A number of politicians are in control of news media outlets, both those in the ruling coalition and the opposition parties, according to a dataset from 2013 on news media ownership. […]
27 July marks the 23rd anniversary when seven Lithuanian officers were killed in the Medininkai border post on the Lithuanian-Belarusian border. […]
Even though Lithuania’s economic growth rate surpasses that of other European Union member states, unemployment rate is higher than the regional average and, most importantly, it does not seem to be decreasing, notes economist Gitanas Nausėda. […]
Following a clearance by the Bank of Lithuania, WoraPay, a Lithuanian startup offering mobile payment services, will continue to expand in Central and Eastern European, invest in technology, and add new mWallets and sellers to its payment infrastructure platform, Startup Lithuania informs. […]
A poll commissioned by Aviva Lietuva shows that almost half, or 49 percent, of respondents hope to receive retirement pensions equal to their current salaries, while 39 percent have even higher expectations and hope to receive bigger pensions than their current monthly income. […]
The European Union (EU) is moving forward with sanctions for individuals and companies involved in escalating the events in eastern Ukraine, but Lithuania will nor rush to impose national sanctions. […]
Over the last month a lot of world’s men and fewer women were indulged in a football fiesta which was held in Brazil. Truth to be told, there are a lot of people who do not like football. English photographer David Bailey once said that he imagines hell to consist of four men in a car talking about football. […]
Ramūnas Navardauskas made minor history Friday when he became the first Lithuanian cyclist to win a stage of the Tour de France, which is considered the toughest cycling race in the world. […]
Almost 200 participants are gathering 60 kilometers from Vilnius for Sapfo Fest, Lithuania’s third annual grassroots LBTQI (lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex) festival meeting on the grounds of Šironija, a country homestead in Papiškiai, from 25 to 27 July. […]
Artillery shells, mines and grenades are only a small part of dangerous explosives that prevented the work of laying the submarine power link from Lithuania to Sweden. Explosives were found in the Lithuanian territory during the work on the project. These explosives were neutralised by explosive ordnance disposal personnel of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. However, experts predict that more explosives might be discovered. […]
Prevention of structural unemployment and development of an inclusive labour market is essential in order to remove obstacles to Lithuania’s economic growth. This was emphasised by the Lithuanian Minister of Social Security and Labour Algimanta Pabedinskienė who presented the country’s experience at II International Forum on Public Employment held in Madrid (Spain) on 24-25 July, Ministry of Social Security and Labour informs. […]
Stratfor’s Editor-in-Chief David Judson and Founder George Friedman discuss how Putin’s handling of the Ukrainian crisis is influenced by recent Russian history and could lead to his downfall. […]
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis is one of the biggest greats that Lithuania has ever had. A distinguished composer, mystic painter and a rebellious man is just a terse textbook-like description of the artist. Darius Kučinskas, an art researcher and professor of Kaunas University of Technology, has devoted 25 years scrutinizing the magnetic artist and his distinctive legacy. […]
The recent 2012 documentary film “The Other Dream Team” marked a new high in the exposure of Lithuania’s love of basketball to the world through its thorough history of competition mixed with the emotions of conflict in the Baltic nation. […]
As Lithuania is moving closer to introducing the euro, half of the people in the country support Europe’s single currency, a recent Eurobarometer survey shows. […]
Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius and Neptūnas Klaipėda will not play in the VTB United League next season, the Lithuanian Basketball League and the clubs’ management announced on Friday. […]
On Friday the Office of Prosecutor General of Lithuania launched a pre-trial investigation into the outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in a farm in Ignalina district. The investigation will be carried out to learn if animals have not been infected on purpose. […]
Faced with a threat of African swine fever (ASF), the Lithuanian government plans to team up with Latvia, Estonia and Poland and to apply for the European Union’s (EU) support. […]
The construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the port of Klaipėda continues without delays, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has assured, adding that disputes with Latvia’s BMGS, the contractor in the facility’s jetty project, have been resolved. […]
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