Švyturys brewery
Economy

Švyturys and Brooklyn opens new craft brewery in Lithuania

On the 28th of June, after 3-year reconstruction Švyturys Brewery opened its doors in Klaipėda port of Lithuania. Here, the modern craft beer line, gastrobar, shop, beer museum as well as conference and degustation halls fit under the same roof. The project is a joint investment of Carlsberg Group and Brooklyn Brewery, strengthening the partnership between two brewers to excel in European craft beer market. […]

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The Song Celebration charms clients in Vilnius stores

This week, 36,000 Lithuanian and international performers flooded into Vilnius as the Lithuanian Song Festival, which is dedicated to Lithuania’s Centenary this year, had started. The festive atmosphere can even be felt far away from the amphitheater at Vingis Park or on the stages in Kalnai Park, where intensive rehearsals are currently taking place. Surprisingly, the Song Celebration participants started singing cheerful songs together with employees and clients in three of the biggest Maxima stores. This way, the singers invited Vilnius residents and guests to attend the numerous events taking place during this special Lithuanian Song Festival, a press release from Maxima says. […]

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Family Card Programme to be launched in 2019

The Seimas has adopted the Law on Family Card and amendments to the Law on Local Self-Government, thus introducing the family card into the national system as from 1 July 2019. A total of 110 MPs voted in favour of the Law, with 1 MP voting against and 4 abstaining, a Seimas press release states. […]

The Netherlands Royal Military Orchestra “Johan Willem Friso” Photo © Ludo Segers @ The Lithuania Tribune
Culture

Dutch musical touch to a Lithuanian National Holiday

Right upon the heels of the visit by the Dutch King to Lithuania last month, a much larger contingent is making a musical call on Vilnius. The 52 members of the Netherlands Royal Military Orchestra ‘Johan Willem Friso’ are playing a number of concerts in the Capital. They are also a reminder that there is also a large Dutch presence in Rukla as part of the NATO presence in Lithuania. […]

Raimundas Lopata
CORPORATE

Raimundas Lopata. On a conference organised by Vygaudas Ušackas

“Whether we love Vytautas Landsbergis or not, we must admit – particularly in relations with Russia we must be direct and not sugar-coat our words. What do we see nowadays in the professor’s Conservative party, […]

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Foreign affairs

Italian president to pay state visit to Lithuania

Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday is coming to Lithuania on a state visit. […]

Society

Government declares nationwide state of emergency over drought (Updated)

The Lithuanian government has decided to declare a nationwide state of emergency due to a prolonged drought to allow farmers who get EU support to avoid sanctions and to facilitate negotiations with buyers of their products. […]

Lithuanian national basketball team
Sports

An in-depth analysis of Lithuania’s national basketball team after the third window games!

About 6 minutes into Lithuania’s first game versus Poland on June 28th, I was thinking to myself that Lithuania was in big trouble. They didn’t start out good at all. A scrappy Polish team was putting up an intense fight, jumping out to an early lead. They were knocking down everything from beyond the arc and team LT looked like they had not even practiced. They were very slow on defensive switches and close-outs, which led to these wide-open early three-pointers by Poland. Basically, it looked as though LT was just going through the motions and mailing it in, not caring about winning or putting forth much effort at all […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Economy

President signs pension system changes into law

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday signed 26 amendments paving the way for the implementation of the pension accumulation reform, endorsed by the Seimas, as of the start of the next year. […]