Lithuania
Merry Christmas!
The Lithuania Tribune team wishes all our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for being with us in 2019 and we look forward to presenting you with news and views […]
Lithuania
Lithuania
New movements: radical powers look radically at their colleagues
Arvydas Juozaitis is planning to establish his own party-gathering Lietuva yra čia [Lithuania is Here]. A new political movement is also gathering around Vytautas Sinica. Rimantas Jonas Dagys, who recently separated from V. Sinica is […]
Foreign affairs
Edward Lucas: Lithuania can do a better job as Lithuania
The Lithuania Tribune team spoke to Edward Lucas at the Riga Conference on 12 October. We spoke about French President Macron’s Reset initiatives with Russia, Lithuanian energy security politics and Astravyets, Georgia and Ukraine. Read […]
Lithuania
Will there be new “saviours”? What should be expected from the 2020 Seimas elections
“Lithuanian elect “saviours” primarily due to disappointment,” political scientist Kęstutis Girnius commented on Lithuanians‘ electoral preferences in the lead up to the nearing 2020 Seimas elections, Viktorija Rimaitė, wrote in Lrytas.lt The Labour Party (DP), […]
Lithuania
Chess Queen-like Christmas Tree lit up in Vilnius
The traditional lighting of the Christmas tree in Vilnius attracted citizens and guests alike. The capital of Lithuania has received a lot of global attention over the years for its unique and stunning Christmas trees, […]
Lithuania
Results of the confrontation: cabinet collapse could lead to another
How can you so confidently descended into a final confrontation when afterwards you lose it with such certainty? How can you not feel the impending loss, Lietuvos rytas asked in its editorial lrytas.lt? Such questions […]
Central/Eastern Europe
Lithuania should take note of changes in Washington’s policy toward Minsk
During a visit to Minsk, US Deputy Secretary of State D. Hale announced that after a break of 11 years, the countries will once again be represented at the level of ambassadors. The US embassy […]
Lithuania
Dagys on his new political power: similar to the Polish Christian front
Due to clashes with party leadership, member of Seimas Rimantas Jonas Dagys left the Conservative party and its Seimas group this year. Now, alongside likeminded people, he is assembling a new political movement. At least […]
Lithuania
Is there a need to worry about national identity?
One of the most complicated problems that President Gitanas Nausėda is going to face is nationalism. It is awakening in Europe and it will reach Lithuania too, even though not in the shapes we are […]
Lithuania
President Nausėda faces a wave of criticism
The cart is being pulled by nigh on equal forces in different directions, thus it’s shaking and remaining in one place. Such a means of transportation is comparable to our current state leadership, Vytautas Bruveris […]
Economy
The minister of finance fancies himself a designer
“Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” This phrase was coined over a hundred years ago by US politician and inventor Ben Franklin. While not for these words, but more than a hundred years after […]
Economy
Economists critical of G. Nausėda‘s proposals: starting from the wrong end
New proposals from President Gitanas Nausėda on how to reduce social poverty and improve demographic conditions have been met with criticism from economists. They believe that G. Nausėda’s proposals do not appear responsible and have […]
Economy
Returning emigrants purchase real estate in Lithuania – many buy from personal savings
Lithuanians living in emigration are increasingly buying homes in their homeland not from borrowed money, but from what they earned and saved. The earlier fear of real estate brokers, of emigrants rather investing in homes […]
Economy
Number of the wealthy in Vilnius skyrockets
Lithuania’s major cities have seen an impressive rise in the wealthy, with Vilnius even being a leader in this among Eastern European capitals. By the way, wealthy individuals, who count their monthly incomes in the […]
Economy
Surprising shift: German economy stutters, but Lithuanians unconcerned
Already this year, the most powerful economy in Europe, that of Germany, could face recession. This country is one of the main trade partners of and investors in Lithuania. But our country’s industry is calm […]
Lithuania
National security threats emerge when politicians will it
How things should be, but unfortunately currently aren’t. Information regarding member of Seimas Irina Rozova’s contacts with Russian diplomats, who were possibly performing intelligence gathering under diplomatic cover had to have been reviewed by the […]
Lithuania
The president’s honeymoon has ended
September 1 has arrived and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports’ negotiations with teachers’ unions have once more entered the heated phase Vytautas Bruveris wrote in lrytas.lt Already a few weeks ago, it turned […]
Lithuania
Eight MPs have lost permits to work with classified information
There are eight members of Seimas, who have lost their permits to work with classified information. The Seimas speaker cannot disclose who they are. A part of the parliamentarians lost their licenses because of a […]
Events
Musical celebration of 30 anniversary of the Baltic Way in Paris
The Lithuanian embassy in France hosted 30 years of The Baltic Way musical celebration with the Jazz duo of Kęstutis Vaiginis and Dmitri Golovanov. For the joyful occasion, the two musicians played on September 9 […]
Foreign affairs
Nausėda: The big neighbour is actively working and achieves the most where there is a shadow
“The big neighbour is actively working and achieves the most where the darkest shadows lie. Our duty is to always and everywhere bring more light,” President Gitanas Nausėda said at the annual Valdas Adamkus Conference […]