2015_in_Lithuania Knowpia

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Events in the year 2015 in Lithuania.

Incumbents edit

Events edit

January edit

1 January - Lithuania adopts the Euro and joins Eurozone.^[1]
1 January - first commercial operations in Klaipėda LNG FSRU.^[2]
1 January - National Cyber Security Centre of Lithuania was established.^[3]
1 January - Suicide Prevention Centre of Lithuania was established.^[4]^[5]
15 January - a big storm left 15,000 people without electricity, mostly in Klaipėda county.^[6]
16 January - second honorary consulate of Estonia in Lithuania was opened in the city of Kaunas.^[7]
26 January - Israel opened its embassy in Vilnius.^[8]

February edit

6 February - honorary consulate of India in Lithuania was opened in the capital city of Vilnius.^[9]
9 February - Aistė Diržiūtė becomes the first Lithuanian actress to win Shooting Stars Award.^[10]
28 February - Lithuania signs a trade agreement to buy liquefied natural gas from the United States in a move aimed at reducing heavy dependence on Russian gas deliveries.^[11]

March edit

1 March - Municipal elections held in Lithuania with first ever direct mayoral elections held together.^[12]^[13]
18 March - Polish-Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce was established.^[14]^[15]
19 March - Lithuanian Parliament Seimas voted in favour of conscription restitution.^[16]^[17]
20 March - NATO general Jean-Paul Palomeros has signed the NATO-Lithuanian agreement on the legal status of NATO command and control centres in Lithuania.^[18]
25 March - Lithuania's Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius opposed of proposed same-sex partnerships legalization.^[19]
29 March - archaeologists announced about the thousand-year-old grave discovery near the village of Kvietiniai, Klaipėda District Municipality.^[20]

April edit

9 April - Lithuania was invited to start accession talks with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.^[21]
13 April - Darius Jauniškis appointed as the head of the State Security Department.^[22]
14 April - International Monetary Fund (IMF) classified Lithuania as advanced economy.^[23]
17 April - Opened a new Honorary Consulate of Lithuania in Richmond, Virginia, United States.^[24]
23 April - Lithuania banned wearing separate elements of military uniforms and insignia in public.^[25]
28 April - Lithuania opens honorary consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.^[26]

May edit

4 May - Biggest stadium in the country - Žalgiris Stadium was sold for redevelopment and eventually de-establishment.^[27]
7 May - President Dalia Grybauskaitė rejected Vydas Gedvilas as candidate for education minister.^[28]
9 May - Moody‘s upgraded Lithuanian credit rating to A3.^[29]
15 May - district heating plant opened in Elektrėnai, that is operating on biofeuls.^[30]
16 May - 2 Lithuanian pilots died in aviation accident when Klaipėda Avialines plane Antonov An-2 dropped down to the Baltic Sea.^[31]
23 May - Air Lituanica, Lithuanian airline owned by the municipality of Vilnius, has announced that it is stopping operations.^[32]
26 May - Vilnius Intermodal Terminal was opened.^[33]
27 May - Audronė Pitrėnienė appointed as education and science minister of Lithuania.^[34]

June edit

1 June - Lithuanian General Consulate opened in Los Angeles, United States ^[35]
1 June - Laima Jurevičienė appointed as country's new ambassador to the Council of Europe.^[36]
7 June - Klaipėda Port announces start of international container distribution centre.^[37]
9 June - cable laying works of NordBalt were completed.^[38]
18 June - in Batumi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Tamar Beruchashvili opened a second Honorary Consulate of Lithuania in Georgia.^[39]

Deaths edit

29 March - Petras Dirgėla, writer and recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize in 2003.^[40]
3 April - Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas, politician and signer of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.^[41]
6 April - Romualdas Ozolas, politician and signer of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.^[42]
6 October - Stasys Povilaitis, variety songs singer, maestro.^[43]
8 October - Galina Dauguvietytė, actor, TV director.^[44]

References edit

^ "Klausimai ir atsakymai". Swedbank.lt. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
^ Lithuania's LNG terminal starts commercial operations
^ Lithuania launches National Cyber Security Centre
^ Suicide Prevention Centre opens in Lithuania
^ Ministrė: savižudybių prevencijos biuras pradės veikti nuo metų pradžios
^ Elektros neturi 15 tūkst. vartotojų
^ Estonia opens second honorary consulate in Lithuania
^ Israel opens embassy in Vilnius
^ India opens honorary consulate in Lithuania
^ NATALIE PORTMAN SALUTES EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS!
^ Adomaitis, Nerijus (28 February 2015). "Lithuania signs non-binding deal for U.S. LNG". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
^ Vilnius elects first foreigner into city council
^ Mayoral elections might leave 5 parliament seats vacant
^ The Establishment of the Polish – Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce
^ Lithuania and Poland establish Chamber of Commerce
^ Sprendimas priimtas – šauktiniai grįžta į kariuomenę
^ Lithuania to start conscription on May 11
^ NATO general signs deal with Lithuania on status of command centres
^ PM against legalisation of same-sex partnerships
^ Archaeologists discover thousand-year-old grave in Lithuania
^ Lietuva pakviesta derėtis dėl narystės EBPO
^ New chief of Lithuania's State Security Department appointed
^ IMF classifies Lithuania as advanced economy
^ Lithuania opens Honorary Consulate in Richmond, Virginia
^ Lithuania bans wearing separate elements and insignia of military uniform in public
^ Lithuania opens honorary consulate in Saudi Arabia
^ Žalgiris Stadium in Vilnius sold for redevelopment
^ Lithuanian president rejects Gedvilas as candidate for education minister
^ Moody‘s upgrades Lithuania's government bond rating
^ New biofuel boiler house opened in Elektrėnai, Lithuania
^ Patvirtino išvadas dėl „An-2“ katastrofos
^ http://en.delfi.lt/lithuania/economy/air-lituanica-stops-operations.d?id=68042372
^ Lietuvos infrastruktūrą pagerino 2 intermodaliniai terminalai
^ Pitrėnienė appointed Lithuania's minister of education
^ Lithuanian General Consulate to open in Los Angeles
^ Jurevičienė appointed Lithuanian ambassador at Council of Europe
^ Klaipėda
^ Baigė tiesti „NordBalt"
^ Lithuania opens second Honorary Consulate in Georgia
^ "Mirė nacionalinės kultūros ir meno premijos laureatas P.Dirgėla". Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
^ Mirė Seimo narys A. Patackas
^ Mirė Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Akto signataras Romualdas Ozolas
^ Mirė poetas, maestro, dainininkas Stasys Povilatis
^ Mirė aktorė, režisierė Galina Dauguvietytė

[1] "Klausimai ir atsakymai". Swedbank.lt. Retrieved 24 December 2014.

[2] Lithuania's LNG terminal starts commercial operations

[3] Lithuania launches National Cyber Security Centre

[4] Suicide Prevention Centre opens in Lithuania

[5] Ministrė: savižudybių prevencijos biuras pradės veikti nuo metų pradžios

[6] Elektros neturi 15 tūkst. vartotojų

[7] Estonia opens second honorary consulate in Lithuania

[8] Israel opens embassy in Vilnius

[9] India opens honorary consulate in Lithuania

[10] NATALIE PORTMAN SALUTES EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS!

[11] Adomaitis, Nerijus (28 February 2015). "Lithuania signs non-binding deal for U.S. LNG". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Retrieved 2 March 2015.

[12] Vilnius elects first foreigner into city council

[13] Mayoral elections might leave 5 parliament seats vacant

[14] The Establishment of the Polish – Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce

[15] Lithuania and Poland establish Chamber of Commerce

[16] Sprendimas priimtas – šauktiniai grįžta į kariuomenę

[17] Lithuania to start conscription on May 11

[18] NATO general signs deal with Lithuania on status of command centres

[19] PM against legalisation of same-sex partnerships

[20] Archaeologists discover thousand-year-old grave in Lithuania

[21] Lietuva pakviesta derėtis dėl narystės EBPO

[22] New chief of Lithuania's State Security Department appointed

[23] IMF classifies Lithuania as advanced economy

[24] Lithuania opens Honorary Consulate in Richmond, Virginia

[25] Lithuania bans wearing separate elements and insignia of military uniform in public

[26] Lithuania opens honorary consulate in Saudi Arabia

[27] Žalgiris Stadium in Vilnius sold for redevelopment

[28] Lithuanian president rejects Gedvilas as candidate for education minister

[29] Moody‘s upgrades Lithuania's government bond rating

[30] New biofuel boiler house opened in Elektrėnai, Lithuania

[31] Patvirtino išvadas dėl „An-2“ katastrofos

[32] ttp://en.delfi.lt/lithuania/economy/air-lituanica-stops-operations.d?id=68042372

[33] Lietuvos infrastruktūrą pagerino 2 intermodaliniai terminalai

[34] Pitrėnienė appointed Lithuania's minister of education

[35] Lithuanian General Consulate to open in Los Angeles

[36] Jurevičienė appointed Lithuanian ambassador at Council of Europe

[37] Klaipėda

[38] Baigė tiesti „NordBalt"

[39] Lithuania opens second Honorary Consulate in Georgia

[40] "Mirė nacionalinės kultūros ir meno premijos laureatas P.Dirgėla". Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2019-09-05.

[41] Mirė Seimo narys A. Patackas

[42] Mirė Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Akto signataras Romualdas Ozolas

[43] Mirė poetas, maestro, dainininkas Stasys Povilatis

[44] Mirė aktorė, režisierė Galina Dauguvietytė

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