June 2018 - Page 10 of 18 - the Lithuania Tribune

Friendly stories Kaunas Photo @ Elijus Kniežauskas

Friendly City maps challenge the stereotypes in and about Kaunas

June 18, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

Thursday, the new Friendly City Kaunas maps were presented at the Al Cantuccio Italian restaurant in the old town. 20.000 free copies of the Friendly City maps are now distributed around Kaunas and the Lithuanian capital city Vilnius, promoting diversity and showing local friendliness to tourists. In addition to the maps, the big news this year is the Friendly Stories photobook which includes ten different interviews representing contemporary Lithuania. It can be read on any of Friendly City venues in Vilnius or Kaunas, all listed online at friendlycity.info . […]

New take on FIFA World Cup fever in Vilnius

June 18, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

Much like the rest of Europe, World Cup fever has hit Vilnius. However, focus shifted away from the tournament yesterday and onto another interpretation of the world’s most popular sport – a football-inspired dance performance piece called Match. The performance was one of many that took place yesterday throughout the evening and into the early hours of this morning as part of Vilnius Culture Night, an annual summertime event that transforms the city into numerous open-air stages for music, dance, theatre, cinema and photography. […]

Astravyets NPP’s safety info doesn’t match reality – Lithuanian formin

June 18, 2018 BNS 0

The published information on the safety of the Astravyets nuclear power plant in Belarus does not match reality, Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius says. […]

Lithuania plans restricting forest access due to fire risk

June 18, 2018 BNS 0

There are plans to introduce restriction on entering forests in southern and southeastern Lithuania due to the risk of fire. […]

Strasbourg court awards compensation for stalling land restitution in Vilnius Region

June 18, 2018 BNS 0

The European Court of Human Rights has awarded thousands of euros to several Lithuanian citizens for stalling land restitution in Vilnius Region. […]

Large-scale war games wrap up in Lithuania

June 18, 2018 BNS 0

Several large-scale military exercises wrapped up in Lithuania on Friday. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė and Ramūnas Karbauskis

War between R. Karbauskis and D. Grybauskaitė: which will step on a political mine?

June 15, 2018 Media Briefing 0

Political analyst Virginijus Savukynas is convinced that “Farmer” leader Ramūnas Karbauskis, who is committed to investigating the peripeties of the “tulip mail” scandal, could in the long term with Seimas elections nearing gain significant political […]

Ž. Pavilionis and D.J. Kramer: The folly of dialogue with Kremlin

June 15, 2018 Zygimantas Pavilionis 0

French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe were among the leading figures attending the recent St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, at which they met with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader traveled to Vienna this week to meet with Austria’s leadership. And media reports indicate that President Donald Trump is interested in hosting Putin in Washington in the near future. There almost seems to be a race in engaging with Putin, including in Lithuania. […]

Instillation stone commemorating Dutch diplomat J. Zwartendijk @ Ruslanas Iržikevičius (19)

Light of the Dutch diplomat Zwartendijk will light up Kaunas

June 15, 2018 BNS 0

Visiting King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will on Friday unveil in Kaunas, Lithuanian second-largest city, a symbolic light monument to Dutch diplomat Jan Zwartendijk who saved Jews during WWII. […]

Dispute over KGB collaborators erupts in Seimas

June 15, 2018 BNS 0

A dispute has on Thursday erupted in the Lithuanian parliament over a proposal to publish information on people who admitted to have collaborated with the KGB, with the parliamentary opposition warning of the Kremlin’s interest. […]

Kaunas, whole Lithuania will have new stadium in 20 months – city mayor

June 15, 2018 BNS 0

Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, will start the reconstruction of its Darius and Girėnas Stadium in early July after the city signed a contract with contractors. Kaunas should have a new stadium in 20 months, the city’s mayor says. […]

Lithuania’s corruption case: prosecutor wants money restriction for Masiulis extended

June 15, 2018 BNS 0

Justas Laucius, the prosecutor representing the state in the MG Baltic political corruption case, has asked Vilnius Regional Court to extend the property rights restriction for Eligijus Masiulis, one of the defendants in the case, to use the 242,400 euros that were found at his home during a search. […]

Over thousand people took part in deportee name readings across Lithuania

June 15, 2018 BNS 0

Over a thousand people in Lithuania took part in the readings in ten cities of the names of more than 100,000 people who were deported by the Soviets or imprisoned for political reasons as Lithuania marked the Day of Mourning and Hope on Thursday. […]

American soldier involved in brawl in Lithuania’s Kaunas

June 15, 2018 BNS 0

An American soldier was involved in a brawl in central Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, in the early hours of Friday. […]

King Willem-Alexander and the President Grybauskaitė at the Presidential Palace. Photo @ Presidential Palace

King of the Netherlands to meet with Dutch soldiers deployed in Lithuania in Rukla

June 15, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

On June 15 His Majesty King of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander while conducting a state visit in Lithuania will meet with Dutch soldiers serving in the NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battalion Battle Group in Rukla. His Majesty will be escorted by President of the Republic of Lithuania HE Dalia Grybauskaitė, Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis and Chief of Defence of Lithuania Lt Gen Jonas Vytautas Žukas during the visit to the Lithuanian Armed Forces Lithuanian Great Hetman Jonušas Radvila Training Regiment in Rukla, the Ministry of Defence of Lithuania announced. […]