Representatives of US Jews, visiting Lithuania on Thursday, have asked the Baltic country to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis has welcomed NATO‘s agreement to set up two new NATO command centers in the US and Europe, calling for another command center in the Alliance’s eastern flank. […]
Recent scandals in Lithuania over links between politicians and businesses have affected potential presidential candidate rankings, with the number of undecided voters jumping by around 8 percentage points in a month, according to the latest opinion poll released by Delfi.lt on Friday. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is putting the Council of Europe’s Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) before the country’s parliament for ratification, the presidential office confirmed it to BNS Lithuania on Thursday. […]
The remains of Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas, a commander of Lithuanian partisans who fought against the Soviet occupation, have been found by archeologists at the Orphans’ Cemetery in Antakalnis, Vilnius. […]
A crypt has been found at St. Varvara’s Chapel in Vilnius, which is part of the Markuciai Manor housing the Museum of Alexander Pushkin. […]
The mission of the Women Political Leaders (WPL) Global Forum is to bring more women into politics and to encourage those already in politics to increase their influence in decision-making, its president said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
World media rarely pays particular attention to Lithuania. Last week was an exception, but it was neither a reason to celebrate, nor to be proud. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that secret […]
Skinest Baltija, a company controlled by Estonia’s railway services and investment group Skinest Rail, plans to take Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) to court as the Lithuanian state railway company refuses to sign a contract, worth over 3 million euros, on the purchase of railway sleepers. […]
Around 10 American servicemen suffered minor injuries when four US armored vehicles collided with each other in the southern Lithuanian district of Prienai on Thursday, a military spokesman said. […]
More than 150 countries in the world still have laws that discriminate against women, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]
A major political corruption case involving MG Baltic, one of Lithuania’s largest business groups, and two political parties went for trial on Thursday, but the first hearing was adjourned to Friday due to the absence of MP Gintaras Steponavičius, a defendant. […]
1. Democracies, both new and old, have been facing numerous challenges in the 21st century. Growing populist and authoritarian tendencies, on the one hand, and the abundance of oligarchical symptoms in young democracies, on the […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė describes a recently completed parliamentary investigation into interest groups’ influence on political processes as “a political opinion of the Seimas” with no legal implications and waits for concrete proposals. […]
The Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats would receive the most votes in parliamentary elections, but the Liberal Movement, another opposition party, would not clear the 5 percent hurdle required to enter the Seimas, according to an opinion poll released on Thursday. […]
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that Lithuania has chances to secure more funding in the EU‘s post-2020 budget, but much will depend on further negotiations. […]
The annual Women Political Leaders (WPL) Summit is getting underway at the Lithuanian parliament building in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis plans to revise the existing system of incentives to serve in the military after the Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that giving preference to people who have completed their military service over other applicants for public service jobs is unconstitutional. […]
The Lithuanian Justice Ministry will ask the Seimas to amend laws after the Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that a legislative provision that gives priority to people who have completed their military service over other applicants for public service jobs runs counter to the Constitution. […]
Lietuvos Geležinkeliai‘s (Lithuanian Railways) planned contract, worth over 3 million euros, with Skinest Baltija, a company of Estonia’s railway services and investment group Skinest Rail, on the purchase of railway sleepers is not in line with national security interests, the Transport Ministry said, based on an opinion from a special commission. […]
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