Articles by Lithuania Tribune

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine on Wednesday. The presidents co-chaired the eight session of the Council of the Presidents of Lithuania and Ukraine held in Vilnius to discuss the security situation in Ukraine, the implementation of the Minsk agreements and key legal and economic reforms in Ukraine, the press service of the Lithuanian presidency said. […]

World Economic Forum representatives: Lithuania could be among the most competitive

With implemented structural reforms, infrastructure development and innovations, Lithuania could be among the top most competitive countries in the world, say representatives of the World Economic Forum who shared their experience in the Annual Economic Forum organised by the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists. […]

Interior minister promises radical changes in Public Security Service

The Public Security Service will be fundamentally transformed, Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis said after serious problems within the institution were raised publicly. There should be no officers disloyal to the state left and suspected embezzlement of funds will be investigated by law enforcement, he said. […]

Danes looking for partners in Lithuania for defence projects

Representatives of the Danish Defence and Security Industries Association FAD and seven companies with experience in defence projects in NATO states have visited Lithuania. The representatives have met with heads of the Lithuanian Defence and Security Industry Association and with the representatives of association members to whom the Danes presented their activities and latest achievements in defence and security industry. […]

Lithuania to join SEPA payment area

As of 1 January 2016, Lithuania is going to join the electronic euro payments area SEPA, encompassing 34 countries. From that day, the same payment order form will be completed for domestic payments and payments to other SEPA countries, whereas one account in any SEPA country will be enough in order to perform or receive payments, the Bank of Lithuania reports. […]

Lithuania’s foreign minister underscores need to fully implement Minsk agreements

On 1 December in Brussels, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in a discussion dedicated to the implementation of the Minsk agreements, sanctions against Russia, and other related issues, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania (MFA) said. […]

Dual citizenship bars MEP and American-Lithuanian from running for parliament

During a meeting with the Chair of Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission Zenonas Vaigauskas, Lithuanian-American Dr. Darius Udrys and Lithuanian-Australian MEP Antanas Guoga were informed that they are ineligible to stand as candidates for election to Lithuania’s Seimas due to the fact that both hold a second passport. […]

Latvian newspaper uncovers mercenary recruitment point in Klaipėda

Latvian weekly newspaper SestDiena has carried out an experiment on how to recruit fighters for Eastern Ukraine in the Baltics. The investigation reveals that Klaipėda, the port city in western Lithuania, is a recruitment point for mercenaries to fight in Ukraine’s separatist eastern regions. […]

Geopolitical tensions seen as biggest threat to Lithuania‘s financial system

The key risks to Lithuania‘s financial system come from geopolitical tensions in Eastern Europe and a prolonged low interest rate period, according to a survey by the Bank of Lithuania. […]

European Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis

EU Commissioner Andriukaitis criticizes Lithuanian president for refusing to work with Russia

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has recently said that Lithuania will not join any coalition against the Islamic State that includes Russia. Vytenis Andriukaitis, Europoean Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, has publicly criticized such a position, LNK TV news programme reports. […]

Vilnius and Kaunas light Christmas trees

Lithuania’s two biggest cities, Vilnius and Kaunas, inaugurated their Christmas trees on weekend, each hoping to be recognized as the most beautiful in the country. […]

Lithuanian president to attend climate change summit in Paris

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for Paris on Monday to attend the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21). The meeting, to be attended by almost 150 state and government leaders from around the globe, is expected to arrive at agreements on greenhouse gas emissions and action to stop climate change. […]

Saulius Skvernelis and Algirdas Butkevičius

Skvernelis stays as Lithuania’s minister of the interior

Saulius Skvernelis, Lithuania’s minister of the interior who submitted a resignation letter a week ago, is staying in the post. He announced the decision on Monday morning, after a meeting with Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]

Over 11,000 reports on environmental violations received last year in Lithuania

November 27, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

During its first year of activities, the Centre for Information Gathering and Management at the State Environmental Protection Agency (VAAT) of Lithuania, established back in autumn of 2014, received over 11,000 reports on violations of environmental protection requirements, Lithuania’s Ministry of Environment said. […]

Lithuanians among 100 Financial Times and Google innovators

November 27, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The executive director of Association Infobalt, Paulius Vertelka, and the developer of the mobile app Plag, Ilya Zudinas, are Lithuania‘s representatives in the top 100 list of Central and Eastern European innovators. […]

Agreements between China’s CMG and Lithuanian companies to consolidate partnership, PM Butkevičius says

While on his working visit to China, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with the management of the country’s industrial corporation China Merchants Group (CMG) to sign agreements between the Klaipėda Free Economic Zone and CMG, as well as the Klaipėda State Seaport Authority and CMG, the press service of the Lithuania Government said. […]

Lithuanian parliament passes law on refugee resettlement

The Lithuanian parliament passed legislation on Thursday that clears up regulations of refugee resettlement in the country. […]

Islamic State includes Lithuania into ‘coalition of devils’

A new propaganda video, claimed to be released by Islamic State, names a “global coalition” of the terrorist organization’s enemies that includes Lithuania. […]

Officers of Lithuania’s elite squad forced to take second jobs