Society
Vilnius Municipality to become patron of Russian cultural festival
Vilnius Municipality well be the patron of a festival of Russian culture that will place in Vilnius in June. […]
Month: May 2018
Foreign affairs
Lithuania could ratify Istanbul Convention with certain conditions – speaker
The Seimas of Lithuania could ratify the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) but with certain conditions, the Seimas’ Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says. […]
Foreign affairs
EC’s Gazprom probe’s significance to Lithuania decreased – energmin
As the European Commission plans to announce about an amicable agreement with Russian gas giant Gazprom over its activity in eastern Europe, Lithuania’s former and incumbent energy ministers say the Russian company’s potential commitment are no longer significant for Lithuania after it diversified its gas supplies. […]
Politics
VSD info on ex-prosecutor undermines trust in service, parlt speaker says
The State Security Department‘s information on a former prosecutor’s close cooperation with the MG Baltic business group’s executives is undermining trust in the prosecution service, Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis says. […]
Culture
Lithuanian artist’s sculpture to be exhibited at Washington Union Station
A sculpture, named “Gardens”, by Lithuanian-American artist Ray Bartkus will be unveiled at Washington Union Station on Wednesday, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Restoration of the State of Lithuania. […]
Politics
Government to approve tax, pension reforms
Lithuania’s government is expected to give its final approval to bills on planned tax, pension and other structural reforms. […]
European Union
EC to announce its decision on Gazprom following six-year probe
The European Commission will announce its decision in the upcoming days regarding a dispute with Russian gas giant Gazprom, following a six-year investigation […]
Politics
Seimas starts discussions on EU personal data protection rules
The Seimas of Lithuania has started discussions on bills aimed at harmonizing the country’s laws with the new European personal data protection rules coming into forces in three days. […]
CORPORATE
Kęstutis Girnius. How reliable is the VSD report?
For a few weeks now, the main attention of Lithuanian politicians and news media has been focused on the State Security Department (VSD) report on the illegal efforts by the MG Baltic group to influence […]
Politics
Gadeikis elected chairman of Lithuania’s LRT Council
Journalist, philologist and litterateur Liudvikas Gadeikis, 63, has been elected chairman of the Council of the Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) on Tuesday. […]
Society
KGB documents on Sąjūdis published in Lithuania
The Genocide and Resistance Research Center of Lithuania has published KGB documents on Lithuania’s reform movement Sąjūdis on www.kgbveikla.lt, as the movement’s 30th anniversary approaches. […]
CORPORATE
The calm before the storm: a revolt brewing in the “Farmer” ranks
The threat of breaking up is looming over the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) Seimas group: some ten members may withdraw from it. Povilas Urbšys, who left the “Farmers” last week and could have […]
CORPORATE
Dual citizenship may translate into discrimination against some people
‘We are likely to run into the problem of ethnic discrimination while defining the notion of dual citizenship,’ claims Eglė Verseckaitė-Grzeskowiak, Senior Lecturer at ISM University of Management and Economics, in her interview to the […]
Freetime
Lonely Planet picks Vilnius as one of the top places in Europe to visit this summer
Lonely Planet today revealed that Vilnius have been selected by leading travel authority Lonely Planet as one of its top ten places to visit in Europe this year, ranked alongside Italy’s food heartland of Emilia-Romagna, and the Northern Spanish region of Cantabria, a press release from Go Vilnius states. […]
Foreign affairs
Plaque to Lithuanian 1918 independence act signatories to be unveiled in Latvia’s Liepaja
A commemorative plaque to honor three signatories of Lithuania’s 1918 Act of Independence is to be unveiled in the western Latvian town of Liepaja, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said. […]
Politics
Minister withdraws proposal to ban goods ‘distorting history’ after criticism
Lithuanian Economy Minister Virginijus Sinkevičius has withdrawn his proposal to ban the sale of goods that “distort or belittle the history of Lithuania” following criticism that the move might restrict the freedom of expression. […]
Society
Lithuanian president to confer state award on Litvak painter Samuel Bak
President Dalia Grybauskaitė will on Tuesday confer the Cross of the Knight of the Order for Merits to Lithuania on internationally-renowned Litvak painter Samuel Bak. […]
Politics
PM plans to return to discussions on political party funding model
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that politicians will return to discussions on political party funding after the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense issues the findings in its probe on links between businesses and politics. […]
Society
Foreign affairs
IMF calls on Lithuania to tackle social disparity, demographic problems
Experts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called on Lithuania to address social disparity and demographic challenges as they completed their mission in Vilnius on Monday. […]