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Lithuanian justice minister: Same-sex couples are more propaganda than reality

June 4, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s Ministry of Justice has drafted a bill that, if passed, would introduce the institution of partnership into the country’s Civil Code. However, the bill spells out that the possibility to form partnerships would only apply to opposite-sex couples. According to Justice Minister Juozas Bernatonis, there is no need to legalize same-sex partnership because there are hardly any same-sex couples in Lithuania. […]

Baltic Amadeus accepting the award. Photo by Vincas Alesius, AHK Baltic States

IT firm Baltic Amadeus receives German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce award

June 3, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Baltic Amadeus has been named the winner in the 2015 German Business Awards organized by the German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (AHK Baltic states). The Vilnius-based IT company is the tenth recipient of the annual award that was presented on 2 June. […]

Vytenis, 18, Rokas, 17, and Martynas, 22

Photography project draws attention to gender stereotypes behind Lithuania’s conscription debate

June 3, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuanian government has decided to reintroduce military conscription this year, after which the Ministry of National Defence compiled a list of almost 37,000 eligible young men who might be drafted for the military service this year. This has sparked much controversy and a heated debate in the Lithuanian public. […]

SAS to launch new Oslo-Vilnius route in autumn

June 2, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 29 October, Scandinavian airlines SAS launches a new Oslo – Vilnius route. SAS passengers will be offered four weekly flights on this route, Vilnius Airport said. […]

Blossom of Hope Charity Gala. Photo by Austėja Jakštaitė

Blossom of Hope charity auction helps fight breast cancer

June 2, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The 2015 Blossom of Hope Charity Gala organised by IWAV, the International Women’s Association of Vilnius, took place in the Merchants’ Club on May 30 in the Lithuanian capital and was a resounding success. […]

Film Box LT. Photo by Augustas Didžgalvis

Lithuanian films to be screened for passengers at Vilnius Airport

June 1, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Vilnius Airport has launched an airport movie theatre Film Box LT. Now passengers waiting for their flights can spend time watching films by Lithuanian filmmakers free of charge. […]

Lithuanian officer begins service in new naval EU operation in Rome

June 1, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania is joining the European Union-led Operation Naval Force in the Mediterranean (EUNAVFOR MED) by posting an officer to the headquarters of the operation in Rome, Italy. The Lithuanian officer began serving in the position of officer on duty at the Combined Operations Centre on 28 May, said the Ministry of National Defence. […]

Lithuanian Cultural Centre in Belgium celebrates its first season

June 1, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On May 28, the Lithuanian Embassy to Belgium together with the Lithuanian community held a symbolic closing evening of the first season of Lithuania’s Cultural Centre in Belgium (LCCB). […]

Seventh Blossom of Hope charity gala to collect funds for cancer diagnosis

May 29, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Merchants’ Club in Vilnius will host the seventh consecutive Blossom of Hope gala, organised by International Women’s Association of Vilnius (IWAV) on Saturday, May 30, in its fight against breast cancer. […]

EUROC Lithuania – the largest Western Union site in the world

May 29, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

EUROC Lithuania celebrates the fifth birthday of the establishment. Within the past 4 years, EUROC expanded more than 5 times from the initial plan of 250 employees in 2010 to more than 1,300 employees today (2015 April). During this time, Western Union‘s (WU) centre in Lithuania has experienced the strongest growth in global WU scale. Now EUROC has become the largest WU site in the world, said Invest Lithuania, the government’s foreign investment promotion agency. […]

Russian opposition figure hospitalized with mysterious illness

May 28, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Russian opposition activist and journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza was rushed to hospital in Moscow on Wednesday after suddenly losing consciousness. Doctors initially suspected poisoning. […]

Unique Jewish heritage site opens in Šeduva

May 28, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

More than two years of work on the restoration and preservation of Jewish heritage in Šeduva were marked in a private ceremony at the town’s recently restored Jewish cemetery (Žvejų gatvė). More than 400 tombstones have been identified and more than 1,300 have been either painstakingly restored or preserved in a tribute to the lives of the thousands of Jews that once comprised the majority of this Lithuanian shtetl. […]

Lithuanian startup Widerfi enters world’s largest accelerator

May 28, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Widerfi, a startup established in Lithuania and formerly known as Cheap Data Communications, has joined MassChallenge – the World’s largest accelerator, and will compete for 500 thousand pounds and 1 million dollar prizes at the end of the year. Widerfi offers a new mobile internet model for travellers and is the first Lithuanian startup to participate in the accelerator which will be held simultaneously in Boston and London. […]

President Grybauskaitė welcomes participants of Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s conference

May 27, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė welcomed the participants of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s conference in Vilnius. Grybauskaitė emphasised that only strong, dynamic and united European Union could meet people’s expectations and offset emerging challenges. […]

AirBaltic to cover for bankrupt Air Lituanica for two weeks

May 27, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 26 May Air Lituanica, the airline owned by the city of Vilnius that went under last week, reached an agreement with AirBaltic to take over obligations to passengers who booked flights until 5 June. […]

Ambassador’s wife Sarah Hunt: All Lithuanian women should have access to the best available treatment

May 26, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

To help Lithuanian women, Sarah Hunt, wife of David Hunt, the British Ambassador to Lithuania, assists the International Women‘s Association of Vilnius (IWAV) with the organisation of the charity auction at the annual Blossom of Hope event, which will take place on May 30th 2015 at the Merchant’s Club in Vilnius. […]

Lithuania celebrates Independence Day of Georgia

May 26, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 26 May, at noon, school children at Vilnius Cathedral square held a giant Georgian flag, surrounded by Lithuanian flag in the shape of heart, to mark the Independence Day of Georgia. The event commemorated the 26 May 1918 adoption of the Act of Independence, which established the Democratic Republic of Georgia after the collapse of the Russian empire. […]

Investors confident about Lithuanian economy, but low demand a concern

May 26, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

In the second quarter of 2015 Investors’ Confidence in Lithuania’s economic prospects grew significantly – CEOs of companies investing in Lithuania expect further positive changes in business environment. […]

Rimantas Vaitkus awarded for contributing to relations between Lithuania and Japan

May 25, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On May 22, 2015, at the residence of the Ambassador of Japan Kazuko Shiraishi, Mr. Rimantas Vaitkus, former director of Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant, was conferred with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon for his contribution to promotion of mutual understanding, and economic and technical exchanges between Japan and Lithuania. […]

President Grybauskaitė signs decrees on appointment of ambassadors to Georgia and Turkey

May 24, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed two decrees on appointment of new Lithuanian ambassadors to Georgia and Turkey. […]