The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, preparing for chairman elections next weekend, are known for not only the “celebration of democracy”, but also for the genre of epistolary campaigning, where politicians release public letters […]
The National Minority Law and spelling of non-Lithuanian names in personal documents will not be rushed, as they are still subject to discussions and proposals, says Lithuanian Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
Jurgita Kazlauskienė, director of the Lithuanian State Tourism Department, has announced plans to resign after meeting with Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius on Friday. […]
US President Donald Trump has congratulated Lithuania on the upcoming independence anniversary, thanking for its support to Ukraine and commending for the growing defence spending. […]
It is often said that to understand a culture you first need to understand the language. There’s definitely something in that but I’ll come back to that later. […]
Ukraine is in need of constant attention and support, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said after meeting with Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev on Thursday. […]
On February 8 the government made it easier to employ specialists from third countries in Lithuania, a list of 27 professions in high demand in Lithuania was released. Opponents warn that easily allowing cheap labour […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the Zapad 2017 exercise planned by Russia and Belarus for this year is a demonstration of their preparations for warfare with the West. […]
Darius Degutis, Lithuania’s ambassador-at-large coordinating the country’s position and steps regarding the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant under construction in Belarus, says that his key mission is to achieve that the plant is built safely or its construction is stopped completely, and to show the real situation in Astravyets to EU partners. […]
Ten tanks of the United States Armed Forces arrived in Lithuania on Friday in an effort to deter Russia and demonstrate the US commitment to NATO’s collective defence. […]
Lithuania’s Economy Ministry has called the leadership of the State Tourism Department to explain the reasons behind the use of photographs taken abroad to promote Lithuania. […]
The United States demonstrate commitment to the obligations to partners, therefore, Lithuania has full confidence in the new US administration, says Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Lithuania will be hosting a stand at the European Film Market, an international film industry event that takes place during the Berlin International Film Festival and opens today. The stand will present Lithuanian film industry, tax concession for film production, and the latest Lithuanian projects. Two feature films supported by Lithuania will be screened for foreign film professionals, and a Lithuanian project will be introduced in the special “Berlinale Talents” programme. […]
The Zapad 2017 exercise to take place in Russia and Belarus later this year will be the biggest-ever military war games next to Lithuanian borders, says Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee. […]
The Seimas is planning to rein in institutions and businesses planning to make use of government funds unfairly. The Seimas has prepared amendments to the Public Procurement Law which will increase responsibility for public procurement […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has thanked her German counterpart, Joachim Gauck, for his support in the shape of sending troops to the international NATO battalion stationed in Lithuania. […]
Zapad 2017 military training to be held in Belarus and Russia this year will be the main challenge to Lithuania’s national security, says Darius Jauniškis, director of the Lithuanian State Security Department. […]
The concept of the elite in Lithuania is viewed controversially because we do not have a real elite says political scientist, Professor Gediminas Vitkus. “And it is not because we do not want to have […]
Edvardas Kviatkauskas, head of the Kaunas Remand Prison, and Živilė Mikėnaitė, a former head of the prison and now director of the of the Prison Department, have been suspended from duties, the Justice Ministry said on Thursday. […]
The Lithuanian National Audit Office (NAO), which in previous years identified certain irregularities in the use of compensation funds for Jewish religious communities’ immovable property, says that the latest audit of the Good Will Foundation, which administers the money, has revealed no problems. […]
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