If gas supplies from Russia to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia were to be disrupted, the soon-to-be-commissioned liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Klaipėda would ensure the supply for customers in all three Baltic countries, the European Commission (EC) has said. […]
The Ukrainian authorities do not want Soviet monuments to be chaotically removed in the country and therefore plan to set up a special park of Soviet monuments, similar to the one existing in Lithuania, Ukrainian Minister of Culture Yevhen Nyshchuk said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
Mere censure will not help to deal with the Kremlin’s propaganda and people of culture who are seen as an authority should strengthen ethnic minorities’ ties with the county, Ukrainian Minister of Culture Yevhen Nyshchuk said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
Many basketball experts look back on the Lithuanian scene in the 1930s and look back on the revolutionary efforts of American born pair Pranas Lubinas and Feliksas Kriaučiūnas. […]
Leaders of China and the European Union (EU) agreed Wednesday to put their investment treaty negotiation on a faster track so as to further cement bilateral economic ties. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday that in order to protect Lithuanian from investments by unfriendly states, companies must be subjected to thorough scrutiny before they are allowed to invest in projects close to strategic facilities. […]
On Wednesday, a high officer in the Polish military was detained on suspicions of spying for Russia. The Lithuanian State Security Department says it has spotted attempts by the Russian intelligence to recruit spies in this country, too. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday backed a law introducing fines for selling energy drinks to minors. Ninety lawmakers voted in favour, there were no votes against and five MPs abstained. […]
Despite criticism of the Finance Ministry’s optimistic Lithuanian GDP growth forecasts for next year, Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius says that the country’s economic growth will be faster than in the euro zone but “not explosive” and warns that difficulties caused by the crisis in the EU-Russia relations will be long-lasting. […]
Responding to comments made by Vilnius Deputy Mayor Romas Adomavičius, who said that the Lithuanian capital city was on the brink of bankruptcy, Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius insists that the city needs more financial discipline and transparency in its activities. […]
The Lithuanian Government has approved the amendments to the Law on Public Health Monitoring that have been proposed by the Ministry of Healthcare. If the proposal finds support at the Seimas, the Ministry of Healthcare as well as its subordinate institutions will be authorised to process patients’ personal data for statistical purposes. […]
Oskaras Koršunovas Theatre (OKT) has won two awards at the international theatre festival Baltic House that takes place in Saint Petersburg. […]
On Wednesday, US President Barack Obama participated in a video conference with Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany, President François Hollande of France, and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi of Italy. They discussed the international response to the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, including steps that are being taken to counter the spread of the disease. […]
Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis says that electricity prices may go down next year following a cut in the public service obligation (PSO) budget. […]
DELFI has recently published op-ed pieces by Laurynas Kasčiūnas and Vladimiras Laučius where they scold at the alleged laxity of the West and its relativism in politics. The accusations are rather grave and worth in-depth discussion.
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Lithuanian student Monika Povilėnaitė got a fascinating look at life in the West African state of Ghana when she took part in a pioneering exchange programme. […]
Dear readers of DELFI, we would like to invite you to vote and elect the Public Prize winner of the project „Young Painter Prize 2014“, who will be awarded by a special DELFI prize. The voting will be active until the evening of 23 October. Share your opinion and select the best painting! […]
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