Lithuanian passport
Global LT

Ruling parties suggest Lithuanian passport for emigrants (Updated)

Some members of the ruling political group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Social Democratic Party on Tuesday proposed establishing the institute of the Lithuanian passport as an alternative to emigrants who do not have Lithuanian citizenship. […]

Evaldas Rimašauskas
Society

Court of Appeals to hear Lithuanian fraud suspect’s appeal against extradition to US

The Lithuanian Court of Appeals will Tuesday hear an appeal filed by Evaldas Rimašauskas, a Lithuanian national accused of swindling US tech giants Facebook and Google via an email fraud scheme, against his extradition to the United States. […]

Vilnius Central Post Office
Society

Nigerian citizens laundered money via Lithuanian post – FNTT

Nigerian citizens living in Lithuania laundered money via the state-run Lietuvos Paštas (Lithuanian Post), which sacked its CEO Lina Minderienė last Friday, the Financial Crimes Investigation Service (FNTT) confirmed to BNS. […]

Coffee
History

Coffee, tea and chocolate in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Coffee, tea and chocolate were exotic drinks in Europe as they became popular in the 17th and 18th century reflecting the increasing integration between the Old World and other regions and Europe’s certain openness to the world as a consequence of geographic discoveries and the development of the colonial system. Chocolate was the most exquisite product followed by tea. Tea became very popular in Russia and England. It was coffee though that eventually claimed the top spot throughout Europe leaving tea and chocolate behind. Coffee was not always used in its pure form as the noblemen enjoyed genuine coffee while peasants could only afford “coffee”. […]

Astravyets NPP Construction
CORPORATE

E. Zingeris. Sweden did not betray us: the PACE called on Belarus to suspend the construction of an unsafe nuclear power plant in Astravets

At the end of June 2017, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg witnessed a political battle that was barely noticed in public. The battle was focused on the Resolution on […]