Culture
Fakin’ Zeitgeist: Ideas for romance novels
Besides vampires and werewolves, what other creatures could make for good subjects in romance novels. […]
Month: May 2015
Politics
Journalist Rimvydas Valatka to consult Liberal Movement in general elections campaign
Signatory of the Lithuanian Act of Independence, influential political commentator and journalist Rimvydas Valatka will be consulting Lithuania’s Liberal Movement. […]
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Society
Lithuanian LGBT* activists ride down streets of Vilnius on Rainbow bus
At noon on Sunday, the Lithuanian Gay League, LGBT* rights organization, took a ride on a rainbow bus down the streets of central Vilnius. […]
Defence
Baltic request for military brigade sent to NATO’s military chief
Chiefs of defence of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have sent a letter to Commander of the US European Command General Philip Breedlove, asking to deploy a brigade-sized unit in the region. […]
Politics
Vilnius mayor: Using social media is like picking up a phone or replying to emails
It has been just over two months since the Liberal Movement’s Remigijus Šimašius was voted in as Mayor of Vilnius. […]
Defence
President Grybauskaitė congratulated soldiers on army-public unity day
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Sunday attended the Commemoration of Partisans, the Army and Public Unity Day in Marijampolė. […]
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Lithuania to help set up psychological rehabilitation centres in east Ukraine
Lithuania is contributing to the founding of two psychological rehabilitation centres in Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava regions in Eastern Ukraine to provide services to persons affected by the war there. […]
Society
Lithuania resumes search for missing An-2 plane in Baltic Sea
Search for an An-2 civil airplane that went missing above the Baltic Sea on Saturday afternoon with two Lithuanian pilots is being resumed on Monday. […]
Society
Lithuania’s Palanga airport sometimes took long time to respond, Swedish pilot says
On a flight from the Swedish city of Gothenburg to the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda, the Palanga airport in Lithuania sometimes took a long time to respond to messages, says the Swedish airport chief who escorted the Lithuanian pilots who later went missing above the Baltic Sea. […]
European Union
Lithuania’s Linkevičius to attend EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on emerging threats
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is leaving for Brussels on Monday to attend a meeting of the European Union‘s (EU) Foreign Affairs Council dedicated to security and defense policy issues and threats in the EU neighborhood. […]
Society
Rescuers to decide whether to continue search for missing Lithuanian plane
On Monday, Lithuania’s rescue services are to decide whether to continue search of a plane that went missing on Saturday over the Baltic Sea. […]
Economy
EC recommendations for Lithuania: less tax on labour, more tax on wealth
Lithuania has received recommendations from the European Commission on the most pressing issues in the economy that need addressing. Disturbingly, over 30 percent of people in Lithuania face poverty risk, labour taxes are punishing, while levies on wealth – less detrimental to economic growth – are all but non-existent. Experts say the first steps would be introducing tax on real estate and cars. […]
Society
Lithuanian women become mothers earlier than average Europeans
In 2013, Lithuanian women had their first child when being on average 26.7 year of age, similarly to Polish women, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), said. […]
Energy
New biofuel boiler house opened in Elektrėnai, Lithuania
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius, who took part in the opening ceremony of a new biofuel boiler house in Elektrėnai on Friday, said that this object will also contribute to business development because it will increase the operating volumes of regional companies engaged in biofuel production and sales. […]
Economy
Economy
Economy
Construction work volume on the increase in Lithuania
In the first quarter of 2015, the volume of construction work carried out in Lithuania, seasonally and working day adjusted, was on the increase, Statistics Lithuania said. […]
Society
Search for missing plane underway in Baltic Sea
The search for a Lithuanian-registered plane that went missing on its way from Gothenburg to Lithuania with two pilots aboard continues in the Baltic Sea on Sunday morning. […]