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Culture
Kaunas works on application to be listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site
Kaunas Municipality is finishing an application to have parts of the city included into the Tentative List of UNESCO World Heritage, the municipality announced on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Online voting bill submitted to Lithuanian parliament
Lithuania’s Ministry of Justice submitted a bill on Tuesday that, if passed, would allow creating a system for online voting in elections and referenda. […]
Society
Swedish royal couple to visit Vilnius University during Lithuania visit
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia will visit Vilnius University (VU) on 7-8 October. […]
Foreign affairs
President Grybauskaitė says Swiss army ‘nice example’ for Lithuania
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is leaving for a visit to Switzerland on Tuesday, says that the Swiss army, which is based on military conscription, is a “nice example” for Lithuania. […]
Defence
200 Lithuanian troops to join NATO’s biggest exercise since 2002
Spain, Italy and Portugal are hosting NATO military exercise Trident Juncture 2015, which kicked off on Saturday. Some 200 soldiers from Lithuania and almost 50 units of military equipment will join NATO’s biggest wargames since 2002, the Ministry of National Defence reports. […]
Economy
Concerns about Lithuania’s budget deficit
After the Finance Ministry has submitted proposal for the 2016 state budget, which envisages a slightly bigger fiscal deficit than this year, the National Audit Office says this raises the risk for long-term sustainability of government finance. President Dalia Grybauskaitė warns that Lithuania might exceed the limit provided by the EU’s fiscal compact. […]
Society
24 percent of Lithuanians approve same-sex marriage
Every fourth Lithuanian thinks that same-sex marriage should be legalized throughout the European Union, according to a Eurobarometer survey. This is well below the EU average, BNS reports. […]
Economy
Defence
Culture
Six synagogues in Lithuania listed as protected cultural heritage
Six synagogues in Lithuania have been included into the list of monuments protected by the state, BNS reports. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian foreign minister meets with Jewish organisations in New York
During the session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on 2 October, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with heads and representatives of major world and American Jewish organisations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. […]
Foreign affairs
President Grybauskaitė congratulates Germany on reunification anniversary
On 3 October President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to Federal President Joachim Gauck on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of German reunification celebrated on Unity Day, the presidential press service said. […]
Energy
Lithuania might have to pay billions for quitting Soviet energy system
As Lithuania is approaching its goal of separating from the electricity network extending across the former Soviet Union and fully integrating itself into the energy system of Western Europe, Moscow might claim multi-billion-euro damages that Vilnius could be liable to pay based on a treaty signed 14 years ago. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
President Grybauskaitė’s visit to Switzerland to focus on security and innovation
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is going on an official visit to Switzerland on Tuesday, 6 October, at the invitation of Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga. […]
Culture
Foreign affairs
PM’s advisor lambastes Lithuanian president’s UN speech
Raimundas Lopata, political scientist and advisor to Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, has slammed the foreign policy of President Dalia Grybauskaitė, saying in an interview published on Friday that her recent speech at the United Nations was “sterile”. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament wants more power on refugee resettlement
A group of Lithuanian MPs have suggested that parliament should have a say on issues concerning refugee resettlement. Meanwhile the ruling Social Democratic Party has offered a political agreement among Lithuania’s major parties, saying that an issue as sensitive as asylum seekers should not be made the topic for electoral campaigning. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian foreign minister: Veto right is responsibility, not privilege
On 30 September, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius took part in a high-level event, which was co-hosted by France and Mexico on the restraint of the veto in the Security Council in situations of mass atrocity, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Lithuania actively supports the initiative that was proposed by France and Mexico, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports. […]