Defence
Articles by Lithuania Tribune
Economy
Lithuania’s IT sector among best-reputed in Europe
Lithuania‘s Information Technology sector has one of the best reputations in Europe. Currently, Lithuania‘s IT sector reputation index is 67 points, while the EU average is 56 points, lzinios.lt reports. […]
Lithuanian PM: Nordic and Baltic countries have to remain consistent in promoting their values
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius participated in the Nordic-Baltic prime ministers’ meeting (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), held in Reykjavik, capital of Iceland, the prime minister’s press service reports. […]
Culture
Lithuanian month on Eurochannel
Eurochannel and Lithuanian film centre presents “Lithuanian Month” in November. Eurochannel, the award-winning television channel, presents its first Lithuanian Month supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre. During the entire month of November, Eurochannel viewers will enjoy a curated selection of Lithuanian feature films, documentaries, shorts, and musical artists to showcase Lithuania’s dynamic cinematic culture. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president to meet with Pope Francis
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is going to Vatican to visit Pope Francis on Wednesday. […]
European Union
Lithuanian conservative leader expresses solidarity with Merkel on refugee crisis
The congress of the European People‘s Party in Madrid has turned into a meeting of conservative leaders to discuss the refugee crisis, a divisive issue for European conservatives. Gabrielius Landsbergis, the leader of the Lithuanian Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, says that his party supports Angela Merkel‘s idea of solidarity, but also questions the sustainability of proposed solutions. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania and Moldova sign memorandum on economic cooperation
Lithuania and Moldova have signed an economic cooperation memorandum in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]
Politics
President Dalia Grybauskaitė to consult parliament on prosecutor general nomination
President Dalia Grybauskaitė will consult the board of parliament about the candidate for prosecutor general once again next week. […]
Global LT
PM urges Lithuanian community in Iceland to join in building Lithuania‘s future
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with representatives of the Lithuanian community of Iceland on the eve of the meeting of the Nordic-Baltic (NB8) prime ministers in Reykjavik. […]
Defence
NATO jets in Baltics scrambled four times last week
On 19-25 October, fighter jets conducting the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic states performed four scrambles to intercept aircraft flying in international airspace above the Baltic Sea, the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania said. […]
Lithuanian PM to participate in Nordic-Baltic meeting in Reykjavik
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius left for a working visit to Iceland to participate in a meeting of the prime ministers of the Nordic and Baltic countries (NB8) in Reykjavik on Wednesday, the prime minister’s press service said. […]
Energy
70th Anniversary of Lithuanian power system
Exactly 70 years ago in October, 1945, the Lithuanian power system was put into operation. The operation of generators at the Kaunas and Vilnius power plants was synchronized after a power line connecting the power plants had been installed, and the balance between power generation and consumption was maintained by the central system control centre. […]
Culture
Concert in Flanders celebrates 250th anniversary of Michal Kleofas Oginski
The Embassy of Lithuania, together with the Embassies of Poland and Belarus, organised a concert in the Flemish town Heist-op-den-Berg (province of Antwerp), which was dedicated to celebrate the 250th birth anniversary of Michał Kleofas Ogiński. […]
European Union
Minister Linkevičius in Berlin: Europe needs Eastern policy based on democratic values
On 25-26 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius visited Berlin, where he discussed bilateral relations between Lithuania and Germany, the Eastern Partnership, and assistance to Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Foreign affairs
Gediminas Tower lit in blue on UN anniversary
To mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, the Gediminas Tower, one of the best-known icons of the capital city of Lithuania, was lit up blue, the official colour of the United Nations, on the UN Day, 24 October, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Defence
US Abrams arrived in Lithuania
US tanks M1A2 Abrams arrived in Lithuania, Rukla, on Sunday. The tanks will be used in joint Lithuanian–US training. […]
Society
Less scepticism about situation in Lithuania
Four percent fewer people think the situation in Lithuania is bad, compared to survey results from last year, although scepticism grew 3 percent from the previous month. According to a survey this September, 34% of adult respondents thought that the situation in Lithuania was getting better, while 65% said that situation was getting worse. […]
Local elections in Ukraine ‘solid and mature’, Lithuanian MP says
Member of the Lithuanian Parliament Emanuelis Zingeris (Homeland Union), who is observing local government elections in Ukraine, says the vote is being handled “in a solid and mature manner”. […]
Politics
Lithuania celebrates Constitution Day
October 25 is celebrated as the Constitution Day in Lithuania. On this day in 1992, Lithuanians voted for the country’s current democratic Constitution which was endorsed by over 75% of all voters. […]
Conservative victory in Poland will make Vilnius-Warsaw relations more tense, political scientist says
The expected triumph of the right-wing Law and Justice party in Poland‘s parliamentary elections will likely make relations between Vilnius and Warsaw more tense, particularly on issues pertaining to ethnic minorities, says Professor Šarūnas Liekis of Kaunas Vytautas Magnus University. […]