Catherine Willaughby, the Duchess of Suffolk (1519/1520-1580) and her second husband Richard Bertie (1517-1582), who were closely tied to England’s royal family, lived in the town of Kražiai, not far from Kelmė, from the middle of 1557 to March 1559. As a faithful Protestant, she later became a hero, with ballands, plays and films made about her. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė voiced her expectations, rather than criticism, in her State of the National Address to the parliament on Thursday, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said. […]
Last October’s general elections in Lithuania raised hopes for positive change, but the continuing state governance turmoil and the uncertainty of some reforms is already causing concern, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has postponed his official visit to Lithuania, which was scheduled for Thursday, amid a worsening situation in the region, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said. […]
“The conducted analysis of the 2016 real estate marked by us revealed that while in the beginning of the year house prices increased by 3 pct. nearing the end of the year the number reached […]
Ramūnas Karbauskis the chairman of the Peasant and Green Union has a vision: that in the future there will be no need in Lithuania for a Labour Code, and the employers and employees will discuss […]
Lithuanian border guards and police are helping environmental protection officers in their efforts to find the killers of more than 20 red-listed seals found dead on the country’s Baltic Sea coast this year, the Environment Ministry said on Wednesday. […]
Lithuania will be able to prepare for imposing an embargo on Belarusian electricity once its parliament declares the nuclear power plant under construction in Astravyets, a mere 50 kilometers from Vilnius, a threat to national security, Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said on Wednesday. […]
The Lithuanian government has decided that Belarus‘ nuclear power plant under construction Astravyets, a mere 50 kilometers from Vilnius, poses a threat to national security. […]
Quarters comprising of several streets that were designed along religious, ethnic or professional lines were a regular way of life in European cities during the Middle Ages. Thus the settling of Jews, who employed the use of a section of the city that was delegated to them by law did not go counter to the pattern that had developed for settling in cities. Orthodox believers, Germans, Jews, butchers, glass makers and others who established themselves in Great Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) cities divided up living space in a similar manner. Thus Jews brought traditions to the GDL that were typical for them in the quarters they lived, traditions that coincided with other trends that managed to express themselves in GDL cities. […]
Some of Lithuania’s enterprises of strategic importance employ some people whose reliability gives cause for concern and nepotism flourishes in them, the chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense said on Wednesday, underlining the need for streamlining the recruitment and decision-making procedures at such companies. […]
The Vilnius Regional Environmental Protection Department has turned to court with a claim for compensation of 630,000 euros in damage caused by the December 2016 sewage spill in central Vilnius, which resulted in spillage of 46,000 cubic meters of untreated wastewater into the River Neris. […]
A variety of temporary parliamentary groups have gathered in Parliament – Prayer, Dzūkija buddies, Žemaičiai, Cooperation with scouts and others. The groups of Western Lithuanian regions such as the „Į darnią Lietuvą Vydūno keliu“ (to […]
The Governments proposed tax reform are contradicting the election-winning Lithuanian Peasant and Green Unions (LVŽS) proposed program. Their authors either do not understand what they are doing and/or are deliberately interested in providing more help […]
The Minister of Interior spent the better portion of Mondays afternoon in Ramoniškėse, almost 200 kilometres from the state capital Vilnius. After placing the first fence pole on the Kaliningrad region Eimutis Misiūnas stated that […]
After closing the route to Moscow, Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG), the state-run railway company, plans on launching a passenger train to the Latvian city of Daugavpils. The company’s spokesman said LG was ready but had to wait for the final approval from Latvian railways. […]
Lithuania values the economic partnership with Belarus, however, cannot ignore the problems the country is faced with, says Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
The spending of Lithuanian household on main consumer goods declined in May, while Latvia and Estonia reported growth, shows an index of household spending published by the research company Baltic Market Insights (Baltmi). […]
Lithuania’s conservative MP Rokas Žilinskas passed away in the Vilnius University’s Santaros Clinic after a complicated disease, Gabrielius Landsbergis, the head of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, confirmed to BNS. […]
Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes