Opinion
Sergey Kanovich: The dead don’t vote
The living keep silencing the dead, says Jewish-Lithuanian poet and author Sergey Kanovich. […]
Year: 2016
Society
PM rows back on ‘Russian influence’ comments as teachers unions call on him to name names
The Lithuanian Prime Minister has rowed back on comments linking the teacher unions’ strike to ‘Russian influences’ after union leaders called on the Prime Minister to put names to his allegations of Russian influence on the unions. […]
Society
Three Lithuanians cross the Baltic Sea on skis
Three Lithuanian members of virtual community Polar expeditions – Algimantas Kuras, Saulius Damulevičius and Vytenis Dapkevičius – are crossing the Baltic Sea on skis. […]
CORPORATE
Milk producers call for minister’s resignation, threaten to bring cows to Vilnius
Milk producers being hit by significant losses are calling for resignation of the Minister of Agriculture and say in the absence of government support, they will bring cows into the centre of Vilnius in protest by the end of March. […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania to send additional troops to Afghanistan and Mali
Lithuania will send six additional military police officers to NATO‘s mission in Afghanistan and a water purification unit and staff officers to the United Nations operation in Mali, the Ministry of National Defence told BNS on Tuesday. […]
Uncategorized
Rail Baltica project difficulties are behind us, says Mačiulis
Major difficulties in the Rail Baltica are now in the past according to the Government Chancellor Alminas Mačiulis who was addressing a meeting with European Commission representatives on the project on Tuesday. […]
CORPORATE
Education the key to fighting alcohol abuse, says Lithuanian PM
While new restrictions on the retail hours for alcohol sales were approved on Monday, more work needs to be put into education as changes in the law will not solve the problem alone, said Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius on LRT radio. […]
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Liberalised gas market will soon be operating in all Baltic States, says Energy Minister
A liberalised gas market will soon be operating in all three Baltic states which, along with the LNG terminal in Klaipeda, will reduce prices, increase competition and improve security of supply, said Lithuanian Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis. […]
CORPORATE
Disagreements stall board appointments of Rail Baltica company
A disagreement among the Baltic states is stalling appointments to the board of RB Rail, the joint company which is managing the building of the Rail Baltica railway. […]
CORPORATE
Economy
Politics
Ethics commission to investigate early end to Seimas extraordinary session
The Seimas Commission for Ethics and Procedures will convene to investigate the disputes surrounding the abrupt ending of the extraordinary Seimas session called for by the opposition last week. […]
CORPORATE
Where is all money for cash purchases of Lithuanian property coming from?
The number of Lithuanians being able to buy property purely in cash has been steadily multiplying in the last few years – in fact it is hard to imagine how many Lithuanians have been buying a home or apartment using cash – but such luxurious purchases may now have serious consequences. […]
Culture
Watch videos of stunning Lithuanian countryside and landmarks captured by drone filmmaker
When Robertas Račkauskas isn’t managing his company, he likes to pilot an unmanned drone to take beautiful, sweeping videos of the Lithuanian countryside, observing it from a bird’s eye view. […]
Politics
Global LT
Frank Kruk – Lithuanian novel by Petras Cvirka – makes debut in English
Frank Kruk, a Lithuanian literary classic published in 1934 by Petras Cvirka, has been translated into English and has made its North American debut. […]
Politics
Ruling coalition wants social model proposal passed as soon as possible
Lithuania’s ruling coalition says its parties have agreed that the social model liberalizing the labor market should be approved as soon as possible. The issue was discussed at the ruling coalition’s political council on Tuesday. […]
Energy
NordBalt drives Lithuanian electricity prices down to record lows
The operation of the electricity interconnector between Lithuania and Sweden pushed electricity prices down to record lows in Lithuania last week, according to Litgrid, as it started to operate in test mode. […]
Energy
Lithuania wants to buy LNG ship at Klaipėda terminal to cut costs
Lithuania wants to purchase the Klaipėda LNG terminal’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) from Norway’s Hoegh LNG before the expiry of the 10-year lease period in an effort to reduce the terminal’s costs and will seek support from the European Union for this purpose, Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis said on Tuesday. […]
Sports
Valančiūnas and Latvia’s Porzingis face off as Raptors sweep Knicks
Baltic basketball fans who have been comparing and contrasting the NBA careers of Jonas Valančiūnas from Lithuania and Kristaps Porzingis from Latvia were treated with an exciting game on Monday when Valančiūnas’ Raptors and Porzingis’ Knicks met face-to-face once again, this time in New York. […]