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Has the Bank of Lithuania chief been too talkative?

May 23, 2019 0

The ruling majority and Seimas Budget and Finance Committee (BFK) chairman Stasys Jakeliūnas, who is leading them into battle against the head of the Bank of Lithuania (BL), were unable to pass a no-confidence motion […]

Huawei crisis’ watched closely in Lithuania

May 21, 2019 0

Following Google’s announcement that it has severed relations with Huawei, seen by Washington as a national security threat, Lithuanian telecoms companies say they do not know yet how the sanctions will affect the Chinese technology […]

Wind energy – 82% Lithuanian’s in favour of it

May 19, 2019 0

Renewable energy ideas in Lithuania are steadily expanding. A recent public survey shows that 8 out of 10 people in the country are in favour of the further development of wind energy. The implementation of […]

3 Latvian companies to buy gas from Lietuvos Energijos Tiekimas

May 6, 2019 Comments Off

The gas and electricity supplier Lietuvos Energijos Tiekimas (LET) owned by one of the biggest energy groups in the Baltic countries Lietuvos Energija signed three new agreements on the supply of natural gas with Latvian […]

Others already dividing up Farmers party property

May 24, 2019 Comments Off

The European Parliament elections and the first round of presidential elections will be held this Sunday. However, we can already notice one of the main, if not the main result of the three election, municipal, […]

General Storm Jonas Noreika with his future wife Antanina Karpavičiūtė, Palanga circa 1936

General Storm: what is the worth of the Pakalniškis attestation about Noreika?

May 21, 2019 0

It wasn’t by chance that I spoke about my meeting with the daughter of Jonas Noreika – General Storm, Dalia Noreikaitė Kučėnienė, and the broad conversation that I had with her. I resolved to remember […]

Mobility Package: the government will decide and we will be happy

May 21, 2019 0

Mobility Package presents a rare case in Lithuania – bitter disputes on an EU legislative project. Not regarding the villa of a provincial mayor, not yet another fight against alcohol or some other local scandal, […]

Women in Lithuania are praised but not valued

May 27, 2019 0

Women in Lithuania currently do not hold a single cabinet post, their salaries are over 15% less than men’s, and the gender equality index is below the European Union average. That situation would resolve itself […]

ArtVilnius ’19 Art Fair is celebrating its one-decade anniversary

May 23, 2019 0

The international contemporary art fair ArtVilnius is the biggest art fair in the Eastern European region, which is celebrating its one-decade anniversary. ArtVilnius’19, the tenth iteration of the fair, will take place between May 30 […]

Partisans of the Žemaičiai and Kęstutis District. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Chief Archivist of Lithuania

Women in the Lithuanian Partisan War (1944-1953)

May 22, 2019 0

Women in the Lithuanian Partisan War plaid a crucial role. “I recognize only a free, independent, autonomous Lithuania, without the custody of any other State. For me, partisans are not bandits, but great warriors for […]

Rūta Meilutytė ends her professional sports career

May 22, 2019 0

Rūta Meilutytė, Olympic champion, has decided to end her professional sports career, the Lithuanian Swimming Federation reports. The 22 year old from Kaunas has gifted a number of spectacular moments to Lithuania. In 2012, she […]

Reach for Change is announcing a list of 100 social innovations

May 19, 2019 0

Reach for Change together with The Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania launched Project 100 – 100 social innovations for the next century. The project highlights and empowers innovation, capable of changing the lives […]

E. Zuroff’s comments on A. Ramanauskas-Vanagas have appeared on the BBC. It is important to analyse the Druskininkai episode in A. Ramanauskas’ biography in detail because the KGB strove to seek accusations for every single […]

Prof. Dovid Katz: I live in Lithuania because I love it

May 12, 2019 0

The recent court case in which Lithuanian citizen, California resident, Grant Arthur Gochin, sued the state sponsored “Genocide Center” in Vilnius, Lithuania for the removal of the plaque to General Jonas Noreika, has facilitated many […]

Baltic paganism, superstitions and spells in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

April 1, 2019 0

Darius Baronas | ldkistorija.lt Baltic paganism, surviving in Europe up until the very late Medieval times, gave rise not only to hostility among the Christians, but also to a certain curiosity. As the Franciscan Bartholomew […]

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