Economy

Lithuanians’ support for euro rose to 60 percent

The society’s support for the euro in Lithuania rose 7 percentage points in December from November to reach 60 percent, according to a survey released by the Bank of Lithuania on Thursday. […]

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Society

Lithuanians express solidarity with victims of attack in Paris

After three armed men killed a dozen people at the offices of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris, people around Europe and the world have gathered to spontaneous rallies to express solidarity under the banner #JeSuisCharlie (“I Am Charlie”) and show that attacks on free speech will not be taken lightly. A rally of solidarity was also organized in Vilnius near the Embassy of France (Švarco street 1) Thursday at noon. […]

Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko
Opinion

Opinion: So long sucker or how Putin’s propaganda succeeded in playing the extremists

In the 1950s, Nobel Prize winning mathematician John Forbes Nash invented a Machiavellian game entitled So Long Suckers. To win, a player had to game, and ultimately betray, his adversaries. Today, as they sit in frozen trenches in what was once aptly named the Wild Fields, it looks as if the soldiers of the ‘Union of People’s Republic’ are the ones that have been played. […]

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Freetime

What about Vilnius? 8-12 January

Starting from today, and continuing every Wednesday, the Lithuania Tribune will bring you recommendations of how to spend your free time in Vilnius. There’s something to do in the Lithuanian capital every day of the week! Music, dance, art, gastronomy, bar-hopping, cinema and sports – but please, don’t try to experience everything at the same time. […]

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Defence

Poland sending four MiG-29s to Lithuania for air policing mission

Four MiG-29 fighters of the Polish Air Force will land at the Lithuanian Air Force Base in the northern city of Šiauliai on Thursday to join the Baltic air policing mission. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Economy

Weak euro benefits Lithuania, President Grybauskaitė says

The weakening of the euro against the US dollar is beneficial to Lithuania as its products become more competitive in third countries, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Wednesday. […]

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Politics

Lithuanian president says there’s no need for new parliamentary probe into CIA prison

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says she sees no need to resume parliamentary investigation into an alleged CIA prison in Lithuania, but calls on law enforcement agencies to continue their separate probe. […]