Visvaldas Matijošaitis, Saulius Skvernelis
CORPORATE

Presidential elections: a meat grinder predicted in the centre right

Potential non-partisan, independent presidential candidates are gradually surfacing in the centre right which can be relatively identified as being the electorates of Liberal and Conservative political powers. The names of Gitanas Nausėda, Andrius Tapinas and […]

1st Vilnius Young Leaders Meeting
Foreign affairs

Call for applications for the Vilnius Young Leaders Meeting

Young professionals from the Baltic states, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine – including scholars, journalists, civil activists, and others with knowledge of and practical involvement in developing analytical and quality media content, deconstructing propaganda, myths and disinformation, and educating society, are invited to apply for the 1st Vilnius Young Leaders Meeting (VYLM) to be held on September 25-29, 2017 in Vilnius, Lithuania. The meeting is organized by the Eastern Europe Studies Centre (EESC) in cooperation with DELFI, the main Lithuanian news portal, and with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy, the Swedish Institute, and the Embassy of Sweden in Vilnius. […]

Independence FSRU
Energy

US State Department congratulates Lithuania on receiving its 1st US LNG shipment

The US Department of State has congratulated Lithuania on receiving its first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from America, saying that the US will continue to support Europe’s goal of diversifying its gas supplies. […]

Vilnius Cathedral
History

The first bishops of medieval Lithuania

It is believed that already the second Bishop of Vilnius after Lithuania‘s conversion to Christianity could have spoken the Lithuanian language and could have been of Lithuanian origin. It took merely one or two generations for the Church to become deep-rooted in Lithuania. […]

No Picture
Foreign affairs

Government decides to move agricultural attache from Russia to Japan

The Lithuanian government decided on Wednesday to relocate the post of agricultural attache from Russia to Japan. […]