Society
Number of births in Lithuania may hit 60-year low this year – media
A researcher predicts that Lithuania this year may record the lowest number of births in the past 60 years, the Delfi news website reported on Tuesday. […]
Year: 2018
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian, Russian officials begin to coordinate preparations for FIFA World Cup
Lithuanian and Russian officials are starting to coordinate efforts to manage increased migration flows to Kaliningrad, which will host some of the 2018 FIFA World Cup matches this June. […]
Society
Klaipėda port set to open cruise season
A new cruise season is kicking off in the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda with the arrival of this year’s first cruise ship, Astoria, on Tuesday morning. […]
Society
TB cases among Lithuanian children on rise, treatment results worst in Europe
Lithuania has Europe’s worst multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) treatment success rate and the number of children ill with tuberculosis in the country is on the increase, the Center for Communicable Diseases and AIDS has warned. […]
Economy
Lithuanian economists, trade unions cautiously welcome tax reform plans
Lithuanian economists and trade union officials say that the government’s planned tax and pension system reform unveiled on Monday will lead to a rise in wages, but will not help to drastically curb emigration. […]
CORPORATE
U.S. Ambassador Anne Hall: 100 years of U.S.-Lithuania Friendship
This is a special year for Lithuania. As the country celebrates the 100th anniversary of the re-establishment of its independence, the United States Embassy is pleased to mark this milestone with a special museum exhibit […]
CORPORATE
Revolutionary changes planned for Lithuania: women will begin to give birth more often and prices will decrease
Over the past few decades, there has been a constant decline in the Lithuanian population – we are not only dying out, but also emigrating. However in the near future, there will be ever more […]
Politics
Liberal Movement picks MEP Auštrevičius as presidential candidate
MEP Petras Auštrevičius will be proposed as the Lithuanian Liberal Movement‘s candidate for the 2019 presidential elections. […]
Politics
Labor Party elects Uspaskich as leader
Viktor Uspaskich, the founder of the Lithuanian Labor Party, was elected as the party’s new chairman at a congress in Kaunas on Sunday. […]
Society
Female ex-employees of EU gender equality institute in Vilnius: Harassment was widespread
Sexual harassment at the European Institute of Gender Equality (EIGE) in Vilnius was more widespread than the few cases of harassment, former foreign employees of the European Union‘s (EU) institution told BNS. […]
Politics
No new conditions in coalition deal with Lithuanian SocDem Labor party – Karbauskis
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the elder of the ruling political group of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, says that a new coalition agreement with the Gediminas Kirkilas-led Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor group would be harmonized and signed shortly. […]
Defence
Economy
Government set to recover EUR 200 mln from shadow in 2019
Lithuania’s government plans to recover 200 million euros from the shadow next year in an effort to reduce the scope of shadow economy, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis siad on Monday. […]
Politics
More emergency crews among planned reforms of Lithuania’s health care system
Lithuania’s government intends to increase the number of the brigades of the emergency medical service as one of the innovations envisaged in the package of structural reforms presented by the government on Monday. […]
Society
Klaipėda University rector resigns
Eimutis Juzeliūnas is resigning from the post of rector of the Klaipėda University, the university based in the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda said on Monday. […]
Foreign affairs
Kazakhstan’s SCAT Airlines to launch direct Astana-Vilnius service
SCAT Airlines is set to launch in late May direct flights between Kazakhstan‘s capital of Astana and Lithuania’s capital of Vilnius. […]
CORPORATE
The prime minister needs party support, thus B. Markauskas may remain
The news reported by the 15min.lt news portal that the minister of agriculture cultivated land without its owner’s permission and received European funding on behalf of his mother has become yet another challenge to the […]
Economy
Foreign affairs
Lithuania supports actions against Syrian regime – formin
The Syrian regime crossed a number of red lines, therefore, Lithuania supports the actions taken by the United States, the United Kingdom and France, says Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Polish MP again seeks publishing info on admitted ex-KGB agents
After Lithuania’s parliament over six months ago rejected the proposal of publishing the names of former KGB agents who had admitted their past, MP Zbignev Jedinskij has again initiated the amendment. […]