Articles by the Lithuania Tribune

Google has included Vilnius into the coverage of its world-wide Google Transit service, a trip planner on public transport. […]

Social media campaign raises funds for homeless LGBT couple

A social media campaign by young Lithuanian filmmaker Romas Zabarauskas raised €900 to help two young gay men who had been kicked out of their homes in Panevėžys by their parents. […]

The conservative Homeland Union is likely to play the Russian threat card to win over voters

Can the Russian threat be used as an election ploy?

Centre-right parties are likely to play the Russian threat card to mobilize their voters in October’s general elections, political analysts say. […]

Fringe media outlets mobilising to create new political force in Lithuania

Fringe online media outlets in Lithuania, often embracing ideas that match those of the state-controlled Russian media, have long been cooperating and sharing information among themselves. Experts say that now they are mobilizing behind politicians who are trying to win power. […]

IMF warns Ukraine it will pull €35bn bailout unless corruption stops

The International Monetary Fund warned on Wednesday that will halt its €35 billion bailout programme to Ukraine unless the country takes immediate action to tackle rampant corruption. […]

Lithuania’s electricity prices ‘will not fall to Swedish levels anytime soon’ – Litgrid

New electricity interconnections with Poland saw Lithuanian wholesale electricity prices in December fall by 9%, but the opening of the NordBalt interconnector with Sweden will not see a harmonisation with Swedish electricity prices for some time, say Litgrid. […]

Lithuanian exporters to beat Russian embargo to grow strongly in 2016

Lithuanian exports grew by 2.6% last year, excluding oil products, despite the Russian embargo on many Lithuanian goods, with exports to Russia falling by more than 50%. […]

Back to the future: 1,000-strong NATO battalions for Lithuania, Baltic States

One thousand-strong battalions of NATO troops could be stationed permanently in Lithuania and each of the Baltic States under new plans to create a deterrent to Russian aggression. […]

Germany’s change of heart on refugees will affect all Europe, Lithuanian analyst says

Germany is having second thoughts about welcoming refugees and this will have effects throughout Europe, says Lithuanian political scientist Kęstutis Girnius. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius and Dalia Grybauskaitė

PM must accept responsibility for corruption in his cabinet, president Grybauskaitė says

The prime minister has to take responsibility for corruption scandals that have rattled his cabinet in recent months, said Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė after meeting with PM Algirdas Butkevičius on Wednesday morning. […]

Britain sending five warships to Lithuania, Baltics to deter Russia

Britain is sending five warships to Lithuania and the Baltics as part of an increased NATO presence in the region to act as a deterrent against Russia. […]

Baltic States disappointed as new US forces to be concentrated in Western Europe

A recent announcement from Washington that the United States is giving a four-fold boost to its military spending in Europe has sent waves of joy through Lithuania, but it appears that most of the US military presence will be concentrated in Western Europe, which has the necessary infrastructure already in place to support American forces, rather than Eastern Europe. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius, Ričardas Malinauskas

Druskininkai mayor should suspend party membership while under investigation, says PM

Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius will suggest that Druskininkai Mayor Ričardas Malinauskas, a fellow social democrat, suspend his membership in the party while investigators probe his suspected involvement in a shady construction project. However, Butkevičius does not believe that Malinauskas should resign from the mayor’s post. […]

Vilnius Energy accuses city authorities of obstruction as dispute deepens

Vilniaus Energija, the French-owned company managing the central heating grid in the Lithuanian capital, has accused city authorities of obstructing efforts to find a contractor to appraise the infrastructure it has to hand over to the city next year. Meanwhile a city official said the move was merely an attempt to beef up its arbitration case against Lithuania. […]

Swedbank board ousts CEO Wolf in shock move

Swedbank, one of the biggest commercial and retail banks in Lithuania, has ousted its chief executive, Michael Wolf. He will be replaced by Birgitte Bonnesen as acting CEO. […]

Lithuanian nutritionist showed Alaskans how to make fish soup

Most Americans believe they eat healthy when in fact they don’t, says a dietician from Lithuania who is teaching Alaskans how to make a proper fish soup. […]

Lithuania celebrates Mardi Gras

Lithuania is celebrating Mardi Gras on Tuesday, or as it is called locally, Užgavėnės. On this day, Lithuanians traditionally chase out the winter and have fun before the seven-week lent period leading up to Easter. […]

Druskininkai mayor admits paying contractors on property at centre of corruption investigation

Mayor of Druskininkai Ričardas Malinauskas has admitted giving money to contractors who were working on a property that has been the subject of an anti-corruption investigation. He still denies that he is the owner of the property, insisting he was only mediating. […]

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