Vilnius Airport passengers flying to non-Schengen countries will enjoy an even more pleasant travelling experience. Now the passengers can visit a newly opened duty free shop. The shopping area was renovated as a part of the Vilnius Airport terminal reconstruction. […]
First coins of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were minted in the late 14th century, right after Jogaila became the king of Poland and Lithuania began the process of Christianisation (in 1386–1387). The Christianisation kick-started a number of important changes in the country, and some of them found their reflection in early Lithuanian coins. The symbolism of the coins was dominated by the motives of religion and authority because in addition to being part of the economy, the coins were supposed to deliver messages about the ruler of the country among various groups of the society. […]
Vitalijus Mitrofanovas, the Social Democrat mayor of Lithuania’s northern district of Akmenė, says he was expecting criticism for a planned schoolchildren’s trip to Russia but says he sees nothing wrong in such cooperation and calls for making use of it for the promotion of European values. […]
400-450 inmates would be affected by proposed amnesty in Lithuania, Justice Minister Elvinas Jankevičius said on Tuesday after meeting with Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union. […]
An outbreak of swine fever has been recorded on a pig farm in Lithuania’s northern district of Akmene, operated by Denmark’s Idavang, Lithuania’s State Food and Veterinary Service said. […]
Lithuania’s northern town of Radviliškis plans to rename a street named after a Soviet hero in late August, the Lietuvos Žinios daily writes. […]
Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday called for remembering the lessons of Moscow’s aggression as Georgia marks the 10th anniversary of its war with Russia. […]
Lithuania comes 40th out of 193 countries in the United Nations’ Electronic Government Development Index, dropping 17 positions, compared to 2016. […]
Lithuanian institutions and the Catholic Church have started coordinating financial issues related to the upcoming visit of Pope Francis, with funds to be spent on stages, protection, decorations. […]
Specific and motivated legal solutions against ride-sharing company Yandex.Taxi are being looked for, but that’s not a strategic company which can be subject to certain restrictions, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
An advertising campaign introducing the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius as “the G-Spot of Europe” does not cross the morality line but the timing of its launch should have better considered, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
On Saturday a campsite with friends and family members near Vilnius marked the end of the round the world trip for two motorcycle enthusiasts Asta Dovydėnaitė and Linas Mockevičius. In 640 days or more than 21 months the two travelers traversed more than 100 thousand kilometers and visited 45 different countries. This experience will forever cement itself in their memory not only because of the thousands of photos taken during the trip, but also because of a new mention in the Lithuanian record books. They have become the first Lithuanians to cover this much distance using motorcycles. […]
They won the auction… But did they Mr. Skvernelis also mentioned that by protecting these Lietuvos Energija projects, other rivals could be eliminated. The 2013 auction incentive auction for a biomass-winning company became one such […]
The Sejm of the Polish – Lithuanian joint state – the Commonwealth of the Two Nations – that convened on 1 February 1717, and sat in conference for only six or seven hours instead of the usual several weeks or several months, was given a name of “silent” because the draft laws were approved without considering them and none of the participants was allowed to start discussions. This procedure for adopting laws was agreed upon in advance. Only the Speaker of the Sejm was allowed to speak whose candidature was coordinated prior to the beginning of the Sejm. There was no usual election of the Speaker of the Sejm either. […]
This summer, travelers around Lithuania can already reach various picturesque places by going on newly paved roads. In the country’s regions, about 30 sections of gravel roads were paved this year, many of them leading through landscape reserves, along rivers or around lakes, a press release from the Transport and Communications Ministry states. […]
Fighter jets stationed in the Baltic states as part of NATO’s air policing mission were scrambled eight times last week to identify and escort military aircraft of the Russian Federation in the international airspace over the Baltic Sea, according to data from the Ministry of National Defense. […]
Ernestas Butrimas, the son of Kristina Brazauskienė, the widow of Lithuanian President Algirdas Brazauskas, is suspected of false accounting and the provision of false income, profit and asset information related to real estate operation in the United States. […]
Reduction of administrative burden on investment funds and more favourable environment for their activities in Lithuania, and at the same time, creation of better possibilities of business financing and greater opportunities for investors is the main goal of the draft laws on collective investment undertakings (CIU) which the Ministry of Finance submitted today to the Government. […]
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