The new administration of the Lithuanian capital has halted the competition for reconstruction of the controversial Soviet-era sculptures on the Green Bridge, Vilnius new Mayor Remigijus Šimašius said on Friday. […]
Based on the latest survey, the World Happiness Report 2015, Lithuania is 56th on the list of the world’s happiest countries. The report was produced by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) on the United Nations initiative and includes 158 countries. […]
Greece could learn from Lithuania how to implement reforms during the crisis instead of focusing on getting external support, Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius said on Friday as he arrived at the Eurogroup’s meeting in Riga. […]
Lithuanian communities abroad view the parliament’s initiative to hold a referendum on dual citizenship in 2016 as “politicizing”, saying the odds are low for the referendum to be successful under the current requirements. […]
Lithuania’s IT and telecommunications company Teo is starting a public education project entitled Consciousness Beats Propaganda in 10 cities and towns of Lithuania. […]
Tomas Venclova, a prominent Lithuanian author, poet, translator and professor of literature at Yale University, delivered the following remarks at a conference on Holocaust education held at Vilnius City Hall on April 17, 2015, the final event in the Being a Jew project. […]
Mobilization check has revealed that nine out of 10 reserve troops would be fit for military service in Lithuania, the army’s representatives said. […]
Lithuania’s Culture Ministry will confer its sign of honour award to Austrian writer and translator Cornelius Hell. […]
Lithuania has banned wearing separate elements of military uniforms and insignia in public. The provision was incorporated into amendments to the Law on the Organisation of the National Defence System and Military Service and the accompanying legislation. […]
On Thursday, 23 April, the Board of Directors of the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) confirmed that the bank will issue a loan of EUR 100 million to Lithuania to finance its Public Sector Energy Efficiency and Housing Renovation programmes. According to the Ministry of Finance, the deal will be inked in the nearest future. […]
Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuanian conservatives’ 33-year-old star and very likely future chairman, has perhaps just made his first major gaffe. His flip-flop on the issue of (dis)continuing in the European Parliament seat in case he gets elected to chair his party, the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has drawn some irk from Jurgis Razma, one of the light-weight contenders in the race. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that the Lithuanian government is ready to help the EU’s efforts in solving illegal migration from Africa crisis and contribute to search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean with equipment and human resources. As regards allowing refugees from Africa to resettle in Lithuania, however, it may be discussed at a later time, according to him. […]
The situation in the Lithuanian gas market has changed materially in recent years and now it’s up to the country to decide where to buy gas, the country’s energy minister has said in comments about antitrust charges on Wednesday filed by the European Commission (EC) against the Russian gas concern Gazprom. […]
The “Fifth Column” is a term often used by Kremlin propaganda against political rivals and civil society, generating myths, and spreading mistrust and fear among citizens. European media, and especially officials in the EU, should be very clear about what they mean when using the term, if use it at all. […]
During an audience with Pope Francis in Vatican, Speaker of the Lithuanian parliament Loreta Graužinienė invited him for a papal visit to Lithuania. The pope thanked for the invitation. […]
With the rapid progress of science and technology, and the increasing demands of top employers for specialists with knowledge in a range of fields, traditional degree programs are being expanded and diversified. It is with this in mind that Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) have announced the launch of Lithuania’s first ever Health Informatics degree program. […]
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