Lithuania
Investigations in Lithuania don’t resolve problems
Political investigations in Lithuania […]
Lithuania
Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
Kremlin unable to curb its hatred to West – President tells leaders at UN
Russia’s leadership is unable to curb its hatred towards the Western world, President Dalia Grybauskaite said in her address to world leaders at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Lithuanian airspace violation by Russia ‘not surprising’ – parliament panel head
Russian military aircraft’s violation of Lithuanian airspace during the Zapad exercise should not come as a surprise, given the scale of the war games, Vytautas Bakas, head of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense, said on Monday. […]
Defence
Two Russian military aircraft violated Lithuanian airspace – Foreign Ministry
Two Russian IL-76 military transport aircraft last week violated Lithuania’s airspace, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. […]
Society
Defence
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian EC member: EC starts drafting unified food quality assessment methodology
The European Commission has ordered the development of a unified food quality assessment methodology in the European Union (EU) to prevent different food standards in the community, said Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Lithuanian commissioner in charge of health and food safety. […]
Foreign affairs
Russia aiming to intimidate Europe in energy – Lithuania’s ambassador in Washington
Russia is using energy projects, such as the Astravyets nuclear power plant in Belarus and the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, to intimidate Europe, Lithuania’s Ambassador to the United States, Rolandas Krisciunas, said at a conference of the executive council, ministers and diplomats of the Community of Democracies last Friday. […]
Culture
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. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Mexico’s honorary consulate opens in Vilnius
Mexico’s honorary consulate, headed by Ieva Kubiliene, a lawyer, was opened in Vilnius on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry said. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian language learning opportunities in Kaliningrad on decline – daily
The number of schools in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad that are offering Lithuanian-language courses, even as an extracurricular option, is declining at a fast rate, the daily Lietuvos Zinios reported on Tuesday. […]
Culture
Decorative Tibetan-language sign to be unveiled in Vilnius’ Tibeto Skveras
Decorative signs in the Lithuanian and Tibetan languages will be unveiled in Tibeto Skveras, a small public garden in Vilnius’ Uzupis neighborhood, on Tuesday. […]
Defence
NATO chief, President Grybauskaite to observe Iron Wolf exercise
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President Dalia Grybauskaite on Tuesday are to attend the Distinguished Visitors’ Day of the multinational military exercise Iron Wolf in Rukla, in central Lithuania. […]
Foreign affairs
CORPORATE
Detractors of important convention find shelter under A. Širinskienė‘s wing
Individuals opposing the Istanbul Convention which denounces violence against women have found shelter in Seimas under the wing of “Farmer” representative Agnė Širinskienė. The Institute of Free Society, led by A. Širinskienė‘s assistant Kristina Zamarytė-Sakavičienė, […]
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). […]