At the moment, Wizz Air is the only airline operating in Lithuania that conducts flights crossing eastern Ukraine, from Vilnius to Kutaisi, Georgia. The Civil Aviation Administration has informed ELTA that Wizz Air route will be adjusted after Malaysia Airlines plane crashed and airspace above the rebel-held regions in Ukraine was closed. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the responsibility for the Malaysia Airlines plane crash in Ukraine also falls upon suppliers of weaponry to armed militants in the region. Meanwhile President Dalia Grybauskaitė called the incident a “brutal act of terror”. […]
Exercises in Lithuania and NATO‘s other Eastern member-states will be larger and adjusted to the Russian actions in Ukraine, NATO’s Joint Forces Headquarters officer Lieutenant Colonel Hans Houf said in Vilnius on Friday after his team inspected Lithuania’s military infrastructure. […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs urges Lithuanian citizens who are now in Israel and Palestine to remain extremely vigilant and take all safety precautions due to the armed actions in the Gaza Strip. The ministry once again recommends to refrain from visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories. […]
On Thursday, Minister of Energy Jaroslav Neverovič met with Štefan Füle, European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, during his visit to Lithuania, the Ministry of Energy has announced. […]
Lietuvos Paštas (Lithuanian Post) and the police signed an agreement on Friday on cooperation during the adoption of the euro, the Lithuanian Post said. […]
Construction on a new bridge over the Nemunas River in Panemunė, an important transport link to Russia’s Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad, will not meet its October deadline due to delays on the Russian side. […]
Commercial banks in Lithuania on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Good Practice during the Preparation for the Adoption of the Euro with the Bank of Lithuania. […]
Citizens of Russia and other third countries will be able to get short-term visas to the Schengen zone on the border of the area, including Lithuania, starting next year, the Lietuvos Žinios daily reports. […]
News in 120 seconds: prominent Catholic clergyman Svarinskas passes away, film and stage actor Banionis hospitalized, US and EU announce sanctions against Russia, new proof of Ukraine attacks from Russia, Ukraine: Russia fired missile at our jet, new ministers sworn in. […]
Earlier this week the media honoured Nadine Gordimer, a Nobel and Man Booker prize winning novelist with a wealth of obituaries. Gordimer died at the age of 90 on 13 July in her native South Africa. Reverent fans and curious new readers peppered social networks with quotations highlighting her defence of human rights and literary bravery in the face of censorship. […]
Lithuania’s friends in Washington, D.C., believe that we are living as if it were 1939 when the threat of occupation loomed over Lithuania. So says Lithuania’s ambassador to the United States, Žygimantas Pavilionis. […]
Lithuania’s parliament sang the national anthem on Thursday to close the extended spring session. The parliamentarians should return to the plenary hall on 10 September for the autumn session. […]
Prominent Lithuanian clergyman, former dissident and political figure Monsignor Alfonsas Svarinskas passed away on Thursday, aged 89. He is to be buried in partisans’ cemetery near Ukmergė. […]
Integration team of the NATO Joint Force Headquarters Brunssum (the Netherlands) visited the Lithuanian seaport of Klaipėda, the port’s directorate said on Thursday. […]
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