Politics
Journalists call on Lithuanian authorities to lift restrictions on access to registry data
Lithuanian journalists called on the authorities on Thursday to lift restrictions on access to data from the Center of Registers. […]
Month: October 2018
Society
Illegal raw tobacco processing plants setting up in Lithuania – customs officials
The Lithuanian Customs Criminal Service (CCS) suspects that shadow raw tobacco processing plants are being set up in the country to supply illegal tobacco to factories across Europe. […]
Foreign affairs
Russian diplomat pulled over for apparent drunk driving in Klaipėda
A Russian diplomat was pulled over for apparent drunk driving in the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda on Wednesday evening, but refused to take a breathalyzer test, the Police Department said. […]
Society
Experts to search for other partisans’ burial places after finding Ramanauskas’ remains
After successfully finding and identifying the remains of Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, a Lithuanian armed anti-Soviet resistance commander, experts now plan to search for burial sites of other partisans. […]
Society
PM promises to give media free access to registry data
The Lithuanian government will next week adopt decisions to give media free access to registry data, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Thursday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian defense minister takes part in NATO ministerial meeting
NATO defense ministers, including Lithuania’s Raimundas Karoblis, are meeting in Brussels to discuss the Alliance’s deterrence and defense measures, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said. […]
Foreign affairs
Linguist Balodė receives 1st Balts’ Award in ceremony in Riga
Laimutė Balodė, a prominent linguist and professor at the Universities of Latvia and Helsinki, received the first Balts’ Award in a ceremony in Riga on Wednesday. […]
Society
Lithuania to change clocks for last time next spring – minister
People in Lithuania will change their clocks for the last time next spring as the country will keep summertime permanently, Transport and Communications Minister Rokas Masiulis said on Wednesday. […]
Society
Lithuania bans pedestrians from using mobile phones in crosswalks
Pedestrians in Lithuania will be banned from using mobile phones in crosswalks and motorists will have to give way to pedestrians who are about to step into a crosswalk. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania, Latvia sign agreement on emergency medical services in border area
The Lithuanian and Latvian health ministers have signed an agreement on emergency medical services (EMS) in the border area of the two neighboring countries. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian government gives greenlight to set up representation to OECD
The Lithuanian government on Wednesday gave the final go-ahead for setting up the country’s permanent representation to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). […]
Foreign affairs
Vasiulis proposed for Lithuania’s ambassador to Kazakhstan
The Lithuanian government proposes to appoint Gintautas Vasiulis as the country’s ambassador to Kazakhstan. […]
Politics
Seimas probe finds LRT council has too many functions, proposes to set up board
The Lithuanian parliament’s ad hoc investigation commission scrutinizing the activities of the Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) says the public broadcaster’s council currently has too many functions and proposes to establish a board. […]
Politics
LRT must be resistant to political pressure, president says
Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT must be resistant to political pressure and influence of interest groups, the country’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says. […]
Society
Cause, damage of DFDS Seaways ferry’s fire to be clearer on Thursday
The Danish ferry company DFDS Seaways’ ferry Regina Seaways is undergoing inspection in Lithuania’s port of Klaipėda after the fire incident in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday when it was en route from Germany’s Kiel to Klaipėda. […]
Society
Ship traffic restrictions still in place in Klaipėda due to strong winds
Ship traffic restrictions are still in place in Lithuania’s port of Klaipėda on Wednesday due to bad weather conditions, the port’s spokeswoman Dovilė Ringis said. […]
Society
Lithuania’s Kaunas to buy 85 new trolleybuses from Poland’s Solaris
Kauno Autobusai (Kaunas Buses), a municipal transport company in Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas, will buy 85 news trolleybuses for 29.4 million euros from Poland’s Solaris Bus & Coach S.A. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s Panemunė border checkpoint will not work for four hours
The Panemunė-Sovetsk border checkpoint on the Lithuanian-Russian border will not work for four hours on Thursday, Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service said. […]
Economy
Ten percent increase in flight number. Measures for enhancing the airspace capacity under consideration
During the nine months of this year, air traffic controllers handled 204.2 thousand flights in the Lithuanian airspace, i.e. by 10 per cent more flights, compared to the same period last year. Overflights accounted for three fourths (155 thousand) of the total number of flights. Compared to the same period last year, the number of overflights increased by 9.7 per cent. Taking into account the considerable growth of flight number, Oro Navigacija is considering measures for enhancing the airspace capacity, a press release from the state enterprise states. […]
Society
Works by Lithuanian designers in homes of world-famous celebrities
Due to their solutions and functionality, works by Lithuanian furniture designers cater for the needs not only of NATO but also of Claudia Schiffer. According to design specialists, we are known worldwide and have a reputation for being among the first to master the latest production technologies and perfectly coordinate aesthetics with functionality, a quality that plays an important role for the modern man, a press release from Litexpo states. […]