Society
Lithuania’s Neringa to commemorate Sartre, French prisoners
French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre and World War I’s French prisoners will be commemorated in Lithuania’s coastal municipality of Neringa. […]
Month: April 2018
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian defmin to open NATO Week in Ukraine
Lithuania’s Minister of National Defense Raimundas Karoblis will pay a visit to Kiev on Monday and attend the opening of NATO Week in Ukraine. […]
Society
Flags with Nazi symbols hanged in Vilnius
Flags with Nazi symbols were spotted hanging on three bridges in Vilnius on Friday. […]
Politics
PM feels “reserved” about his party’s dropping ratings
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says he is not worried about his political party’s dropping popularity ratings. […]
Foreign affairs
Ukraine to launch train from Riga via Vilnius, Minsk to Kiev, LG says talks ongoing
As Ukraine plans to soon launch a Kiev-Minsk-Vilnius-Riga passenger train, Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) says negotiations on the matter are still underway. […]
Politics
Politics
TS-LKD widens gap with “farmers” – survey
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats remain the most popular party in Lithuania and its lead over the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), which came in second in April, has increased, according to a new survey by Vilmorus pollster for the Lietuvos Rytas daily, published on Saturday. […]
Society
Dealing with real and fake news in the age of ubiquitous media
Media can be a veritable minefield these days and the European Business Network invited its members and business breakfast guests to learn a little about talking to and consuming the media. The speaker, Ludo Segers, gave a fascinating presentation about the state of affairs and offered some valuable insights into “what to do when you become the news”. […]
Economy
Politics
President, Kaunas mayor, PM remain most popular politicians in Lithuania – survey
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Visvaldas Matijošaitis, mayor of the country’s second-largest city, and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis remain the most popular politicians in Lithuania, shows a new survey by Vilmorus pollster for the Lietuvos Rytas newspaper, published on Saturday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s leaders don’t plan to meet with Dalai Lama, but some MPs do
Members of the Lithuanian parliament’s Provisional Group for Solidarity with Tibetans intend to meet with the Dalai Lama during his visit to Lithuania in June, but the country’s top officials do not plan to do so. […]
Defence
Lithuanian troops to provide communications, information systems support in Afghanistan
Ten Lithuanian soldiers were seen off to NATO‘s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan in a ceremony at the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Staff Battalion in Vilnius on Friday, the Defense Ministry said. […]
Society
Lithuania plans two Mission Siberia expeditions this year
Lithuania this year plans to send two Mission Siberia expeditions to Russia to clean up deportees’ graves. […]
Politics
Seimas panel completes unlawful influence probe, wants materials declassified
The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) has completed its probe into interest groups’ influence on political processes and now asks for permission to declassify the materials of the investigation. […]
Society
Decisions on visas made twice as fast, InterMin says
Lithuania’s Migration Department made decisions on 700 national visa applications in March, compared to around 300 a month earlier, the Ministry of the Interior says. […]
Society
Blood Center’s chief steps down amid corruption probe
Joana Bikulčienė, head of the Lithuanian National Blood Center, has asked to be dismissed. […]
Economy
First Clarion hotel to be opened in Vilnius
International hotel chain Clarion plans to settle in a building being developed by investment company Lords LB Asset Management in central Vilnius, Lords LB Asset Management spokesman Justas Vaitkevičius confirmed it to BNS Lithuania. […]
CORPORATE
Honorary LSDP member points out a leader, who could reunite the split party
The Social Democrats and the recently founded Social Democrat Labourites are like cat and dog. Social Democrat leader Gintautas Paluckas has described his former colleagues, who withdrew from the party to found their own as […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM inviting minister, ambassadors to discuss Eastern policy
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is inviting the foreign minister and several ambassadors to discuss the country’s relations with Russia and other Eastern countries. […]
Foreign affairs
Norway’s crown prince to visit Lithuania
Crown Prince of Norway Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit will pay an official visit to Lithuania next week, accompanied by the country’s defense minister and a high-ranking business delegation, the Office of the President of Lithuania announced. […]