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Foreign affairs
US vice president to meet with Baltic leaders in Estonia
US Vice President Mike Pence will meet with the leaders of the three Baltic countries, including Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, in Estonia in late July, the White House said on Thursday. […]
Energy
Estonia, Lithuanian fail to agree on how to synchronize power grids with Western Europe
Estonia and Lithuania have so far failed to agree on how the Baltic power grids are to be synchronized with the Western European system and a memorandum of understanding will not be signed during the EU summit on Thursday, as planned, Lithuanian Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said, adding that this might be done later this year. […]
Society
Lithuania jumps to 16th place on European Innovation Scoreboard
Lithuania climbed eight positions to the 16th place on the 2017 European Innovation Scoreboard published by the European Commission (EC), posting the highest increase among all 28 countries of the European Union, however, still lagging behind Estonia. […]
Foreign affairs
Economy
Lithuania slides on Global Innovation Index
Lithuania this year lost four positions and ranks 40th among 127 countries in the latest Global Innovation Index released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). […]
Politics
Parliamentary speaker: Invaders wanted to make us deaf, blind
For five decades, Lithuanians were not allowed to talk about deportations and imprisonment in labor camps, says Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania’s greatest struggle – affluent countries will not understand this
The affluent EU member states have seen population increases over the past decade and this has led to more rapid economic development among them. The less well-off member states experienced the opposite processes – a […]
Defence
NATO jets scrambled once from Lithuania last week over Russian warplanes
Fighter-jets serving in the NATO air-policing mission were last week scrambled once from Lithuania to intercept Russian warplanes flying in the international airspace above the Baltic Sea. […]
Opinion
M. Jastramskis: the president cannot walk away from what we currently have
The annual report of the President Dalia Grybauskaitė is receiving both praise regarding its structure and specificity, while others note what was missing from the afore mentioned report – the primary focus on areas which […]
Defence
Lithuania backs Brussels initiative on defense fund
Lithuania’s government supports the European Commission (EC) initiative to set up a European Defense Fund, which Brussels believes would enable countries of the community to make more efficient investments in the weaponry they purchase. […]
Energy
Baltic states could have 2 LNG terminals – Lithuanian PM
Two terminals could operate on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea controlled by the three Baltic states – in Lithuania’s Klaipėda and in Estonia, which could build a small terminal, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis stated on Friday. In his words, the two terminals would supplement each other along with the Inčukalns gas storage facility in Latvia. […]
Economy
Proposed tax reform: Higher income for lowest earners, fewer exceptions
The Lithuanian government of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has stepped back on its intentions of consolidating income-related taxes on the employee side, including the social insurance fees currently paid by the employee. The Cabinet has decided to shift its focus on reduction of the tax burden on the people with lowest income and unification of different tax regimes. […]
Uncategorized
President to travel to Estonia for state visit
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is scheduled to pay a state visit to Estonia next week. […]
Defence
Little green men from new incubators
There a has been growing concern in Europe regarding the Kremlin’s new methods of formulating the aggressive fifth column whose members are recruited under the guise of combat sports clubs. According to, experts Lithuania – […]
Defence
Biggest activity of Russian warplanes reported above Baltic Sea last week
NATO fighter-jets serving in the Baltic air-policing mission were last week scrambled six times from Lithuania over Russian warplanes flying above the Baltic Sea. […]
Economy
EP member: Baltic states should be strong on Rail Baltica project
Amid the increasingly heated discussions in the Baltic states about the financing of the European-gauge Rail Baltica project from European Union (EU) funds, Wim van de Camp of the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee says that the three Baltic states would definitely secure European funding for the project, if they are strong and demonstrate determination for the huge investment. […]
Defence
Polish airmen scrambled for 1st time from Lithuania over Russian warplane
Polish fighter-jets serving in the NATO air-policing mission in the Baltic states were for the first time scrambled over a Russian warplane flying above the Baltic Sea. […]
Energy
Baltics agree on grid synchronization via Poland – Skvernelis
The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries and Poland on Monday reached a preliminary agreement on synchronizing the power grids of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia with the continental European network via the existing interconnection between Lithuania and Poland, known as LitPol Link, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said. […]
Energy
EC, Gazprom should hold talks on new commitments – Energy Minister
The European Commission and the Russian gas giant Gazprom should hold negotiations on new commitments, as the current ones no longer reflect the reality and will have no effect upon Central and Eastern European gas markets, says Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas. […]