Culture
Meditation events to mark Inner Peace Day
In March and April, several Lithuanian cities and towns are joining the World Day of Inner Peace and organizing meditation events. […]
Year: 2015
Society
Prosecutor wants to question Lithuanian president in her spokeswoman’s case
Prosecutor Gintas Ivanauskas of the Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office wants to question the country’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė in the case of her spokeswoman Daiva Ulbinaitė who is accused of having leaked classified information. […]
Economy
Lithuanian consumers complain of high prices and too little competition
Food distribution, energy and pharmaceutical products, as well as telecommunications and the Internet, are the sectors where Lithuanians are most likely to have experienced problems due to a lack of competition, according to a Flash Eurobarometer survey. […]
European Union
Lithuanian president’s adviser: EU should avoid giving impression of retreat under Russian pressure
The forthcoming EU Eastern Partnership summit in Riga should not leave an impression that the EU is stepping back from its commitments to partners under Russia’s pressure, says Jovita Neliupšienė, chief adviser to Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on foreign policy issues. […]
Defence
Current manning of Lithuanian army at odds with geopolitical reality, president’s advisor says
Inadequatetly, only 35-percent manned Lithuanian army is not capable of actually defending the country, says chief presidential advisor on foreign affairs Jovita Neliupšienė. She stressed that this situation is what inspired the decision to restore a conscript army. […]
Foreign affairs
Politics
Seimas Speaker Graužinienė resigns as leader of Lithuania’s Labour Party
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė has resigned as leader of the Labour Party, the party announced on Tuesday. […]
Defence
Lithuania’s chief of defence: Five lessons to be learned from conflict in Ukraine
After the State Defence Council decided that conscription of 19-26-year-olds should be reintroduced for a 5-year period and as the Seimas is preparing to consider the issue, Chief of Defence Major General Jonas Vytautas Žukas says Lithuania has learned five lessons from the conflict in Ukraine. […]
Politics
Experts cautious about Gabrielius Landsbergis’ conservative party leadership prospects
Lithuanian political scientists are cautious about the chances of Gabrielius Landsbergis, 33, to lead the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats whose long-standing leader Andrius Kubilius announced on Monday he would not seek re-election. […]
Sports
Lithuanian Olympic champion Daina Gudzinevičiūtė: Fame is a burden for athletes
Daina Gudzinevičiūtė, the Olympic shooting champion, is one of the Lithuanian sports legends and there is no doubt in it. Today, at age of 50, she is the president of the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee, having beaten another Lithuanian sports legend, Virgilius Alekna, for the position. […]
Politics
Former PM Kubilius will not seek re-election as conservative party leader
Andrius Kubilius, former Lithuanian prime minister and current leader of the conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats announced on Monday he would not be seeking re-election as his party’s leader. […]
Foreign affairs
Politics
Mayor Zuokas says he will run for president in 2019
Outgoing Vilnius Mayor Artūras Zuokas, of the Lithuanian Freedom Union (Liberals) (LLS), says that his defeat in Vilnius mayoral election will only push him to venture into national politics. Zuokas says that we will run for presidency in 2019. […]
Society
Future Vilnius mayor has “no problems” with LGBT pride events on central streets
Vilnius mayor-elect Remigijus Šimašius says he sees no problems with allowing LGBt pride events to be held in the centre of the Lithuanian capital, something that has provoked legal clashes in earlier years. […]
European Union
Lithuanian foreign minister hopes for expansion of EU’s Russia sanctions
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius hopes the existing sanctions against individual sectors of the Russian economy will be expanded. […]
Economy
Milda Dargužaitė appointed to head Barclays centre in Vilnius
Milda Dargužaitė, former managing director of Invest Lithuania, the government’s foreign investment promotion agency, has been appointed to head Barclays Technology Centre Lithuania (BTCL). […]
Politics
Different challenges await new mayors of Lithuania’s biggest cities
New mayors of Vilnius and Kaunas will have to deal with different challenges. Remigijus Šimašius, new mayor of the Lithuanian capital, will have to address the city’s financial problems and reduce heating bills, while businessman Visvaldas Matijošaitis, the new mayor of Lithuania’s second city, will have to attract more investment, says economist Gitanas Nausėda. […]
Society
Green Bridge sculptures should be removed, says Vilnius mayor-elect
Remigijus Šimašius, the Liberal Movement’s candidate elected for Vilnius mayor on Sunday, says that the Soviet-era sculptures should be removed from the Green Bridge of the Lithuanian capital due to their emergency condition. […]
Politics
Despite claiming otherwise, all major Lithuanian parties suffered losses in local elections
All traditional political parties suffered lesser or greater losses during the recent municipal and mayoral elections in Lithuania, say political scientists. […]
Politics
Hard times ahead for soon-to-be ex-mayor of Vilnius
As preliminary mayoral election results in Vilnius indicate victory for liberal Remigijus Šimašius, professor Tomas Janeliūnas of the International Relations and Political Science Institute of Vilnius University says that the political future for outgoing Mayor Artūras Zuokas will essentially depend on his visibility in the opposition of Vilnius City Council. […]