Sports
Ieva Januškevičiūtė: I had to do my job
23-year-old alpine skier Ieva Januškevičiūtė scored a solid 43rd result in her second Olympic slalom appearance. […]
Year: 2018
Culture
Director of Rooster Gallery: Interest in art is on the rise in Lithuania
The Rooster Gallery, the first mobile gallery that was established in Lithuania ten years ago, started its activity with minimum resources, without a concrete exhibition space, and had to look for a new space each time when it held an exhibition. Today, the gallery can take pride in its significant achievements both on the Lithuanian and international art scene. Head of the gallery Jurgita Juospaitytė-Bitinienė currently works with the most interesting Lithuanian painters of the young generation whose work is already known in the international context. […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania: a State in Europe or a Federal State of Europe?
The future of the EU, an issue increasingly raised over the recent years, seems to generate fatigue. In fact, in Lithuania, in contrast to the rest of the EU, the debate on the matter is […]
Society
February 16th commemoration in Lithuania
February 16 is a national holiday in Lithuania in commemoration of the signing of the Act of Independence of Lithuania on February 16, 1918 which proclaimed the restoration of the independent state of Lithuania. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s government ready to take over defence agreement – PM
The government is ready to take the coordinating role and coordinate the positions of political parties on defence matters to facilitate signing of a long-term document on the country’s defence strategy, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Energy
Baltic states ask EU to include power network synchronization in next budget
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on Thursday urged the leaders of the European Union (EU) to envisage funds in the community’s new budget for synchronization of the Baltic electricity networks with Western Europe. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s ex-president urges politicians to keep youth believing in public life
Lithuania’s former president Valdas Adamkus has emphasized the importance of continuity in public life and unity of the nation, inviting youth to take active interest in history. Speaking on the country’s centennial anniversary, he urged politicians to act in a way to make sure that the youth is not disappointed in the state and public life. […]
Foreign affairs
Disclosed Russian links to NotPetya attack allow compensation claims – deputy defence minister
After Russia has been listed responsible for the last year’s cyber attack NotPetya, Lithuania can demand that Moscow compensated the damages caused by the attack, says Defence Vice-Minister Edvinas Kerza. […]
CORPORATE
Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė. Lithuania, ask not for whom the bell tolls
The centenary of the reestablishment of the modern national Lithuania is a good opportunity to ask ourselves – what is contemporary Lithuania about? Too rare are serious talks of this matter despite all of us […]
Politics
Lithuanian MPs collect signatures for Skardžius impeachment
Lithuania’s opposition has collected signatures for impeachment of MP Artūras Skardžius of the Social Democratic Labor group who may have confused his public and private interests by taking care of the renewable resource sector. […]
Society
Feb. 16 celebrations in Soviet Lithuania: from pieces of cloth to tricolour
Vytautas Bogušis, then a ninth-grade student, 43 years ago bought pieces of cloth for a hand-made yellow-green-red Lithuanian flag that his schoolmates raised in the Rasų Cemetery in Vilnius, the capital of the Soviet-occupied Lithuania, on the eve of Feb. 16, 1975. […]
Society
Technical problems disrupt issuance of ID documents in Lithuania
The issuance of identification documents in Lithuania has been temporarily disrupted by technical problems, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. […]
CORPORATE
The Conservatives will propose potential candidates to president. Whom would you choose?
At the end of October the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) will organise internal elections where not only their party members will be able to elect the party’s candidate for the presidential race, […]
Sports
Alpine skier Ieva Januškevičiutė shows attitude in Olympic GS
Ieva Januškevičiutė finished the women’s GS in 54th position; Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S.A. won her first of what is likely to be several gold medals of the Games. […]
Foreign affairs
Italy’s judo federation apologizes to Lithuania for playing Soviet-era anthem
Italy’s Judo Federation has apologized for a recent incident in which the national anthem of the Soviet-occupied Lithuania was played during a judo tournament, the Lithuanian foreign minister’s spokeswoman said on Thursday. […]
Society
Landsbergis in hospital, to miss Lithuania’s centennial celebrations
Lithuania’s first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis is in hospital being treated for flue complications and will miss Friday’s centenary celebrations, his son Vytautas V. Landsbergis confirmed on Thursday. […]
Economy
PM expects tax reform laws to be passed by July
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis expects laws on the continuing tax reform to be passed by the parliament by July and to take effect in early 2019. […]
Foreign affairs
Polish president, EU’s top officials coming to Vilnius for centennial celebrations
Polish President Andrzej Duda and top European Union officials are coming to Vilnius on Thursday as festive events marking the centenary of Lithuania’s restored statehood are kicking off across the country. […]
Society
Vilnius high school students have live chat with astronaut in orbit
Students at two Vilnius schools on Wednesday had a live chat with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. […]
Politics
Zabulionis wrongfully fired as Lithuanian Road Administration’s deputy director – court
A court has ruled that Daivis Zabulionis was wrongfully dismissed as deputy director of the Lithuanian Road Administration and will have to be reinstated in his post. […]