Society
Year: 2018
Politics
TS-LKD, LVŽS remain most popular parties in Lithuania – survey
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats and the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union remain the most popular parties in Lithuania, according to a new survey by Vilmorus for the Lietuvos Rytas daily, published on Saturday. […]
Politics
MP challenges Klaipėda mayor in mayoral election
Lithuanian MP Simonas Gentvilas is challenging Vytautas Grubliauskas, mayor of the western port of Klaipėda, and will seek to become the liberals’ candidate for the port’s mayor, according to media reports. […]
Society
Kaunas police uncover 2 firms engaged in illegal car registration activities
Police in Kaunas have uncovered two businesses engaged in illegal car registration activities. […]
Politics
Ethics watchdog expands probe into PM’s declaration of interests
The Chief Official Ethics Commission of Lithuania has expanded its investigation into Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis‘ declaration of interests and will look into whether the prime minister properly declared his wife’s interests. […]
Society
Wildfire in Latvia causes smoky skies in northern Lithuania
A massive forest and peat bog fire raging in western Latvia has caused smoky skies across northern Lithuania, the National Public Health Center said on Friday. […]
Economy
Lithuanians started to enjoy the non-alcoholic beer: sales records are beat
Today, the International Brewers’ Day is celebrated, it reminds us not only of the old brewing traditions, but of the innovations of beer industry as well. Non-alcoholic beer, which was considered a niche product not so long ago, is already about to get rid of this label. This summer the demand for non-alcohol beer is growing at a record pace, while Lithuanian and foreign beer makers had supplied store shelves with fifty different types of non-alcoholic beer, a press release from Maxima states. […]
CORPORATE
From Kremlin propagandist to Lithuanian spy: Russian suspected of being double agent
Delfi announced on Thursday evening that a Kaliningrad resident named Antonina Zimina, accused of treason and currently held at the Lefortovo Prison in Moscow, was arrested. Russian public observer commission member Aleksander Yonov, who visited […]
CORPORATE
Gabrielius Landsbergis. The weakening state under Skvernelis’s leadership
It’s summertime. Come to think of it, we could well change into swimming gear, kick off our shoes and relax at the seaside, like Boniface the lion did in a famous cartoon. This is what […]
Economy
Largest investment in 20 years: Continental launches plant construction in Lithuania
German car parts giant Continental on Friday launched the construction of a new plant, worth 95 million euros, in Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas’s free economic zone, in a largest investment in the country in 20 years. […]
Economy
The number of both passengers and flights increased at Lithuanian Airports in the first half of the year
Almost 3 million passengers were travelling through Lithuanian Airports in the first half of this year. It’s 15% more than last year at the same time. The rates of flights and carried cargo grew rapidly, and it`s expected that country`s airports will be able to report about new records at the end of the year, a press release from Lithuanian Airports states. […]
LIGHT
Lithuanians would spend unexpectedly received 2000 Euros for recreation and entertainment
As much as one third of the Lithuanians would spend unexpectedly received 2000 Euros for their vacations, travel and entertainment, which is shown by the public opinion poll conducted at the request of Šiaulių bankas. One fifth of the respondents would renew their homes for this money, a press release from the bank states. […]
Economy
Continental starts building EUR 95 mln plant in Lithuania’s Kaunas
German car parts giant Continental is launching on Friday the construction of a new plant, worth 95 million euros, in Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas’s free economic zone. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian MP refuses to go to Poland for questioning over fund misuse
Lithuanian MP Michal Mackevič, representing the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance, is refusing to go to Poland for questioning over misuse of funds allocated to the Association of Poles in Lithuania, the Lietuvos Rytas daily writes on Friday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania has no doubts about United States’ NATO commitment
Lithuania has trust in the United States’ commitment to NATO‘s collective defense, despite President Donald Trump‘s expressed doubts, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania ready to send military helicopter to Sweden to fight forest fires
Responding to Sweden’s request to help it fight forest fires, Lithuania is ready to deploy a military helicopter Mi-8 with a crew, Lithuania’s Ministry of National Defense said on Thursday. […]
Society
Lithuanian firm charged with failure to take almost 6 mln tons of waste to Latvia
Lithuania’s Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT) and Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office have handed over to court a criminal case in which a Lithuanian company is suspected of sham managements of metal and other packaging, causing the State of Lithuania damage worth 6 million euros. […]
Society
Russian detained after smuggling 15 kg of amber from Kaliningrad to Lithuania
A Russian woman has been detained after smuggling around 15 kilograms of amber from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad into Lithuania, the State Border Guard Service said on Thursday. […]
Freetime
Disabled people congratulate Lithuania on it‘s 100th birthday!
This Thursday, on July 19th in the village of Talačkoniai (Pasvalys district) people with disabilities from all around the Lithuania will gather for annual celebration. The event, which has become a tradition, will attract more than a thousand people with disabilities from all communities and number of other guests. Moreover, the main organizer of the celebration – the Association for the Physically Disabled of Lithuania this year celebrates thirtieth birthday of foundation, and once more the organization prepared an interesting and meaningful program for all guests of the event, a press release from the association states. […]
LIGHT
The non-alcoholic trend – growing assortment and sales
Lithuania is witnessing a cultural shift in terms of alcohol consumption. Increasingly more of the country’s citizens opt for non-alcoholic beers, ciders or wines, as well as soft drinks. This development goes hand in hand with an ever-expanding range of non-alcoholic beverages becoming available in stores. Berta Čaikauskaitė, Head of Communications at retail chain IKI, says that the purchase of non-alcoholic alternatives is seeing a real spark: the supply of these products has increased by about five times over the past three years, a press release from the retail chain states. […]