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Lithuania’s central bank suggests tougher guidelines for housing loans

April 10, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Bank of Lithuania has presented to market participants its proposals concerning changes to the Responsible Lending Regulations. They would introduce the requirement to responsibly assess customer’s risk due to likely interest rate increases, while the proposed shorter maximum maturity of a housing loan would speed up the repayment of the loan and reduce the possibility of over-indebtedness, the Bank of Lithuania said. […]

Positive Porsche Carrera GB debut for Ignas Gelzinis

April 9, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Ignas Gelzinis has admitted he never expected such a positive Porsche Carrera Cup GB championship debut, after he finished seventh out of 28 drivers in the series’ season opener at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit. […]

AGM of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania

Estonian Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania holds annual meeting

April 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Members of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania (ECC) took place at the Estonian Embassy in Vilnius on March 30, 2015. Participants of the AGM were welcomed by the Estonian Ambassador Mr. Toomas Kukk. […]

Ties with Brazil are gaining momentum, Lithuanian foreign minister says

April 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, who is currently on an official visit to Brazil, met with Minister of External Relations Mauro Vieira and Deputy Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Ivan Ramalho on Yuesday, the MFA said. […]

Lithuania tries to attract more tourists from Israel

April 8, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

After opening the Embassy of Israel in Vilnius, joining the euro zone and being chosen by the Lonely Planet as one of the world’s top tourist attractions, Lithuania is becoming more accessible and welcoming to Israeli tourists. […]

Lithuanian Independence Act signatory Ozolas passes away

April 7, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuania’s Independence Act signatory Romualdas Ozolas, who served as an MP in 1992-2000, passed away on Monday, the parliament’s Public Relations division said. […]

Transhipment of Lithuania’s Klaipėdos Nafta grows

April 6, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

During March 2015, Lithuania’s Klaipėdos Nafta reloaded 354,000 tons of petroleum products into its storage tanks of oil terminal and Subačius fuel base (SFB), i.e., by 15.5 percent more compared to March 2014, when 306,000 tons were reloaded. […]

KTU M-Lab: interaction between science, technology and art

April 5, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

To create something that does not exist yet. To foresee future problems and to find solutions to them today. This ambitious goal is a main motivator behind the concept of unique in Europe media lab which is being developed by Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) together with partners. KTU’s M-Lab will focus on research on human and nature interactions. […]

Lithuania appoints ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro

April 4, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian Ambassador to Hungary, Rasa Kairienė, has been appointed as Ambassador to three Balkan countries: Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina. […]

Lithuanian foreign minister to pay formal visit to Brazil

April 4, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Linas Linkevičius, will leave for a formal visit to Brazil on Monday, 6 April. […]

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. […]