Articles by Lithuania Tribune

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has met with former Polish president Bronislaw Komorowski to discuss the strategically important projects: power bridge LitPol Link, gas connection GIPL, and Poland‘s involvement in Rail Baltica. The prime minister congratulated the president on the award of Rokiškis honorary citizenship, thanking the president for his merits to Lithuania, the prime minister’s press service said. […]

New deputy director of State Security Department appointed

President Dalia Grybauskaitė has appointed Vaidotas Mažeika to the post of deputy director of the State Security Department. […]

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Hungarian Ambassador Zoltan Jancsi. Photo R.Dačkus

Hungarian ambassador presents letters of credence to Lithuanian president

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has accepted letters of credence from Hungarian Ambassador Zoltan Jancsi. […]

Three Lithuanian names among top 10 highest-valued companies in Baltics

The Swedbank group is the highest-valued company in the Baltic states. The company’s worth grew 22 percent over the last year to reach EUR 3.9bn. It tops the list of the ten highest-valued companies in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. […]

Poland’s outgoing president made honorary citizen of Lithuanian town

On 13 October in Rokiškis (Lithuania), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius congratulated Poland‘s outgoing President Bronislaw Komorowski on becoming an honorary citizen of Rokiškis town and highlighted the importance of friendly ties between Lithuania and Poland, Lithuania’s MFA said. […]

Lithuanian parliament rejects civil partnership law

The Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, rejected the bill that would have introduced the institution of partnership of opposite sex couples. The Ministry of Justice, which drafted the law, says the proposed legislation merely acknowledges the existing forms of cohabitation, while the opponents insist that civil partnership is an encroachment on the institution of marriage and is just one step away from legalizing same-sex partnership. […]

Nasdaq technologijų ir verslo kompetencijų centro ir naujo Nasdaq Vilnius ir Lietuvos centrinio vertybinių popierių depozitoriumo biuro atidarymas

President Grybauskaitė: Nasdaq investment means confidence in Lithuania

President Dalia Grybauskaitė attended the inauguration of the Nasdaq technology and business support competence centre as well as a new office of the stock exchange Nasdaq Vilnius and the Lithuanian Central Securities Depository in Vilnius, the presidential press service said. […]

Lithuanians in Ireland collected funds for cancer treatment

Ireland‘s Lithuanian community raised over EUR 8,000 during a charity event that will be donated for cancer treatment of kids in Lithuania. […]

Russia’s actions in Syria only escalate conflict, Lithuanian foreign minister says

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius took part in the European Union‘s (EU) Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on 12 October, which focused on the situation in Syria and migration, Lithuania’s MFA said. […]

EU should lift Belarus sanctions by the end of October, Lithuanian minister says

The European Union should make the decision to lift sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko by the end of the month, according to Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, LRT.lt reports. […]

Seimas speaker under criticism of former party leader

MEP Viktor Uspaskich, the founder and de facto leader of Lithuania’s Labour Party, has criticized fellow party member Loreta Graužinienė, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, for her “passivity”, warning that “life does not end in the Seimas speaker chair” in reference to Graužinienė’s future political prospects. […]

NordBalt to provide more energy security for 6m people in Baltics

Two months remain until the completion of the biggest joint Swedish and Lithuanian project NordBalt. In December the electricity produced in Scandinavia will be transmitted directly to Lithuania for the first time in history. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden along with the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė evaluated the NordBalt implementation progress while visiting the construction site of the NordBalt high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter station in Klaipėda. […]

Ethnic minority representatives to hold protest action

Representatives of Lithuania’s Polish-speaking community, backed by the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA) political party, are planning a protest action this week over ethnic minority education and the planned reforms of the Labour Code, lzinios.lt reports. […]

Lithuanian army officer injured in helicopter crash in Afghanistan

A Lithuanian army officer was injured in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan on Sunday, DELFI reports. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister OK with EU lifting sanctions on Belarus

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says he is in favour of the European Union lifting sanctions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. […]

President Grybauskaitė and Swedish royal couple visit Lithuanian seaside

President Dalia Grybauskaitė together with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden are visiting the Lithuanian seaside on Friday. The third day of the Swedish royal state visit is dedicated to the Curonian Spit, the environmental initiatives launched in Lithuania and our historical heritage, the presidential press service said. […]

Šeduva unveils monument for town’s Jewish population

The Lithuanian town of Šeduva, Radviliškis District, unveiled a monument to all the Jewish residents who used to live in the town, BNS reports. […]

Lithuanian deputy foreign minister attends events for Chiune Sugihara

On 7 October, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekešius attended events marking the 75th anniversary of Visas for Life, which were organised by the Embassy of Japan in Lithuania, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

Olekas: Deployment of UK troops to Baltics is reactions to Moscow’s actions, not vice versa

Lithuania’s Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas says that the UK‘s decision to send army units to the Baltic states and Poland is a reaction to Russia‘s actions in the region, therefore Moscow’s statements about reciprocal steps are misleading. […]

Girnius: With Russia in Syria, danger to Baltic states is gone