Ramūnas Matonis
Society

Lithuania won’t hand back child taken away from Norwegian foster carers, police say

A Lithuanian child taken away from his foster carers in Norway and secretly driven to Lithuania and his mother will not be handed over to Norway, a spokesman for the Police Department said. […]

Egidijus Žironas
Society

Disciplinary action taken against chairman of Lithuania’s court of appeals

Lithuania’s Judicial Council has decided that a disciplinary case will be opened against judge Egidijus Žironas, the chairman of the Court of Appeal of Lithuania, because a group of judges of his court recently had a dinner at businessman Algimantas Radvilas’ restaurant. […]

Alexander Zaldostanov
Uncategorized

Russian bikers’ flirtation with Kremlin politics sparks protest from Lithuanian fellows

Global politics is undermining the international solidarity of the biker community. Lithuanian bikers have declared they do not want to see members of the Russian motorcycle club Night Wolves MC, including its leader Alexander Zaldostanov, in their country, because the Russians have trampled on a central principle of the biker movement – stay away from politics. […]

No Picture
Society

Lithuania ranked 56th in World Happiness Report

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. […]

Opinion

Lithuanians and Jews: What’s changed and what hasn’t over the last 40 years?

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. […]