This January, the national budget and municipal authorities collected 2% (€12.1 million) more tax revenue than planned and 7.1% (€41 million) more than in the same period last year, according to the preliminary data of the Ministry of Finance. […]
The inter-celebratory period gives us a single day between Valentine’s day, which is dedicated to billions of lovers around the world, and February 16th, which is a celebration for only about 3 million not-quite-so-romantic citizens of the world. […]
The Liberal Movement party, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, distributed awards to the best members of the party. Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius was named the politician of the year for 2015. […]
The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania party has proposed an amendment to electoral laws that would lower the threshold for ethnic minority parties to win parliament seats. […]
US President Barack Obama has praised Lithuania‘s contribution to supporting Eastern Partnership countries and Ukraine, saying that Lithuania “continues to serve as a model” for strengthening democracy and security in the world. […]
Lithuanian MEP Antanas Guoga, member of the Liberal Movement party, says he has decided to renounce his Australian citizenship. The move might allow him to run for a seat in the Lithuanian parliament, but Guoga says it is not the reason he decided to do it. […]
Rolandas Paksas, the leader of the Order and Justice party, rejects rumours that he might be stepping down from the party’s helm. As Paksas himself cannot run for parliament in the general elections this October, speculations continue on who will lead the party’s list. […]
The ruling Lithuanian Social Democratic Party continues to top popularity rankings, despite recent stories of suspected corruption among its ranks, shows a poll commissioned by DELFI. […]
Emmanuel Lubezki, the director of Lithuanian descent who has already won consecutive Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for his work on the films Gravity and Birdman, last night won a BAFTA for best cinematography for The Revenant. […]
A year ago, when Islamist radicals shot and killed eight members of Charlie Hebdo’s editorial office, Europe bravely stood up for freedom of speech and declared it would not be intimidated. A free press is exactly what separates us from undemocratic regimes, and we will fight for it. When those attacks happened, we couldn’t have dreamed in our worst nightmares that Europe itself would soon voluntarily give up freedom of speech, embracing a new era of political correctness where democratic states like Germany or Sweden would be reluctant to share the real truth. […]
Flu epidemic in Lithuania will peak this week, public health officials say. […]
The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s statements about a second Cold War and Moscow‘s talk of cooperation have to be seen as cover for its military actions in Syria and Ukraine, said Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas. […]
Teachers plan a march of protest and a rally in Vilnius on Monday. […]
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