Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

President sees no grounds for stripping MG Baltic’s LNK TV of its license

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that MG Baltic is an example of oligarchic activity, but there is no legal basis, at least for now, for stripping LNK, a TV channel owned by the business group, of its license. […]

High-profiled ceremony for the forthcoming The Lost Shtetl Museum & Memorial Complex - @ ArkLM
Society

High profile ceremony for the forthcoming museum in Lithuania

On May 4, 2018 the ground-breaking ceremony for The Lost Shtetl Museum and Memorial Complex took place in the middle of Lithuania, in Šeduva. The project is designed by professor Rainer Mahlamäki and Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, Finland. Professor Mahlamäki attended the ceremony, as well as Dr Inna Rogatchi, the author of the forthcoming film and book on Rainer Mahlamäki’s projects of memorial architecture. […]

Outstanding landscapes and bicycle routes in Southern Moravia   Photo Courtesy of Czech Tourism
Freetime

Winegrowing regions a destination for Lithuanian visitors to the Czech Republic

Thanks to a direct bus connection from Vilnius, most Lithuanian visitors to the Czech Republic can travel to Prague and Brno. The rich history and outstanding cultural offering of smaller cities in the countryside is often overlooked. Gastronomy and local food are often one of the many reasons to enjoy trips abroad. Visiting vineyards, particularly those located around historic castles and mansions, add to the pleasures of driving through idyllic landscapes while learning about the local history, often going back hundreds and thousand years in time. […]

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Economy

‘Too little too late’: Lithuanian farmers offered 80 pct of EU average payments in 2027

Under the European Commission‘s proposal, direct payments to Lithuanian farmers would reach only 80 percent of the EU‘s average level within the next decade, Lithuanian diplomats say. […]

Vilnius, January 13, 1991
Society

Lithuanian prosecutors demand jail sentences, EUR 11.3 mln damages in 1991 crackdown trial

Defendants in a mass trial related to the bloody events of Jan. 13, 1991 in Vilnius must be given severe prison sentences and pay over 11.3 million euros in damages in a civil lawsuit, public prosecutors from the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday. […]

Dainius Radzevičius
CORPORATE

Words after which an international scandal is predicted for Lithuania

The Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) chairman Vytautas Bakas may embroil Lithuania in an international scandal through his mentions of removing licenses for news media outlets specified in an intelligence report. This was […]