Culture
Regatta of historic boats along Lithuanian coast
A regatta of historic boats is to set sail on the Curonian Lagoon from Nida to Klaipėda.
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Year: 2016
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Online shopping on the rise among Lithuanians
Every third Lithuanian purchased something online last year and every second used the internet to look for information about goods and services, statistics show. ALthough online shopping is not as popular in Lithuania as in […]
Politics
Labour Party’s Gapšys to quit as MP
Vytautas Gapšys of the Lithuanian Labour Party is resigning as member of the Seimas.
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Rukla hosting this year’s largest military engineers’ training
The largest Lithuanian military engineers‘ exercise this year, which involves more than 700 soldiers, are kicking off in Gaižiūnai polygon in Rukla this week. According to representatives of the army, the soldiers will learn to […]
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Potato plague detected in Lithuania
The first areas where potato plague has been registered are Zarasai, Kaunas, Joniškis and Pasvalys regions, Lithuanian Agricultural Advisory Services said. There are 23 types of fungicides that can eliminate potato plague registered in Lithuania.
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Stable prices in Lithuanian electricity market
Last week, the average price of electricity in Nord Pool Exchange Lithuanian trade zone remained almost unchanged compared to the previous week and was €32.3 per megawatt-hour. The price has fallen by a quarter if […]
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Kęstutis Daukšys to lead Labour Party’s candidate list as party chairman stays in EP
Labour Party leader Valentinas Mazuronis stays in the European Parliament while the chairman of the party‘s parliamentary group Kęstutis Daukšys will head its candidate list for October’s general elections. “We considered the situation, it was […]
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Society
Israeli media incensed by ‘parties’ at Kaunas WWII killing site
Israeli media has recently reported on parties being held at a WWII Jewish killing site in Kaunas. However, the Lithuanian Jewish Community says the publication is merely recycling an old story. […]
Defence
Signing of Boxer vehicle purchase moved to August
Signing of the contract on the purchase of German infantry fighting vehicles Boxer for Lithuanian Armed Forces has been postponed until August from the original plan to sign the document in July. […]
Politics
Tax Inspectorate releases asset declarations of Lithuania’s top politicians
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė owns assets worth €809,000 and is €50,000 wealthier than a year ago, according to her asset declaration released by the tax authorities.
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Sports
Lithuania’s sports chief disappointed with IOC’s decision on Russia
The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision not to blanket-ban Russian athletes from competing in Rio Olympics is disappointing to most in the sports community, says the Lithuanian Department of Physical Education and Sports head.
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Sports
Team Lithuania at Rio Olympics: Canoeing
Six athletes will represent Lithuania in canoeing races in the upcoming Olympic Games that will start this in Rio de Janeiro on August 5.
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Foreign affairs
Munich attack could be part of ‘chain reaction’ – Lithuanian minister
Friday’s attack in the German city of Munich should not be seen as Islamic, since it could have been a “chain reaction” to the the recent wave of terror attacks across Europe, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius.
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Society
Higher education in Lithuania: Quantity over quality
While Lithuania leads among the Baltic states in the number of doctoral students and people with degrees, a number of indicators suggest that the country’s education system is in poor health, experts say.
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Lithuanian holidaymakers undeterred by security in Turkey
Despite recent terror attacks and a failed coup in Turkey, Lithuanian holidaymakers do not seem to be deterred from going to one of their favourite destinations. In all, Lithuanian airports serviced 167,999 passengers of charter […]
Society
Jewish community wants Vilnius municipality to co-found kindergarten
The Jewish community wants Vilnius municipality co-found a Jewish kindergarten in the Lithuanian capital.
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Sports
Meilutytė‘s number-one opponent Efimova out of Olympics
Although the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has refrained from banning the entire Russian delegation from the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, the ticket to Brazil will not be extended to swimmer Yuliya Efimova and other Russian athletes who have been entangled in doping scandals.
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Global LT
Boris Johnson’s family ties with Lithuania
Britain’s new Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has ancestral ties with Lithuania. The controversial politician’s great grandfather was a Litvak born in Žemaičių Kalvarija, the famous American palaeographer Elias Avery Lowe (Loew).
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Transport minister to look into Lithuanian Railways’ public procurement tenders
Transport Minister Rimantas Sinkevičius says he will look into public procurement contracts of Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) after inspectors found irregularities in how one of Lithuania’s biggest state-owned companies select contractors. “I will check with […]