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Lithuanian parliament to hold presentation of TV channel Ukraine Today

June 11, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

At the request of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Lithuania, the Seimas, parliament, is holding a presentation of the Ukrainian TV channel Ukraine Today, which is to be launched in Lithuania. The participants at the presentation in the European Information Office on Thursday will be welcomed by Benediktas Juodka, Chair of the Seimas Committee on Foreign Affairs, the press service of the Seimas said. […]

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Energy

NordBalt cable laying works in Baltic Sea finished

June 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Topaz Installer cable laying vessel has finished her work. In just a year and two months, with short interruptions, she laid 400 kilometres of NordBalt cable onto the bottom of the Baltic Sea. 90 percent of the link construction works have already been completed, reports energy company Litgrid. […]

Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. Photo Ludo Segers

Foreign Minister Linkevičius to the Wall Street Journal: We shouldn’t accept the Kremlin’s ‘new normal’

June 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Re-engagement with Russia should be accomplished on the Western countries’ own terms, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius claims in an op-ed piece published by the Wall Street Journal. While many would like to see a thaw in relations with Moscow, it is wrong to give into wishful thinking about Russia’s benevolence and draw false analogies with détente of the 1960s. […]

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Lithuanian MFA issues statement on situation in Ukraine

June 4, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) condemns the bloody assault near Marinka village, close to the city of Donetsk, on 3 June by the Russia-backed separatists who used heavy weaponry, which had to be withdrawn according to the package of measures of the Minsk Agreements reached on 12 February 2015. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Lithuanian president delivers State of the Nation address: The world is not a peaceful place

June 4, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė made her annual State of the Nation address at the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas, on Thursday. In her speech, the president mostly focused on national defence, security challenges stemming from Russia‘s aggressive policies, as well as emigration of working-age population. Grybauskaitė also stressed the need to work more on addressing social issues, particularly in childcare institutions. […]

Juozas Bernatonis
Politics

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
Economy

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. […]

Defence

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. […]