From 29–30 September, the National Library of Latvia in Rīga will host the annual international forum called The Rīga Conference 2017, which is dedicated to foreign policy and security matters. The conference is organised by the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė will meet with European Commission’s (EC) President Jean-Claude Juncker in Tallinn on Friday to discuss the European Union’s (EU) support to the synchronization of electricity networks with Western Europe, the President’s Office said on Thursday. […]
Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliament’s National Security and Defense Committee, is initiating a parliamentary probe of the ties between Lithuanian politicians and Russian nuclear energy corporation Rosatom, Lithuanian business influence upon political decisions and harmful investments in strategic companies. […]
Lithuania’s Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas has instructed the ministry’s Corruption Prevention and Internal Investigations Division to scrutinize the circumstances of a possible leak of information from the Migration Department to third parties. […]
Lithuania’s former MP Balys Gajauskas, dissident and 1990 Independence Act signatory, passed away at the age of 91 in early hours of Thursday after a disease, his family said. […]
The parliament’s delay to allow non-Lithuanian characters in names in identification documents does not only burden people and courts but also causes financial damage to the state, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Lithuania’s parliament on Thursday intends to approve the president’s bill of raising fines for crimes, linking corruption fines with the size of the damage or the bribe, as well as the benefit gained by the offender. […]
Preliminary losses incurred by Lithuania’s farmers due to heavy rains may total at about 40 million euros, says Agriculture Minister Bronius Markauskas, adding that part of the losses would be covered from the state reserve, with plans to apply for European support. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday presented 43 Lithuanians who rescued Jews during World War Two with Life Saving Crosses. […]
Lithuania’s Social Democratic Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius did not change his mind about resigning from the post after Wednesday’s meeting with Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Lithuania will raise its contingent in the United Nations (UN) mission in Mali to nearly 40 troops from October from the current number of five, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. […]
The Lithuanian government has backed a proposal to allow companies and organizations to register their names in all letters of the Latin alphabet, including those that do not exist in the Lithuanian alphabet. […]
Proud of Lithuania: A Fairy Tale by Sweet Root is a new book that encourages readers to take pride in Lithuania through its ancient gastronomy. “This story that begins at the dinner table, on a plate full of magical flavors, tastes, emotions, and memories, in the rough woods of our little country, called Lithuania. In its bright fields and cold blue rivers. In its soil and lakes. From the soil up to the sky. At a time when our life narrative was formed by a chain of connected happenings: birth, maturation, death, and rebirth of nature.” So begins the new book Proud of Lithuania: A Fairy Tale by Sweet Root. […]
Lithuania’s Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius, a member of the Social Democratic Party (LSDP), on Wednesday urged the party to decide whether it can continue working in municipal coalitions with the Liberal Movement and the Labor Party that last week faced corruption suspicions. […]
Vygaudas Ušackas, Lithuania’s former foreign minister who has recently ended his diplomatic career, is joining the so-called Ukrainian Friendship Group that includes former heads of states and governments, as well as top-ranking officials. […]
Lithuania declined six spots to 41st worldwide in terms of competition among 137 rated countries in the latest competitiveness report published by the World Economic Forum. […]
Aidas Ignatavičius, CEO of Lithuania’s biggest water supplier Vilniaus Vandenys operated by the capital city’s municipality, is stepping down from the position. […]
Lithuanian prosecutor has asked for a 60-day arrest of the Russian border guard for swimming across the River Šešupė that runs along the Lithuanian-Kaliningrad border in a drunken condition. […]
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