Economy
Lithuania offers best public WiFi in the world
Lithuania has been ranked as number-one country with best public WiFi, according to tourismupdates.com. […]
Articles by Lithuania Tribune
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. […]
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. […]
Culture
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. […]
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. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian government condemns terrorist attack in Pakistan
Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns the brutal school attack in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar on 16 December. […]
Society
Not all Lithuanian school students have equal access to vocational guidance, auditors say
The National Audit Office of Lithuania has conducted an audit to assess the organisation and implementation of school students’ vocational guidance, the office said in a press release. […]
Global LT
Australia’s Lithuanian Community invites to celebrate Lithuanian Christmas in Sydney
The Lithuanian Community in Australia welcomes everyone in the Bankstown Community and beyond to attend our Lithuanian Sports and Cultural Festival to be held from 26/12/14 – 31/12/14 in Bankstown. The theme being “Ten mūsų tėvynė, čia mūsų namai” translated means “That is our Homeland, this is our Home”. […]
Defence
NATO fighters took off 21 times last week to intercept Russian aircraft at Baltic states’ borders
On 8-14 December, NATO air policing fighters protecting Baltic airspace took off 21 times to intercept Russian aircraft flying at the Baltic states’ borders, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
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. […]
Defence
Lithuanian Armed Forces cancels increased level of readiness
The Lithuanian military has cancelled higher level of readiness in its units on duty, the Rapid Response Force and some peacetime operations units, which was increased on 7 December. […]
Global LT
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. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian and US officials discuss bilateral cooperation in Vilnius
On 11 December, Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas met with Eric Rubin, US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, who is visiting Lithuania. […]
Society
Šemeta on fighting corruption in Ukraine: businesses previously had nowhere to turn
Algirdas Šemeta, Lithuania’s former European commissioner and finance minister who has been appointed as Ukraine‘s new anti-corruption ombudsman, says that Ukrainian entrepreneurs had no tools to fight corruption until now. […]
Poland notes unprecedented Russian military activity in Baltic Sea region
Poland‘s Minister of Defence Tomasz Siemoniak says that there has been “unprecedented” activity by Russia‘s navy and air force in the Baltic Sea region in recent days, AP reports. […]