Algirdas Butkevičius
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian prime minister discusses cooperation with China in Belgrade

While on a working visit in Belgrade, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius met with Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Li Keqiang, to discuss possibilities for closer political and economic cooperation, development of relations in transport, agriculture, and education, as well as China + 16 format and its outlook for the future, the prime minister’s press service said. […]

Bloomberg terminal. KTU photo
Economy

KTU to offer students access to Bloomberg Professional Service in new financial markets lab

Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) has signed an agreement with leading global financial information company Bloomberg to install a financial markets lab, the first of its kind in Lithuania and the Baltic region. The contract will allow KTU students to access the Bloomberg Professional service, which has more than 320,000 leading business and financial subscribers worldwide. […]

Laivas "Jotvingis"
Defence

Navy ship finishes active duty and will continue standby in Klaipėda Seaport

Upon completion of the active duty in the NATO Response Force Lithuanian Naval ship LNS Jotvingis, a flag ship of Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group One (SNMCMG1), is returning to Klaipėda, Lithuania. Lithuanian Naval Officer Commander Giedrius Premeneckas will continue to command SNMCMG1 from this ship of Lithuanian Navy, which will be moored in Klaipėda Seaport up to the end of January 2015. […]

Jonas Jablonskis memorial
Culture

Invitation to contribute to a memorial to Jonas Jablonskis

Today we speak and write using the life’s work of linguist Jonas Jablonskis: the uniform, correct, clean and enriched Lithuanian language. By using it we have become a modern European nation and a state. We are also halfway to an expressive and impressive memorial to the great linguist – a plaster model by the sculptor Petras Deltuva. […]

Economy

Lithuania Post awarded for service of the year

Lithuania Post has received a respectable award, Service of the Year, established by Lithuanian Business Confederation, for its self-service parcel terminals LP EXPRESS 24, Lithuania Post said in a press release. […]

Permanent Representative of Lithuania, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitė
Foreign affairs

Lithuanian envoy at UN: Human rights violations in Ukraine must be investigated

The Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations together with non-governmental organizations in the margins of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 11 December held a round-table discussion on the role of the International Criminal Court in ensuring accountability for the ongoing human rights violations in Ukraine. […]

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Defence

Lithuania sets up National Centre of Cyber Security

Lithuania is founding the National Centre of Cyber Security to lead the country’s effort to safeguard its information resources and infrastructure. […]

Defence

International winter survival exercise at Lithuania’s Hussar Battalion

An international winter survival exercise involving roughly 90 soldiers from Canada, Lithuania, and Hungary is currently running in the King Mindaugas Hussar Battalion, city of Panevėžys and the surrounding area, the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]