Lithuania is facing sanctions if amendments paving the way for Rolandas Paksas to stand as a candidate in elections do not more forward in the Seimas, says Donatas Murauskas, head of the Lithuanian Justice Ministry’s Division of Representation at the European Court of Human Rights. […]
Lithuania’s former Energy Minister Rokas Masiulis refrains from commenting on the prime minister’s recent critical statements on state-run energy company Lietuvos Energija‘s (Lithuanian Energy) cogeneration plant projects in Vilnius and Kaunas. […]
Three years after a massive flood of refugees, migration is once more beginning to dominate European Union politics. The current reason is the new right wing Italian government’s decision to prohibit a French NGO’s ship […]
It is now literally just a matter of months before Putin‘s Russia could shake the foundations of NATO and the security structure of Europe. Moreover, Putin may have the opportunity to do this with elegance, with simplicity and in perfect legality. The possible gains for Russia far outweigh any reason for restraint. All signs indicate that Kremlin strategists have long been aware of the opportunity, and have been actively working to seize it. The groundwork is ongoing and plain to see. In autumn of this year, politicians loyal to the Kremlin will be in a position, formally and legally, to take political control of the central Baltic State – Latvia. The next step would be technically simple – a newly elected government, beholden to Moscow, would withdraw Latvia from NATO. And this would change everything far more profoundly than we might imagine. […]
Irish President Michael D. Higgins will visit Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas on Wednesday and will receive an honorary doctorate degree from Vytautas Magnus University. […]
As Britain is set to leave the European Union, Ireland is seeking closer ties with the Baltic and Nordic states, Irish President Michael D. Higgins said in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]
The incumbent Lithuanian parliament has not a single member who secretly collaborated with the Soviet KGB, Teresė Birutė Burauskaitė, head of the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania said following its research. […]
Lithuania’s Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas on Tuesday survived an opposition-initiated interpellation against him after lawmakers voted in favor of his answers. […]
The mayor of the northern Lithuanian town of Panevėžys, Rytis Mykolas Račkauskas, was on Tuesday detained by the Lithuanian Special Investigation Service, alongside his advisor Gintarė Maskoliūnienė and three business representatives. […]
The majority leaders in the Lithuanian parliament are changing their proposed plans for the personal income tax, social insurance contribution rates and non-taxable income rates. […]
The people are drawing away from the so-called establishment political powers, instead minor protest, populist and more radical parties are gaining momentum, lzinios.lt writes. “I believe that four million voices can gather for more than […]
Of the 58 civic electoral committees, which partook in the 2015 municipal elections, 19 had legal entities operating under similar names. The chairwoman of the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) Laura Matjošaitytė proposes to discuss whether […]
Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission (VRK) does not check candidates’ personal information forms whether they have correctly provided information on their link with the KGB, MP Zbignev Jedinski, representing the opposition Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance, claims. […]
Lieutenant Colonel Robert A. Mcvey was on Tuesday accredited as the United States‘ new defense attaché to Lithuania, the Defense Ministry said. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with her Irish counterpart, Michael D. Higgins, in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]
Irish President Michael D. Higgins says that the Lithuanian community is “very welcome” in Ireland. […]
The mayor of the northern Lithuanian town of Panevėžys was on Tuesday detained by the Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT). […]
Towards a Pro-European Russia and a Marshall Plan for Russia (after Putin) Lithuania is situated next to a complicated neighbourhood. Russia has been and will remain, for many years to come, the biggest threat to […]
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday will take part in a meeting of foreign ministers of the Baltic, Nordic and Visegrad Group countries in Sweden. […]
The Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT) officials on Tuesday are searching the offices of the Panevėžys local authority as part of an investigation involving the town’s mayor, Rytis Mykolas Račkauskas. […]
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