Lithuanians back a complete ban on alcohol advertising, shortening of sale hours and raising of the legal drinking age to 20, but they do not support plans to set up specialized alcohol stores and to prohibit the sale of alcohol at large public events, according to the latest opinion poll published on Delfi.lt. […]
The Foreign Ministry unveiled on Monday a new mobile application for travelers, named “Travel Safely”. […]
There a has been growing concern in Europe regarding the Kremlin’s new methods of formulating the aggressive fifth column whose members are recruited under the guise of combat sports clubs. According to, experts Lithuania – […]
The coalition of Farmers and Greens Union and the Social Democrats did not seem very stable at first glance, their stability was questioned by PM Saulius Skvernelis. However, a vote on the amendments to the […]
NATO fighter-jets serving in the Baltic air-policing mission were last week scrambled six times from Lithuania over Russian warplanes flying above the Baltic Sea. […]
Due to the plans to transfer the employer social security contributions to the employee, the minimum wage and non-taxable income levels, tax rates will change. There are fears that these changes wouldn‘t reduce salaries for […]
Lithuania’s government discussed at a closed meeting on Monday the draft tax reform prepared by the Finance Ministry, sources told BNS. […]
Amid the increasingly heated discussions in the Baltic states about the financing of the European-gauge Rail Baltica project from European Union (EU) funds, Wim van de Camp of the European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism Committee says that the three Baltic states would definitely secure European funding for the project, if they are strong and demonstrate determination for the huge investment. […]
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has the same plan for Crimean Tatars as the Soviet Union’s former dictator Stalin did, when he wanted to expel them from the peninsula, Refat Chubarov, president of the Worldwide Congress of Crimean Tatars and a member of Ukraine’s Supreme Rada, said in Vilnius on Monday. […]
Cold War strategist and politician Zbigniew Brzezinski always had an impact upon US policies, regardless of the president in power, and his death is an enormous loss, says Vytautas Landsbergis, speaker of Lithuania’s Supreme Council – Reconstituent Seimas […]
Colonel Dainius Guzas, the new commander of Lithuania’s Air Force, was inaugurated into the position at a ceremony in the Air Force headquarters in Kaunas on Monday. […]
The Jewish Community of Lithuania re-elected Faina Kukliansky for the second term as its chairperson at an election on Sunday, while her competitor Simonas Gurevicius dismissed the vote as unlawful and pledged to turn to court. […]
Lithuania’s conservative MP Emanuelis Zingeris has been appointed as the rapporteur of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly for the resolution on assessment of the murder of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov and the investigation of the crime. […]
NATO should continue to be able to adapt to new challenges and focus on the key task of collective defense, as this will determine the Alliance’s future success, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius says. […]
Prominent US academician Zbigniew Brzezinski who passed away in the United States last week was an outstanding public figure, unwavering defender of freedom and democracy, true patriot of his country and faithful friend of Lithuania and Europe who worked for strengthening partnership ties between the United States and Europe, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite said in a message of condolences. […]
The European Parliament’s (EP) Committee on Legal Affairs should Monday submit a conclusion on whether Lithuania’s MEP Rolandas Paksas should have his legal immunity revoked in the investigation of peddling influence. […]
In a most colourful ceremony with song and dance and some animated speeches, two additional plaques were Thursday unveiled on the famous Constitution Wall of Užupis Republic in Vilnius. The 41-point constitution of the self-proclaimed artists’ republic now boasts version in Hindi and Sanskrit. […]
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