Foreign affairs
Government gives go-ahead to appointment of 4 new ambassadors
Lithuania’s government on Wednesday gave a green light to the designation of new ambassadors to Norway, Canada, Estonia and the United Kingdom. […]
Year: 2017
Culture
7th international folk contest-festival “the Flower of the Sun” has unfolded and blossoms in Šiauliai
On 1–6 July, Šiauliai hosts the international folk contest-festival “The Flower of the Sun” for the seventh time; it brings joy, colours and diversity of events to city residents and guests. […]
CORPORATE
Russian film shown in Lithuania is suspected of being propaganda. Not all agree
Lithuania, 1940. A time when no one knew who was friend or foe; a time when even people close to each other were scared to trust each other. That’s how the distributors as of Friday […]
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Cold shower for Skvernelis after Landsbergis’ visit to the Presidential Palace
President Dalia Grybauskaitė poured on criticism on the cabinet and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis following her meeting with opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats Seimas group leader Gabrielius Landsbergis. This was revealed following a […]
Society
Seimas allows filming, broadcasting, photographing court rulings
Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday adopted amendments to the Law on Courts, which allow filming, broadcasting and photographing pronouncement of court verdicts. […]
Economy
Government to ask Seimas to ratify Rail Baltica deal
Lithuania’s government will ask the parliament to ratify the agreement on expansion of the European-gauge Rail Baltica project signed by the three Baltic prime ministers in January. […]
Energy
US gas would pull down LNG prices in Lithuania – Seimas speaker
The price of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imported by Lithuania could decline, if the United States and the European Union (EU) sign a free trade agreement and supplies of American LNG is ensured, says Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
Society
Homicide convict in Sweden to serve life in Lithuania
Lithuanian citizen Nerijus Bilevičius sentenced for murder of a young female in Sweden will have to serve his life sentence in Lithuania, a Šiauliai court ruled on Tuesday. […]
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Gentvilas: Skvernelis and Karbauskis risk to lose everything
The “Farmer” forest and forestry reform is getting increasingly bogged down. Though the party and Seimas group leader Ramūnas Karbauskis is attempting to spark a faith in everyone that by extending the Seimas session, the […]
Society
Catholics angered by Constitutional Court ruling on dismissal from conscription
Clergymen of the Roman Catholic Church of Lithuania have expressed indignation of the Tuesday’s ruling by the Constitutional Court, which said that the clergy of traditional religious communities had been dismissed from military or alternative defense service without due grounds. […]
Society
Clergy ungroundedly dismissed from military service – Constitutional Court
Clergymen of Lithuania’s traditional religious communities are dismissed from military and alternative defense service without grounds, the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday. […]
History
Lithuanian scientists claim to have found Prezidentas Smetona vessel on Baltic Sea bottom
Scientists of the Klaipėda University say they have found Prezidentas Smetona, the first warship of independent interwar Lithuania, on the bottom of the Baltic Sea in Estonian waters. […]
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New Labour Code – what do employees need to know?
The new Labour Code came into power on Saturday. It has been criticised strongly by the President, who nevertheless signed it. The initial iteration of the code was passed by the Social Democrats a year […]
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Evaluating the concluding Seimas session – “Farmers” lied to the electorate
The first session of the new Seimas is coming to an end. However for now it would appear there have been more scandals and public fallings out than the promised positive changes. The LRT Television […]
History
The city ruling classes or elites in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
In early modern times, there was an elite that existed in many of the larger cities of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) and Europe, who have been given various names in historiography, including the patriciate, the elite, and the ruling class, among others. […]
Economy
Transport Minister expects Kaunas Airport to be ready to handle more passengers
Kaunas Airport will be ready for a sharp increase in passenger numbers by mid-July when Vilnius Airport closes for runway reconstruction, Lithuanian Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis said on Tuesday. […]
Culture
National museum selects exhibits for Donelaitis museum in Kaliningrad region
The Lithuanian National Museum has selected exhibits to be displayed at a memorial museum of Kristijonas Donelaitis, a Lutheran pastor and poet who wrote the first classic Lithuanian-language poem, in Chistye Prudy, a village in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, for the next ten years, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president to meet with US president in Warsaw
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will take part in a meeting between leaders of Central and East European nations and US President Donald Trump in Warsaw on Thursday. […]
Politics
Seimas extends session until July 13 due to forest reform
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday extended its spring session until July 13. […]
Economy
State forest reform not a matter of confidence in Government
Lithuania’s much-contested state forest management reform is not a matter of confidence in the government and it will be carried out in one or another way, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]