International Yoga Day 2018
Freetime

Jurgis Didžiulis: ‘To me, yoga is an art of self-improvement’

On May 21, ‘Yoga for Everybody’, a public presentation of the International Yoga Day, took place right next to the Vilnius Town Hall. The International Yoga Day itself will be celebrated in Vilnius, as well as the rest of the world, a month later, on June 21. Yoga is becoming increasingly popular in many countries. The celebration of the International Yoga Day, which is officially approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations, is organized by the Consulate of India and its partners. The main goal of this annual celebration is to draw people’s attention to yoga’s benefits on the physical, mental, and spiritual healt of the human being. […]

Kremlin's web
Opinion

Baltic governments respond to growing Russian spy threat

The governments of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania face an increasingly large espionage threat from the Russian Federation. Naturally, this threat includes the introduction or recruitment of Russian agents to engage in classical espionage activities like ferreting out classified information from government sources. […]

Povilas Urbšys
CORPORATE

Urbšys on Karbauskis’ comments: Tomas Dapkus would simply inform me if something was wrong

Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) leader Ramūnas Karbauskis claims he has heard that the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee investigation over business and politicians’ links could also feature a former member of his […]

Klaipėda
Foreign affairs

Baltic defmins to meet in Lithuania’s Klaipėda

Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Raimundas Karoblis, Minister of Defense of Latvia Juri Luiku and Minister of Defense of Estonia Raimonds Bergmanis will meet at the Lithuanian Navy Headquarters in the western port of Klaipėda on Thursday to discuss regional security and mutual cooperation. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Lifting ban on business donations to parties would make buying them legal – Grybauskaitė

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that lifting the existing ban on businesses to financially support political parties would legitimize the buying of them. […]