Articles by Lithuania Tribune

Rimantas Šadžius
Economy

Lithuania’s 2016 budget is aimed at boosting consumption, finance minister says

September 30, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius says that next year’s budget has been drafted to give a boost to the country’s slowing-down economy, noting planned increases in the minimum wage, in the non-taxable income tax threshold and in salaries for public sector employees will stimulate domestic consumption. […]

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Lithuania must strengthen cooperation with Finland, foreign minister says

September 28, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

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. […]

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

September 25, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

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

September 24, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

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. […]

Heike Fischbach, Policy Officer for Education and Culture at European Commission’s General Directorate
Economy

EC officer: Lithuania shows what can be achieved in short time

September 22, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Close cooperation with business is among the top priorities in the strategies of most European universities, and the achievements of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) in this field are remarkable, says Heike Fischbach, Policy Officer for Education and Culture at European Commission’s General Directorate. […]