Lithuania’s Andrej Drukarov at the Olympics after the GS
Sports

Baltic skiers attack Olympic giant slalom

Lithuania’s Andrej Drukarov and Estonia’s Tormis Laine made their Olympic debut in the men’s giant slalom Pyeongchang while Latvija’s Kristaps Zvejnieks scored a personal best. […]

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Society

Lithuania to distribute EUR 1.2 mln for religious communities

Lithuania’s Finance Ministry has proposed raising the funding of the country’s traditional religious communities this year to 1.2 million euros. […]

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Opinion

Let’s Talk About Dying

The St Francis Cancer Care Centre in Klaipėda has now been open for four years and has become well known throughout the country. The annual Run for Hope is now in its tenth year and attracts 10,000 participants. And now there are another twenty events organised to raise money for the Cancer Centre, where all the treatments and therapies to patients are given free of charge. It is not a hospital and no medical procedures are offered. But it does fulfil a vital need and has become a preferred place of care for those who use its services. Now it’s time to build a new hospice in Klaipėda. […]

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Economy

EU commission to make efforts toward uniform direct payments to farmers – Juncker

The European Commission is aware of the issue of different levels of direct payments for farmers and will make efforts to make these payments uniform across the bloc, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in Vilnius on Friday. […]

Brussels boy dressed in the Lithuanian national costume
Foreign affairs

Landmarks in New York, Tel Aviv, Warsaw light up in Lithuanian colors

Landmarks and buildings across Lithuania and in some foreign cities are illuminated on Friday in yellow, green and red for the centenary of Lithuania’s restored statehood. […]