Politics
Migration Dept still not accepting visa applications
Lithuania’s Migration Department will continue not accepting applications from foreigners for national visas due to large flows of applicants. […]
Year: 2017
European Union
Spain needs dialogue with its citizens – Lithuanian formin
Spain is in crucial need of a dialogue with its citizens, Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said following clashes between police and protesters in Catalonia, Spain, over the region’s independence referendum. […]
Energy
President says gets Juncker’s assurances over aid to rain-hit farmers
President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that she has received assurances from European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that Lithuania will be able to apply for support to its farmers hit by rainy weather. […]
European Union
Brexit talks may gave to be extended – Lithuanian president
EU-UK negotiations on Britain’s withdrawal from the bloc are running behind schedule and may have to be extended, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Friday. […]
Politics
MPs move to legalize use of medical cannabis for severely ill patients
Several Lithuanian lawmakers proposed on Friday to launch a discussion on legalizing medical cannabis for treating cancer patients and other severely ill people. […]
Economy
Farmers’ losses can’t be covered using govt’s reserve – PM
The Lithuanian government does not have enough money in its reserve to cover farmers’ losses due to heavy rainfall, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Friday. […]
Defence
Security body fires intelligence officer over conflict of interest
The Lithuanian State Security Department (VSD) said on Friday that it has fired Tomas Jakučionis, an intelligence officer, over a conflict of interest. […]
Uncategorized
The Rīga Conference 2017 Live Stream
On 29–30 September, the National Library of Latvia in Rīga is hosting an annual international forum called The Rīga Conference 2017, which is dedicated to foreign policy and security matters. The conference is organised by the Latvian Transatlantic Organisation in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence. […]
Politics
Labor Party may change name to dissociate itself from law-enforcement probes
The Lithuanian Labor Party may change its name after law-enforcement officials have formally brought suspicions against it in a corruption case. […]
Politics
History
Educational Commission in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Pope Clement XVI’s decree pronouncing the closure of the Jesuit Order reached the Lithuanian and Polish Commonwealth in 1773. Jesuits have financed a number of schools in Lithuania and Poland, including the Academy of Vilnius. The state faced the tasks of making use of the huge wealth of the Order and of finding new supervisors of the schools or, in other words, of solving problems in the area of education. […]
History
Valuable collection of Mann’s books donated to Lithuanian museum
A valuable collection of books has been handed over to the Thomas Mann Memorial Museum in Lithuania’s Curonian Spit resort of Nida, LRT Television has reported. […]
Uncategorized
French president expected to visit Lithuania next year
French President Emmanuel Macron plans to visit Lithuania next year, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after meeting with her French counterpart in Tallinn on Thursday. […]
Politics
President to discuss EU support for power grid synchronization with Juncker
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Tallinn on Friday to discuss the EU’s possible support for the planned electricity grid synchronization with the Western European system. […]
Society
Lithuanian scientific research may qualify for the very Nobel Prize
“Neuro Art helps to strengthen the person,” says art therapist and author of Neuro-Educational Methods as well as trainings of their practical application Marija Mendelė-Leliūgienė, “people often have no idea, what capabilities they actually acquire and that by knowing certain techniques they can radically change their lives.” […]
Society
Defence
Uncategorized
History shouldn’t dominate Poland-Lithuania relations – Michnik in Vilnius
History should not dominate the relationship between Poland and Lithuania, Adam Michnik, a former Polish dissident and the editor-in-chief of the daily Gazeta Wyborcza, says. […]
Politics
Economy minister to leave office on October 13
Lithuania’s Social Democratic Economy Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius will remain in his post for another two weeks. […]
Economy
Seimas may set up ad-hoc commission over dual food quality
Lawmakers of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) are initiating an ad-hoc parliamentary inquiry commission to look into why food products sold in Lithuania differ from the same branded goods sold in other EU countries. […]