Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has made many controversial statements during his campaign, but one that made Europe and the Baltic States sit up and listen concerned NATO and the United States‘ security assurances to its European allies. […]
Lithuanian Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas remains in his post after the parliament voted on Tuesday his answers to corruption suspicions were satisfactory. […]
Orange bikes are returning to the Lithuanian capital after the winter break. […]
Recent statements by Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner in the US presidential race, to the effect that NATO is a relic from the Cold War resonates with Russia‘s doctrine that the Alliance is obsolete, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Tuesday morning. […]
The clashes between Azeri and Armenian troops in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed ethnic Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan, could lead to a wider conflict, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
Julius Numavičius, a shareholder of Vilniaus Prekyba group which owns Lithuania’s biggest supermarket chain Maxima, has asked a court to block another shareholder, Žilvinas Marcinkevičius, from selling his stake in the company. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has already submitted a proposal to the presidential office to dismiss the Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis, although previously he has said he would only do so after a new minister had been found. […]
The Parliamentary Audit Committee has calculated that the government sector last year took a tenth of taxpayers’ money, almost €1 billion – just for salaries. “The trends are bad. The numbers are increasing in all […]
The Baltic Pride is returning to Vilnius this June. The third LGBT pride event in the Lithuanian capital is for the first time taking place without express opposition from politicians, although the election year could prove a hot background for discussing LGBT rights. […]
Foreign companies operating and expanding in Lithuania will begin paying higher taxes to the Lithuanian government some over the next two years as they expand and develop in Lithuania, Verslo Žinios reports. “The investors attracted […]
The largest Israeli food industry delegation to date is currently on a visit to Lithuania with 50 Lithuanian companies set to meet with representatives of 13 Israeli companies. Israel is particularly interested in organic, vegetarian, […]
The Lithuanian Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats Party have put forward a proposal for the formation of a new strategic partnership between Lithuania and Poland. The resolution proposes to form a common position on regional security […]
The European Union‘s sanctions on Russia have worked, EU Ambassador to Moscow Vygaudas Ušackas believes. If it were not for the sanctions, the EU would not have reached the Minsk agreements on truce in eastern […]
The Vilnius County Administrative Court is prepared to deliver its verdict on the appeal of the first Iraqi family to be transferred to Lithuania as part of the EU agreement on refugee resettlement. […]
Lithuania’s Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) is to investigate the involvement of Lithuanian banks in offshore deals revealed in the Panama Papers. […]
On February 16, the European Commission published its long awaited “winter package”, a series of legislative documents partly outlining the foundation of the often debated Energy Union. For those who have lost track, at the heart of the Energy Union lie concerns about single-source dependence on natural gas from Russia. […]
Lithuania can still stop the construction of Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus, says Russian engineer Andrei Ozharovsky who has been banned from entering Belarus due to his outspoken opposition to the project. […]
The Lithuanian government agreed on priority issues the country will raise during its term at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Executive Council. These will include the safety of reporters and the rights of the Crimean Tatar community, according to approved guidelines for the 2015-2019 period. […]
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