Sports
Swimmer Meilutytė to continue career in Kaunas
Rūta Meilutytė, gold medalist of the 2012 Summer Olympics, has announced plans of continuing her sporting career in Kaunas, Lithuania, coached by Paulius Andrijauskas. […]
Year: 2017
Society
MG Baltic concern offers EUR 1 mln for original Independence Act
MG Baltic, a concern controlled by businessman Darius Mockus, on Wednesday offered one million euros for the original of the Independence Act of February 16 1918. […]
Politics
Court overrules demand to remove foreign-language street signs in Vilnius
A Vilnius court has overruled the plea from the government’s representative to list street signs in foreign language in Vilnius as illegal. […]
Society
January 13 coup victims to be offered free legal aid
Free legal assistance will be offered to victims of the January 13 1991 attempted coup in the case of compensation of damages, Lithuania’s Justice Ministry said. […]
Uncategorized
Astravyets N-plant construction can’t be stopped – Seimas speaker
Lithuania no longer has the potential of halting the construction of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus close to its border, therefore, should focus on the safety of the utility, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says. […]
Foreign affairs
PM Skvernelis: Natl interests shouldn’t be sacrificed for backstage pacts
Interests of countries should not be sacrificed for backstage agreements, however, Lithuania has confidence in the United States, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said in Brussels on Tuesday. […]
Defence
NATO wants detailed info in advance about Zapad 2017 exercise near Lithuania
NATO would want to receive detailed information in advance from Russia and Belarus about Zapad 2017 exercise scheduled for this year, as the scope and assault scenario of the training fuels concerns in the Baltic states. […]
Society
Human rights defenders welcome ban on violence against children
The Council of Europe‘s commissioner and a US-based organization Human Rights Watch on Tuesday welcomed the Lithuanian decision to ban corporal punishment of children. […]
Defence
NATO chief sees Lithuania as example of defense spending
By raising its defence spending, Lithuania is an example to NATO Allies, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday. […]
Society
Corporal punishment ban to ban vindication of aggressors – prosecutor
Lithuanian prosecutors are astonished by court rulings to vindicate parents for violence against underage children, says Prosecutor General Evaldas Pašilis, expressing hope that the parliament will pass amendments to the Framework Law on Children’s Rights Protection will eliminate such cases. […]
Economy
Elon Musk’s LA tunnel completed by Lithuanian team in Minecraft
As part of his dream of a traffic-free future, Elon Musk has been talking for a while now about boring a tunnel under Los Angeles from the HQ of his SpaceX company to LAX, the city’s airport. In fact, he has actually started taking the first steps towards making this seemingly crazy idea come true. […]
Defence
CORPORATE
What ruling coalition should consider while reforming state run enterprises?
The “Peasant-good guys” appealed to Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Minister of Transport and Communications Rokas Masiulis on Thursday, requesting a halt to the Lithuanian Post (LP) service reform, which is to replace all current […]
Politics
Seimas bans all violence against children, including corporal punishments
Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday adopted amendments to the Framework Law on Children’s Rights Protection on the fast track, which bans all types of violence against children, including corporal punishments. […]
CORPORATE
What awaits for Order and Justice Party and Labour Party?
In order to not vanish from Lithuanian political life the Labour Party and the Order and Justice Party have to take up clear value positions, furthermore they should consider finding stronger leaders. Such are recommendations […]
Society
Different approaches to family role, child protection are compatible – SocMin
Lithuanian Social Security and Labour Minister Linas Kukuraitis says that two competing approaches, one of which centers on children’s rights and the other underlines the importance of the family, are compatible. […]
Society
Lithuania may lower school entrance age to six
Children in Lithuania should attend school from the age of six so that they graduate before they turn 19 or 20, Eugenijus Jovaiša, head of the Seimas Committee on Education and Science, said on Tuesday. […]
Economy
Consumer prices on a rise. More to come
In January consumer prices increased by 0.3% compared with December and were 2.3% higher than a year ago. […]
Defence
Society
Lithuania sounded like some country out of an American soap opera – historian Rowell
“For the Western reader who has no background knowledge all that seems to be happening is that crazy Belarusians arguing with crazy Lithuanians. The reader sees no difference between the two. . There’s no point in arguing with ‘idiots’ but you can still make your point known without getting angry. In Lithuania they do say however that there are lots of truths and that’s nonsense. The truth is one thing but there are lots of opinions” – that’s what Lithuanian Institute of History scholar Dr. Stephen Rowell says. He together with his colleague Dr. Darius Baronas are were awarded the 2016 Lithuanian Science Prize for their monograph “Lithuania’s Transformation: Pagan Barbarians become Christians of the Late Middle Ages” which has been published in English. […]