Society
Number of students accepted to Lithuania’s Military Academy unchanged
The Lithuanian Military Academy of General Jonas Žemaitis accepted 64 first-year students for the academic year 2017-2018, up by one from the year before. […]
Year: 2017
Defence
Foreign affairs
Image of Vilnius’ Gate of Dawn losing popularity in vote on new design of Polish passports
The background image the Gate of Dawn in Vilnius is losing popularity as a possible choice for the design of new Polish passports, according to the latest results of online voting. […]
Politics
Lithuanians have doubts about ruling coalition’s future – BNS/ RAIT survey
The ruling coalition of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is not popular with the general public, but people do not see any other strong alternative, according to a survey conducted by the pollster RAIT for BNS. […]
Economy
Vilnius Airport set to reopen after runway renovation
Vilnius Airport is set to resume operations after a 35-day closure for renovation of its sole runway. […]
European Union
Former Vilnius police chief Lančinskas seeks Europol director job – sources
Kęstutis Lančinskas, a former Vilnius police chief and currently the head of the European Union’s advisory mission in Ukraine (EUAM), is seeking the job of director at Europe’s police agency Europol, several sources have confirmed to BNS. […]
CORPORATE
R. Karbauskis boasts of “Farmer” leftist leanings, A. Butkevičius says they lack knowledge
“Farmer” leader Ramūnas Karbauskis, facing criticism from coalition partners for a lack of leftist policy, stresses that Saulius Skvernelis government’s decision to “dedicate 0.5 billion euro to reducing social segregation just this year is definitely […]
Politics
Grybauskaitė, Skvernelis, Karbauskis ranked as Lithuania’s most influential politicians
President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), are ranked as Lithuania’s most influential politicians, the Delfi.lt news website reported, citing the results of two separate opinion polls. […]
Society
Vilnius council gives nod to 3 national minority schools becoming all-grade schools
The City Council of Vilnius on Wednesday gave the green light for three national minority high schools to become all-grade schools. […]
CORPORATE
S. Skvernelis – there will definitely be a proposal to withdraw from the coalition
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis stated that he is certain the Social Democrats will propose to withdraw from the coalition and without waiting for this fact he is considering potential alternatives which could ensure stability for […]
Foreign affairs
PM hails progress in relations with Poland
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that Vilnius and Warsaw are gradually moving to a new stage of better relations and hopes that Lithuanian politicians will solve the highly contentious issue of the spelling of Polish names in Lithuanian personal documents. […]
Politics
SocDems’ council to discuss leaving ruling bloc – PM
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, appointed to the post by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), says he has no doubt that the council of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), the LFGU’s junior coalition partner, will discuss a proposal to withdraw from the ruling bloc. […]
CORPORATE
Most influential in Lithuania 2017: politicians’ list
President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union chairman Ramūnas Karbauskis. They are the three most influential Lithuanian politicians. Both the country’s elites and public agree on this trio. For […]
Defence
Defence
Defmin hopes there won’t be incidents during Putin’s trip to Kaliningrad
Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis expects that there will be no incidents as Russian Vladimir Putin will fly to Russia’s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad on Wednesday. […]
Global LT
PM pledges greater govt support for Lithuanians in Poland
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis promised that the Lithuanian government would provide greater support for ethnic Lithuanians living in Poland and other neighboring countries as he visited Punsk, a town in northeastern Poland, on Tuesday. […]
Economy
Testing of Vilnius airport’s renovated runway completed
The testing of Vilnius Airport‘s renovated runway was successfully completed on Tuesday. […]
Society
Lithuania celebrates Assumption
The Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven is marked by Catholics in Lithuania on the 15th of August when the first harvest of fruit and berries is sanctified. […]
History
Medieval Lithuanian princesses in foreign countries – diplomacy of men and stories of women
Around 1250, with the help of great military and diplomatic efforts Mindaugas managed to dissolve a union that posed a serious threat to his power. During political negotiations Mindaugas’ daughter of unknown name was engaged, and later she was married off to Švarnas, a son of Duke Daniel of Galitch-Voluin who was one of the greatest rivals to the Lithuanian King in the region. That was the first marriage of the family of the Lithuanian Rulers, which can be called interdynastic. […]
Defence
NATO jets in Baltics intercept over 20 Russian aircraft last week
NATO fighter jets conducting the Alliance’s air-policing mission from Lithuania and Estonia were last week scrambled eight times to identify and escort Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, intercepting a total of 21 Russian planes, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]