Foreign affairs
Polish president picks Estonia for his first visit, snubbing Lithuania
Poland‘s new President Andrzej Duda is going to Estonia for his first foreign visit and is later scheduled to visit Berlin, London and New York. […]
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Society
Foreign affairs
Polish President Komorowski accepts honorary doctorate from Lithuanian university
Outgoing Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, who was presented with an honorary doctorate by Kaunas-based Vytautas Magnus University on Tuesday, underlined his ties with Lithuania. […]
Culture
93 foreigners to come to Lithuania for language course
Ninety-three foreigners will attend Lithuanian-language courses at five Lithuanian universities during July and August. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian leaders too busy to meet with visiting Polish president
Lithuanian leaders will have no time for outgoing Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski who is scheduled to come to Lithuania on Tuesday to receive an honorary doctorate from Vytautas Magnus University in the country’s second-largest city of Kaunas. […]
Society
Lithuanian university to award honorary doctorate to Polish president
Lithuania’s Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) will award an honorary doctorate to Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski. […]
Foreign affairs
Tory victory in Britain will mean tighter immigration policy, Lithuanian experts say
Following the UK Conservatives’ victory in Thursday’s general elections, Prime Minister David Cameron will have to keep his promise to call a referendum on the country’s EU membership, and the immigration policy is likely to be tightened, Lithuanian political scientists say. […]
Society
National Equality and Diversity Awards recognize equal opportunity advocates in Lithuania
In a gala ceremony on Tuesday night, national awards were handed out to individuals, organizations and initiatives that contributed most to promoting equality and diversity in Lithuania. The annual event was organized by the Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson‘s Office and a forum of seven NGOs for the second time to recognize achievements in eight categories. […]
Society
Lithuania’s education minister urges universities to tighten admission requirements
The Ministry of Education and Science has addressed higher education institutions urging to announce the lowest passing entrance scores in 2015. The necessity to establish admission threshold is provided for in the Law on Higher Education and Research. […]
Culture
Invitation to contribute to a memorial to Jonas Jablonskis
Today we speak and write using the life’s work of linguist Jonas Jablonskis: the uniform, correct, clean and enriched Lithuanian language. By using it we have become a modern European nation and a state. We are also halfway to an expressive and impressive memorial to the great linguist – a plaster model by the sculptor Petras Deltuva. […]
Global LT
Remembering Lithuanian ambassador Stasys Lozoraitis
13 June 2014 marked the 20th anniversary of the death of ambassador Stasys Lozoraitis and 2 August marked his 90th birthday. Such anniversaries are often a good time to reflect on the life and career. […]
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Putin’s using divide and rule tactics – Lucas in Lithuania
It is important to secure ourselves not only against what we see as a threat but also against what Russian President Vladimir Putin considers important, British journalist Edward Lucas said in Lithuania on Thursday. […]
Energy
Public interest and shale gas in Lithuania: Is reconciliation possible?
Just prior to his mid-October 2014 visit to the United States, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius revealed that his talks with the US government would devote special attention to energy issues, including trying to invite US companies to take part in a new shale gas exploration tender to be announced in the near future. […]
Foreign affairs
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius visits Washington
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius started his visit to the US capital on 6 October with a busy schedule. […]
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Elections will not bring changes to Latvian politics, Lithuanian observer says
The results of Latvia‘s general elections will not bring major political changes in the country, as the current ruling coalition will remain in power, says Professor Mindaugas Jurkynas of Lithuania’s Vytautas Magnus University. […]
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Moscow’s plan to decoy the West
Moscow seems to be making effort to patch up its relations with the West after a fall-out over Ukraine by trying to refocus attention away from Eastern Europe and onto the Middle East. Experts say, however, that the trick might not work. […]
Politics
Direct mayoral elections in Lithuania may lead to disappointment, political scientists say
Direct mayoral elections may lead to the society’s disappointment in the long run, if powers of city leaders are not revised, say political experts of Lithuania. […]
Society
Four Lithuanian universities made global top-800 list
Vilnius University (VU) was ranked among 551-600 best universities in the world. Three other Lithuanian universities were among top-800. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Keeping the Baltic identity alive
The 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way gives food for thought about a number of things: the neo-fascist threats from Russia, about the place of idols and sculptures in Grūtas Park and the museum reminiscent of the occupation of Lithuania, about the security of Lithuania and Ukraine after a quarter of a century since the restoring statehood and about the Baltic identity. […]
Opinion
Opinion: In Wales, NATO will have to decide what it is
The NATO summit on 4-5 September in Wales can be considered the most important meeting of NATO member state leaders since the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States of America. Paradoxically enough, at the beginning of planning the meeting, it was not entirely clear what the leaders should discuss. […]