Culture
Renovation of synagogue starts in Vilnius
Renovation works of the synagogue on Gėlių Street in Vilnius has been started, the Department of Cultural Heritage said on Tuesday. […]
Year: 2015
Economy
Bankruptcy order against Lithuanian Shipping Company
The company Lithuanian Shipping Company (LSC), whose vessels remain arrested in foreign ports and which suffers from an extremely complicated financial situation, will have to file for bankruptcy, said Lithuanian Transport and Communications Minister Rimantas Sinkevičius after a meeting with President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday. […]
Economy
President Grybauskaitė: Lithuanian Railways acts like a state within a state
State company Lithuanian Railways, which is 100-percent owned by the Ministry of Transport and Communications, is acting like a state within a state, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė, adding that the company’s “lawlessness and irresponsibility” can cost very dearly to all taxpayers. Her comments came after a meeting with Transport and Communications Minister Rimantas Sinkevičius. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Labour Party says accepting refugees ‘a mistake’
The Labour Party, which is part of Lithuania’s ruling coalition, issued a statement on Wednesday, calling the country’s decision to accept refugees “a mistake”. […]
Sports
Grigelis and Šakinis advanced to the second round of President’s Cup
Five Lithuanians take part in the ITF international tennis tournament in Vilnius, the President’s Cup. Laurynas Grigelis and Dovydas Šakinis advanced to the second round while Julius Tverijonas, Lukas Mugevičius and Tadas Babelis lost in the first round. In the doubles, three Lithuanian pairs have already qualified for the quarter-finals. […]
Global LT
Third of expatriates have no plans to return to Lithuania
Thirty percent of Lithuanians who live abroad have no plans to return to Lithuania, a survey of expatriates for the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revealed. […]
Economy
Perspectives from leading economists: Where risks of future economic crisis lie
Before the start of the Baltic Investors Forum on June 4–5 in Vilnius, some of the world’s most prominent economists shared their insights on major economic threats facing the world in the nearest future. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament speaker ‘not ready’ for same-sex partnerships
The Lithuanian society is not ready for same-sex partnerships, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Loreta Graužinienė believes. […]
Economy
Lithuania to provide immigration assistance for ‘strategic investors’
Saulius Skvernelis, Minister of Interior of Lithuania, instructed his staff to draft a new procedure which will significantly ease and speed up the process for non-EU companies planning to invest in Lithuania. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Dare to be open
It is mind-boggling that the question of dual citizenship remains unresolved. Since the 1990s, Lithuania’s population has been in decline. Emigration coupled with low birth rate continues to drive down the number of people living in Lithuania. […]
Politics
Refugee resettlement in Lithuania to start next January
The first group of refugees from Africa and the Middle East should be resettled to Lithuania in January 2016, the government’s officials say. […]
Society
Strasbourg court ruling on same-sex unions relevant for Lithuania, lawyer says
The new practice of the European Court of Human Rights on regulation of same-sex relationships is significant for Lithuania, says a lawyer of the Vilnius-based Human Rights Monitoring Institute. […]
Society
Lithuanian prosecutors still trying to locate former Snoras bank owners
Lithuania’s prosecutors are still trying to locate former Snoras Bank shareholders, Vladimir Antonov and Raimondas Baranauskas, who fled from the UK early in July. […]
Defence
Uncategorized
Lithuania foreign minister calls for more pressure on Russia over Georgia
Lithuanian Foreign Affairs Minister Linas Linkevičius says that the West is not responding sufficiently to the placement of border markers with Georgia, this way approaching the Tbilisi-controlled territory even more, and calls for more pressure on the Russian Federation. […]
Sports
Uncategorized
Georgia’s Saakashvili: Baltics will be Russia’s next target
The Baltic states will be Russia‘s next target after Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to test NATO, Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia and now the governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region, said in an interview on Tuesday. […]
Sports
Football player Mindaugas Panka continues in Israel
Lithuanian midfielder Mindaugas Panka, 31, signed a new contract with Israeli premier league football club Maccabi Petah Tiqua. Panka has been signed up for one year and is to be one of the main players under the direction of his coach Ran Ben Shimon. […]
Economy
Chinese online retailers pick Lithuania as gateway to Europe and Russia
Products sold on the internet for a couple of euros and the possibility to purchase them in any country for such a low price is a real horror for local sellers. Chinese suppliers may be closer than ever before – China’s e-commerce companies are already cooperating with European logistic companies. “Lithuanian Post” is among the open gates for China, enabling them to reach European and Russian markets. […]
European Union
Lithuania to accept 325 refugees over 2 years
Lithuania will accept 325 refugees over the next two years, the country’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Monday. […]