Articles by Lithuania Tribune
Defence
President Grybauskaitė: Conscription might remain a necessity
Having a decent army reserve is very important for Lithuania, therefore conscription must remain in effect even after five years when the military draft programme, introduced this year, expires, according to President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Defence
UK announces persistent deployment of troops to Baltic states
At Thursday’s NATO Defence Ministerial meeting in Brussels, UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon announced that the UK would deploy a persistent military presence to the Baltic states. […]
Global LT
London Lithuanians’ charity ball to raise funds for suicide prevention
Refuting the myth that Lithuanian expatriates in the United Kingdom care little about social problems at their home country, some members of the Lithuanian community wish to bring focus on what they think is the biggest social sore in Lithuania, suicide. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM: We need to ‘motivate’ refugees to choose Lithuania
As the Lithuanian delegation visiting Greece has so far struggled to find a refugee family willing to seek asylum in Lithuania, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the country must to more to inform refugees about itself and “motivate” them to come. […]
Culture
British defence secretary wants to send a strong message to Russia about Baltic defence
NATO should step up pressure on Russia to use its influence on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as well as to give a more resolute response to Moscow’s “testing” of the Alliance’s flank in the Baltics, UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said in an interview to The Wall Street Journal published on Wednesday. […]
Lithuanian and Swedish foreign ministers discuss economic partnership and joint initiatives
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Margot Wallstrom to discuss bilateral partnership, the situation in Ukraine, relations with Russia, regional security, cooperation in the region, as well as in the fields of strategic communication, energy and transport, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Lithuanian president: Swedish royal visit is consolidation of bonds between the countries
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden who are on a three-day state visit in Lithuania. During their meeting, the president and the Swedish royal couple discussed the results and prospects of long-standing and close bilateral cooperation. This is the second state visit by the King and Queen of Sweden in our country after 23 years, the presidential press service said. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president: Russia’s involvement in Syria will make refugee crisis worse
Russia‘s recent involvement in the war in Syria will only worsen the plight of refugees who are making their way to Europe in thousands, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM meets with new Japanese ambassador
On Tuesday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with Toyoei Shigeeda, the new ambassador of Japan in Lithuania, to discuss energy and transport, economic, cultural and scientific relations between Lithuania and Japan, the PM’s press service said. […]
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. […]