Society

Lithuanian population shrank 1.1% last year

The Lithuanian population has lost 1.1% or 32,700 people over the last year, preliminary estimates from Statistics Lithuania suggest. The primary reason for the negative growth is emigration. […]

Kids playing football
Society

Physical education tests for children may return

If the Ministry of Health has its way, Lithuanian schoolchildren in grades 5-12 will once again hold physical education tests that would evaluate their balance, flexibility, endurance, cardiac health and general physical health. Representatives at the ministry believe that this would help the ministry focus more on physical education, as the ministry currently does not have a centralized database on children’s physical health and activity in Lithuania. […]

Lithuanian runners in Portland, Oregon
Society

Lithuanians around the world run ‘path of life and death’ to commemorate January 13th

Every January, Lithuanians participate in an annual winter run called “Gyvybės ir Mirties Keliu“ (The Path of Life and Death) to commemorate the people that died in Lithuania during the events of 13 January, 1991. This tradition has spread throughout the Lithuanian diaspora, and even the Lithuanian community in the states of Washington and Oregon ran in Portland to commemorate this important day. […]

Evaldas Gustas
Economy

No exceptions for ‘light drinks or special events’ in new alcohol laws, says minister

Equally stringent restrictions on the sale of alcohol should apply to all kinds of alcoholic beverages and all sellers, said Lithuania’s Economy Minister Evaldas Gustas. […]

Global LT

Defenders of freedom honoured in world capitals with 25th anniversary run

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the events of January 13th, 1991, a commemorative international marathon called “On the road of life and death” was held on Saturday in Lithuania and in capital cities all over the world. […]

The Dutch Ambassador Bert Van der Lingen in Vilnius   Photo Ludo Segers
Foreign affairs

Dutch and Lithuanian interests deeply intertwined, says ambassador (II)

Ludo Segers talks to the ambassador of the Netherlands in Lithuania about business ties, Dutch investment in the country and the Netherlands’s experience with gas that it could share with Lithuania. […]