Economy
Lithuanian mobile game reaches top spots in US charts
Cooking Fever, a mobile game produced by the Lithuanian company Nordcurrent and launched last week, quickly reached top spots in US mobile applications charts. […]
Articles by Lithuania Tribune
Global LT
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and Baltic Way anniversaries commemorated in Stockholm
On the occasion of the 75th Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way, the Baltic communities of Sweden in co-operation with Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Embassies, Estonian Swedes Cultural Organisation and the Måndagsrörelsen (The Monday Movement) organized in Stockholm a meeting to commemorate the historical events. […]
Economy
Šiaulių Bankas awarded with STP award by Germany’s Commerzbank
The German bank Commerzbank has awarded Šiaulių Bankas with Straight-Through Processing Award 2013 for a fully automated and top quality performance of international transactions for the third year in turn, Šiaulių Bankas announced. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian foreign minister discussed support to Ukraine during visit in Kiev
Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius, who met with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and Foreign Affairs Minister Pavlo Klimkin in Kiev last Friday, discussed support to Ukraine and coordination of diplomatic efforts in the run-up to the summit meetings of the European Union, NATO and the United Nations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs. […]
Defence
Economy
Volume of construction work in Lithuania up 16.8 percent
Statistics Lithuania informs that in the second quarter of 2014, against the second quarter of 2013, the volume of construction work carried out increased by 16.8 percent and amounted to LTL 2.2 billion (EUR 637 million). […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian parliament speaker expresses condolences over death of Austrian National Council President Barbara Prammer
Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas, has expressed condolences to Karlheinz Kopf, Second President of the National Council of the Austrian Parliament, for the death of Barbara Prammer, President of the Austrian National Council. […]
Politics
Lithuanian politicians do not shun news media control
A number of politicians are in control of news media outlets, both those in the ruling coalition and the opposition parties, according to a dataset from 2013 on news media ownership. […]
European Union
Lithuanian deputy parliament speaker: Italian EU Council presidency will affect EU’s foreign policy
“The Italian Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) should make an impact on the EU’s foreign policy. It is the search for a new momentum in EU foreign policy that is one of the key priorities of the Italian Presidency. I am sure that this task will not pose a problem to Italy as one of the founding members of the Community that presides over the Council of the EU for the twelfth time,” said Gediminas Kirkilas, Deputy Speaker of the Seimas and Chair of the Committee on European Affairs, according to the press service of the Seimas. […]
Global LT
President opens World Lithuanian Economic Forum
President Dalia Grybauskaitė welcomed the participants of the World Lithuanian Economic Forum in Vilnius. At the event which is held for the sixth time, businesspeople, scientists, politicians and economists will discuss education policy, economic and business issues. […]
Sports
On this day in sport: July 4
As another four year journey comes to a close for International football fans we can look back on a FIFA World Cup tournament filled with highlights and entertainment. […]
European Union
Kirkilas congratulates Schulz with re-election as EP President
I have the privilege to congratulate you, Mr Schultz, as my dear comrade from the Party of European Socialists upon your re-election as President of the European Parliament. This event testifies to the success of both the European left-wing parties and Europe as a whole, Gediminas Kirkilas, the Deputy Speaker of the Seimas, Chair of the Committee on European Affairs and Deputy Chair of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, writes in his letter to the President of the European Parliament.
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Politics
Lithuania’s ruling coalition rejects presidential “threats”
Leaders of Lithuania’s ruling coalition on Thursday issued a statement rejecting President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s “expressed threats.” […]
Society
Lithuanian Jewish community leader: I don’t feel that much anti-Semitism around
Recent research carried out by the Anti-Defamation League shows that 36 percent of Lithuanian adults hold anti-Semitic views. The results are worse than in Latvia or Estonia. Chairwoman of the Lithuanian Jewish community Faina Kukliansky claims she was very surprised by these results. […]
President Grybauskaitė congratulated Iceland on its national day
President Dalia Grybauskaitė extended congratulations to the President of the Republic of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, on the occasion of Iceland’s national holiday – Independence Day, Press Service of the President informed. […]
European Union
Global LT
Lithuanian film student wins documentary prize
A Lithuanian graduate from the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in the UK has been awarded a prestigious award for her documentary film work. Žavinta Karsokaitė, who graduated from BA (Hons) Film Production in 2013, took home the Best Student Production Undergraduate Documentary Award at the British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC) Learning on Screen Awards for her film Promised Bread, reports UCA Farnham. […]
Culture
What “Druskininkai Summer with M.K.Čiurlionis” will offer this year
The 22nd “Druskininkai Summer with M.K.Čiurlionis” international art festival hosted by the Lithuanian Musician Support Fund and Druskininkai municipality will begin on 29 June, writes Lietuvos Žinios. […]
Culture
Folklore Day of Song Celebration 2014 to start with Bread Ritual
More than 300 loaves of bread will be distributed to residents and guests of Vilnius city in the Cathedral Square on 4 July. The Folklore Day of the Song Celebration 2014, which will start with the symbolic bread-bringing ritual, will fill the capital with a variety of old traditions, and flood the streets of Vilnius city with the melody of folk songs. […]