CORPORATE

Potato plague detected in Lithuania

The first areas where potato plague has been registered are Zarasai, Kaunas, Joniškis and Pasvalys regions, Lithuanian Agricultural Advisory Services said. There are 23 types of fungicides that can eliminate potato plague registered in Lithuania.

Kaunas 7th Fort
Society

Israeli media incensed by ‘parties’ at Kaunas WWII killing site

Israeli media has recently reported on parties being held at a WWII Jewish killing site in Kaunas. However, the Lithuanian Jewish Community says the publication is merely recycling an old story. […]

Site of the Munich attack
Foreign affairs

Munich attack could be part of ‘chain reaction’ – Lithuanian minister

Friday’s attack in the German city of Munich should not be seen as Islamic, since it could have been a “chain reaction” to the the recent wave of terror attacks across Europe, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius.

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Boris Johnson
Global LT

Boris Johnson’s family ties with Lithuania

Britain’s new Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has ancestral ties with Lithuania. The controversial politician’s great grandfather was a Litvak born in Žemaičių Kalvarija, the famous American palaeographer Elias Avery Lowe (Loew).

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Albinas Januška
CORPORATE

Albinas Januška: Putin will win, EU will back down

Albinas Januška, Lithuanian politician, one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party, a signatory of the Lithuanian Independence Act and once the ultimate éminence grise, gives a scathing analysis of the country’s domestic politics and the ills affecting the European Union. […]