Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius with Lithuanian diplomats and ŠALFASS convention participants outside the Cleveland Lithuanian Club. Photo Darius Skusevičius
Global LT

Lithuanian Athletic Union and US Lithuanian Community hold convention in Cleveland

The Lithuanian Athletic Union of North America (ŠALFASS) and the US Lithuanian community both held their conventions on the same weekend, 25-27 September, in Cleveland, Ohio. […]

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Lithuania must strengthen cooperation with Finland, foreign minister says

On 24 September, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Timo Soini, who was visiting Lithuania, to discuss bilateral political and economic relations, regional cooperation and key issues on European agenda, including migration, the security situation in the region, relationship with Russia, the situation in Ukraine, cooperation in the fields of energy and transport, Lithuania’s MFA said. […]

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Defence

Constructions begin as Lithuania enhances airspace surveillance

Constructions of military infrastructure necessary for installation of new long-range radars and contracted for by the Lithuanian Armed Forces begins in the 1st (Antaversis village, Prienai district) and the 3rd (Degučiai village, Šilutė district) radiolocation posts of the Lithuanian Air Force, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence reports. […]

Some of the 18 Vilnius residents and visitors who attended this year’s inaugural meeting at the Jewish Cultural and Information Center on Mėsinių Street in the Old Town
Culture

Vilna Yiddish literary reading circle invites to its next meeting

After a successful experiment at the first session it was decided that each week’s session would start with an intriguing article from a different prewar Vilna Yiddish newspaper. In addition to reading from the photocopies provided, participants will be able to view the original newspaper. The session, which lasts an hour-and-a-half total, will then move on to the literary text being read. This Sunday the circle will start reading a humorous text by Der Túnkeler, “The Dark One,” pseudonym of Joseph Tunkel (1881 – 1949), a Litvak Yiddish humorist born in Bobruisk, now in Belarus. […]

Lithuania and Sweden to strengthen security and defence cooperation

On 24 September Deputy Minister Marijus Velička underscored Lithuania’s intent to strengthen military cooperation with Sweden and other Nordic countries in a range of areas at a meeting with State Secretary Jan Salestrand of Swedish Ministry of Defence at the Ministry of National Defence of Lithuania. “Nordic-Baltic cooperation is a crucial factor of ensuring security in the region,” the deputy minister of national defence said. […]

Van Williams. Photo KTU
Economy

CIO of Virtustream: Our office in Kaunas has ‘Silicon Valley startup’ feel to it

Van Williams, CIO, chief of product engineering and manager of Virtustream development centre in Lithuania, says that the Baltic countries should be more active in attracting global funding. Also, he is convinced that the main asset of any business are innovative professionals, discovered and fostered by universities. […]

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Marie Kiviniemi, Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Photo MFA
Foreign affairs

Lithuania’s MFA will make every effort to ensure smooth OECD accession, minister says

On 17 September, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Marie Kiviniemi, Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), who was visiting Vilnius. […]