Foreign affairs
President Grybauskaitė signs decrees on appointment of ambassadors to Georgia and Turkey
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed two decrees on appointment of new Lithuanian ambassadors to Georgia and Turkey. […]
Articles by Lithuania Tribune
Defence
Exercise Lightning Bolt 2015 ends in Lithuania
The month-long largest national exercise Lithuania has held this year, Lightning Bolt 2015, has ended. The exercise tested various types of situations, including swift mobilization of the Lithuanian reserve, response to a hybrid war and terrorist attacks, and also involved tactical training, the country’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Economy
Lithuanian startup ecosystem – pool of opportunities for foreign and local startups and VCs
Lithuanian startup arena has been heating up in recent years. Friendly business environment, relatively low taxes, advanced IT infrastructure, favourable relocation conditions have mightily influenced the increasing number of startups, foreign investment and community events. […]
Culture
Everything you always wanted to know about Lithuania – in a myth-busting mock game show
Is it true that Lithuanians like their soup pink, put herrings into bedsheets and are the inventors of basketball? A witty presentational video instructs on some peculiarities of the Baltic nation. […]
Global LT
Lithuanian professionals from New York and Chicago join forces
The Global Lithuanian Leaders network, a worldwide organization for Lithuanian professionals, recently collaborated with the Enterprise Lithuania group and made a visit to the United States at the end of April. […]
Society
Vilnius mayor and Swedish ambassador award Step Challenge winners
Mayor of Vilnius Remigijus Šimašius and Swedish Ambassador to Lithuania Cecilia Ruthstrom-Ruin participated in the ceremony of the Step Challenge awards hosted by the Embassy of Sweden to Lithuania, Vilnius Municipality reports. […]
Society
Vilnius University produces unique machine for CERN
The team of the Department of Semiconductor Physics of Vilnius University (VU), headed by professor Juozas Vidmantis Vaitkus, under the framework of the AIDA project was to study the possibility to use a microwave absorption technique for radiation monitoring in the proton irradiation facility at CERN. The Vilnius University team produced a cost-effective, flexible and easy-to-handle fluence monitoring system, VU said. […]
Culture
Lithuania’s Monika & Vaidas proceed to Eurovision Song Contest finals
Lithuanian Eurovision fans celebrated on Thursday night as the country’s entry song, This Time, performed by Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila, qualified for the music competition finals on Saturday. […]
European Union
Merkel: Eastern Partnership is not instrument for EU enlargement
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has indicated that former Soviet states that are part of the European Union‘s Eastern Partnership programme should not expect any promises of full membership. […]
European Union
Lithuanian President to attend Eastern Partnership summit in Riga
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday and Friday is attending the EU Eastern Partnership summit in Riga. The summit will review the results of the Eastern Partnership programme achieved after the Vilnius summit held at the end of 2013 and will outline guidelines for further cooperation and development of the programme, said the presidential press service. […]
Swedish entrepreneurs undeterred from investing in Baltics, survey shows
Tense geopolitical situation in Eastern Europe has had almost no impact on the plans of Swedish companies to invest in the Baltics. In fact, Swedish entrepreneurs are looking to step up investment in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia over the coming three years, shows a survey the Swedish Trade and Invest Council, Business Sweden. […]
Global LT
Stockholm seminar discusses information challenges in Eastern Europe
Dr. Nerijus Maliukevičius, lecturer of Vilnius University’s Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences, Russian and East European Studies Centre, presented the report “Russia’s Use of Information Operations in the Baltic States” at the international seminar on “Information Operations as a Foreign Policy Tool – the Situation in the Baltic States and Consequences for Sweden” which took place in Stockholm on 19 May. […]
Global LT
Romer family heiress to be received by Lithuanian president
President Dalia Grybauskaitė has invited Ms Marija Elena Romeryte (Marisha Helena Romer in English) to the Presidential Palace in Vilnius on May 20. President Grybauskaitė will be presented with two original oils painted by Marisha’s grandmother, renowned Lithuanian artist Sofija Romeriene, whose life and works have been extensively documented and published. Some of her works, considered Lithuanian National Treasure, appear in the most prestigious museums of Lithuania, Poland as well as London. […]
Foreign affairs
Interior minister discusses training for Lithuanian officers with US ambassador
During a meeting of Lithuania’s Minister of the Interior Saulius Skvernelis with US Ambassador to Lithuania Deborah McCarthy last week, bilateral contacts and possibilities of strengthening law enforcement institutions abilities in the context of current geopolitical threats were discussed, the Interior Ministry said. […]
Society
Lithuanian LGBT* activists ride down streets of Vilnius on Rainbow bus
At noon on Sunday, the Lithuanian Gay League, LGBT* rights organization, took a ride on a rainbow bus down the streets of central Vilnius. […]
Energy
New biofuel boiler house opened in Elektrėnai, Lithuania
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, who took part in the opening ceremony of a new biofuel boiler house in Elektrėnai on Friday, said that this object will also contribute to business development because it will increase the operating volumes of regional companies engaged in biofuel production and sales. […]
Economy
Politics
Lithuanian parliament adopts amendments to Consular Statute regarding material assistance
With 70 votes in favour, none against and 3 abstentions, the Seimas has adopted amendments to Article 22 of the Consular Statute, the press service of the Seimas said. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania presents its efforts against anti-Semitism in Jerusalem forum
At the 5th Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism held in Jerusalem on 12-14 May, Lithuanian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mantvydas Bekešius reviewed Lithuania’s accomplishments in liquidating consequences of the Holocaust and combating the manifestations of anti-Semitism, especially in cyberspace, Lithuania’s MFA said. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament marks 95th anniversary of Constituent Seimas
At its plenary sitting, the Seimas of Lithuania marked the 95th anniversary of the Constituent Seimas on Friday. Loreta Graužinienė, the speaker of the Seimas, pointed out that the Constituent Seimas was the first representative of the Lithuanian nation that had its first democratic, universal and direct elections. […]