Today, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is leaving for France to discuss priorities of the upcoming Lithuanian EU presidency. Evelina Butkutė-Lazdauskienė, spokeswoman for the prime minister, told BNS that key meetings are scheduled for Wednesday. “The prime minister and the French prime minister will talk …
Among 17 Eurozone members, Estonians are one of the poorest by net value of their assets, shows statistics published by Swedish business newspaper Dagens Industri, writes Äripäev cited by bbn.ee. In a survey in which Credit Suisse and Oxford University measured the net value of …
CSC, a global IT services company that was among the first to establish an IT services centre in Lithuania, is set to continue growth, expand its customer base, and increase the number of its employees in the country, reports Invest Lithuania. “Lithuania remains an attractive …
By Jon Platakis - Founder/Chairman of the National Lithuanian American Hall of Fame, exclusive for the Lithuania Tribune Will the National Lithuanian American Hall of Fame have Christopher Columbus as a new candidate for induction? The answer looks to be yes, according to a new theory …
The newly-released Human Development Index ranks Lithuania in the 41st position out ot 186 nations around the world. Estonia was placed in the 33rd spot whilst Latvia ranked last in the Baltic regional context at the 44th place. The top position was occupied by Norway …
In a meeting with the Ambassadors of the three Baltic States on March 11 in the Hague Defence Minister of the Netherlands Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert made a formal notification of the decision of the Netherlands to ensure security of Lithuania’s, Latvia’s and Estonia’s airspace by contributing …
From March 5 to 8 inspectors of the Arms Control Division of the Lithuanian Armed Forces with colleagues from France and the U.S.A. are conducting a visit to the units of the Armed Forces of Tajikistan to carry out an inspection of a specified area, …
Vilnius Municipality Council on Wednesday unanimously backed the decision to name a section of a street near Vilnius St. Joseph Seminary in the Lithuanian capital after Ona Simaite, a librarian of Vilnius University who helped ghetto Jews during World War II, and to name a …
Lithuania hopes for closer economic cooperation with the United States, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Vydas Gedvilas said on Monday following a meeting with US Ambassador to Lithuania Deborah Ann McCarthy. “Being glad about successful cooperation between the United States and Lithuania in the areas …
Lithuania is 32nd among 144 countries on WEF’s quality of roads rating Lithuania ranked 32nd for quality of roads in the world, a report prepared by World Economic Forum’s experts has indicated. The ranking places Lithuania in a superior position in comparison to its Baltic neighbors. …
Lithuania evaluates positively the meeting of the E3+3 countries (France, Germany the United Kingdom, the United States, Russia and China) with Iran on 26-27 February in Almaty, reports urm.lt. Lithuania fully supports the efforts of the E3+3 countries to achieve a long-term solution to the …
The president of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaitė told journalists that she thinks the country is not ready for a discussion on gay marriage although she thinks it’s worthwhile, reported Gay Star News. ‘I think these discussions in Lithuania are very premature and are only starting. I …
Demand of new cars in the European Union (EU) dropped by 8.6% this January, compared to that of January 2012, when 969 219 cars were sold. Therefore, a negative record has been reached – with 885 159 passenger cars being registered, which is the smallest …
President Dalia Grybauskaitė accepted letters of credence from the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America, Deborah Ann McCarthy. reported lrp.lt. During the ceremony the President underlined that the United States is Lithuania’s major ally and partner in the field of security. …
On February 6 Minister of National Defence Juozas Olekas discussed current issues of bilateral military cooperation and visits of the Chief of Defence and the Minister of Defence of France in Lithuania planned this spring at a meeting with Ambassador of France HE Maryse Eveline …
Cameron’s speech that shook Great Britain and Europe didn’t go unnoticed in Lithuania, writes Former Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius for Delfi.lt. The most common Lithuanian reaction is a cheerful approval, especially to the part of the speech that criticizes Brussels’s sluggish bureaucracy, excessive regulations in Europe, the …
President Dalia Grybauskaitė and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen discussed the overall implementation of NATO’s plans to defend the Baltic States, informed lrp.lt. According to the President, the results of the last three years of Lithuania’s membership in NATO are significant – the Alliance …
Ibrahim Fayad | The Lithuania Tribune International politics wants to leave no chance to prove how ridiculous and fickle they are. Out of the blue, Mali’s case is open at the ICC, the international criminal court. This is, obviously, not surprising because of the lack …
Lithuania may join the European Union’s (EU) mission to train Malian Armed Forces by sending one or more officers to the country in Western Africa, Foreign Vice-Minister Neris Germanas said on Thursday. “We are ready to join the EU training mission,” Germanas told BNS in …
Lithuania is not mulling as yet joining the French-led military operation against Islamist fighters in Mali but the country does not discount the possibility of supporting an army training mission in the Western African country, Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Juozas Olekas said on Wednesday. …
