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. […]
Articles by Lithuania Tribune
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. […]
Culture
Thomas Mann festival celebrates Lithuanian intellectuals
The 28th international Thomas Mann Festival “Summer of the Century” program, which offers the public a chance to meet with famous Lithuanian and European intellectuals, will be dedicated to European cultural history topics, such as the World War I political peripeteia. […]
Energy
Auštrevičius: Russia’s gas blackmail is attempt to sabotage EU–Ukraine Association Agreement
“Russia’s gas war waged against Ukraine is an additional tool of pressure on the whole European Union, seeking, at the same time, to sabotage the final signing of the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement,” says Petras Auštrevičius, Deputy Speaker of the Seimas and Member of the Liberal Movement Political Group, MP stated in a press release issued by this office. […]
Economy
Closer relations with China will give Lithuanian Post new development opportunities
The state-owned Public Limited Company Lietuvos paštas has signed a cooperation agreement with S.F. Express, one of the largest courier service providers in China. On the grounds of the agreement, the companies will cooperate in the field of items delivery from China to Europe, the EU member states, as well as Russia and Belarus. […]
Economy
Retailers prepare for euro transition
One of the biggest challenges for retailers ahead of the euro transition will be ensuring that they have enough cash, said a Bank of Lithuania representative at a meeting with retail owners earlier this month in Kaunas. […]
Politics