2015 in Lithuania
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Events in the year 2015 in Lithuania.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 1 January - Lithuania adopts the Euro and joins Eurozone.
- 1 January - first commercial operations in Klaipėda LNG FSRU.
- 1 January - National Cyber Security Centre of Lithuania was established.
- 1 January - Suicide Prevention Centre of Lithuania was established.
- 15 January - a big storm left 15,000 people without electricity, mostly in Klaipėda county.
- 16 January - second honorary consulate of Estonia in Lithuania was opened in the city of Kaunas.
- 26 January - Israel opened its embassy in Vilnius.
- 28 January - the Vilnius People's Rupublic internet hoax was initiated.
February
- 6 February - honorary consulate of India in Lithuania was opened in the capital city of Vilnius.
- 9 February - Aistė Diržiūtė becomes the first Lithuanian actress to win Shooting Stars Award.
- 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.
March
- 1 March - Municipal elections held in Lithuania with first ever direct mayoral elections held together.
- 18 March - Polish-Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce was established.
- 19 March - Lithuanian Parliament Seimas voted in favour of conscription restitution.
- 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.
- 25 March - Lithuania's Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius opposed of proposed same-sex partnerships legalization.
- 29 March - archaeologists announced about the thousand-year-old grave discovery near the village of Kvietiniai, Klaipėda District Municipality.
April
- 9 April - Lithuania was invited to start accession talks with Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- 13 April - Darius Jauniškis appointed as the head of the State Security Department.
- 14 April - International Monetary Fund (IMF) classified Lithuania as advanced economy.
- 17 April - Opened a new Honorary Consulate of Lithuania in Richmond, Virginia, United States.
- 23 April - Lithuania banned wearing separate elements of military uniforms and insignia in public.
- 28 April - Lithuania opens honorary consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
May
- 4 May - Biggest stadium in the country - Žalgiris Stadium was sold for redevelopment and eventually de-establishment.
- 7 May - President Dalia Grybauskaitė rejected Vydas Gedvilas as candidate for education minister.
- 9 May - Moody‘s upgraded Lithuanian credit rating to A3.
- 15 May - district heating plant opened in Elektrėnai, that is operating on biofeuls.
- 16 May - 2 Lithuanian pilots died in aviation accident when Klaipėda Avialines plane Antonov An-2 dropped down to the Baltic Sea.
- 23 May - Air Lituanica, Lithuanian airline owned by the municipality of Vilnius, has announced that it is stopping operations.
- 26 May - Vilnius Intermodal Terminal was opened.
- 27 May - Audronė Pitrėnienė appointed as education and science minister of Lithuania.
June
- 1 June - Lithuanian General Consulate opened in Los Angeles, United States
- 1 June - Laima Jurevičienė appointed as country's new ambassador to the Council of Europe.
- 7 June - Klaipėda Port announces start of international container distribution centre.
- 9 June - cable laying works of NordBalt were completed.
- 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.
Deaths
- 29 March - Petras Dirgėla, writer and recipient of the Lithuanian National Prize in 2003.
- 3 April - Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas, politician and signer of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
- 6 April - Romualdas Ozolas, politician and signer of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
- 6 October - Stasys Povilaitis, variety songs singer, maestro.
- 8 October - Galina Dauguvietytė, actor, TV director.
References
- ↑ "Klausimai ir atsakymai". Swedbank.lt. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ "Lithuania's LNG terminal starts commercial operations". Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
- ↑ "Lithuania launches National Cyber Security Centre". Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2015-01-04.
- ↑ "Suicide Prevention Centre opens in Lithuania". Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
- ↑ "Ministrė: savižudybių prevencijos biuras pradės veikti nuo metų pradžios". Archived from the original on 2015-08-03. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
- ↑ "Elektros neturi 15 tūkst. vartotojų". Archived from the original on 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
- ↑ "Estonia opens second honorary consulate in Lithuania". Archived from the original on 2015-01-22. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
- ↑ "Israel opens embassy in Vilnius". Archived from the original on 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2015-01-27.
- ↑ Trusewicz, Edward (2015-01-29). "Prowokacja, za którą grozi do trzech lat: "Wileńska Republika Ludowa - Виленская Народная Республика"". Delfi PL (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-10-21.
- ↑ "India opens honorary consulate in Lithuania". Archived from the original on 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2015-02-06.
- ↑ "NATALIE PORTMAN SALUTES EUROPEAN SHOOTING STARS!". Archived from the original on 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
- ↑ Adomaitis, Nerijus (28 February 2015). "Lithuania signs non-binding deal for U.S. LNG". Reuters. Thomson Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ↑ "Vilnius elects first foreigner into city council". Archived from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
- ↑ "Mayoral elections might leave 5 parliament seats vacant". Archived from the original on 2015-03-29. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
- ↑ "The Establishment of the Polish – Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
- ↑ "Lithuania and Poland establish Chamber of Commerce". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
- ↑ "Sprendimas priimtas – šauktiniai grįžta į kariuomenę". Archived from the original on 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
- ↑ "Lithuania to start conscription on May 11". Archived from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
- ↑ "NATO general signs deal with Lithuania on status of command centres". Archived from the original on 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
- ↑ "PM against legalisation of same-sex partnerships". Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
- ↑ "Archaeologists discover thousand-year-old grave in Lithuania". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-04-02.
- ↑ "Lietuva pakviesta derėtis dėl narystės EBPO". Archived from the original on 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-04-09.
- ↑ "New chief of Lithuania's State Security Department appointed". Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "IMF classifies Lithuania as advanced economy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "Lithuania opens Honorary Consulate in Richmond, Virginia". Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "Lithuania bans wearing separate elements and insignia of military uniform in public". Archived from the original on 2024-04-30. Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ↑ "Lithuania opens honorary consulate in Saudi Arabia". Archived from the original on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
- ↑ "Žalgiris Stadium in Vilnius sold for redevelopment". Archived from the original on 2015-05-06. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
- ↑ "Lithuanian president rejects Gedvilas as candidate for education minister". Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
- ↑ "Moody's upgrades Lithuania's government bond rating". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
- ↑ "New biofuel boiler house opened in Elektrėnai, Lithuania". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ↑ "Patvirtino išvadas dėl "An-2" katastrofos". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ↑ "Air Lituanica stops operations - EN.DELFI". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ↑ "Lietuvos infrastruktūrą pagerino 2 intermodaliniai terminalai". Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
- ↑ "Pitrėnienė appointed Lithuania's minister of education". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ↑ "Lithuanian General Consulate to open in Los Angeles". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ↑ "Jurevičienė appointed Lithuanian ambassador at Council of Europe". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ↑ "Klaipėda". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ↑ "Baigė tiesti "NordBalt"". Archived from the original on 2015-06-11. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ↑ "Lithuania opens second Honorary Consulate in Georgia". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ↑ "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". Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
- ↑ "Mirė Lietuvos Nepriklausomybės Akto signataras Romualdas Ozolas". Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
- ↑ "Mirė poetas, maestro, dainininkas Stasys Povilatis". Archived from the original on 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
- ↑ "Mirė aktorė, režisierė Galina Dauguvietytė". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
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