Articles by Lithuania Tribune

Seimas of Lithuania
Foreign affairs

Lithuania calls for further suspension of Russian delegations rights at Council of Europe PA

January 23, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to be held in Strasbourg on 26–30 January will address the question of whether to approve the credentials of the Russian delegation to be renewed in 2015 at the expiry of the sanctions applied by the PACE against the Russian delegation because of the annexation of Crimea and the escalation of military tensions in eastern Ukraine. […]

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Economy

British rail companies interested in Rail Baltica project

January 23, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

UK rail companies working in international projects and providing rail infrastructure services such as planning, construction and management of innovative and sustainable railways met the representatives of the Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications. During the meeting, the companies had the possibility to learn more about Lithuania’s strategic project Rail Baltica 2 and other rail projects implemented in the country, the Ministry of Transport and Communication said. […]

São Paulo
Foreign affairs

Lithuania’s deputy foreign minister discussed cooperation opportunities with Brazil

January 21, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 19 January, Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mantvydas Bekešius met with Under Secretary General for Political Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, Carlos Antonio da Rocha Paranhos, Oswaldo Biato, Director of the Europe Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other officials. The officials discussed bilateral relations and opportunities for economic cooperation, the MFA said. […]

Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas
Society

Lithuanian MP voices threat against LGBT* rights organization

January 20, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Member of the Lithuanian Parliament Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas has publicly warned the leader of LGL, a Lithuanian LGBT* rights NGO, that the organization is “playing with fire” and that its activities might result in a “black, repulsive and totally unacceptable response” similar to that which “happened in Paris.” The statement by the MP was issued as a response to the organization’s humourous suggestion to use 10-litas notes, that have been taken out of circulation, as LGBT* souvenirs. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Foreign affairs

President Grybauskaitė discusses key tasks for the year with foreign ambassadors

January 19, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with foreign ambassadors accredited to Lithuania. At the meeting, the president reviewed the main tasks and events of the last year, thanked the ambassadors for cooperation, and discussed the introduction of the euro and Lithuania’s key objectives for the year, the presidential press service said. […]

Culture

Scholars offer recommendations for history policy makers of Lithuania and Belarus

January 19, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

Historical memory has a strong impact on the cohesion of political society. The historical memory of any given society is affected by a whole range of factors, such as the methodology and content of history teaching at school, the creation of various memorials and alternative sources of information about the past. Most of these factors depend on the political sphere and are a direct consequence of political or administrative decisions. In short, a consequence of state history policy. […]

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Culture

The Summer of Sangaile included in the main programme of Berlinale Panorama Section

January 16, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Summer of Sangaile, a film by Lithuanian director Alantė Kavaitė, will be screened in the main programme of Berlinale Panorama. The film will have its European première in Berlin while its world première is scheduled in a couple of days in Sundance. […]

Linas Linkevičius
Foreign affairs

Linkevičius discusses bilateral and regional cooperation with Latvian, Estonian and Slovakian foreign ministers

January 16, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On 16 January, Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius met with Miroslav Lajčák, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia, Edgars Rinkēvičs, Foreign Minister of Latvia, and Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Foreign Minister of Estonia, who are taking part in the Snow Meeting. […]

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Society

Lithuanians’ trust in e-government services growing

January 15, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

A study commissioned by the Information Society Development Committee under the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Lithuania on Lithuanian e-government services revealed that electronic declarations and electronic applications were the most popular form of electronic communication between Lithuanian government agencies and citizens in 2014, the ministry said. […]