Norway

  • Global LT

Are Lithuanians no longer attracted to life in Scandinavia?

In recent years, we have observed a pleasing phenomenon - more and more Lithuanians living abroad are packing their bags…

1 year ago
  • Defence

First spy exchange in Lithuania: how did it happen?

Several decades ago, hostile parties would meet on a Havel river bridge in Germany and exchange captive intelligence operatives. This…

5 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania ranks 36th in World Press Freedom Index

Lithuania ranks 36th in the annual World Press Freedom Index, produced by Reporters Without Borders, unchanged from last year. [...]

7 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania rises in “rainbow index”, lags EU countries in terms of gay rights

Lithuania has scored better in a survey on LGBT rights this year but still lags behind many European Union countries.…

7 years ago
  • Nordic/Baltic

Lithuanian technology spurs Norwegian investment at the Norwegian-Lithuanian Business Forum

Following the opening remarks by President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway's the Norwegian-Lithuanian Business Forum turned to…

7 years ago
  • Defence

5 biggest Lithuanian army acquisitions after Crimea annexation

After Lithuania's Armed Forces and Norway's Kongsberg signed a contract on acquisition of medium-range anti-missile defense systems NASAMS last Thursday,…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

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…

7 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Families of Lithuanians killed in 2016 landslide in Norway going to court for compensation

After Norwegian police established that the landslide that killed three Lithuanian workers formed as a result of landwork in the…

7 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Uncertainty about approaching emigration: a problem or an opportunity?

When we talk about emigration in Lithuania, we are engulfed by a range of emotions, mainly negative ones, and in…

7 years ago
  • Defence

Luxembourg’s troops joining NATO battalion in Lithuania

Luxembourg's troops are arriving in Lithuania on Monday to join the combat group of the NATO Enhanced Forward Presence battalion…

7 years ago
  • Energy

US gas would pull down LNG prices in Lithuania – Seimas speaker

The price of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imported by Lithuania could decline, if the United States and the European Union…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Ukraine’s vice-PM thanks Lithuania for efforts to accept Ukraine to European family

Ukraine's Vice-Prime Minister Stepan Kubiv has thanked Lithuania for supporting Ukraine and "accepting it to the European family." [...]

8 years ago
  • Defence

Multinational exercise Iron Wolf 2017 to kick off in Lithuania

Iron Wolf 2017, this year's largest multinational military exercise in Lithuania, will be formally opened concurrently in the Lithuanian Armed…

8 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Scandalous alcohol data is analyzed: there is an important mistake in formulas and conclusions

Lithuania has some of the strictest alcohol control restrictions now but alcohol consumption in the country remains very high, says…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania considers purchase of missile artillery systems

Lithuania is considering supplying the country's Armed Forces with missile artillery systems, a weapon the army still does not have.…

8 years ago
  • Global LT

Landslide victims in Norway confirmed as Lithuanian

The three male workers killed in a landslide in Norway are Lithuanian citizens aged 27, 43 and 47, local police…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Norway to deliver NASAMS air defense systems to Lithuania by 2020

Mid-range Norwegian advanced surface to air missile systems (NASAMS) are to be delivered to Lithuania by 2020, the Lithuanian Defence…

8 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania set to spend over EUR 100 mln on air defence systems

Lithuania plans to spend over 100 million euros on Norwegian and US air defense systems NASAMS. [...]

8 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Children taken in Norway ‘may be brought to foster homes in Lithuania’

Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, currently on a visit in Norway, says that children taken from Lithuanian migrant families in…

8 years ago
  • Uncategorized

Lithuanian Seimas speaker to join NB8 meeting in Riga

Lithuanian Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė is leaving for Riga to take part in a meeting of Nordic and Baltic parliamentary…

8 years ago