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US plans investigative journalism training in Baltic states

August 10, 2015 BNS 0

The US Embassy in Lithuania is looking for organizers of “investigative journalism training to counter Russian messaging in the Baltics”. […]

India not such a faraway tourism destination as it used to be

August 7, 2015 Ruslanas Irzikevicius 0

Lithuanians keep complaining about the unbearable dreariness of Lithuanian winters. Why not go for a holiday in India, a 356-day destination, says Girish Shankar from the Ministry of Tourism of the world’s second most populous country. […]

Pope Francis and Dalia Grybauskaitė. Photo M.Lingė

President Grybauskaitė to meet with Pope Francis in October

August 4, 2015 ELTA EN 0

During the second half of this year, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will pay visits to ten foreign countries, including Vatican where she will have an audience with Pope Francis. […]

Rally to support Ukrainian pilot held outside Russian Embassy in Riga

July 30, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Approximately 40 people gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Riga on Thursday in a support rally for the imprisoned Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, LETA reports. […]

Kazakhstan follows Russia’s lead in banning Baltic imports

July 29, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Veterinary Supervision Authority of Kazakhstan has decided to introduce temporary restrictions on imports of Estonian and Latvian fish products, including canned fish, following the lead of Russia, Public Broadcasting reports. […]

Baltic Innovation Fund to make additional funding available for SMEs

July 26, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

The innovative fund-of-funds investment initiative – the Baltic Innovation Fund (BIF), dedicated to boosting equity investments made into Baltic enterprises, launched by Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and the European Investment Fund (EIF), has been increased. The EUR 30 million increase of BIF is expected to translate into an additional EUR 100 million of private equity and venture capital funding available in the Baltic States over the next 5-7 years, Startup Lithuania reports. […]

Dagens Industri: “Lithuania is a tiger in the European zoo”

July 23, 2015 Invest Lithuania 0

Lithuania is a tiger in the European zoo. The future looks bright for a country that chose a totally different path from Greece. Investors and entrepreneurs take note! […]

Baltic states must develop joint air defence system, Lithuanian defence minister says

July 23, 2015 BNS 0

It is crucial for the Baltic states to develop a joint mid-range air-defence system, counter hybrid threats and strengthen regional cooperation, Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said on Wednesday after meeting with his new Latvian counterpart, Raimonds Bergmanis, in Vilnius. […]

Russia to conduct observation flights over Lithuania and Latvia

July 20, 2015 ELTA EN 0

As part of the Open Skies Treaty of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Russia will conduct observation flights over Latvia and Lithuania starting on Monday, according to Sergey Ryzhkov, the head of the Nuclear Risk Reduction Centre. […]

Scouts and guides gather in central Estonia for a week of camping

July 14, 2015 Lithuania Tribune 0

On July 14th, nearly 600 guides and scouts from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Finland, Sweden as well as from Hong Kong, Austria and Belgium will gather for six days in Tagametsa for a traditional Jamboree. […]

Lithuanian and Latvian presidents discuss joint armaments purchase

July 13, 2015 ELTA EN 0

During their meeting in Vilnius Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis have discussed, among other things, collective armaments purchase, in particular, jointly acquiring medium-range air defence systems. […]

Latvian president visiting Lithuania

July 13, 2015 BNS 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is on Monday meeting with the President of Latvia, Raimonds Vejonis, who is in Lithuania on an official visit. […]

New Latvian president to pay a visit to Lithuania

July 10, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Latvia‘s new President Raimonds Vejonis will pay a working visit to Lithuania on 13 July. This will be the first visit of the new leader of the neighbouring country to Lithuania and his second foreign trip after he took the presidential oath. […]

Ernst & Young: Baltics attracted more investment projects last year

July 5, 2015 ELTA EN 0

The Baltics attracted a total of 101 new investment projects in 2014, which was nine percent more than the previous year, according to Ernst&Young’s annual European Attractiveness Survey 2015. […]

Latvijas Tilti challenges Lithuanian court’s decision on Vilnius bypass tender

July 4, 2015 BNS 0

A Lithuanian court on Friday allowed continuing with the 90-million-euro worth tender to build an extension to Vilnius western bypass, which was previously suspended by Latvijas Tilti and Kauno Keliai (Kaunas Roads). However, the leading Latvia’s road and bridge construction company and the Lithuanian road building company have already managed to contest this decision before the Lithuanian Supreme Court. […]

Russian MP Zhirinovsky suggests referendums in Baltics on joining Russian Federation

July 2, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Member of the Russian Duma Vladimir Zhirinovsky, notorious for his eccentric and chauvinistic statements, is calling for a referendum to be organized in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia where people would be offered to vote for the countries to be included in the Russian Federation. Zhirinovsky openly announced that the referendum is not an attempt to allow the residents to exercise their democratic rights to voice their wishes, but to give them the opportunity to “agree becoming part of Russia again”. […]

Luxembourg takes over EU Council presidency

July 1, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Latvia has officially handed over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) to Luxembourg. […]

Nordic, Baltic and Poland are Europe’s new front-line states, security report says

June 26, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Europe’s new front-line states are the Nordic countries, Baltic countries, plus Poland, which share a common concern about a “revisionist and rapidly-rearming Russia”, according to the Baltic Sea Security Report by the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). […]

NATO secretary general on Baltic brigade plea: We assess all requests from all allies

June 25, 2015 BNS 0

NATO has made major contribution to ensuring security for Eastern Europe and the Alliance will continue assessing allies’ requests and do everything to protect then, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says. […]

Lithuania joins NATO capacities creation group

June 25, 2015 BNS 0

At a NATO meeting of defence ministers in Brussels on Wednesday, Lithuania together with Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Romania and Slovakia joined the German-led group for the creation of joint NATO capacities. […]