A fight broke out between two Lithuanian volunteer soldiers at the US Army’s military base in Hohenfels, in Germany, on Sunday morning, the Lithuanian Defence Ministry said on Monday. […]
Alma Adamkienė, wife of Lithuania’s former president Valdas Adamkus, is currently in hospital but her condition is not serious, said doctor Aušra Marcijonienė. […]
Vladislavas Švedas, one of the former Communist leaders in Lithuania and a defendant in the January 13 case of attempted coup, has told a court he was declining the lawyer he had been appointed for the case, citing indignation over the lawyer’s public statements about the 1991 events mentioned in the case. […]
The Chief Official Ethics Commission announced it would begin an investigation regarding Ramūnas Karbauskis‘ likely undeclared 3 million euro gift to his two sons. The politician also should have declared, but failed to that his […]
Lithuania’s Armed Forces will this year start replacing the uniform of troops with universal print field uniforms, with the first uniforms to be issued to troops in spring of 2018. […]
A solemn ceremony was held in the House of Signatories in Old Town Vilnius on Sunday to inaugurate the exhibition of the February 16 1918 Independence Act brought to Lithuania from Germany. […]
The Urbutis brothers, owners and top executives of Naftos Grupė (Oil Group), an oil product forwarding company that was granted exceptional terms for the transshipment of oil products via Klaipėdos Nafta (Klaipėda Oil) in 2005 to 2010, have filed appeals against the ruling by a Klaipeda court to sentence them to terms in prison. […]
Lithuania’s Culture Minister Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson is on Saturday leaving for the Swiss resort of Davos to attend the European Cultural Heritage Conference and the World Economic Forum. […]
A Lithuanian man jumped off a ferry en route from Latvia to Sweden in the Gulf of Riga, Latvia’s Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre confirmed to BNS. […]
Economist Gitanas Nausėda took the lead on the list of potential candidates for president in the December poll of Spinter Tyrimai (Spinter Surveys), delfi.lt news portal said on Monday. […]
Lithuania’s Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka will attend meetings of the euro group and the European Union‘s (EU) Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) in Brussels at the beginning of the week, as well as meet with Austria’s finance minister to discuss issues on the EU agenda. […]
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission is handing down the mandate of Kęstutis Pūkas, the embattled MP who stepped down just before the impeachment vote, to former MP Ona Valiukevičiūtė. […]
Mindaugas Raguotis has stepped down from the post of director of the lrt.lt news portal that is undergoing restructuring. […]
Frederik August I (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony, became the King of Poland and the Grand Duke of Lithuania (1697-1733) on June 27th, 1697. During the coronation, the new ruler took the name of Augustus II, but often was called the Strong due to his unusual physical strength. Saxony was one of the most economically developed states in Europe at the end of the 17th century. Entering into a personal union with Saxony, the Commonwealth had better prospects in international politics than many surrounding nations. The new leader, having his own state, could hope that he would be able to rule the boyars of the Commonwealth. […]
Lithuania’s Chief of Defense Lieutenant General Jonas Vytautas Žukas was this week presented the possibilities of purchasing German infantry fighting vehicles Marder, however, the purchase is not planned, officials said. […]
Ramūnas Karbauskis with his lands and tale of “everything is legal” is nothing new in the Lithuanian skies – there have been greater scandals in the country’s politics and business. Figures appearing in the middle […]
Gintarė Šakalytė, Lithuania’s deputy health minister in charge of personal healthcare matters and EU investment projects, is stepping down. […]
Russian businessman Yuri Borisov seeks to legitimize an illegal underground facility housing one of Lithuania’s longest and most modem shooting ranges as authorities want to demolish it, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reported on Friday. […]
The decline of Lithuanian residents is becoming threatening. According to the newest data, due to emigration and demographics, after 5 years our country will experience a dramatic lack of youth aged 17-24. This was observed […]
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