Vitas Vasiliauskas
Economy

Lithuanian central bank chief: Euro changeover going smoothly

The governor of the central Bank of Lithuania says there have been no major difficulties in the process of changeover to the euro, which the country adopted on the first day of 2015, the Verslo Žinios business daily reports. […]

Opinion

Opinion: Lithuania’s Russian-speakers – what they’re for and what they’re against

Do Lithuania’s ethnic Russian citizens make integration into the society a priority or do they do quite the opposite, using the privileges of Lithuanian citizenship and leaning nevertheless toward Mother Russia? Is being Russian not just a question of blood and faith but also of identifying with Russian civilization and a fragmented nation that must be united? […]

NordBalt cable laying ships
Energy

Lithuania’s power interconnections with Poland and Sweden to be launched within year

The construction of high voltage interconnections LitPol Link and NordBalt to connect Lithuania with Poland and Sweden is moving ahead: two thirds of NordBalt and half of LitPol Link works have been completed since last spring. LitPol Link and NordBalt will be put into operation after twelve months, at the end of 2015, Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator Litgrid said in a statement. […]

Faina Kukliansky
Society

Lithuanian Jews show support for Jewish community in Ukraine

Lithuanian Jews have shown support to the Ukrainian Jewish community which is experiencing difficult times. Last week, before the end of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, Lithuanian Jews presented books written by Grigory Kanovich to the Ukrainian Jewish community. […]

Antanas Šipavičius
Economy

Lithuanian Customs Department chief transferred to Klaipėda after end of his term

Antanas Sipavičius, director general of the Lithuanian Customs Department, has been transferred to the western port of Klaipėda after his 5-year term ended on 31 December, the department said. […]

Society

First Lithuanian citizen requests to indicate ethnicity in passport

On the first working day of 2015, the Migration Board of Vilnius County Police Headquarters received a request from a Lithuanian citizen to have her ethnicity indicated in her passport. The option, which was introduced in a recently adopted law, was exercised by a woman of Ukrainian descent. […]