On May 4, 2018 the ground-breaking ceremony for The Lost Shtetl Museum and Memorial Complex took place in the middle of Lithuania, in Šeduva. The project is designed by professor Rainer Mahlamäki and Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, Finland. Professor Mahlamäki attended the ceremony, as well as Dr Inna Rogatchi, the author of the forthcoming film and book on Rainer Mahlamäki’s projects of memorial architecture. […]
Thanks to a direct bus connection from Vilnius, most Lithuanian visitors to the Czech Republic can travel to Prague and Brno. The rich history and outstanding cultural offering of smaller cities in the countryside is often overlooked. Gastronomy and local food are often one of the many reasons to enjoy trips abroad. Visiting vineyards, particularly those located around historic castles and mansions, add to the pleasures of driving through idyllic landscapes while learning about the local history, often going back hundreds and thousand years in time. […]
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office asks a court to find former Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov guilty of crimes against humanity during the bloody events of Jan. 13, 1991 in Vilnius and hand him a life sentence. […]
Under the European Commission‘s proposal, direct payments to Lithuanian farmers would reach only 80 percent of the EU‘s average level within the next decade, Lithuanian diplomats say. […]
Montenegro‘s Foreign Minister Srdjan Darmanovic is meeting with Lithuanian officials in Vilnius on Tuesday to discuss Podgorica’s progress in EU accession talks and the situation in the Western Balkans. […]
Amid a parliamentary investigation into business groups’ possible influence on political processes, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that he sees no grounds for taking drastic measures against media organizations controlled by large businesses and calls for relying on the media’s self-regulation bodies. […]
The Vilnius-based European Humanities University (EHU), whose students are mostly from Belarus, expects to solve its problems through closer links with Lithuania’s academic community, its rector said on Monday. […]
Milda Dargužaitė, a former chancellor of the Lithuanian government, has been appointed as CEO of Denmark’s investment company Northern Horizon. […]
Defendants in a mass trial related to the bloody events of Jan. 13, 1991 in Vilnius must be given severe prison sentences and pay over 11.3 million euros in damages in a civil lawsuit, public prosecutors from the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday. […]
Elvinas Jankevičius, currently an advisor to the Lithuanian prime minster, is set to become the country’s next justice minister. […]
A Lithuanian government commission has decided that the remains of participants of the 1863-1864 uprising against Tsarist Russia should be buried in Vilnius’ old Rasos Cemetery next year. […]
With Lithuania’s Tripartite Council set to discuss an increase in the minimum monthly wage on Tuesday, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis would not say by how much it could be raised in early 2019. […]
The Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) chairman Vytautas Bakas may embroil Lithuania in an international scandal through his mentions of removing licenses for news media outlets specified in an intelligence report. This was […]
The State Security Department (VSD) report, which reveals efforts to take over the state, which appeared early last week was as if a response to the release of correspondence between President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Eligijus […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday called for stepping up reforms in the country’s prison system after meeting with Elvinas Jankevičius, a candidate for justice minister. […]
A Lithuanian court has upheld a disciplinary punishment for a heritage protection official who dropped a case over Soviet soldiers’ tombstones at Antakalnis Cemetery in Vilnius. […]
Monday’s Vilnius-Brussels flight has been cancelled due to a strike by Brussels Airlines pilots, according to Vilnius International Airport’s information. […]
A fourth rotation of Portuguese troops is coming to Lithuania to train for four months together with troops from the Lithuanian Grand Duke Butigeidis Dragoon Battalion. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has congratulated Skaiste Venckutė, Inga Mikšaite and Eventas Gužauskas on winning gold medals at the European Kyokushin Karate Championships in Wroclaw, Poland. […]
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