Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

President speaks out about collective responsibility after Saviečiai tragedy

President Dalia Grybauskaitė said not only the state but society as well had to take care of children growing up in dysfunctional families after the tragic events in Saviečiai village in Kėdainiai district when a 36-year-old father killed his two children by throwing them into a well. […]

Faina Kukliansky
Society

Jewish heritage enjoyed more government protection in 2015, says community leader

Over the last year, the Lithuanian government began focusing more on preserving Jewish heritage and grave sites, according to Faina Kukliansky, the chair of the Jewish Community of Lithuania. […]

UNESCO
Foreign affairs

Lithuania starts work at UNESCO Executive Board

Lithuania is starting work at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Executive Board. […]

Lukoil petrol station
Economy

Why is Lukoil really leaving Lithuania?

Just before Christmas, Lukoil president Vagit Alekperov announced that Lukoil would start to withdraw from Lithuania and Latvia. However, for a number of Lithuanian economists it appeared strange that one of the main reasons why Lukoil said that it had decided to withdraw from Lithuania and Latvia was not linked to the company‘s move to performance optimization and a switch on the wholesale oil market, but rather the anti-Russian mood in the two countries, alfa.lt reports. […]