Sports
Sabonis Jr. serious about making his own mark in basketball
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing one of the great young prospects for the future in Lithuanian basketball, Domantas Sabonis. […]
Year: 2015
Politics
Social democrats lead in Lithuania’s local elections
Lithuania’s ruling Social Democratic Party won the highest number of votes in the elections to local governments overall on Sunday, but are behind right-wing parties in the country’s largest cities, according to preliminary election results published early on Monday. […]
Politics
Liberal MP to face the incumbent in Vilnius mayor run-offs
Liberal MP Remigijus Šimašius and incumbent Mayor Artūras Zuokas will face one another in the run-off election for Vilnius mayor, the Central Electoral Commission said on Monday. […]
Energy
Lithuania’s electricity consumption up 2 percent in 2014
At 9.84 billion kilowatt hours (kWh), or 2.1 percent more than in 2013, electricity consumption in 2014 has been the highest since 2009. […]
Society
97 percent of Lithuanians watch TV
A total of 97.1 percent of residents of Lithuania have at least one TV set at home, 32 percent have two TV sets, while more than every tenth household in the country has three or more TV sets. 96.8 percent said that they watch TV. […]
Society
Hundreds take part in Nemtsov memory march in Vilnius
Hundreds of Vilnius residents took part in a march in memory of murdered Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov, expressing solidarity with people attending an opposition march in Moscow. […]
Politics
More responsibility and problems for first shift of directly-elected mayors in Lithuania
Directly-elected mayors will have the same powers they have now but they will also have a double amount of responsibility on their shoulders, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė says. Meanwhile opposition leader Andrius Kubilius warns that the new system of local elections will spell more problems for the new mayors who will have to closely cooperate with city councils. […]
Culture
Sundance-nominated film produced by Ryan Gosling to screen in Vilnius with English subtitles
Noaz Deshe’s powerful first feature film White Shadow comes to cinema Pasaka in March and will screen with English subtitles. […]
Global LT
Lithuanian-American author Rūta Šepetys at Lithuanian Embassy event in Belgium
The Lithuanian Embassy to the Kingdom of Belgium in cooperation with the Lithuanian cultural centre in Belgium organized a literary evening with Lithuanian-American author Rūta Šepetys. […]
Culture
BBC shooting War and Peace in Vilnius
A six-part television series based on Leo Tolstoy‘s novel War and Peace has begun filming in Vilnius. The series is being made by BBC Cymru Wales Drama, in partnership with The Weinstein Company and BBC Worldwide/Lookout Point. […]
Sports
Uncategorized
MFA statement on the murder of Nemtsov
Lithuanian MFA condemns the murder of famous Russian politician and one of the opposition leaders Boris Nemtsov. This brutal crime, which, according to the preliminary data, was well planned and organized, must be immediately investigated, and those responsible brought to justice. […]
Uncategorized
Nemtsov’s murder shows Russia’s sliding to “darkness of terror” – Lithuanian president
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called the murder of one of the key Russian opposition figures, Boris Nemtsov, Russia‘s sliding into the “darkness of terror”. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Russia, repression and the rule of law
Any battle between the Russian state and its political opponents has always been an unequal contest, since the state brings an overwhelming superiority to such confrontations. This disparity is as true today as it was during the Soviet Union’s fight against dissidents and imperial Russia’s struggle against diverse revolutionary movements. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Economy
Lithuania’s defence industry plans to increase exports by 30 percent
Export volume of Lithuanian defence and security industry (excluding civilian sector) companies stood at EUR 32 million in 2014. This year, defence companies intend to increase exports by a third and sell products and services abroad worth EUR 40 million. […]
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Global LT
Professor Landsbergis and Foreign Minister Linkevičius in Washington
During a gruelling 48 whirlwind tour of the US Capital, Professor Vytautas Landsbergis and Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius participated in the 25th anniversary celebration of reinstatement of Lithuanian independence and visited some of the most influential political leaders, including House Speaker John Boehner and Senator John McCain. […]
Defence
Lithuanian parliament speaker on conscription of women: Woman’s duty is bearing children
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė and Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius both say they would not support the idea of making military service mandatory for women as well as men. […]