Lithuania aims to generate 100 percent of its electricity domestically in the future, with 80 percent of the total power demand to be met using renewable resources, according to a draft new National Energy Strategy. […]
Lithuania is not immune from the winds of change and the draughts of populism that are blowing across Europe, says Robertas Dargis, a prominent entrepreneur and the president of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK). With his insightful overview of the country’s economic outlook, Mr. Dargis concluded the European Business Network’s season of monthly breakfast events. […]
European Parliament member, former world famous poker star and philanthropist Antanas Guoga, mostly known by the nickname Tony G, bought the major share of the famous Lithuanian basketball club Lietuvos rytas. The club were derided by international media after the highly offensive racist claims of the clubs’ former president. […]
After about 100 employees of forestry companies and representatives of trade unions gathered outside the Lithuanian parliament on Wednesday in protest of the planned reform, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis announced that the approval of the reform would be postponed until fall. On Wednesday morning, he had said the amendments would be adopted during the parliament’s spring session. […]
On Friday night (June 16) Culture Night, one of the cultural highlights on the Vilnius public calendar saw thousands flocking to a smorgasbord of culture events. It is also called the night full of light, and this year there was a wide selection of events and visits on offer. All events were free, although some of the more popular concerts and visits required showing up early or registering. […]
Up to 50,000 people may attend festivities in Vilnius on Sunday for beatification of Teofilius Matulionis, organizers say, as police plans to boost its presence in the Lithuanian capital. […]
Transparency International Lithuania on Tuesday urged President Dalia Grybauskaitė to veto the law on lobbyist activities adopted by the country’s parliament earlier in the day. […]
Jaroslav Narkevič, a member of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Union of Christian Families, has expressed indignation over the refusal to register a group for ties with Belarus. […]
Having earned mass support from voters in last autumn’s Seimas elections, the “Farmers” are rapidly losing public support – surveys show that around half of their supporters have turned away. Political scientists warn that this […]
With half a year yet to pass since the Artificial Insemination Law came into force, its flaws are already being listed. There are claims that infertile couples are faced with heavy financial burdens for the […]
A vehicle of US troops collided into a civilian automobile in Marijampole, southwestern Lithuania, on Tuesday, leaving three female passengers of the automobile injured. […]
NATO troops drilled their skills of crossing a water obstacle, bringing their military equipment across the River Neris on a pontoon bridge in the Stasenai village in the Jonava district, central Lithuania, on Tuesday. […]
Lithuania climbed eight positions to the 16th place on the 2017 European Innovation Scoreboard published by the European Commission (EC), posting the highest increase among all 28 countries of the European Union, however, still lagging behind Estonia. […]
A US serviceman early on Tuesday was caught urinating on the wall of the Interior Ministry’s building in the center of Vilnius and was issued with a 15-euro fine by the police. […]
Gedvydas Vainauskas is officially stepping down from president of Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius basketball club on Tuesday in the wake of criticism for his racist remarks, spokeswoman for businessman Antanas Guoga, the club’s new owner, confirmed to BNS. […]
Mexico’s honorary consulate, headed by Ieva Kubiliene, a lawyer, was opened in Vilnius on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry said. […]
Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis expects US President Donald Trump to dispel any remaining doubts over the US commitment to NATO’s collective defense clause during his visit to Poland next month. […]
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