Lithuania’s railway monopoly, state-owned Lietuvos gelezinkeliai (LG), is offering Swedish logistics companies the services of LG’s Russia- and China-bound shuttle train lines, Merkurijus and Saule, respectively, reported news2biz LITHUANIA and cited by bbn.ee. Initial consultations have been held with the railway logistics company Green Cargo, …
Customs officers detained a large shipment of drugs close to the border with Latvia on Tuesday evening, the Customs Criminal Service said. Some 58 kilograms of the drug, which preliminary tests identified as hashish, was discovered in a truck carrying yoghurt to Russia. If sold …
At the meeting of EU ministers responsible for European Affairs on 11 March in Brussels, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius stressed that in order to achieve financial stability and economic growth, it was necessary to implement agreed measures, informs urm.lt. “We must …
At the meeting of the EU foreign ministers on 11 March in Brussels, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius called on shaping the strategic partnership with Russia in a unified and consistent way, and assessing the country’s progress and reforms, not merely making …
The Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radoslaw Sikorski, declared publicly that Lithuania should choose between two projects: either a liquefied gas terminal in Klaipėda or a gas link with Poland, since both projects would not pay off, writes Zigmantas Balcytis for DELFI. The Polish Minister’s statement is not accidental. …
Russian and Ukrainian applicants will from now on be able to receive Schengen visas at Lithuanian embassies and 28 visa centers. A relevant agreement on visa center services in Russia and Ukraine was signed between the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry and VFS Global company in Vilnius …
Russia’s Rosatom concern has not been invited to join Lithuania’s Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project and the company itself is not offering to participate, says Alexander Merten, vice-president of Rusatom Overseas that represents the interests of the Russian nuclear technology giant. In a written …
Nerijus Udrenas, chief economic adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite, is surprised at protests against the exploration of shale gas in Lithuania and believes that part of people are being deliberately misled. “We might come to a conclusion that part of ordinary people are misled …
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. …
On 27 February the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in cooperation with the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) held a seminar titled The ABC of Exporting. Incoming Tourism from Russia. More than 80 entrepreneurs and representatives of tourism industry, which was the highest ever number of …
Lithuanian diplomats have asked Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to provide information about people who wish to meet Lithuania-based six Chechen minors who were fostered by Khadidzhat and Malik Gatayevs. A Russian diplomat told the local media on Wednesday that this way Lithuania responded to …
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 …
It is not a secret that energy dependency as well as questions of national minorities are politically sensitive issues in the Baltic States. Agnia Grigas noted that these issues usually emerge in scholarly works on Russian foreign policy towards post-Soviet states which often lacks detailed …
Arturas Paulauskas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliamentary National Security and Defense Committee, says Russia’s interests should not be forgotten when making decisions on strategic energy projects. At a closed meeting on Wednesday, the parliamentary panel heard information from Energy Minister Jaroslav Neverovic about implementation of …
On February 15–16 Klaipėda University (KU), other nine higher education institutions of Lithuania and Education Exchanges Support Foundation (EESF) participated in study fair „Expo Georgia 2013“ in Tbilisi (Georgia), where they all presented a joint stand „Studies in Lithuania“. 77 institutions from EU countries, also Russia, Turkey, …
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius has called criticism of shale gas exploration in Lithuania “a vicious tradition” to thoughtlessly oppose novelties. “In Lithuania, unfortunately, there’s a vicious tradition to thoughtlessly oppose everything that’s new, including waste burning, dump construction or exploration of shale gas,” the prime …
In its new forecast, the European Commission said it expected Estonia’s economy to expand 3% this year. Growth should be 4% in 2014 and 2.5% in 2015, reported bnn.ee. Latvia’s growth expectation is 3.8% this year (4.1% in 2014), while the Commission expects the Lithuanian …
On the latest edition of “Lithuanians around the world”, we talked with Audra Pakalnyte, from Kaunas. An alumna from Vytautas Magnus University, she’s currently on assignment in Malaysia. The Lithuania Tribune explored her fascinating perspective regarding Malaysian culture and the business mentality and the intercultural …
In terms of household penetration, the dominant fiber nation remains Lithuania, which already has 100 percent coverage of FTTH and over 31 percent of homes connected to fiber. Sweden takes second place in the European FTTH Ranking, with 22.6 percent of homes having FTTH subscriptions. In …
With regard to the issue of Polish minority, changes are due in the area of personal names and land titles ‘I am here expressing my personal opinion: we need to change laws that deal with personal names and land titles. For that matter, I …
