The Baltic and Polish defence ministers held a meeting in Latvia and agreed on a joint response in deterring Russia, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defence said in a statement on Friday. […]
At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day 2015 the bell will toll, heralding the start of a new year and a new era for Lithuania. Yet the fireworks and jubilation will play out against a backdrop of sadness as Lithuania’s national currency, the litas, dies a death. […]
Nigel Farage, the leader of the Euro-sceptic United Kingdom‘s Independence Party (UKIP), is coming to Lithuania this weekend. […]
The number of violations related to dual display of prices in the litas and the euro has been decreasing, which shows that Lithuania has duly prepared for the currency changeover, Justice Minister has said. […]
More than 619,000 Lithuanians live abroad, show statistical data published by the Lithuanian Statistics Department on Friday. One in five of the expatriates live in the United Kingdom. […]
The Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations together with non-governmental organizations in the margins of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 11 December held a round-table discussion on the role of the International Criminal Court in ensuring accountability for the ongoing human rights violations in Ukraine. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has once again submitted her amendments to the Law on Public Information, saying the aim of the bill is to ensure national security and protect the society from hostile propaganda and disinformation. […]
Earlier this month, experts convened in Brussels for a conference titled ‘The Second Cold War: Heating Up?’ Even among the plethora of current ‘New Cold War’ themed events, this one stood out: the organiser, Latvian MEP Tatjana Zdanoka, has been accused of being a Russian agent of influence – a spy. […]
Construction of sports and wellness centre Vilnius Beacon, designed by Daniel Libeskind, should break ground next year at Liepkalnis skiing course, the highest point in Vilnius. […]
As expected, the upcoming introduction of the euro has brought much new business to wallet sellers. As the euro notes are bigger in size than the litas notes they are replacing on 1 January, around 10-20 percent more wallets were bought in the first week of December 2014 compared with the same period of 2013. […]
Mečys Laurinkus, who headed Lithuania’s State Security Department in 1998-2004, says that the institution assisted the United States in its counter-terrorism efforts during the period, but did not ask for a reward and did not violate laws or international commitments. […]
Member of the European Parliament Petras Auštrevičius has become the chairman of the Informal Group of Friends of European Ukraine which was founded in the European Parliament (EP). […]
On 11 December, Lithuania’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas met with Eric Rubin, US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, who is visiting Lithuania. […]
The European Parliament will next week discuss the report published by the United States Senate earlier this week about detention of suspected terrorists in secret CIA centres, including one allegedly on the Lithuanian soil. […]
Up to 350 Lithuanian soldiers and civilians, working for the national defence system, will be able to take part in international operations as part of NATO’s Rapid Response Force, an EU battle group or NATO and EU military commands, under a resolution adopted by the Seimas of Lithuania on Thursday. […]
On Wednesday evening, members of the European Parliament received copies of a book authored by a Lithuanian journalist translated into English. The book, “Red Dalia”, is a critical account of Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s career, alleging her involvement with the KGB. […]
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