Vilnius' air port
Economy

Lithuania accommodated 4.8% more guests in Q2 2015 y-o-y

Based on provisional data, in the second quarter of 2015, accommodation establishments accommodated by 4.8 percent more guests than in the same quarter of 2014 and received 663.4 thousand tourists. The number of tourists from the EU countries totalled 229.7 thousand (by 5.9 percent more than in the same quarter of 2014), from non-EU countries – 148.6 thousand (by 6.1 percent less). The number of Lithuania’s residents accommodated grew by 10.6 percent and totalled 285.1 thousand, Statistics Lithuania said. […]

On the military training in the Lithuanian Army
Defence

Lithuania’s 1st recruits starting service in Klaipėda

The first 495 recruits are starting their mandatory initial military service at the Lithuanian Grand Duke Butigeidis Dragoon Battalion in Klaipėda on August 24 after the country reintroduced the nine-month service. […]

Baltic Way on the Lithuanian - Latvian border
European Union

Butkevičius sees Baltic Way 26th anniversary as path countries walked together

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius and his Latvian and Estonian counterparts marked the 26-year anniversary of the Baltic Way in Palanga on Saturday, recalling the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, by which Stalin’s Soviet Union and the Nazi Germany illegally divided Europe and put an end to independence of the three Baltic nations. […]

Algirdas Butkevičius
European Union

Lithuanian PM on Greek government resignation: It’s what populism leads to

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ resignation shows what populist ideas lead to, says Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius. […]

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Society

Lithuanian municipalities restrict entering forests amid fire hazard

At least 25 of Lithuania’s 60 municipalities have restricted entry into forests amid fire hazard, the Environment Ministry said on Thursday. […]