European Union
Grybauskaitė congratulates Finland’s president on re-election
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has congratulated her Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto on re-election for the second term in office on Sunday. […]
Finland
Freetime
Performance Voyage 7 from Finland screening in Vilnius!
Performance Voyage 7 (PV7), an international collection of video performances produced by Artists’ Association MUU, Finland, will be screened at project space “Sodų 4” in Vilnius, Lithuania, 20 December 2017, 7 pm, in collaboration with Lithuanian Interdisciplinary Artists’ Association. The PV7 tour takes the video collection to altogether 15 venues around the world, “Sodų 4” informed in a press release. […]
Society
A Finnish Christmas for needy Lithuanian children
Earlier this week the Ambassador of Finland to Lithuania and Mrs Michelsson visited a kindergarten in one of the poorest areas of Vilnius. Mrs Michelsson carrying a large bag of home knitted warm woolen socks and the Ambassador with an enormous box of sweets in hand brought some joy to children that possibly see very little of that at home. […]
Freetime
Uncategorized
100 Years of Finnish Independence celebrated in Vilnius
To mark the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Finland a brief Flag Raising ceremony took place at noon-time in Lukiškių Square (Lukiškių aikštė) in the centre of Vilnius in the presence of the Speaker of the Lithuanian Parliament (Seimas) Viktoras Pranckietis joined by the Finnish Ambassador, Christer Michelsson. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania celebrating Finland’s 100-year independence anniversary
Lithuania is celebrating the 100-year anniversary of Finland’s independence on Wednesday. […]
Foreign affairs
CORPORATE
The Baltic states in Russian military strategy
Today, it is generally accepted inside NATO that the events of 2014 marked Russia‘s turn towards an avowedly revisionist course, whose ambit extends well beyond Ukraine itself. Were it not for Moscow’s justification of its […]
Foreign affairs
PM off to Finland to meet with Nordic, Baltic counterparts
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is on Tuesday leaving for Finland to take part in an annual meeting of the Nordic and Baltic prime ministers in which Lithuanian government officials expect to reach agreements on energy projects. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania expects agreements on energy projects at meeting of Baltic, Nordic PMs
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is leaving for Finland this week for an annual meeting of Nordic and Baltic prime ministers, which Lithuania’s government representatives expect to result in agreements on energy projects. […]
Uncategorized
CORPORATE
Andreas Schleicher: on how to reform Lithuanian education system
What the country’s education is today, such is the state economy tomorrow. Based on this axiom, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), prior to accepting Lithuania into its ranks, performed an analysis of […]
Uncategorized
Minister of Foreign Affairs to open honorary consulate in Turku, Finland
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is off to Finland for a working visit on Monday. […]
CORPORATE
Reinstating conscription in Lithuania: bringing society back into defence?
In 2015, with the security environment on NATO‘s eastern frontiers deteriorating as a result of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, Lithuania made a rather sudden and dramatic decision to resume the mandatory military draft and thus […]
CORPORATE
On ideas for Lithuania
Let’s talk about ideas. Last week, all were zealous offering their own ideas for Lithuania’s future. One may, of course, raise two questions. Why now? And why is it so important? All the promoters of […]
Foreign affairs
Public deserves to be informed about Belarus’ N-plant – formin
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that the public must be informed about the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction close to Belarus‘ border with Lithuania and reiterates Vilnius’ demand that the project meet the Espoo Convention standards and that risk tests be performed under the EU rules. […]
Foreign affairs
Two-thirds of Lithuanians see Belarus’ N-plant as threat – poll
Two-thirds of the Lithuanian population think that the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus threatens the country’s safety, according to a RAIT opinion poll commissioned by BNS. […]
CORPORATE
Mantas Kuncaitis. What are the implications Russia’s hybrid warfare pose for the European Security? (Part 1)
Throughout the last decade the traditional warfare has been changing drastically – some of the strongest political and military forces have become used to addressing something what is perceived as hybrid threats or hybrid warfare. […]
Politics
Defence
Lithuania, another 10 NATO countries consider joint ammo procurement
Lithuania and another 10 NATO members states, as well as Finland, which is not a member of the Alliance, are considering joint procurement of critical ammunition for land forces in the future in an effort to secure lower prices, the Lithuanian Defense Minister said. […]