Saulius Skvernelis
Politics

PM sees SocDems exit from coalition as short-sighted move

The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party’s decision to exit the coalition with the Farmers and Greens Union is short-sighted, and their argumentation is based on demagogy, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė ir Saulius Skvernelis
Politics
Voroshilov, Molotov, and Stalin.  Yezhov airbrushed out of history by unknow Soviet artist  Public Domain
History

Airbrushed out of history in the USSR – Part 1

Some believe that photo manipulation started with Photoshop some 25 years ago. In fact, as early as 1846, when the first negatives were created, image altering took off. People and objects appeared and disappeared in photos. Photographic images acquired new meanings and ‘truth’ with the help of scissors, some ink, acid, and, eventually, airbrushes. […]

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Energy

Energy Institute should review its position – Foreign Ministry

After the head of the Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI) said that scientists’ participation in a project to advise Belarus on the Astravyets nuclear power plant (NPP) had been green-lighted by the Foreign Ministry, the latter says that the institute should review its position. […]

Viktoras Pranckietis
Politics

Suspicions against parties mean cleaner Lithuanian political system – parliamentary speaker

The suspicions brought against the Liberal Movement and the Labor Party in the political corruption investigation mean cleansing of the political system, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]