Society
Online voting wouldn’t ensure secrecy, security – President
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that online voting in the country would fail to ensure confidentiality and security. […]
Estonia
Energy
Memorandum on Baltic synchronization should be signed in June
Lithuania and the other states of the Baltic Sea region should sign a memorandum of understanding in June on synchronization of the Baltic states with continental Europe via Poland. The document should give an impetus to the preparations for synchronized work of the networks. […]
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Belarus may have to reconsider Astravyets N-plant project – PM
The Polish decision not to buy electricity from the Astravyets nuclear power plant (NPP) under construction in Belarus shows that the market may be closed for the Belarusian electricity, says Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Lithuania #1 among Baltic States by number of tourist overnight stays
Tourists spend more nights in Lithuania than in Latvia or Estonia. According to EUROSTAT, the official statistical office of the European Union, in 2016 the number of overnight stays of tourists (local as well as foreign) who stayed in Lithuanian accommodation establishments, including rural tourism, was the largest in the Baltic states and comprised 7 million, while in Estonia and Latvia this number amounted to 6.2 million and 4.4 million respectively, the State Department of Tourism reported in a press release.
announced in a press release. […]
Estonians inviting developers of autonomous vehicles to Estonia
Vice-President of the Riigikogu and former Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas, and the Deputy Chairman of the E-Estonia Support Group and the Environment Committee Kalle Palling sent a letter to five leading manufacturers of autonomous cars on March 7. In their letter, they are inviting major international companies to invest in the development projects of autonomous cars in Estonia. […]
Defence
Lithuania could get cyber recruits in next few years
Lithuania could get cyber recruits and generate a reserve of people troops within the next few years, says Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis. […]
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Estonia invites Lithuania to begin consultations on communist crimes tribunal
Lithuanian Justice Ministry has received a proposal from the Estonian Justice Ministry to begin consultations on the establishment of an international body to investigate crimes perpetrated by communist regimes, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Friday. […]
CORPORATE
Latvians release their newest wages forcasts – how Lithuania stacks up
A thousand euro sounds solid. That is how much politicians promised prior to the Seimas elections and this is how much the Latvians declared they would reach by 2020. However Lithuanian economists are optimistic, Lithuania […]
Energy
Minister of Energy to ask about Latvian stance on Astravyets
Amid the discussions in Lithuania on ways to halt the construction of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) in Belarus, Lithuania’s Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas is addressing the issue in Latvia on Wednesday. […]
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Latvia’s reluctance to block Belarus’ N-plant may be due to economic reasons – MP
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that economic reasons could be behind Latvia‘s apparent reluctance to take a tougher stance toward the Astravyets nuclear power plant that Belarus is building close to its border with Lithuania. […]
European Union
Energy
EU aid for Klaipėda FSRU purchase to depend on Latvia, Estonia – EnergMin
Lithuania’s talks with the European Commission on EU funding for the acquisition of the Klaipėda liquefied natural gas ( LNG) terminal’s vessel will depend on whether Latvia and Estonia recognize it as a regional facility, Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said. […]
Defence
Some 71% of Poles think Poland should defend Baltics in case of attack
Seventy-one percent of Poles think that their country should defend the Baltic countries if they were attacked, according to a public opinion poll published by the Polish daily Rzeczpospolita. […]
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Lithuania expects that ‘uncertainty period’ in Estonia won’t last long
Lithuanian experts say that the pro-Russian Centre Party may come to government in Estonia after Prime Minister Taavi Roivas on Wednesday lost a confidence vote in parliament. Lithuanian politicians, meanwhile, expect that the government crisis in the Baltic country will be resolved soon. […]
Economy
Lithuania creates most problems for Rail Baltica implementation – President
President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that Lithuania is creating the most problems for Rail Baltica implementation and the new Estonian president underlines the importance of completing the European standard-gauge railway project despite concerns in Lithuania. […]
Opinion
Why relations between Lithuania and Latvia aren’t all that fraternal
Lithuania and Latvia have much in common on a strategic level. Yet relations between the two aren’t especially brotherly. That’s how political expert Linas Kojala put it on LRT.lt. In his opinion it is difficult to pin down a special closeness between the two countries with actual examples. Vytautas Magnus University Professor Alvydas Butkus notes that representatives of the two countries’ governments would seemingly like to communicate but there aren’t close ties between the two societies. […]
Russia transporting Iskander missile system to Kaliningrad
According to a government source known to ERR’s Estonian news portal, the Russian Baltic Fleet is moving an Iskander-M missile system from Ust-Luga to Kaliningrad on a civilian vessel, ERR News reported. […]
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Experts and colleagues: Kaljulaid will be a bold president of Estonia
Estonia‘s President-elect Kersti Kaljulaid will be a bold head of state, Lithuanian experts and her former colleagues said. […]
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Grybauskaitė congratulates Estonia’s president-elect
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday congratulated Kersti Kaljulaid on her election as Estonia‘s president, underlining that Estonia is one of Lithuania’s closest and most important partners and allies. […]