In June, Lithuania exported goods worth €1.83 billion and imported for €2.06 billion, according to preliminary data from Statistics Lithuania. Compared to June last year, exports contracted 7.5%, while imports went down 8.1%. Some of […]
Six commercial farms have been included in a 10km surveillance zone after the State Food and Veterinary Service diagnosed African swine fever in a pig farm situated in Jonava in Žeimiai village. In addition to […]
A mobile service provider has demonstrated 4.5 gigabit per second mobile internet speed, the fastest in the Baltic countries so far. It has been demonstrated by Tele2 and telecommunications equipment maker Nokia. To compare, 4G […]
Rūta Meilutytė finished seventh in the Olympic 100m breaststroke swimming finals, disappointing her own and her fans’ hopes for a second Olympic gold. Doctors who worked with the Lithuania swimmer say that the season has been very difficult for Meilutytė who suffered an injury last year.
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Lithuanians have been unwavering EU enthusiasts for over a decade since they joined in, all the while Brussels institutions largely lost favour of many European. Experts say it is about much more than just the money that Lithuania gets from the EU. […]
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says that a German general’s statements about deploying the Patriot air defence systems in the Baltic states are a step in the right direction, but no official proposals had been received yet. […]
Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, says that she is concerned at the Finance Ministry’s refusal to allocate extra funding to shore up the country’s domestic security.
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Lithuania can relocate up to 50 refugees a month, but at this rate it will not be able to meet its commitment to accept 1,105 migrants under the EU’s resettlement programme by the end of 2017, Interior Minister Tomas Žilinskas said on Tuesday.
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Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has paid for his trip to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro himself, the government said on Tuesday.
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A group of 10 refugees from war-torn Syria came to Lithuania on Monday evening under the European Union‘s resettlement programme. […]
Lithuania is still out of the medal table at Rio Olympics. Day 3 saw good performances from Lithuanian rowers and sailors, while the swimming star Rūta Meilutytė left the Olympic pool with a lot of emotions but without a medal.
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Historians have long suspected that there were once tunnels underneath the Gediminas Hill, a landmark in central Vilnius supporting the remains of the city’s medieval fortress. They have now found new evidence to support the supposition.
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The mortgage market in Lithuania is showing strong signs of recovery, the Bank of Lithuania says. Growing income, low interest rates and optimistic outlook encourages people to take out loans in order to buy properties. […]
The number of at-risk families in Lithuania has gone down significantly over the last decade, data from Statistics Lithuania suggests. In 2005, there were estimated 16,000 at-risk families in the country, while in late 2015 […]
The parliamentary group of the Labour Party, which is a member of Lithuania’s ruling coalition, is meeting Interior Minister Tomas Žilinskas on Tuesday to discuss refugee resettlement. The Labour Party insists that Lithuania should go […]
A record number of Lithuanian TV viewers tuned in to watch their national men’s basketball team play the first match in Rio Olympics. The first and very dramatic game saw Lithuanians narrowly beat team Brazil […]
Lithuania, along with Hungary, Latvia, Romania and Bulgaria, offer the lowest production costs in the EU, the latest Eurostat data shows. Average hourly labour costs in the manufacturing industry in Lithuania in 2015 was €6.7 […]
Lithuania has surpassed its northern neighbour Latvia when it raised the minimum wage to €380, which is €10 more than in Latvia. However, Latvia has started discussing the possibility to raise the minimum wage to […]
A recent poll asked Lithuania’s ethnic minorities what they would do if the country were attacked by a foreign power.
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Prosecutors have brought formal suspicions of influence peddling and large-scale bribery against Vytautas Gapšys, the Lithuanian Labour Party‘s deputy chairman who has recently resigned as a member of the Seimas. […]
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