Politics
Uspaskich’s return to head Labor Party would have no future – Lithuanian PM
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the return of MEP Viktor Uspaskich to head the Labor Party would not be a promising step. […]
Year: 2017
Economy
Vilnius street lighting modernization funder to be established by Oct
After the Vilnius City Council on Wednesday gave a go-ahead to a 21.64-million-euro project to modernize the street lighting network, executives of municipality-controlled company Vilniaus Gatvių Apšvietimo Elektros Tinklai (Vilnius Street Lighting Electricity Network, VGAET) due to implement the project says the funder should be established by October. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s deputy justmin in charge of prisons system resigns
Lithuania’s Justice Vice-Minister Donatas Matuiza in charge of the prisons system resigned on Wednesday, the justice minister’s spokeswoman confirmed to BNS. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania recalling ambassador from Afghanistan
Lithuania’s government has proposed recalling Rokas Bernotas from the position of ambassador to Afghanistan on Aug. 2. […]
Economy
British Airways gives no comment on future flights to Vilnius
After the Vilnius administration on Wednesday decided to earmark about 2.1 million euros within the next three years for marketing of flights to one of London’s key airports in hopes of attracting the United Kingdom’s largest airline British Airways, the latter has not given any comments on its plans in this respect. […]
Foreign affairs
Amid concerns in Brussels, Lithuanian president hails US Congress sanctions for Russia
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday welcome the plans of the US Congress to introduce new sanctions on Russia, which can have an impact on the energy sector. […]
CORPORATE
Farmers now definitely to take up what the voters have most been awaiting
The Farmer Greens intend to take up dealing with social questions next political season, which, experts and the opposition say, is what the people are most expecting of them. “No doubt important works also await […]
Economy
Vilnius City Council okays bid to earmark EUR 2.1 mln for marketing of flight to London
Vilnius City Council has given a green light to the proposal of the ruling parties to earmark about 2.1 million euros within the next three years for marketing of flights to one of London‘s key airports, hoping to attract the biggest UK airline, British Airways. […]
Culture
Lithuania moving culture attache to US from Washington to New York
Lithuania’s government has given a green light to having its cultural attache to the US reside in New York rather than in Washington D.C. […]
Defence
Lithuanian govt writes off 8 SUVs used by troops in Afghanistan
Lithuania’s government has decided to write off eight armored cross-country vehicles Toyota Land Cruiser used by the country’s soldiers in the operation in Afghanistan, as they are not worth repairing. […]
History
Insurgent Sierakauskas important to Lithuania as symbol of freedom – historian
Zigmantas Sierakauskas, the leader of the Lithuanian 1863 uprising against the tsarist Russia, is important to Lithuania as a symbol of freedom, historian Zita Medišauskienė says. […]
History
Haunted Graves
A grave of a 45–50 year-old woman, dating back to the 14th century, was unearthed by archaelogists in the Kernavė burial site. The woman‘s skull was turned round and laid in the chest area. The bones of her arms, severed at the elbows, were found between the legs of the deceased woman. The bodies of deceased persons whose heads were decapitated or limbs severed should be related not to burial rites but to exhumation and defiling of corpses, caused by the deceased person in person. In this particular case, archaeologists are likely to have discovered a grave of an apparition or a “vampire”. […]
Politics
Janušienė appointed as Lithuania’s new tax chief
Edita Janušienė, former chief auditor at the central Bank of Lithuania, has been appointed to head the country’s State Tax Inspectorate (STI) for the next four years. […]
History
Remains of Lithuania’s rebel leader found on Gedimino Hill – initial data
Remains of Zigmantas Sierakauskas, the leader of the Lithuanian 1863 uprising against the tsarist Russia, have been found on the Gedimino Hill in central Vilnius, the Culture Ministry said on Wednesday, citing initial data. […]
History
Economy
Lithuanian PM: VAT discount on heating, hotels will remain
Value-added tax (VAT) discount for centralized heating and hotels will remain, says Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, adding that the government would announce the proposed tariff next week. […]
Politics
Pinskuvienė steps down from leadership of Lithuania’s Labor Party
Živilė Pinskuvienė, the leader of the Labor Party that has no mandates in Lithuania’s parliament, announced resignation from the post during a meeting of party’s council on Tuesday evening. […]
Opinion
Lithuanian PM urges SocDems to speed up coalition decision, wants MPs to stay
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has warned the Social Democratic Party against procrastinating their decision on future in the ruling coalition. Delegated by the Farmers and Greens Union, the PM said he would work to secure alternative support without a formal decision of coalition partners, if they tried to put off the discussions until the budget adoption. […]
CORPORATE
Kremlin’s tethers? Attempts to uncover what game anti-fracking “green” protesters are playing
Several US congressmen have initiated an investigation which aims to investigate the potential influence of Russia on “green” movements which are fighting against fracking. There have been discussions of a similar investigation in Lithuania as […]
History
The Guest (Merchant) House in 15th century Vilnius
Vilnius was a vibrant trade centre in Eastern Europe in the mid 15th century. Merchants from various countries flowed into the city, and Vilnius residents were active in a wide area (Antwerpen-Tallinn-Moscow-Istanbul). Due to growing competition with the merchants of neighbouring countries, which became fiercer after trade between merchants was banned in Gdansk in 1442, restrictions were also put in place for visiting merchants in Vilnius in the middle of the 15th century, eventually leading to the construction of guest housing specifically for foreign merchants. […]