not to buy electricity from the nuclear power plants in Belarus or Kaliningrad, received the first positive answer to his letter when he met with Estonian Minister of Economy and Infrastructure Kristen Michal on Thursday. […]
Society
Physical education tests for children may return
If the Ministry of Health has its way, Lithuanian schoolchildren in grades 5-12 will once again hold physical education tests that would evaluate their balance, flexibility, endurance, cardiac health and general physical health. Representatives at the ministry believe that this would help the ministry focus more on physical education, as the ministry currently does not have a centralized database on children’s physical health and activity in Lithuania. […]
Society
Lithuanians around the world run ‘path of life and death’ to commemorate January 13th
Every January, Lithuanians participate in an annual winter run called “Gyvybės ir Mirties Keliu“ (The Path of Life and Death) to commemorate the people that died in Lithuania during the events of 13 January, 1991. This tradition has spread throughout the Lithuanian diaspora, and even the Lithuanian community in the states of Washington and Oregon ran in Portland to commemorate this important day. […]
Defence
Society
Happy new year from the Lithuania Tribune!
Happy new year from the Lithuania Tribune! […]
Culture
International recognition for Kaunas orchestra’s recording of Verdi opera
A studio album of Giuseppe Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra opera that was recorded by the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra received international recognition when it was named the Editor’s Choice opera album by the influential Opera News magazine in New York, the Kaunas City Municipality reports. […]
Defence
New motorized infantry brigade will be formed in Western Lithuania in 2016
Starting on 1 January, 2016, a new motorized infantry brigade named Žemaitija will be formed in Western Lithuania. […]
Politics
Labour party will not ask Seimas speaker Loreta Graužinienė to step down despite widespread disapproval
With less than a year left until the Seimas (parliament) elections, the Labour Party is not planning to ask Loreta Graužinienė to leave the Seimas speaker‘s position. However, not only the opposition, but some MPs from the ruling coalition are dissatisfied with the politician. […]
Foreign affairs
Hints that Polish-Lithuanian relations may improve from Polish president Andrzej Duda
When former President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus read a report at a conference in Warsaw last week called Sovereignty, Solidarity and Security: Lech Kaczynski and Central-Eastern Europe, he also had the chance to speak with the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda. […]
Energy
Lithuanian energy experts blast government’s plans to shutter thermal power plants
Nearly 60 famous Lithuanian power engineers, scientists, former energy and economy ministers and heads of business associations encouraged the government to take decisive actions in order to save thermal power plants as reserve electric power sources. The government adopted a resolution on October 7 that will effectively leave the thermal power plants unused. […]
Culture
Kaunas joins UNESCO Creative Cities Network
Lithuania’s second-largest city Kaunas has become the first Central and Eastern European city granted the status of a UNESCO design city in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, reports Invest Lithuania, the state investment promotion agency. […]
Economy
Lithuania launches comprehensive immigration information tool
A new information portal designed to ease immigration to Lithuania for highly-skilled specialists and investors from outside the EU is launching this week. The project, entitled Internet Gates, is managed by Invest Lithuania, the foreign direct investment development agency. […]