Meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu
Foreign affairs

Israeli PM thanks Lithuania for historical invitation to EU

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday thanked Lithuania for its initiative to invite him to a meeting with EU foreign ministers. […]

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Society

54,000 people declare emigration from Lithuania in Jan-Nov

Over 54,000 persons declared emigration from Lithuania in January through November this year, which marks an increase from the same period of 2016, however, the number of immigrants also went up, Statistics Lithuania said on Monday. […]

Eugenijus Gentvilas, Petras Auštrevičius
Politics

Lithuanian Liberal Movement to check results after Auštrevičius’ doubts in leader election

After MEP Petras Auštrevičius expressed doubts about the election for the Lithuanian Liberal Movement‘s leadership that was won by MP Eugenijus Gentvilas by a margin of a single vote, the party’s representatives pledged to crosscheck the discrepancies. […]

Pakruojis Manor
Freetime

Lithuanian Destination of Excellence: Pakruojis Manor

In the Northern part of Lithuania which is notable for its brewery traditions and the cuisine of noblemen, on the right bank of the Kruoja River, there is a manor of classist style which was included in the Record Book as the biggest complex of manor buildings that has survived to the modern day in Lithuania. Here one can delve into the manor style life any season – in summer, and during the nocturnal shepherding event, also during the Christmas season and while listening to the fairy-tale about the Nutcracker and stories about noblemen fon Ropus, about the miracles of technology of that time, a wind mill or even the moustache of the Lithuanian Robin Hood, Tadas Blinda. Pakruojis Manor has been announced the Destination of Excellence of Lithuanian Cultural Tourism 2017, a press release from the Department of Tourism states. […]

President Petro Poroshenko
Foreign affairs

Ukraine could invite international experts in Saakashvili case – Poroshenko in Vilnius

International experts could be included in the investigation of charges against former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili on receipt of unlawful support from Russia, Ukraine‘s President Petro Poroshenko said in Vilnius on Friday. […]