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CORPORATE
€40m Spanish money laundering investigation backed by Lithuanian police
Lithuania’s Financial Crime Investigation Service is working with Spanish authorities investigating possible money laundering at the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China branch in Madrid. […]
Sports
Goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis praised despite losing debut
Lithuanian goalkeeper Giedrius Arlauskis made his debut in the Spanish football league for Espanyol against Spanish giants Real Madrid on Sunday. […]
Economy
Maxima owners to take shareholders’ dispute to Luxembourg court
Lithuanian businessman Mindaugas Marcinkevičius, a minority shareholder in the company that operates the country’s biggest grocery chain Maxima, is to go to the Luxembourg courts to contest a €90-million loan at below-market interest rates that the company extended to Luxembourg-registered businesses owned by another shareholder. […]
Defence
Spain takes over NATO air policing mission in Lithuania from Hungary
A Spanish NATO contingent is taking over the Baltic air policing mission from the military base near Šiauliai, Lithuania from Hungarian fighter jets on Thursday. Belgian jets will replace German jets in Estonia as part of the rotating mission over the Baltic States. […]
Defence
NATO jets scrambled 160 times to protect Lithuanian airspace in 2015
Lithuania’s Defence Ministry said that NATO jets patrolling airspace over the Baltic Countries scrambled 160 times to intercept Russian planes in 2015, up 14% on the previous year. […]
Defence
Lithuanian soldiers begin training in Trident Juncture
Military personnel from Lithuania and other countries of the NATO Alliance taking part in NATO Exercise Trident Juncture 2015 have redeployed to Spain, set up military camps in San Gregorio and are beginning to train according to the exercise scenario, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
Defence
Logistics specialists to support Lithuanian troops in Exercise Trident Juncture 2015
Logistics and movement control specialists of the Lithuanian Armed Forces and Mobile Refuelling Unit will provide logistical support to Lithuanian and allied troops taking part in NATO‘s Exercise Trident Juncture 2015 in Spain until 6 November, the Ministry of National Defence reports. […]
Economy
Society
Two Lithuanians died during floods in Spain
Two Lithuanian have died in Andalusia’s province of Granada in Spain after heavy rains caused floods, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs told BNS on Wednesday. […]
Sports
Foreign affairs
Lithuania to refuse services of honorary consul in Spain
After receiving official information about the corruption charges against Lithuania’s honorary consul in Barcelona Jordi Sumarroca, Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is most likely to refuse his services, says Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
Sports
Basketball: No-show Navarro
Fans of the Lithuanian national basketball team will be pleased to find out Spanish legend Juan Carlos Navarro has been ruled out from the upcoming EuroBasket tournament. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president appoints ambassador to Spain
President Dalia Grybauskaitė signed a decree on Monday appointing Skaistė Aniulienė as Lithuania’s Ambassador to Spain. She will assume duties on 8 June. […]
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Would Kennedy say “I am a Catalonian” today?
In thinking about European values and ideals, I wish to address all Europeans and particularly their political leaders. I particularly am addressing high-ranking politicians in Norway, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. I hope to touch their conscience and their courage. […]
Society
Lithuanian Healthcare Ministry asks for additional funding to deal with Ebola
Lithuania’s Ministry of Healthcare has asked for 490,000 litas (over EUR 140,000) in additional funding to prepare for the treatment of patients with Ebola, if the virus reaches Lithuania. […]
Society
Opinion
Opinion: The EU and Russia – how to obtain independence legitimately
Once again there is an air of crisis across Europe. […]