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Lithuanian foreign minister expresses condolences over death of former British ambassador Michael Peart

April 4, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

“I am deeply saddened by the news of Michael Peart passing. He was a true friend of Lithuania and the first Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Lithuania. We shall always remember Michael with great respect, with gratitude. He will remain in our hearts forever as a true friend of Lithuania,” reads the letter of condolences sent by Linas Linkevičius to the wife and son of the deceased on 3 April, the MFA reports. […]

US presence in Lithuania is a message that we are not alone, defence minister says

April 3, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On April 2 Lithuanian Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas met with a delegation of US congressmen led by US Congressman and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Mac Thornberry, conducting visit in Lithuania, the Ministry reports. […]

UK’s first ambassador to Lithuania passes away

April 3, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

British diplomat Michael Peart, the UK’s first ambassador to Lithuania, has passed away, the Lithuanian Embassy in London announced on Thursday. […]

Danish Chamber of Commerce event. Photo by Dovilė Bružienė

Danish Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania undergoing changes

April 3, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Danish Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania has gone through some changes. […]

Final stretch of NordBalt cable to be laid under Baltic Sea

April 3, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On Thursday, the works on laying the NordBalt cable resumed in the Baltic Sea. The last 150 kilometres will be laid by the end of this summer, the Ministry of Energy reports. […]

Russia blackmails NATO over Baltics

April 2, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Russia has threatened to use “nuclear force” to defend its annexation of Crimea and warned that the “same conditions” that prompted it to take military action in Ukraine exist in the three Baltic states, all members of NATO, The Independent reports. […]

Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin in Yalta Conference

Dutch politician suggests “second Yalta conference” to confirm Russia’s gains in Ukraine and Baltic sovereignty

April 2, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Former Dutch EU commissioner and former leader of the liberal VVD party Frits Bolkestein thinks that Europe, the United States and Russia should organize a second Yalta conference to discuss a settlement in Ukraine and even the sovereignty of the Baltic states. […]

Portuguese scouts in Lithuania for combined training

April 1, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 31 March, soldiers of the Portuguese Armed Forces arrived in Lithuania for combined training as part of NATO reassurance measures in the Baltic region, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence reports. […]

Army Chief Major General Vytautas Jonas Žukas and presidential advisor Valdemaras Sarapinas

State Defence Council to present new defence concept this week

March 31, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s State Defence Council intends to hold a meeting later this week to present the updated concept of armed defence, says Valdemaras Sarapinas, the president’s adviser for national security. […]

Bradauskas becomes Head of Lithuania’s State Tax Inspectorate

March 31, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Dainoras Bradauskas has won the Monday’s tender to head the State Tax Inspectorate under the Ministry of Finance (VMI). A total of 5 candidates participated in the competition, even though 11 had registered to take part. […]

At the Runway Run 2015 in Zuokniai airport (Šiauliai), marking the 11th anniversary of Lithuania’s NATO accession

Minister of Defence: NATO 11 – more relevant than ever

March 30, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

This year Lithuania’s basketball legend Arvydas Sabonis will be sharing his shirt number 11 with NATO – on March 29 Lithuania marks the 11th anniversary as a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the Ministry of Defence quotes Minister Juozas Olekas on its website. […]

Archaeologists discover thousand-year-old grave in Lithuania

March 29, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

A grave thought to be a couple of thousand years old has been found in Lithuania’s western district of Klaipėda during the building of a gas main. It contains a unique urn. […]

Lithuania switching to daylight saving time Sunday

March 28, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania is switching to daylight saving time this week by advancing clocks by one hour at 3 a.m. on Sunday. Also known as the summer time, the daylight saving time will be in effect for seven months until the end of October. […]

Attacking NATO would be a great mistake – Minister of Defence

March 27, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian National Defence Minister Juozas Olekas says that Russia would make a great mistake if it decided to cross the borders of any of the NATO members. […]

Energy Minister Masiulis: Gazprom has what to be afraid of

March 27, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Russia’s gas concern Gazprom has what to be afraid of in Lithuania and the European Union (EU), Lithuania’s Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis has said. […]

Chairman of national bank meets French Minister of Finance

March 27, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On Friday, 27 March, Finance Minister of France Michel Sapin will visit the Bank of Lithuania. The Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, Vitas Vasiliauskas, during his meeting with Sapin will discuss progress in quantitative promotion, begun this month by the European Central Bank (ECB), as well as accenting need for structural reforms, the national bank said. […]

Discussion on same-sex partnership will no longer be taboo – Simonko

March 25, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Vladimiras Simonko, the leader of the Lithuanian Gay League, on Tuesday welcomed the proposed law to allow same-sex partnerships, saying the step would trigger discussions about the rights of homosexual persons living together. […]

9 MPs register bill on same-sex partnership

March 25, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Nine Lithuanian MPs representing the Social Democratic and Liberal party groups have registered a bill to allow same-sex partnership. […]

Nordic and Baltic officials call for fight against propaganda

March 25, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 23-24 March in Copenhagen, political directors of the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) discussed regional issues, challenges to Ukraine‘s security and territorial integrity, preparations for the upcoming Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga, prospects for relations with Russia, ways to increase resilience to propaganda of the societies, as well as threats of terrorism and the spread of radical Islamic ideology, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]

Ruling bloc to submit amendment to pave way for Paksas to elections

March 25, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania‘s ruling parties intend to shortly again submit a Constitutional amendment to the parliament to pave way for removed president Rolandas Paksas to run for parliament and president. […]