Society

Embassy of Israel in Lithuania continues the meaningful cooperation with “Save the Children” day centers

Embassy of Israel in Lithuania continues cooperation with “Save the Children” day centers in many different towns of Lithuania. To celebrate the beginning of the new year, 300 coupons for visiting VICHI water park in Vilnius were presented to 300 children of “Save the Children” day centers all over the country, a press release from the embassy states. […]

Mindaugas Bastys
Politics

Seimas to vote on stripping MP Bastys of his mandate

The Lithuanian parliament is to vote Tuesday on whether to strip MP Mindaugas Bastys of his mandate. […]

Constitutional Court
Foreign affairs

Ukraine inquires about standards for MPs in Bastys’ case – Constitutional Court president

Ukraine and other countries in Eastern Europe inquire about the standards in connection to MP liability formed by the Lithuanian Constitutional Court in the case of Mindaugas Bastys, says the court’s president Dainius Žalimas. […]

Defence

President proposes deputy director to head Special Investigation Service

Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has proposed appointing Žydrūnas Bartkus, deputy director of the Special Investigation Service (STT), to head the agency for five years, presidential adviser Rasa Svetikaitė said on Monday. […]

Polish parliament
Foreign affairs

Poland’s parliamentary speaker invites neighbors to Warsaw to discuss Europe’s future

In a congratulatory speech at the Lithuanian parliament for restoration of the country’s independence in Vilnius on Saturday, Poland’s Sejm Speaker Marek Kuchcinski invited to step up both bilateral and regional cooperation. […]