Vilniaus Airport runway during reconstruction
Economy

Vilnius Airport reopens after runway renovation

Lithuania’s main airport in the capital of Vilnius reopened on Thursday after a 35-day closure, with the first passenger plane, an Air Baltic flight from Riga, expected to land on its renovated runway shortly after midnight on Friday. […]

Gintarė Narkevičiūtė at the IFS Conference in 2016
Economy

Lithuanian business woman becomes a member of Istanbul Finance Summit board

How our future finances will look like? The 8th Istanbul Finance Summit will be held at Hilton Bomonti Hotel—Istanbul, between 27 – 28 September 2017, and will answer any concerning questions by offering great insights of what’s coming. Lithuanian business woman, CEO and Co-founder of Nexus Operations, Ltd., Gintarė Narkevičiūtė is invited to take a part for the second time. […]

Lithuanian special ops squad Aitvaras in Afghanistan
Defence

Lithuanian leaders to discuss army needs, participation in international operations

The Lithuanian State Defence Council will discuss the needs of the national defense system and the country’s participation in international operations at its meeting next week. […]

officer's oath
Society

Number of students accepted to Lithuania’s Military Academy unchanged

The Lithuanian Military Academy of General Jonas Žemaitis accepted 64 first-year students for the academic year 2017-2018, up by one from the year before. […]

Kęstutis Lančinskas
European Union

Former Vilnius police chief Lančinskas seeks Europol director job – sources

Kęstutis Lančinskas, a former Vilnius police chief and currently the head of the European Union’s advisory mission in Ukraine (EUAM), is seeking the job of director at Europe’s police agency Europol, several sources have confirmed to BNS. […]