Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Lithuanian president criticizes government for trying to rescue state-owned shipping company

President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the government’s decision to rescue Lietuvos Jūrų Laivininkystė (Lithuanian Shipping Company, or LJL) from bankruptcy at the expense of dividends from Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) is a short-term solution, adding that the transport minister and the prime minister are responsible for the poor situation the state-controlled dry bulk operator is in. […]

Laurynas Grigelis ir Lukas Mugevičius
Sports

Grigelis and Mugevičius in President’s Cup doubles finals

After securing a spot in the singles semifinals, Laurynas Grigelis (23, ATP 322), passed the semifinals in the doubles tournament with his partner Lukas Mugevičius. The Lithuanian duo won in straight sets and advanced to the finals. Tadas Babelis and Kasparas Žamaitelis lost in the parallel semifinals. […]

No Picture
Culture

Gems of Lithuanian cinema to screen in Wrocław Film Festival

The 15th T-Mobile New Horizons film festival opens in Wrocław on July 23. Among other films it will feature the most distinct Lithuanian films created from 1959 to 2015. The special film programme Focus on Lithuania includes a record number of 30 features tracing the complex history and culture of the country during the Soviet period, the path to independence, and the decades of sovereignty. […]

Raimondas Baranauskas, Vladimir Antonov
Society

London court puts end to litigation over ex-Snoras owners’ extradition to Lithuania

A London court has put an end to litigation over the extradition of Vladimir Antonov and Raimondas Baranauskas, former shareholders of Lithuania’s bankrupt bank Snoras who have recently fled from the UK to Russia. […]

Memorial for Soviet soldiers in Palanga
Society

Palanga town to scale down memorial for WWII Soviet soldiers

The authorities of Lithuania’s coastal resort town Palanga plan to tone down the monument for killed Soviet soldiers in the town centre, the Lietuvos Rytas daily reports. […]