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Culture
Baltics set up joint cultural foundation
The culture ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on Sunday signed in Riga an agreement on the establishment of a Baltic cultural foundation. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president plans to congratulate Estonia on its centenary in Estonian
Lithuania President Grybauskaitė, leaving for Tartu on Friday, plans to congratulate Estonia on its centenary in Estonian. […]
Society
Lithuania ranks 36th in World Press Freedom Index
Lithuania ranks 36th in the annual World Press Freedom Index, produced by Reporters Without Borders, unchanged from last year. […]
Defence
The Netherlands extends its troops presence in Lithuania until late 2020
The Dutch government has decided to extend the presence of the country’s troops in Lithuania until the end of 2020. […]
Energy
Lithuania still hopes for synchronization compromise
A compromise has not been reached yet on the technical execution of the synchronization of the Baltic states’ power networks with Western Europe amid the Baltic states’ plans to sign a political agreement on the project later in June. Representatives of the Lithuanian government hope a compromise will be reached by the end of June. […]
Defence
Lithuanian defmin: NATO’s attention to Baltics must be continuous
The Baltic countries must secure the continuation of the security initiatives that have been launched in the region, Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said on Thursday after meeting his Latvian and Estonian counterparts in Klaipėda. […]
Society
Lithuania rises in “rainbow index”, lags EU countries in terms of gay rights
Lithuania has scored better in a survey on LGBT rights this year but still lags behind many European Union countries. […]
Energy
Astravyets NPP’s expansion aimed at redirecting attention, Lithuanian energmin says
Belarus‘ reports about plans to build another two reactors at the Astravyets nuclear power plant are an attempt to direct attention from the problems the NPP builders are facing, Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas says. […]
CORPORATE
What to do with those shooting at the state: Bakas softens his tone
Having proposed that suspect news media outlets should have their licenses stripped, Vytautas Bakas is backing away, claiming that this is not his opinion. The head of the Lithuanian branch of Freedom House Vytis Jurkonis […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania ranks second after Estonia in ex-Soviet countries’ rating
Lithuania ranks second among post-Soviet countries in US strategic center StrategEast’s Westernization Index 2018. […]
Defence
Tens of thousand troops to train in Baltic Sea region in June
Several military exercises will take place in the Baltic Sea region in June, with tens of thousand troops set to take part in them, defense officials said on Friday, adding that the exercises won’t be related. […]
Foreign affairs
US president to praise Baltic nations for defense spending – diplomats
US President Donald Trump will show the Baltic nations as a model for other European countries in defense spending as he will host the leaders of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in the White House next Tuesday, diplomats said. […]
CORPORATE
I. Šimonytė: A. Kubilius and I are the consequence of the crisis
With calls in Seimas to review whether during Andrius Kubilius‘ term as prime minister in 2009-2012, borrowing from commercial banks did not cause widespread damage to the state, MP Ingrida Šimonytė retorts that this question […]
Foreign affairs
Baltic reactions split: Estonia congratulates Putin on re-election, Lithuania doesn’t
The reaction of the Baltic states on re-election of Vladimir Putin as Russia‘s president has split – Estonia‘s president sent a congratulatory message to Moscow, while Lithuania’s leader decided to refrain. […]
CORPORATE
Celebrating March 11: unique Lithuanian patriotism
The Lithuanian people view themselves as patriots, are particularly proud of their forefathers’ land and its rich history, public opinion researchers say. However we have certain unique features which make Lithuanian patriotism unique even compared […]
Foreign affairs
CORPORATE
Larger wages and pensions: why we are increasingly behind Estonia
While Estonia is notable among the Baltics for its highest average net wage of more than a thousand euro, Lithuania is first based on a less laudable metric – inflation, which is not only the […]
CORPORATE
Former Estonian head of intelligence – the Baltics know how to act regarding their big neighbour
“Why do Lithuanians and Estonians water their flower gardens with oil? So that their weapons wouldn’t rust,” such is a joke about the residents of the Baltic States by Russians exhausted by matured socialism and […]
Politics
Seimas one ballot short of passing Magnitsky Act
Lithuania’s parliament has merely one ballot left until adoption of the so-called Magnitsky Act, which would ban entry to foreigners involved in large-scale corruption, money laundering or human rights violations. […]