Cleveland SALFASS congress with New York's Knicks Kuzminskas
Global LT

North America – the Lithuanian Physical Education and Sport Union meets in Cleveland

Last Saturday, October 28th, The Lithuanian Club of Cleveland, Ohio, hosted the annual convention of the largest ex-pat Lithuanian sports amateur organization in North America- the Lithuanian Physical Education and Sport Union. Among many of the most relevant sports-related issues to overseas Lithuanians, the group discussed the success of the 67th annual Games in the Mississauga suburb of Toronto (Canada), Hamilton Challenges in Toronto, and the record-breaking success of the US-Canadian Lithuanian delegations participating in the anniversary Lithuanian World Sport Games in Kaunas this summer. […]

Vilius Šapoka
Economy

Lithuania wouldn’t mind linking EU support to reforms – finmin

Lithuania would not mind if the post-2020 European Union (EU) financial assistance would be linked with a specific country’s performance in structural reforms, says Lithuania’s Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka. […]

We Thought We'd Be Back Soon
Culture

We Thought We’d Be Back Soon. It’s Hard to Leave Lithuania, Especially for a Farmer

This is an extract from the book “We Thought We’d Be Back Soon. 18 Stories of Refugees 1940-1944” (compiled and edited by Dalia Stakė Anysas, Dalia Cidzikaitė and Laima Petrauskas VanderStoep, published by Aukso žuvys, 2017). The book is an impressive collection of reminiscences about emigration by Lithuanians to the West during World War II. The conversations with émigrés that are central to the book bring new knowledge about wartime reality and provide insight into the meanings of home and place, and the social impact of the geopolitical upheaval when the state’s sovereignty is annihilated. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Foreign affairs

Lithuania’s president ranks 68th on Forbes’ list of most influential women

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė ranks 68th among the world’s 100 most powerful females published by the US magazine Forbes. […]

Ministry of National Defence
Defence

Lithuania plans to raise military salaries

The Lithuanian government plans a 30-percent increase in military salaries by the end of 2020 compared with 2016, with over 88 million euros in state budget funds to be provided for this purpose over the next three years, according to a draft budget approved by the Cabinet. […]

Saulius Skvernelis
Society

PM sees no need for Lithuania to review its stance on Lithuanians’ role in Holocaust

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that Lithuania does not need to review its attitude toward Lithuanians’ role during the Holocaust. […]

Guenther Oettinger
Economy

Commissioner Oettinger to discuss EU budget with Lithuanian leaders

Guenther Oettinger, the EU commissioner in charge of budget and human resources, is coming to Vilnius on Thursday to discuss the EU’s next multiannual financial framework with Lithuania’s leaders. […]