About twenty years ago the rock group Antis terrified their audiences with zombies that were rolling-on in. Now it’s the turn of Islamist radicals that are rolling-on in, or maybe that have already rolled in; […]
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, says that he will ask the State Security Department, or VSD, for some guidelines what to look at while investigating politicians’ potentially dangerous ties with Russia. […]
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, thinks that the Lithuanian parliament should overturn the president’s veto regarding in-house purchases in municipalities as such a ban would affect local enterprises. […]
On Good Friday, a reopening of the free little library took place in Bernardinai Garden (Bernardinų sodai). Located close to the children’s playground, the little library specialises in children’s books. At a time that libraries all over are facing tough competition from the Internet, little libraries reflect community spirit at work. […]
Simplex, an Israeli financial technology (fintech) and cybersecurity start-up, has chosen Lithuania ahead of the likes of Luxembourg, Cyprus and the UK as the location for its new global supervision and sales team. The company plans to employ around 20 experts in sales, support, Fraud analysis, marketing, information technologies, data analytics, quality supervision and finance in the coming couple of years, Invest Lithuania announced in a press release. […]
“While considerable progress has been achieved in protecting human rights in recent years, the Lithuanian authorities still have to address some remaining shortcomings, in particular as regards the protection of women, children and persons with disabilities” said Nils Muižnieks, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, in a report released today based on a visit to the country carried out in December 2016, the Council of Europe reported in a press release. […]
The Open Society Fund-Lithuania (OSFL) plans to focus on enhancing societal resilience and addressing the state’s internal problems arising due to corruption, nepotism and social inequality as it resumes its activities after a break of many years. […]
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has expressed hope that Turkey‘s society would manage to remain unified after the referendum that granted broader powers to the president. […]
Persons who maintained close contacts with Lithuanian MP Mindaugas Bastys aimed to change the country’s geopolitical course, Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee, said in his presentation of the conclusions of the probe. […]
Brigadier General Algis Vaičeliūnas will become the chief of the Lithuanian Military Academy, the Defence Ministry has said. […]
Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the Social Democratic political group in the Seimas, acted against the interests of the Lithuanian state by maintaining close and constant contacts with representatives of Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, according to conclusions by a parliamentary committee that were endorsed by the Seimas on Tuesday. […]
“Why do politicians suddenly need to legalize dual citizenship? Because they finally saw that a demographic disaster has happened in Lithuania. On the other hand, they seek, as in Soviet times, to embelish population statistics, […]
One-third of the Lithuanian population are in favor of introducing universal military service in the country, according to a survey carried out by the pollster RAIT for BNS. […]
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the junior partner in the ruling coalition, will not support a parliamentary committee’s conclusion that Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the LSDP political group in the Seimas, acted against the interests of the Lithuanian state by maintaining close and constant contacts with representatives of Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation Rosatom. […]
Politicians have been saying for years that the legalization of dual citizenship would become a proof that the state cares about its citizens, but from the talks for continued to progress there was not enough […]
MP Gintaras Steponavičius of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement has dismissed the suspicions expressed by prosecutors as “disgraceful,” adding he had discussed overall political situation, not specific votes with Raimondas Kurlianskis of MG Baltic concern. […]
After the prosecutors submitted information about the concern MG Baltic carried out illegal funding through Liberal Movement MP Gintaras Steponavičius support fund and public institution “Center for Liberty Studies“, DELFI is offering access on which active political parties have created public organizations. […]
MP Gintaras Steponavičius of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement met with MG Baltic Vice-president Raimondas Kurlianskis to discuss illegal financing for his party and voted in favor of legislation benefiting the business group’s interests, thus undermining the authority of the Seimas and disgracing the name of a lawmaker, the country’s prosecutor general said on Tuesday as he asked the parliament to strip the parliamentarian of his legal immunity over a possible abuse of powers. […]
The Open Society Fund-Lithuania (OSFL) is resuming its activities after a break of eight years, with the opening ceremony scheduled to take place in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]
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