Zivile Kropaite, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

Lithuania grapples with homophobia

June 25, 2015 Zivile Kropaite 0

Lithuania has recently started discussing its attitudes towards homosexuality, in what remains a novelty for a country ranked among the most homophobic in the EU. […]

Lithuania creates precedent in EU by banning Russian TV station

April 10, 2015 Zivile Kropaite 0

Lithuania’s media watchdog has blocked broadcasts by Russian TV channel RTR Planeta on grounds of inciting hatred over Ukraine. […]

Russia’s information war in Lithuania growing in intensity

October 7, 2014 Zivile Kropaite 0

It is hard to find anyone in Lithuania who does not believe that Russia‘s propaganda campaigns in the Baltic EU member state have been growing in intensity. […]

A salary is no longer enough: people are looking for extra jobs

September 20, 2022 0

Not everyone can live on their salary, so they are looking for extra jobs. Labour market experts say the popularity of additional jobs is growing but predict that their demand will increase even more in […]

Sekmokas: while Russia is stuck in Ukraine, we urgently need to make one step

September 12, 2022 0

Former Energy Minister Arvydas Sekmokas, speaking about the current energy dilemma in Lithuania, says that there are many problems. Still, the biggest ones are the dependence on the control room in Moscow and the lack […]

Economists warn of rising wages and unemployment: no longer able to keep up

September 5, 2022 0

Wage growth in Lithuania remains in double digits. According to Sodra, in the second quarter of this year, people’s incomes grew by 14%. However, this is almost seven per cent less than the rise in […]

Nausėda on the ban on tourist visas for Russians

August 25, 2022 0

President Gitanas Nausėda argues that the consequences of the Russian-led war in Ukraine must be felt not only by the country’s leader, Vladimir Putin, and therefore fully supports the proposal to ban the issuance of […]

Integrating children returning from abroad into Lithuanian schools – a team effort

August 25, 2022 0

Although Lithuanians living abroad return to Lithuania throughout the year, families with children usually arrive before autumn – the timing of their return is determined by the start of the school year on 1 September. […]

Is Russia’s energy blackmail no longer a headache for Lithuania?

August 23, 2022 0

Although work in the energy sector is not yet complete and electricity prices are at record highs, we will certainly not have to sit by candlelight. The LNG terminal Independence has solved the gas supply […]