European Union
Greece agrees on new EU Russia sanctions
The new Greek government has agreed to impose more EU sanctions on Russia, while defending its right to shape European foreign policy, EUobserver reports. […]
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Foreign affairs
Lithuania transferred NATO Contact Embassy in Sweden functions to Poland
On 28th January 2015, the Embassy of Lithuania in Sweden and the Embassy of Poland in Sweden jointly hosted the event to mark the transfer of duties of the NATO Contact Point Embassy from the Embassy of Lithuania to the Embassy of Poland. Event took place at the Residence of the ambassador of Lithuania. Lithuania held NATO Contact Embassy in Sweden functions in 2013-2014. […]
Economy
Vilnius’ Kempinski Hotel among TripAdvisor’s top 25 hotels in Europe
Kempinski Hotel Cathedral Square was named one of the “Top 25 Hotels in Europe” and “Top 25 Luxury Hotels in Europe” by TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site. Kempinski Hotel Cathedral Square was also nominated as the No 1 hotel in Lithuania. […]
Economy
Swedish manufacturer opens new factory in northern Lithuania
Anva Polytech, a rubber component producer from Sweden, is setting up a production facility in Lithuania, with the aim of creating 50 new jobs in the next 5 years. The factory, which will produce a variety of rubber components, will be established in Biržai town, Panevėžys County, Invest Lithuania said. […]
Vytis Jurkonis: Eastern Partnership is not Eurasian Union, no one is forced if there’s no interest
State Secretary of the Latvian Foreign Ministry Andrejs Pildegovičs met Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makey on the 23rd of January. The visit was formally related to the Latvian Presidency of the EU Council. The Latvian diplomat mentioned a few things, which seem to become traditional at the beginning of any presidential race in Belarus. […]
European Union
EU foreign ministers wish to expand Russia blacklist
EU foreign ministers are keen to quickly add names to the Russia blacklist, according to draft document prepared for emergency meeting on 29 January, EUobserver reports. […]
Politics
President Grybauskaitė meets with Lutheran leader: All religions strive for peace
President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the President of the Lutheran World Federation, Bishop Munib A. Younan, who is on his first visit to Lithuania, the presidential press service said. […]
Russian think tank that pushed for invasion of Ukraine wants Moscow to overthrow Belarus’ Lukashenko
Analysts at the Russian Institute for Strategic Research (RISI), a Moscow-based think tank that pushed hard for Russia to invade Ukraine, are now urging Moscow to overthrow Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian foreign minister joins Holocaust remembrance event in Auschwitz
On 27 January 2015, Linas Linkevičius, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, together with the delegation led by the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė attended the ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the camp’s liberation in Auschwitz, Poland. […]
Foreign affairs
“Basketball diplomacy” puts Lithuanian diplomat under fire
With tensions flaring up again in eastern Ukraine after Russian-supported separatists attacked Mariupol, killing 30 civilians, policymakers and observers in Lithuania are particularly touchy when it comes to relations, or lack thereof, with Russia. Their ire can even fall on someone from their own team if he or she is as much as suspected of sympathies for Russia. […]
European Union
EU hints at additional sanctions against Russia
European Union leaders asked their foreign ministers on Tuesday to consider possible new sanctions on Russia in response to a rebel offensive in eastern Ukraine, Reuters reports. A final decision to impose them, however, is likely to be left to a summit next month. […]
Economy
New lab at Vilnius University expected to deal with artificial intelligence in future
On 22 January, Telecommunications Research Centre M2M (machine-to-machine) laboratory was opened officially at the Faculty of Physics of Vilnius University. […]
Foreign affairs
Minister Linkevičius discussed additional Russia sanctions in London
On 26 January, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius met with UK Minister for Europe David Lidington in London and discussed possible results of the forthcoming EU’s Foreign Affairs Council. […]
Economy
Lithuania promotes itself as dental tourism destination in Scandinavia
Lithuania continues to rise in the consciousness of Scandinavians and Western Europeans as a proffered destination for elective dental health treatments. Vilnius dental clinic Odontika, the Baltic’s leading dental clinic for patients from abroad, has been active in promoting Lithuania to the Scandinavian market this winter. […]
Foreign affairs
PM meets with Lithuanians working in Georgia during official visit
On 25 January, during an official visit to Tbilisi, Georgia, Prime Minster Algirdas Butkevičius met with Lithuanian businesspeople and citizens working in international organisations in Georgia. […]
Culture
New time-lapses fascinate with the change of nature colors through different seasons
Project “Lietuva tavo delne” (Lithuania in your palm) cameras captured how seasons change and nature turns white in various parts of Lithuania. All locations featured in this projected got new time lapses and photos that let visitors see how colourful autumn replaces green summer and how it is then overcome by white winter; how spectacular Christmas trees glitter and how storms rage in the seaside. […]
Economy
KTU Executive School: Tailor-made competences for business
Every businessperson in his of her life has encountered a situation when they need to upgrade their competence package. However, usually there is no time for proper studies, and the quality of available lectures by individual speakers is often compromised. Lauri Koponen, Head of KTU Executive School says that business breakfast, popular in Scandinavian countries, is a good solution for this problem. […]
Economy
Lithuanian mobile game reaches USA monthly top 10
Mobile applications performance service App Annie recently announced results for last years’ November in which Lithuanian game Cooking Fever reached top 10 in Apple iOS games charts. Nordcurrent studios’ game squeezed between such industry heavyweights as Candy Crush, Madden NFL, Game of War and others. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian Foreign Ministry strongly condemns Russia’s intensifying aggression against Ukraine
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania strongly condemns increased Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. […]
Defence
Lithuania hands over command of NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE to Netherlands
Lithuania officially ended over six-month long period of command of NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1). On January 22, Commander Giedrius Premeneckas (Lithuanian Navy) handed over command of SNMCMG1 to Commander Peter A.J. Bergen Henegouwen (Royal Netherlands Navy) at Den Helder naval base of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Ministry of National Defence said. […]