The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday rejected a proposal to relocate the ministries for environment and agriculture from the capital of Vilnius to the second-biggest city of Kaunas. […]
Freedom of speech in Lithuania is “practically unlimited”, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Thursday, commenting on the latest World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders earlier this week. […]
On April 25, 2017, the Sugihara Group for Kaunas-Japan Relations Development was established. Soon to be approved by decree of the Mayor of Kaunas, the main purpose of the group is to bring together a wide range of organisations and Kaunas residents who together contribute towards positive relations between Kaunas and Japan. […]
It would make no sense for emigrants in the United Kingdom to give up their Lithuanian passports and become British citizens, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says as Brexit talks are about to start. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he sees no reasons for the ruling coalition of the Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and the Social Democratic Party (LSDP) to break up. […]
Amendments to Lithuania’s new Labour Code will be put before the parliament next week, the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and the Social Democratic Party (LSDP) agreed on Wednesday. […]
Participants of the March of the Living, a traditional event held in Vilnius to honor the victims of the Holocaust, underline the importance of remembering both the crimes of the executioners and the feats of the rescuers. […]
Gintautas Paluckas, the newly-elected leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), said after Wednesday’s meeting with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) leaders that relations with the coalition partners had improved. […]
The Prime Minister S. Skvernelis retorted to the newly elected chairman of the Social Democrats Gintautas Paluckas: he refused to meet him, and in his place met with the chairman of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian […]
At Lithuanian parliamentarians’ initiative, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has condemned persecution of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons by Chechen authorities and called for an investigation into the matter. […]
The Kauno.diena.lt, Klaipeda.diena.lt and Diena.lt news sites were the target of a cyber attack on Tuesday. […]
The decision taken by Lithuanian prosecutors not to open a probe against him shows the political retribution attempts in the parliament, says MP Mindaugas Bastys. […]
When Algirdas Sysas, a Social Democrat, said that the Prime Minister (PM) “missed his chance to stay silent” and he will meet the new chairman of the Social democrats when he comes back to reality. […]
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office told BNS on Wednesday it had refused opening a pre-trial investigation into MP Mindaugas Bastys‘ assistance to a foreign country to act against Lithuania. […]
Another 14 refugees from Syria arrived in Lithuania this week under the European Union’s (EU) program, the Migration Department said. […]
Lithuania has dropped one place to the 36th on the traditional World Press Freedom Index published by the organization Reporters Without Borders. […]
“There might have been one time when I considered having the citizenship of both Lithuania and Norway” – said philologist and translator Algimantas Kušlys, who has been living in Norway for thirty years and up […]
The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, the largest party in the country’s parliament, will unanimously vote to strip MP Mindaugas Bastys of the Social Democrats of his MP mandate, says LFGU leader and group elder Ramūnas Karbauskis. […]
The „Farmer“ Ramūnas Karbauskis had an image of a knowledgeable and decision-making leader when he participated in the Parliament elections. However, political scientists Lauras Bielinis and Rima Urbonaitė noticed that after numerous setbacks after the […]
The traditional March of the Living will take place at the Paneriai Memorial in Vilnius on Wednesday to honor the memory of victims of the Holocaust. […]
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