Minsk Archives - the Lithuania Tribune

Parliament declares Belarus’ N-plant a threat to national security

June 15, 2017 BNS EN 0

The parliament has decided that Belarus’ nuclear power plant under construction in Astravyets, a mere 50 kilometers from Vilnius, is unsafe and poses a threat to national security, environment and public health. […]

Parliament to vote on declaring Belarus’ N-plant a national security threat

June 15, 2017 BNS EN 0

Parliament will vote on Thursday on whether to declare Belarus’ nuclear power plant under construction in Astravyets, a mere 50 kilometers from Vilnius, as unsafe and posing a threat to national security, environment and public health due. […]

The Astravyets nuclear power plant - under construction

Espoo Convention meeting in Minsk to decide on international expert body for Belarus’ N-plant

June 13, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania will try to prove the need for an international expert body for the Astravyets nuclear power plant under the construction in Belarus at a high-level meeting of the parties to the Espoo Convention that is starting in Minsk on Monday. […]

President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Ukrainian President Petro Porošenko

President Dalia Grybauskaite congratulates Ukraine on visa-free travel, calls for further reforms

June 12, 2017 BNS EN 0

President Dalia Grybauskaite on Friday congratulated Ukrainians on the start of visa-free travel to the European Union and urged them to continue reforms in order to join the EU and NATO. […]

Belarus promises to answers questions on Astravyets nuclear plant at consultation in Vilnius

June 10, 2016 LT Daily 0

Minsk is prepared to answer any outstanding questions about the Astravyets nuclear power plant during a consultation on June 21 and 22 in Vilnius, according to a representative of the Belarus Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]

Europe’s last dictator comes in from the cold

April 20, 2016 Artyom Shraibman 0

Lukashenko’s fortunes have changed. Once known as “Europe’s last dictator,” he has won friends in Europe, while antagonizing his traditional ally, Russia. It’s a situation that has left the Kremlin in a difficult positon: should it punish Belarus for its pro-Western tendencies? Or should it continue to prop up the Belarusian economy rather than risk further unrest in the region? […]

In Belarus, Russia’s problems reverberate

January 14, 2015 STRATFOR 0

Western sanctions and falling oil prices continue to strain the Russian economy. The impacts of this crisis are being felt across the former Soviet periphery, with neighbouring Belarus experiencing particularly acute spillover effects. […]

Air Lituanica expands business in Belarus

October 22, 2014 Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuanian airline Air Lituanica expands its business in Belarus with agency Ticketing Airport Services Belarus becoming the official commercial representative of the company. […]

Ceasefire agreement between Ukraine’s government and separatists signed in Minsk

September 5, 2014 DELFI EN 0

Representatives of the Ukrainian government and separatist rebels signed a protocol in Minsk, declaring a ceasefire as of Friday 6 PM, Intefax news agency reports. […]

Videos are already being made to lure Africans to Lithuania

July 23, 2024 0

The number of foreigners working in Lithuania is increasing. Videos have even been produced inviting Africans to work in Lithuania. Job search websites are full of job offers for foreigners that would put many Lithuanians […]

Bank of Lithuania: we are witnessing a turning point

July 8, 2024 0

Lithuanians are the least likely to feel inflationary pressures and interest rate increases and the most confident that salaries will rise in the coming years, according to a survey initiated by Citadele Bank in the […]

Citus Experts: The Housing market hasn’t gone on summer vacation yet. The most active half-year in two years and improving affordability

July 8, 2024 0

Based on the preliminary data of analysts of Citus, a creative real estate projects’ development and placemaking company, 222 transactions were carried out in the primary housing market of Vilnius in June and 668 in […]

Citus experts: 10,000 people are waiting for the Euribor rate to decrease. Housing market scenarios

June 28, 2024 0

At the beginning of June, the European Central Bank announced a 25-basis point (0.25%) reduction in the Euribor base rate. Analysts at the creative real estate projects’ development and placemaking company Citus calculate that housing […]

Neither Blinkevičiūtė nor Karbauskis wants to become Prime Ministers: they explained why

June 28, 2024 0

They want to win the parliamentary elections but do not want to become Prime Ministers. Both Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, the Chairwoman of the Social Democrats, and Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the Peasants, do not answer […]

Citus presents the project Ežero Takais by CITUS – construction and sales are commencing in a small-scale and cosy development in an attractive location in Vilnius

June 5, 2024 0

In the first days of June in Vilnius, Sidaronių Street, beside one of the largest Buivydiškės ponds, creative real estate projects’ development and placemaking company Citus is starting project Ežero Takais by CITUS. The sales […]