Month: August 2018

The renovation of the Gate of Dawn Chapel and St. Theresa’s Church will start in Vilnius this week, the Archdiocese of Vilnius said on Thursday. […]

Lithuanians invited to take part in natl, regional park cleanup

Lithuanians are being invited to take part in an environment cleanup in the middle of September. […]

Lithuanian hotels expect additional profit from papal visit – media

Lithuanian hotels and other accommodation establishments expect additional profit from the upcoming visit of Pope Francis as the flow of tourists usually drops in fall, the Lietuvos Rytas daily writes. […]

Lithuania ready to contribute to culture center in Poland’s Suwalki, PM says

Lithuania is ready to contribute to the establishment of a Lithuanian culture and education center and also a Lithuanian kindergarten in Suwalki, Poland, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]

PM pledges to boost public broadcaster’s TV signal for Lithuanians in Poland

Lithuania will look for ways to boost the signal of its public broadcaster LRT for Lithuanians living in Poland to be able to watch and listen to its broadcasts, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]

Justmin mulls renouncing halfway house demand for convicts

Lithuanian Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevičius is doubting the effectiveness of halfway houses and calls for considering other measures for inmates with good behavior to finish their sentences. […]

Seibutis has been dragged into the NBA trade merry-go-round for a second time; the rights to the Lithuanian now belong to the Cleveland “Cavaliers”

August 15, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

The name of 33-year old Lithuanian guard, Renaldas Seibutis has been brought in for a second time in the context of NBA trade talks this summer. It was officially announced that the 33-year old Lithuanian has been included in the Sam Dekker trade, the player who was just sent by the Los Angeles Clippers to the Cleveland Cavaliers. […]

Non-traditional president in 2019: What non-traditional candidates have to say and do, Part II

August 15, 2018 Egidijus Vareikis 0

If someone has already decided on becoming a non-traditional candidate for next year’s elections, he or she must start preparing for that test almost immediately. What does our 2019 President need to know to make […]

No Vibrio bacteria found in Lithuania

Tests have found no Vibrio bacteria, causing diarrhea and infections, in the Baltic Sea water in Lithuania’s port of Klaipėda after the country’s Center for Communicable Diseases and AIDS recently warned about possible spread of the bacteria. […]

Lithuanian MEP Guoga mulls political retirement

Lithuanian MEP Antanas Guoga is considering retiring from politics next year when his terms ends. […]

Bank of Lithuania to look into additional info on VIA SMS Group

The Bank of Lithuania will analyze additional information on VIA SMS Group after Arvydas Anušauskas, a member of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, said earlier the Latvian-capital business group VIA SMS Group in Lithuania includes people who have direct ties with the owners of the collapsed Parex bank. […]

Six foreigners with forged documents detained at Vilnius Airport

Border guards at Vilnius Airport have detained six people who flew in from Greece, having forged Romanian and Italian ID documents. […]

Lithuania’s election watchdog registers 6 candidates to fill vacant Seimas seat

Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission on Tuesday registered six candidates who want to fill a vacant parliament seat. […]

Lithuanian Railways to start rebuilding Renge section soon

Lithuania’s state-run railway company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) will soon start rebuilding the Mažeikiai-Renge railway section dismantled a decade ago. […]

VIA SMS Group linked to Parex collapse, Lithuanian MP says

August 14, 2018 Aleksandra Ketleriene 0

Arvydas Anušauskas, a member of the Lithuanian parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has called on the government to disclose whether activity of the Latvian-capital business group VIA SMS Group in Lithuania has been assessed in terms of national security. […]

Most influential in Lithuania 2018: politicians’ list

For four years in a row now, Delfi announces its unique project Most Influential in Lithuania 2018. Surveys in seven different areas will show, who has the greatest influence in the country, whose opinion and […]

Baltic MPs turn to EU leaders over political prisoners in Russia

Members of the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats political group in the Lithuanian Seimas, as well as representatives of the Latvian and Estonian parliaments, have turned to the leaders of EU institutions, calling for increasing pressure on Russia over political prisoners. […]

US defense budget law includes call for bolstering Baltic air policing mission

US President Donald Trump has signed a law on the country’s defense budget for the next year, adopted by the Congress. Among other things, it includes a call to change NATO‘s Baltic air policing mission’s mandate into that of an air defense mission. […]

Lithuania’s LVŽS leader pledges to stop rising prices

Lithuania’s government and parliament will take all possible measures to stop rising food prices in supermarkets, Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), says. […]

Russia poses biggest cyber threat for Lithuania, vice minister says – media