Sports
Jasikevicius to continue coaching Zalgiris Kaunas
Zalgiris Kaunas basketball club has signed a new two-year contract with head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius, the basketball club said on Friday. […]
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Detractors of important convention find shelter under A. Širinskienė‘s wing
Individuals opposing the Istanbul Convention which denounces violence against women have found shelter in Seimas under the wing of “Farmer” representative Agnė Širinskienė. The Institute of Free Society, led by A. Širinskienė‘s assistant Kristina Zamarytė-Sakavičienė, […]
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Ukraine considers joining Rail Baltica gauge – minister in Vilnius
Ukraine is considering the possibility of joining the Baltic European-gauged Rail Baltica railway in the future, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan said in Vilnius on Friday. […]
Economy
Lithuania slides on Global Innovation Index
Lithuania this year lost four positions and ranks 40th among 127 countries in the latest Global Innovation Index released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign Minister slams efforts to block Istanbul deal amid religious reasoning
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius on Friday urged members of the parliament to ratify the so-called Istanbul Convention against abuse of women. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania becomes associate member of CERN
The Council of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) has taken a decision in favor of Lithuania’s associate membership in the organization, the Lithuanian president’s office said on Friday. […]
Foreign affairs
Society
Society
Vilnius mayor denounces racist remarks by BC Lietuvos Rytas president
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Simasius on Friday denounced racist remarks by Gedvydas Vainauskas, president of BC Lietuvos Rytas, a professional basketball club based in the Lithuanian capital, about the number of black players on the team. […]
Economy
Jurbarkas district expected to return EUR 1 mln in EU funds – daily
The district of Jurbarkas, which borders the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, is to return almost 1 million euros in EU funds to the Lithuania-Poland-Russia Cross-Border Cooperation Program, the daily Lietuvos Zinios reported on Friday. […]
Society
Society
Lithuanians disapprove of Labor Code, approval of PM, ruling party falls – BNS/RAIT survey
Lithuanians do not approve of the Labor Code and their confidence in the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is declining, according to a survey conducted by the pollster RAIT for BNS. […]
Defence
Lithuanian troops leaving for Mediterranean Sea operation
Twelve troops of the Lithuanian Armed Forces’ 2nd Ship Maintenance Group are leaving for southern and central part of the Mediterranean Sea on Friday to join the European Union’s (EU) military operation Sophia. […]
Foreign affairs
Politics
Lithuanian opposition collects signatures to open probe into claims involving MP Skardzius
Signatures have been collected at the Lithuanian parliament to authorize the Seimas Anti-Corruption Commission to conduct a parliamentary probe into the interests of Social Democratic MP Arturas Skardzius, a member of the Energy Commission. […]
Society
Economy
Eurostat finds food prices in Lithuania among EU’s lowest
Prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages in Lithuania last year were among the lowest across the European Union (EU), figures from the EU statistical office Eurostat showed on Thursday. […]
Society
Economy
90 our of 100 universities in the world request Lithuanian lasers
One of the things Lithuania is best known for is the laser industry. While perhaps not at the very pinnacle of the industry, the country does not compare all too poorly against highly developed states such as the USA, Germany, France, China and others. And at the same time the industry shows no signs of slowing down, with growing sales and increasing numbers of manufacturers, which should keep Lithuania within the top echelon of the laser industry. […]
Politics
Audrius Navickas sworn in as MP
Andrius Navickas of the conservative Homeland Union-Christian Democrats on Thursday was sworn in as a member of the parliament. […]