Ambassador Zygimantis Pavilionis accepting his nomination Photo Ludo Segers
Politics

Lithuania’s former ambassador to US to run for parliament with conservatives

A Vilnius unit of the conservative Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) has nominated diplomat Žygimantas Pavilionis to run for a parliament seat in the upcoming general elections next year in the Naujamiestis constituency of Vilnius. […]

Economy

Competition Council should keep an eye on the newest Teo purchase

IT and telecommunications company Teo has purchased 100 percent of the shares of the Lithuanian mobile service provider Omnitel from its current shareholder TeliaSonera. The move has provoked a lot of discussion in the Lithuania public sphere and that shouldn’t surprise anyone as the purchase is one of the biggest in Lithuania’s business history. Both companies are owned by Swedish Company TeliaSonera. […]

Economy

Lithuania plans to raise retirement age

The Lithuanian Parliament has begun considering legislative amendments that would peg retirement to average life expectancy. It has been proposed that two years after the average projected life expectancy of people aged 65 years grows by six months, the retirement age would be raised by six months as well. […]

Persona Non Grata
Culture

Film about Japanese diplomat who saved Jews premièred in Vilnius

On 14 October, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius attended the première of the film Persona Non Grata about a Japanese ambassador in Lithuania who issued visas to Jews during World War Two, saving thousands of people from death. […]

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Opinion

Sigmar Gabriel and Frank-Walter Steinmeier: A confident and realistic approach to refugee crisis

What are our obligations to those threatened by war and violence? What and how much can we cope with? When will we reach our uppermost limits? Each of these three questions is quite legitimate. But if the debate is restricted to the media soundbites “we can do it” and “the boat is full”, then the refugee crisis threatens to tear our society apart. We need an honest discussion about our realistic scope for action. […]

"Rail Baltica"
Economy

First stage of Rail Baltica completed

Lithuania’s Kauno Tiltai AB, the largest transportation infrastructure company in the Baltics, and Mitnija UAB, the largest construction company in Lithuania, have finished laying, remodelling and upgrading the first European gauge railway from Šeštokai town to Marijampolė town (Lithuania), Mitnija said in a press release. […]