Foreign affairs
Lithuania opens new visa centres in Belarus
On Friday, 6 February, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs opened new visa issuance centres for the citizens of Belarus in Minsk, Gomel, Grodno and Brest. […]
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Economy
Foreign investors lead Lithuania’s Top Employer awards
Most of the winners in Lithuania’s first Top Employer awards, held in Vilnius this week, were foreign investors, Invest Lithuania reports. […]
Culture
Mikolaj Radziwill the Black on Lithuania’s first silver collectable euro coin
The 500th anniversary of, Mikolaj Radziwill the Black, one of the most prominent noblemen of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, is commemorated by the Bank of Lithuania with the issue of a 20-euro collector coin. It was presented to the public at the Vilnius Radziwill Museum, the Bank said. […]
Global LT
John Kerry in Kiev: Russian aggression cannot be ignored
US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is visiting Kiev on Thursday, has said that Russian aggression in Ukraine cannot be ignored, Euronews reports. […]
Baltic Assembly gives special attention to Rail Baltica project
Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania Rimantas Sinkevičius greeted the participants of the Committee on Economics, Energy and Innovations of the Baltic Assembly (BA), emphasising the importance of the project Rail Baltica to both Lithuania and the whole Baltic region, the Ministry of Transport and Communications said. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian military aircraft to take humanitarian aid to Ukraine
On 5 February, the Spartan C-27 aircraft of the Lithuanian Air Force will transport to Ukraine donations of humanitarian aid committed by the Lithuanian Ministries of Healthcare and National Defence. […]
Defence
Defence
US Pentagon chief nominee says reassuring Baltic states a priority
President Barack Obama‘s nominee for defense secretary, Ashton Carter, said Wednesday he would likely support delivering arms to Ukraine to counter pro-Russian separatists. He also said the United States should do everything to reassure its allies in the Baltics. […]
Economy
Global Game Jam Lithuania: more than 60 games crafted in just one weekend
Global Game Jam is an annual, global marathon for game developers and enthusiasts also held in Lithuania. The event took place across three locations in Lithuania on January 23-25. The purpose of the marathon is to give a platform for professional game developers and enthusiasts. Event is seen as a natural space to meet up, build new relationships, share ideas and craft innovative games. […]
European Union
European Commission launches work on Energy Union
The European Commission on Wednesday launched work on the Energy Union, a fundamental step towards the completion of single energy market and reforming how Europe produces, transports and consumes energy, according to a press release. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president receives letters of credence from Israeli ambassador
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has accepted letters of credence from Israeli Ambassador to Lithuania Amir Maimon, the presidential press service informs. […]
Defence
Czech Republic joins NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence in Vilnius
On 3 February, director of the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence (NATO ENSEC COE) Colonel Gintautas Bagdonas and deputy director-general of the Office for Foreign Relations and Information of the Czech Republic Jan Padourek signed a voluntary national contribution arrangement which will serve as a basis for the Czech Republic to join the NATO ENSEC COE, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s central bank begins discussions on more efficient cash management in country
The Bank of Lithuania, seeking to make the cash management system more efficient, prepared proposals on how to optimise cash management. They are presented in the public discussion document Reform of the Cash Supply System, the Bank of Lithuania announced. […]
European Union
Lithuania joins European Stability Mechanism
On 3 February, Lithuania became the 19th member of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM). Lithuania has ratified the ESM Treaty and now acquires the full rights and obligations of ESM membership. […]
Economy
Norway’s insurer Gjensidige to buy PZU Lithuania
Norwegian insurance company Gjensidige Forsikring ASA agreed to acquire 99.88 percent of the shares in PZU Lietuva from PZU SA for EUR 54 million. The Group’s market share in the Baltics will increase from 7 percent to 13 percent. The market share in Lithuania will increase from 7 percent to 21 percent, Gjensidige said in a press release. […]
New terminal to connect Lithuanian and Swedish ports
Representatives of Central Terminal of Klaipėda, which was officially opened last summer, reached an agreement with the shipping company DFDS Seaways to form a new passenger-cargo (ro-pax) ferry line connecting the ports of Klaipėda and Sweden, Lithuania’s Ministry of Transport and Communications reports. […]
Society
Lithuanian NGOs and Swedish Embassy cooperate to organize IDAHOT events
On 30 January 2015, the National LGBT* Rights Organization LGL and the Swedish Embassy in Vilnius organized a meeting to discuss preparations for this year’s celebration of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) in Lithuania. The meeting was hosted in the residence of the Swedish ambassador and attended by more than thirty ambassadors and representatives of the civil society. […]
Defence
Lithuanian army unit commander attends conference of Danish Division commanders
On February 2 through 3 Commander of the Mechanised Infantry Brigade (MIB) Iron Wolf Colonel Raimundas Vaikšnoras is taking part in a conference arranged by the staff of the Danish Army Division in Copenhagen. Col Vaikšnoras, commander of a Latvian brigade and commander of an Estonian brigade will address cooperation of their respective units in combat training area and the contribution of the Danish Division to the training of the Baltic states‘ brigades, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]