2018 - Page 93 of 185 - the Lithuania Tribune

Irish president’s visit to Lithuania: 3 key topics

June 19, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with her Irish counterpart, Michael D. Higgins, in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]

Irish president says Lithuanians ‘are very welcome’

June 19, 2018 BNS 0

Irish President Michael D. Higgins says that the Lithuanian community is “very welcome” in Ireland. […]

Panevėžys mayor detained in corruption probe

June 19, 2018 BNS 0

The mayor of the northern Lithuanian town of Panevėžys was on Tuesday detained by the Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT). […]

Lithuanian initiative: Western strategy towards Russia

June 19, 2018 Andrius Kubilius 0

Towards a Pro-European Russia and a Marshall Plan for Russia (after Putin) Lithuania is situated next to a complicated neighbourhood. Russia has been and will remain, for many years to come, the biggest threat to […]

Baltic, Nordic, Visegrad Group foreign ministers to meet in Sweden

June 19, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Tuesday will take part in a meeting of foreign ministers of the Baltic, Nordic and Visegrad Group countries in Sweden. […]

Lithuania’s anti-corruption agents searching Panevėžys local authority’s offices

June 19, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT) officials on Tuesday are searching the offices of the Panevėžys local authority as part of an investigation involving the town’s mayor, Rytis Mykolas Račkauskas. […]

MP puts on hold proposal for Lithuanian history teaching at international schools

June 19, 2018 BNS 0

The chairman of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Education and Science is putting on hold his proposal to oblige international schools operating in the country to teach Lithuanian history. […]

Finance minister sees no major risks in budget revenue collection

June 19, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuanian Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka says he sees no major risks after central government and municipal budget revenues for January to May fell short of the projected levels. […]

Lithuanian Blood Center corruption investigation expands to Latvia

June 19, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service, or STT, is investigating suspected bribery of foreign officials as part of its pre-trial investigation into suspected corruption at the Lithuanian National Blood Center. […]

Gražulis takes office as Lithuania’s deputy interior minister

June 19, 2018 BNS 0

Arūnas Gražulis on Monday took office as Lithuania’s deputy interior minister. […]

New primary school for Russian, Polish children to open in Vilnius

June 18, 2018 BNS 0

A new primary school where classes will be taught in Russian and Polish is planned to be opened in Vilnius. […]

No incidents reported as football fans return by train to mainland Russia

June 18, 2018 BNS 0

No incidents were reported last weekend as almost 2,000 football fans took trains to return from Kaliningrad, which hosted a World Cup game, to mainland Russia via Lithuania. […]

Lithuania’s Jan-May budget revenue EUR 14.3 mln below target

June 18, 2018 BNS 0

Lithuania’s central government and local authorities collected a total of 3.452 billion euros in budget revenue between January and May, some 14.3 million euros, or 0.4 percent, less than expected, but 187.3 million euros, or 5.7 percent, more than in the same period last year, the Finance Ministry said on Monday. […]

Ireland’s president to visit Lithuania

June 18, 2018 BNS 0

Ireland‘s President Michael D. Higgins is coming on a two-day official visit to Lithuania on Tuesday. […]

Lithuania’s school year to be extended by another 5 days

June 18, 2018 BNS 0

The Lithuanian Education and Science Ministry says it will work out new recommendations for schools on how to make the best use of extra school days as it plans to add five more days to the 2018-2019 school year. […]

R. Bogdanas. To whom in Lithuania did x US millions go to?

June 18, 2018 Media Briefing 0

It has been long since Lithuania received so much global media attention. We were heard of, but it was inglorious. We were made famous by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that a […]

SILVER CRANE (Sidabrinė Gervė) photo @ Audrius Solominas and Robertas Daskevičius

Lithuanian-Bulgarian-Polish co-production Miracle triumphs at the Lithuanian Film Academy Awards

June 18, 2018 EN.DELFI 0

On June 13, Eglė Vertelytė’s debut film Miracle – first screened at the Toronto International Film Festival – was awarded the Silver Crane (Sidabrinė gervė) for the best feature film of the year at the 11th Lithuanian Film Academy Awards. Vertelytė also received the prizes for the best writing and directing, while the award for the best acting went to Eglė Mikulionytė who appeared as the lead actress in the Miracle. […]