Russian Federation Embassy in Vilnius
Defence

Russian military ships, aircraft pose no threat to civilians – embassy

Russian military ships and aircraft, which have become more active in the Baltic Sea recently, pose no threat to civilians, Russia‘s embassy in Vilnius said on Thursday, a day after Lithuania handed a diplomatic note to the ambassador. […]

Big Ben
Global LT

Expatriate voting results

Based on Central Electoral Commission (VRK) data, Lithuanians voting from abroad have had a fairly different distribution of votes compared to those in Lithuania. During the first round, the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats […]

Zenonas Vaigauskas
Politics

Removal of Chief election officer must be discussed by current Seimas

Lithuania’s outgoing parliament was the one that appointed Zenonas Vaigauskas as the chairman of the Central Electoral Commission, therefore, should evaluate his performance, says Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužnienė. […]

Mažvydas Jastramskis
CORPORATE

ELECTIONS. Who will win the 2nd round and form the coalition government?

Epilogue no. 2 and prologue no. 1 to the coming four years: single-mandate lottery in the second round and a coalition. Ligitas Kernagis who failed to obtain a mandate in this election once sang “Ratings, ratings, ratings everywhere, single-mandate in hand, money elsewhere”. We will not be talking about money in this article because much has already been said while analysing the financial declarations of candidates. Today we speak of that which everyone is concerned with – who will win the second round and form the coalition government. […]

Lithuania's Mindaugas Kuzminskas during Lithuania Latvia basketball game
Opinion

Why relations between Lithuania and Latvia aren’t all that fraternal

Lithuania and Latvia have much in common on a strategic level. Yet relations between the two aren’t especially brotherly. That’s how political expert Linas Kojala put it on LRT.lt. In his opinion it is difficult to pin down a special closeness between the two countries with actual examples. Vytautas Magnus University Professor Alvydas Butkus notes that representatives of the two countries’ governments would seemingly like to communicate but there aren’t close ties between the two societies. […]

Juozas Olekas
Defence

Government to mull National Security Strategy

Lithuania’s government will Wednesday discuss the updated draft National Security Strategy. […]