Gediminas Kirkilas, former prime minister and a leading figure in the Social Democratic Party, has said he would have stepped down if he were in the shoes of Lithuania’s minister of national defence, without going […]
In celebration of the European Day of Languages, additional street signs have been unveiled in Polish and Russian on Warsaw Street and Russian Street in Vilnius. […]
August 29th, 2016, has become truly important day for Lithuanian people, for Israel, and for all of us who does not know the past term for Holocaust. On that day, a small Lithuanian town of Moletai has become a scene of tangible and penetrating lesson on the Shoah. It was a rare event – unpretending, quiet and sincere; determined and devoted; the real thing. […]
Inspections of public procurement deals in the Lithuanian defence system over the past decade have revealed systematic violations, presidential adviser Živilė Šatūnienė says. […]
United States Vice-President Joe Biden says his recent visit to Latvia has given him the impression that the Baltic states are “scared to death” of Russia and fear the possibility of Donald Trump being elected as the next US president. […]
Vilnius Airport is shutting down for 35 days in summer 2017 to upgrade its main runway that dates back to 1958. With the country’s biggest airport closed, this may prove an opportunity for Kaunas which […]
The ban on selling alcohol on September 1 has been successful in reducing alcohol abuse by minors who celebrate the start of the academic year on that day, specialists say. Specialists have concluded that the […]
The packaging deposit system, whereby buyers pay a deposit on most plastic bottles and cans when buying drinks, has significantly changed recycling and even buying habits of Lithuanian consumers. As of this year, buyers in […]
Provincial schools struggle to attract specialists to teach at the same time as low wages and poor conditions deter educators looking for work. Provincial Lithuania is in a peculiar position where there is fairly high […]
Though some supermarket chains recorded bigger beer sales this summer compared to last year June, a new trend is taking hold among Lithuanian consumers: they are are choosing non-alcoholic wine and beer with increasing frequency. […]
All alcohol buyers, irrespective of their apparent age, will from now on be asked to produce identification documents in most supermarkets across Lithuania. Critics of the initiative, proposed by the country’s majors retail chains, say it is a trick to exert pressure on politicians considering further alcohol sales restrictions. […]
The founding myth of Vilnius has many affinities with legends of Rome and other great cities. Though hardly historically accurate, it was necessary to legitimize the royal seat of a medieval grand duke. […]
A top-ranking US diplomat in charge of sanctions says he understands the Lithuanian decision to refuse access to Russian “ropagandists,” although the bans are not practiced by Washington. […]
St. Francis Gymnasium in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, has been renamed after Lithuania’s former president Valdas Adamkus. […]
Lithuania’s Defence Minister Juozas Olekas has instructed the ministry’s staff to check all acquisition contracts signed by the ministry this year and the ongoing tenders referred to in the Public Procurement Service’s report. […]
More than 30,000 first-graders are beginning school in Lithuania in the new academic year on September 1, several hundred more than last year. […]
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