The average per capita consumption of alcohol in Lithuanian last year edged down to 12.7 liters of legal absolute alcohol, from 12.9 liters in 2013, preliminary data from Statistics Lithuania shows. […]
Annual per capita consumption of legal cigarettes in Lithuania rose to 50 packs last year, from 47.4 packs in 2013, data from Statistics Lithuania shows. […]
Latvia’s road and bridge construction company Latvijas Tilti, which has challenged in Lithuanian courts a 90-million-euro tender process for Vilnius’ western bypass project, is seeking an opinion from the EU Court of Justice. […]
Basketball star Jonas Valančiūnas had an encounter with the police of Vilnius, Lithuania, who pulled over the tall man to inspect window tinting on his car. […]
The first shipment of RBS70 air defence systems with night vision equipment, modernized at the Swedish producer SAAB Dynamics’ plant, has reached Air Defence Battalion of the Lithuanian Air Forces. […]
Recently we have seen reports of B2B companies moving into Lithuania’s borders and setting up shop. Google is also establishing a presence in the small Baltic state. […]
Vilnius Regional Court on Friday found former Vice Mayor of Vilnius Romas Adomavičius, of the Social Democratic Party, guilty in a corruption case. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė hopes the European Council will extend the sectoral sanctions for Russia, in place since last July, during its meeting several weeks hence. […]
Lithuanian Ministry of Social Security and Labour has submitted a draft resolution to the Government, where it suggests raising minimum monthly wage and minimum hourly pay as of 1 July 2015. […]
The Wednesday’s cyber attack on the website of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Joint Staff was plotted for at least two weeks, with requests sent from Iran, among other countries, says Rimantas Černiauskas, director of the National Cyber Security Centre. […]
Lithuanian border guards of the Medininkai checkpoint have refused entry to a truck carrying sawdust briquettes, which exceeded the radiation rate. […]
The Bank of Lithuania has issued into circulation a 5 euro collector’s coin, dedicated to literature (from the series Lithuanian Culture); it was presented at the Writer’s Club in Vilnius to a group of writers and lovers of literature, the central bank said. […]
On Thursday, 11 June, Lithuania’s Constitutional Court ruled that legal regulations that distribute personal income tax (PIT) to municipal budgets contravened the Constitution. Only 40 percent of PIT used to be transferred to Vilnius City Municipality based on these regulations. The Vilnius authorities have lauded the ruling which will allow it to claim more tax money from the central government. […]
Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius has criticised the idea that the country should pick refugees to accept based on their country of origin. […]
Lithuanian Ambassador Žygimantas Pavilionis used a farewell speech at Energy Allies, one of the US energy associations, to review the long struggle of Lithuania to gain energy independence. The ambassador who is returning soon to Lithuania after five years of diplomatic service in Washington, DC, evaluated current energy policy trends and their impact on global politics in front of an audience of company representatives, energy lobbyists, diplomats, politicians and Congress cabinet staff. He urged for more US energy exports to re-balance the current geo-political situation. […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister has met with the European Commission’s (EC) officials to discuss financing for projects, implemented by Lithuania, from the European Investment Fund. […]
The Jerzy Giedroyc Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation will award former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus and poet and translator Tomas Venclova in Warsaw on Thursday for their contribution to Lithuanian-Polish cooperation. […]
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