Vilnius will play the national anthem of Lithuania and the anthem of the European Union (EU) during official protocol events from now on, the Lithuanian capital’s municipality said on Tuesday. Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ode to Joy will also be played at events in public schools. […]
Under amendments adopted by Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday, the authorities will up scrutiny on investments that might pose threats to national security. The country will also update the list of strategic national security objects. […]
The port of Klaipėda is ready to receive the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) of the Lithuanian liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, even if it docked today, says Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]
Sweden must revise its defence capacities in the light of the growing Russian military power and the latest developments in the Baltic Sea region, the country’s new Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]
Lithuania was named number-three destination in Lonely Planet’s list of best countries to visit in 2015. […]
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday met with Azerbaijan‘s President Ilham Aliyev and his Azeri counterpart Elmar Mamedyarov and expressed hope that Lithuanian meat products would soon be sold in Azeri supermarkets. […]
Lithuania’s 2015 budget bill will be adjusted if there is reason to believe that the growth of the country’s economy is slightly lower than the currently forecasts, the finance minister has said. […]
Vilnius Regional Administrative Court has dropped an administrative case over putting up bilingual Lithuanian-Polish street signs in a number of settlements in Vilnius District after they were removed. […]
Vilnius City Municipality is bidding to become the World Capital of Books in 2015 with a rich literary events programme planned for this and next year. The slogan “I read, therefore I am” (“Skaitau, vadinasi, esu”) has been rebranded after the failed application in 2014 with a new, modern perspective. […]
Agents from Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) on Tuesday searched the headquarters of the country’s ruling Order and Justice party and arrested five individuals, including former adviser and deputy to the minister of the interior. […]
On this day in sport boxing legend Ričardas Tamulis secured a spot in his first Olympic final during the midst of Lithuania’s dominance in the ring under Soviet occupation. […]
While Sweden‘s army is looking for what it suspects is a Russian submarine spotted in the country’s waters near Stockholm – a situation reminiscent of Cold War incidents – Lithuania must monitor the Baltic Sea, above and underwater, as it awaits the arrival of its LNG Terminal’s storage unit. […]
Participation of Lithuanian school students in paramilitary camps in Russia is a provocation, says Jovita Neliupšienė, chief foreign affairs advisor to President Dalia Grybauskaitė. She notes that the kids have been taken advantage of and state institutions should be responsible for carrying out prevention. […]
It is important to exchange information and ensure common security in the Baltic Sea amid an increase in Russian provocations, says Jovita Neliupšienė, chief adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on foreign policy issues. […]
Lithuanian start-ups have come to London to participate at the prestigious TechCrunch Disrupt conference. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the ruling coalition has left room for populism in the future when it rejected proposals to lift VAT exemption on heating. He says that the coalition should deliberate whether it has enough political will to admit that the VAT exemption should be left in place for an indefinite period. […]
Martial arts film star Jean-Claude Van Damme will give a lesson to 20 young karate students in Lithuania this week. The students will be selected by the Lithuanian Kyokushin Karate Federation. […]
The Board of the national electricity generation company Lietuvos Energijos Gamyba (Lithuanian Energy Production) has decided to decommission units 1 and 2 of the Lithuanian power plant (Elektrėnai Power Plant) starting from 1 January 2015. […]
Sweden‘s armed forces keep their eyes on the tanker NS Concord that has been zig-zagging near the country’s territorial waters for the last couple of days while the Swedes continue to search for what is suspected to be a Russian submarine spotted in Stockholm archipelago. NS Concord does not have a long history but she has already visited Klaipėda Port. […]
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