Andrzej Duda, who won presidential runoffs in Poland last Sunday, is expected to adopt a tougher anti-Russian stance, but political changes in the neighbouring country might slowed down because his party is now in parliamentary opposition, says Ramūnas Vilpišauskas, director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University. […]
On May 22, 2015, at the residence of the Ambassador of Japan Kazuko Shiraishi, Mr. Rimantas Vaitkus, former director of Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant, was conferred with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon for his contribution to promotion of mutual understanding, and economic and technical exchanges between Japan and Lithuania. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed two decrees on appointment of new Lithuanian ambassadors to Georgia and Turkey. […]
Estonian national carrier Estonian Air will make 11 round trip flights per week on the Tallinn-Vilnius route starting on Monday instead of the current six round-trip flights per week after Air Lituanica announced of stopping operations. […]
The month-long largest national exercise Lithuania has held this year, Lightning Bolt 2015, has ended. The exercise tested various types of situations, including swift mobilization of the Lithuanian reserve, response to a hybrid war and terrorist attacks, and also involved tactical training, the country’s Ministry of National Defence said. […]
People’s trust in law enforcement, including the police, prosecutors and courts, in Lithuania is now the highest in 15 years, according to the results of a public survey, published on Saturday. […]
The Social Democratic Party of Lithuania remains the most popular party in the country, and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and President Dalia Grybauskaitė have the highest popularity ratings, a survey showed on Saturday. […]
Vilnius court on Friday heard testimony of Tomas Šernas, the only survivor of the 1991 Medininkai checkpoint massacre, in the case where charges have been brought in absentia against three Russian citizens. […]
The UN Security Council on May 22 adopted a resolution, initiated by Lithuania, on curbing illegal trade in small arms. […]
Lithuanian Government Chancellor Alminas Mačiulis on Friday called for more liability for airplane owners for failure to provide appropriate on-board safety measures. […]
Georgia can expect a visa-free regime with the European Union next year but Ukraine might need to wait for it due to the ongoing war in the east of the country, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Representatives of Russia’s opposition have little hope that people who ordered Boris Nemtsov‘s murder will be identified, and, therefore, will seek an international investigation. […]
Lithuanian startup arena has been heating up in recent years. Friendly business environment, relatively low taxes, advanced IT infrastructure, favourable relocation conditions have mightily influenced the increasing number of startups, foreign investment and community events. […]
Some countries would like to see the European Union as “a tea club” that does not make any decisions, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Friday. […]
Minister of Transport and Communications Rimantas Sinkevičius has not rejected the possibility of resigning after the aircraft An-2 disaster. However, at first the minister said he would like to know more details and offered to wait for the causes of the disaster to be clarified. […]
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