The Lithuanian parliament voted to remove the controversial bill on ‘denigration’ of family values from its agenda. The law, which rights groups say would restrict freedom of expression, such as LGBT pride marches, was to be put for the final vote on Thursday. […]
On 10 November, defence ministers of NB8 (Nordic-Baltic Eight) countries approved Lithuania’s and Sweden‘s proposals on strengthening Nordic-Baltic defence cooperation. Ministers agreed to enhance the cooperation in areas like hybrid warfare, cyber security, joint exercises and operations, updates and procurement of weaponry, rendering assistance to Georgia and Ukraine under the Nordic-Baltic Assistance Programme, and others, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for Malta on a working visit on 11-12 November to attend an informal European Council meeting and an EU-Africa summit which aims to find more effective measures to stop the flows of illegal migration, the Lithuanian president’s office reports. […]
In late November, 24,000 Lithuanian consumers will receive electricity from Sweden for the first time. During a half an hour special test when the Lithuanian electricity system operator Litgrid is planning to verify the NordBalt black-start feature, the residents in Klaipėda and Šilutė districts will be provided with electricity from a single source – the Lithuanian and Swedish interconnector NordBalt, Litgrid reports. […]
Five national and international military exercises are planned in Lithuania in November. Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas, the Chief of Defence of Lithuania, says that these exercises, which involve thousands of soldiers and considerable military equipment, do not only show Lithuania‘s preparedness to defend itself, but also NATO‘s attention to collective defence in Eastern Europe. […]
On 1 December 2015, Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK) is organizing its Annual Economic. Experts and representatives from leading global competitors, like Switzerland, Germany, USA and business leaders from other countries, shall discuss on global and European issues, including progress and issues of competitiveness in Lithuania, the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists said. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has expressed condolences over the passing of former President of Israel Yitzhak Navon, the Lithuanian president’s office said in a statement. […]
Remembrance Day commemoration to honour victims of WWI and WWII started on November 8. […]
The last group Lithuanian tourists in Egypt‘s Sharm el-Sheikh will be flown back home on Wednesday at the latest. On Sunday evening, the charter operator Small Planet Airlines carried 178 tourists from the resort destination in the Sinai Peninsula to Vilnius, ELTA reports. […]
The cast of the latest instalment of the James Bond franchise, 007 Spectre, includes a Lithuanian name. […]
The Lithuanian parliament unanimously accepted a proposal to ban young drivers from driving powerful cars. […]
A report by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) on alcohol consumption in 44 countries puts Lithuania as the most drinking country, followed by Austria, Estonia and the Czech Republic. […]
A plan to merge Kaunas University of Technology and the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences was proposed in a meeting of a working group set up by Education Minister Audronė Pitrėnienė to optimize Lithuania’s higher education resources. […]
Lithuania’s Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis proposed to raise civil insurance rates for car owners who have been caught driving under the influence of alcohol. […]
The international REX animation festival, which opens in Stockholm on Friday, is screening two entries from Lithuania. […]
Over the first nine months of this year, wind power plants in Lithuania produced 511GWh of electricity, up by 13.2 percent compared to the same period last year. Overall, electricity production grew 10 percent in Lithuania. […]
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