Lithuanian Minister of Agriculture Virginija Baltraitienė will establish a commission to carry out an internal investigation into the actions of Daiva Gineikaitė, the director of the National Land Service (NZT) who was accused of having been under the influence of alcohol when she caused a traffic accident in Kaunas. […]
Wizz Air, the largest low-cost airline in Central and Eastern Europe, today announced it will add operations from Kaunas to complement its low-cost Lithuanian flight services. From 29 March, the airline will start operating a new service with five flights a week between Kaunas airport and London Luton. […]
Coca-Cola is buying Lithuanian bottled water company Neptūno Vandenys. […]
The Lithuanian parliament voted on Tuesday to endorse the president’s nomination of judge Evaldas Pašilis to the post of prosecutor general. […]
Lithuania is planning to buy 220 javelin anti-tank missiles, along with 74 launch units, from the United States at a cost of over €50 million. […]
Swedbank‘s deal with Danske Bank on taking over the latter’s retail banking services might put the Swedish bank into a dominant market position and therefore will need to be signed off by the Competition Council, a lawyer says. Still, there should be no trouble securing the competition watchdog’s approval, the business daily Verslo Žinios reports. […]
Uber, the international ride sharing platform that has recently started operating in Vilnius, is balancing in the “grey area” of legality, a Transport Ministry official says. The ministry and the Lithuanian tax authorities are still waiting for full documentation from the company, Lietuvos Žinios reports. […]
The cost of gas for residents and businesses in Druskininkai could treble in the next year if the spa town in south Lithuania cannot find an alternative to an extremely unfavourable gas supply deal with Gazprom. […]
If you met Carlos Levenstein in Sao Paulo, Brazil, you might not believe that he carries a Lithuanian passport. But this Brazilian man, who has loved pickles and black bread since he was a child, does what he can to support his Lithuanian roots. He regrets not knowing Lithuanian, so he makes up for it by helping Lithuanian businesses enter the South American market. […]
Lithuanian citizens with special merits to the state will be able to retain their Lithuanian passport even after becoming naturalized citizens of another country, parliament decided on Tuesday. […]
Lithuanians should show their support for the EU not just in relation to EU investments in energy projects in Lithuania but also in helping other EU member states to solve the refugee crisis, says Vytenis Andriukaitis, the EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner. […]
Cutting the number of police officers working an administrative duties will put more officers on the street next year, according to Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas. […]
The introduction of the euro at the beginning of 2015 has had a significant economic impact on Lithuania, its citizens and businesses, according to the Bank of Lithuania (LB). […]
The Lithuanian Seimas snubbed Vytautas Landsbergis, chairman of the Supreme Council of Lithuania (the reconstituent Seimas) and signatory of the Independence Restoration Act, when it voted to deny him the 2015 Freedom Prize on 24 November. Now, however, the Public Council under the Commission for the Rights and Affairs of Participants of The Resistance to Occupation Regimes and Victims of Occupation has addressed Speaker of the Seimas Loreta Graužinienė, calling for the prize to be awarded to Landsbergis. […]
The Lithuanian parliament is voting on Tuesday on the new candidate for the post of prosecutor general which has been vacant since June. […]
Vilnius International Airport is celebrating its 100-year anniversary in December this year. […]
An increased number of deadly accidents and too high a number of positive alcohol tests during roadside checkpoints in several European countries have brought the issue of zero tolerance for drinking and driving to the forefront. The discussion about zero alcohol tolerance is rightfully also being discussed in Lithuania. […]
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