Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius had a phone conversation with his Estonian counterpart Taavi Roivas on Monday and congratulated him on his recent re-election, the Lithuanian government said in a statement on Monday. […]
The governing Estonian party, the Reform Party, won the Riigikogu elections on Sunday with a narrow lead over the biggest opposition group, the Centre Party, while in all six parties will be represented in the 101-member parliament this time. […]
Minority literature studies have a long and diverse history. Since its establishment nearly 25 years ago in the Western academia as well as in the public discourse in the West, it has been accompanied by the critique of the Western Canon in light of liberal pluralism. This critique has led to many revisions of the curriculum, which later provoked a conservative response (especially in the US) and, as some critics claim, minority literature has ended up in a kind of cultural “reservation area”. However, it has been developing as a field of research and, as we can see from the reemergence of conferences and projects on the subject, it is still a hot topic. […]
For the 6th year in a row, Lithuania retained its leading position in Europe in terms of fibre-optic (FTTH) Internet network penetration. According to the global ranking, Lithuania comes in number 8, the annual report of the FTTH Council Europe shows. […]
Lithuania’s Minister of Transport and Communications Rimantas Sinkevičius is meeting with Violeta Bulc, the European Commissioner for Transport, on Tuesday. During the meeting, the officials will discuss transport issues important to Lithuania, including the progress of the Rail Baltica project and its funding possibilities. […]
A film alumnus from the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) in Farnham, UK, has been given a welcome boost after the Lithuanian government agreed to invest €45,000 in his latest production. […]
Lithuania is not far behind Estonia in direct investments from Finland with low wage levels, small taxes and a hungry workforce, Invest Lithuania reports. […]
Lithuania is sticking to its position on the Rail Baltica financing model and will ask the European Commission to provide around 160 million euros in funding directly and 30 million euros more through a joint venture based in Riga. Latvia does not object to that, with its transport minister saying that it is important to show that Lithuania is taking part in the project as a serious partner. […]
Lithuania will individually apply to the European Commission (EC) for approximately 165 million euros in support for Rail Baltica, the European standard gauge railway project. In addition, it will ask for further 20 to 30 million euros through RB Rail, a joint venture established by the three Baltic countries for this project, transport minister has said. […]
Troops from nine NATO countries took part in the main planning conference of the Saber Strike 2015 multinational exercises at the General Adolfas Ramanauskas Warfare Training Centre in Nemenčine on February 10-13. […]
Lithuania’s Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius has once again called upon the World Bank’s president to upgrade the status of the three Baltic states in this institution from emerging to developed countries. […]
The third event of the Lithuanian Presidency of the Baltic Assembly will be held in Šiauliai. The Education, Science and Culture Committee of the Baltic Assembly will have a meeting in Šiauliai University on Friday, 13 February 2015, the Seimas press service said. […]
During his visit of Klaipėda Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal on Friday, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius told the media that discussions with Estonia over Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (VAE) project have been renewed. […]
The Baltic and Benelux countries agree on the need to expand the existing sanctions against Russia by including more people into the blacklist. They also backed the introduction of new sectoral sanctions, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linkevičius said on Wednesday after meeting with his Baltic and Benelux counterparts in the Estonian capital of Tallinn. […]
Baltic small- and medium-scale companies stick to more moderate financial growth plans for 2015. However, despite the current geopolitical tensions, they see further growth opportunities. […]
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