Eight months ago Lithuania was shaken by a scandal caused by the then Public Security Service (VST) leader Ričardas Pocius. Following such declarations there were many pledges to take action, investigations were announced but what has changed since that noise died down? […]
After Standard & Poor‘s said that Lithuania would be the most affected by Brexit among all Eastern European nations, Lithuania’s Ministry of Finance said that the international rating agency drew misleading conclusions.
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Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has vetoed a bill proposed by Social Democrat MP Algirdas Sysas and adopted by the Seimas (parliament) that suggest that certain requirements for third-country nationals would only apply for their first application for residence permits in Lithuania, and that the permit would later be extended almost automatically.
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The United Kingdom‘s withdrawal from the European Union (EU) will have the biggest negative effect upon Lithuania among all countries of Eastern Europe, Standard & Poor‘s said in a statement.
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The Russia-NATO Council will meet today in Brussels for only the second time in two years but many are pessimistic about making real progress as tensions have been rising in the Baltics and Eastern Europe. […]
The vast majority of Lithuanian households will have internet access by 2020 according to a leading Lithuanian government committee. Some 85% of households in Lithuania will have access to the Internet by 2020, the Information […]
Lithuania’s electricity prices are falling fast with rising electricity producer competition in the Baltic region.
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Lithuanians are the most active online news readers in Europe with 94% reading news online, with internet penetration increasing all the time, Lithuania has a great potential for electronic services development. Over the past 15 […]
A survey has shown that only a third of Lithuania’s residents would agree to have small child or infant care home open near their home.
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The EU is refusing to provide support for the building of a new cogeneration plant in Kaunas saying Lithuania already has enough of these facilities. Lithuanian authorities claim that heating price in Vilnius and Kaunas […]
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius has met with the leader of the parliamentary opposition to request support for overturning the presidential veto on the parliament-approved Labour Code.
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President Dalia Grybauskaitė and the board members of the Lithuanian World Community (LWC) will discuss questions regarding the preservation of Lithuanian identity and the fight against propaganda. […]
The EU has awarded €15 million in financial support to a five-partner project, Blue Baltics, involving AB Klaipėdos Nafta, to develop an LNG bunkering network in Baltic Sea ports. The Blue Baltics project includes investments […]
The gender pay gap, the difference between men’s and women’s wages for the same role, has increased in Lithuania to an average of 14.3%, according to the latest figures. The biggest gap between men’s and […]
Dictatorial regimes of all kinds have always sought to control communications, especially between those in their own countries and the outside world. With the Internet, their ability to do so has been much reduced; but it is important to remember that, even before the World Wide Web, their control was never quite as complete as many now think. In the struggle between those seeking freedom and those seeking to suppress it, the former have often been able to find ways to outfox the latter.
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In a prestigious location near the centre of Vilnius, an old state-owned villa was recently sold off to private investors. Soon after, the development regulations for the property were changed to allow for new construction – and locals aren’t happy about the new plans. […]
NATO now sees Russia as a bigger threat than the so-called Islamic State, according to a senior Lithuanian government adviser. […]
Brass bricks known as “stumbling stones” will be embedded in the sidewalks of four Lithuanian cities to commemorate victims of the Holocaust.
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Lithuania’s consumer price inflation rate accelerated in June according to new figures from Statistics Lithuania. […]
Education and Science Minister Audronė Pitrėnienė is meeting on Tuesday with representatives of the Lithuanian community in Kaliningrad to discuss the possibility of opening a Lithuanian school in the Russian exclave.
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