Dalia Grybauskaitė
Foreign affairs

‘EU can’t force solidarity on its members’ – Grybauskaitė in Germany

President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is visiting Germany this week, says that Lithuania sticks to its position that the European Union cannot force its member-states accept refugees against their will. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė, Angela Merkel
Foreign affairs

Europe needs Merkel more as German chancellor than as UN leader – Grybauskaitė

Angela Merkel is more needed in Europe as the German chancellor than the leader of the United Nations (UN), Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said in an interview to the German radio Deutschlandfunk. […]

Society

First humans came to Lithuania 30,000 years earlier than thought

It has long been thought that the first inhabitants came to the territory of present-day Lithuania 14,000 years ago, but a new discovery has pushed back the date at least 30,000 years more. […]

Alexander Lukashenko
Uncategorized

Europe’s last dictator comes in from the cold

Lukashenko’s fortunes have changed. Once known as “Europe’s last dictator,” he has won friends in Europe, while antagonizing his traditional ally, Russia. It’s a situation that has left the Kremlin in a difficult positon: should it punish Belarus for its pro-Western tendencies? Or should it continue to prop up the Belarusian economy rather than risk further unrest in the region? […]

Barclays Technology Centre
CORPORATE

Two Lithuanian companies short-listed for European Business Awards

Barclays Technology Centre in Lithuania and Avia Solutions Group have been ranked among the 110 top European companies by the European Business Awards. The annual European Business Awards recognize European companies that make significant progress […]