Month: June 2016

Vičiūnai Group is planning to build a new Hilton hotel near the energy museum in Vilnius. The group will build underground exposition halls and will construct a terrace that will join the museum and the […]

Lithuania’s Russian Drama Theatre refuses demands to ban LGBT event

The management of the Lithuanian Russian Drama Theatre refused demands on Monday from the Lithuanian Russian Union to ban am LGBT event, Pride Voices, from taking place in the theatre building. A petition with 5,000 […]

Biggest 3D model marketplace in world coming to Vilnius Tech Park

The world’s largest 3D model trading platform CGTrader is coming to the Vilnius Tech Park community. CGTrader, founded in 2011, gives designers and companies a platform where they can share, buy and sell 3D models. […]

Bank of Lithuania may face lawsuits after credit regulations ruled unconstitutional

Lithuanian courts have ruled that a Bank of Lithuania rule forbidding the granting of credit to people who must spend more than 40% of their income to cover their debts is unconstitutional. The courts’ ruling […]

MEPs attack Commission for failing ‘to grasp seriousness of situation’ on Belarus nuclear plant

June 7, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Members of the European Parliament say the European Commission lacks resolve in dealing with Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant, a facility being built by Belarus close to the Lithuanian border, LRT reports. […]

Lithuanians are biggest discount grocery shoppers in Europe

Lithuanians buy almost half of all essential goods specifically when they are on discount, according to new data from market research company Nielsen. “As many as four out of five Lithuanian shoppers spontaneously purchase goods […]

What would effects of Brexit be on Lithuania and wider world?

June 7, 2016 Justinas Markauskas 0

In three weeks, British citizens are voting on whether to remain in the European Union. The results of the referendum are hard to predict with any certainty, but one thing is clear – Brexit would be most painful for the United Kingdom itself and the country’s economy. The situation of expat Lithuanians would also be inevitably affected. […]

Grybauskaitė on Forbes list of 100 most powerful women

June 7, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has been included in Forbes Magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most powerful women. Grybauskaitė took 72nd place. […]

Lithuanian government prepares to implement OECD’s suggestions

Amid Lithuania’s preparations to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the country’s government has opened debates into the implementation of the organization’s recommendations. […]

Sabonis Jr to team up with Valančiūnas at Raptors?

Domantas Sabonis, son of Lithuanian NBA legend Arvydas, is working out today with the Toronto Raptors, and could be drafted by the Eastern conference finalists. […]

Lithuanian appeals court upholds life sentence in 1991 Medininkai checkpoint massacre

Latvian-Russian national Konstantin Mikhailov will serve a life in prison sentence for his role in the 1991 Medininkai checkpoint massacre after the Lithuanian Court of Appeals upheld the verdict on Monday. […]

Lithuanians who guarded Jewish massacre sites are guilty too – Lithuanian historian

Those who pulled the trigger during the Jewish genocide in Lithuania are not the only ones who should be considered guilty – those who transported Jews and guarded the sites of massacres should also be held accountable, a local historian says. […]

Lithuania’s highest-security prison gets circus by and for inmates

Lukiškės prison, located in the heart of Vilnius, is Lithuania’s highest-security prison. Now, however, it’s home to something other than just inmates – it has its own circus. […]

#HugABrit: Vilnius mayor and British expats urge Britain to vote to ‘remain’ in the EU

As British voters are hitting the polls this month to decide whether the United Kingdom should remain in the European Union, the city of Vilnius has started a campaign encouraging Brits to vote to remain. […]

War and Peace tour of buildings featured in film launches at Rumšiškės open-air museum

The open-air museum in Rumšiškės, which has provided a number of backdrops for the BBC’s six-part costume epic War and Peace, is offering tourists and fans of the series a chance to visit some of the drama’s shooting locations. […]

Is Poland illegally throttling energy imports from Lithuania?

Lithuanian and Polish energy market regulators have begun to investigate whether the Polish electricity grid operator PSE is violating European Union rules through its limit on Lithuanian energy imports. […]

Eastern Europe needs real, not symbolic deterrence – US general

Central and Eastern Europe needs real, not symbolic capacities to deter Russia, according to US Army Europe Commander Lieutenant General Ben Hodges. […]

Acting Liberal leader calls for more transparency on party funding

June 6, 2016 LT Daily 0

The issues of party funding and transparency in Lithuania can be addressed by learning from successful models in other European countries, according to the acting leader of Lithuania‘s Liberal Movement. “Lithuania needs to use the […]

Head of US forces in Europe attends security conference in Vilnius