Having spoken up about plans to renegotiate the agreement with the “Farmers” in autumn, Lithuanian Social Democrat leader Gintautas Paluckas continues to raise tensions. “We are moving from words to deliberations on procedures to terminate […]
Vilnius will be safe from flooding after renovation of the wastewater system – the work has already been started and will be finished within three years, the Lithuanian capital’s Mayor Remigijus Šimašius said after the city was again flooded following a heavy downpour on Tuesday evening. […]
The thunderstorm that ripped through Lithuania on Tuesday night and early hours of Wednesday caused substantial damage across the country, flooding cellars, rupturing a gas pipeline and interrupting traffic for a few hours on some streets due to massive rainfall. Bottom levels of some largest malls in Vilnius were also flooded. […]
The reduced value-added tax (VAT) rate on heating in Lithuania could be 15 percent, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
NATO air-policing jets were last week scrambled twice from Lithuania to intercept Russian warplanes flying above the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said. […]
The heavy rainfall in Lithuania on Tuesday evening prevented six airplanes from landing at the Vilnius international airport. In early hours of Wednesday, four of the planes returned to Vilnius, however, two morning flights to Warsaw and Riga were canceled, as the airplanes intended for the flights decided not to return to the Lithuanian capital. […]
There are often complaints that Lithuanian political parties do not renew themselves, the same politicians keep getting re-elected to Seimas, youth or new faces, who have fresh ideas, are not allowed in. These complaints have […]
After the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union promised to the opposition conservatives to bring back the value-added tax (VAT) discount, the parliament on Tuesday approved the restructuring scheme of the country’s forestry sector that has triggered heated debates in the society. […]
“Emotionally both sides had the aim to show that relations can be constructive, that there is room for cooperation. Russia distributed information that the talks lasted four times longer than planned, which displays Russia’s importance. […]
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, said in Lithuania on Tuesday that the countries should make efforts to step up mutual trade. […]
Hella KGaA Hueck & co., a German manufacturer of lighting technology and electronics products for the automotive industry, and the Lithuanian Kaunas Free Economic Zone have finalized a long term land lease agreement. During the first stage of development up to €30 million investment in a production plant is planned and this will create up to 250 new jobs. Depending on the pace of growth, more investments are expected in the future. […]
Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday transposed a European directive on non-discrimination of European Union (EU) citizens and their family members on grounds of their citizenship, however, partners were left aside. […]
Reintroducing a reduced VAT rate on district heating and hot water services may hold back the government’s planned tax reform, Swedbank Lithuania’s chief economist Nerijus Mačiulis warned on Tuesday. […]
The Lithuanian weekly magazine Veidas is set to stop its print edition and plans to develop its website. […]
Juozas Olekas, a member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party‘s (LSDP) political group in the Seimas, has accused the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), the senior coalition partner, and the opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats of trading in influence. […]
The leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) says that the makeup of the government coalition remains unchanged after the senior coalition partner on Tuesday signed a deal with the Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats under which the opposition party will back the government’s planned state forest management reform in exchange for a reduced VAT rate on district heating and hot water services. […]
“Lithuania [Lectonia] is a province of Scythia, and its people are called Lithuanians. They are towering and strong, warlike and savage people. Lithuania is a land of fertile soil; much of it is swampland and covered with forests, watered with rivers and lakes; there are many beasts and animals there. The forests and swamps protect it; other than the lakes, forests and swamps, they have few fortified places [settlements]. And this is why it is doubtful whether this area could be conquered in summer, perhaps only in winter, when the rivers and other bodies of water are frozen over.” […]
The Lithuanian Association of Hotels and Restaurants wants the short-term accommodation rental activity to be regulated at the national level, saying that hotel owners are now subject to much more taxes and requirements than apartment owners, the business daily Verslo Žinios reported on Tuesday. […]
Chiune Suhigara made a profound impact on thousands of Lithuanian lives. The honorable yet humble man, stood up during the dark days of WWII saving thousands of innocent people. He made every second count, spending his final moments leaving Lithuania via train, passing out travel visas to Jewish Lithuanians. […]
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