Society
Seimas allows filming, broadcasting, photographing court rulings
Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday adopted amendments to the Law on Courts, which allow filming, broadcasting and photographing pronouncement of court verdicts. […]
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Economy
Government to ask Seimas to ratify Rail Baltica deal
Lithuania’s government will ask the parliament to ratify the agreement on expansion of the European-gauge Rail Baltica project signed by the three Baltic prime ministers in January. […]
Energy
US gas would pull down LNG prices in Lithuania – Seimas speaker
The price of liquefied natural gas (LNG) imported by Lithuania could decline, if the United States and the European Union (EU) sign a free trade agreement and supplies of American LNG is ensured, says Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
Society
Homicide convict in Sweden to serve life in Lithuania
Lithuanian citizen Nerijus Bilevičius sentenced for murder of a young female in Sweden will have to serve his life sentence in Lithuania, a Šiauliai court ruled on Tuesday. […]
Society
Catholics angered by Constitutional Court ruling on dismissal from conscription
Clergymen of the Roman Catholic Church of Lithuania have expressed indignation of the Tuesday’s ruling by the Constitutional Court, which said that the clergy of traditional religious communities had been dismissed from military or alternative defense service without due grounds. […]
Society
Clergy ungroundedly dismissed from military service – Constitutional Court
Clergymen of Lithuania’s traditional religious communities are dismissed from military and alternative defense service without grounds, the Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday. […]
History
Lithuanian scientists claim to have found Prezidentas Smetona vessel on Baltic Sea bottom
Scientists of the Klaipėda University say they have found Prezidentas Smetona, the first warship of independent interwar Lithuania, on the bottom of the Baltic Sea in Estonian waters. […]
Economy
Transport Minister expects Kaunas Airport to be ready to handle more passengers
Kaunas Airport will be ready for a sharp increase in passenger numbers by mid-July when Vilnius Airport closes for runway reconstruction, Lithuanian Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis said on Tuesday. […]
Culture
National museum selects exhibits for Donelaitis museum in Kaliningrad region
The Lithuanian National Museum has selected exhibits to be displayed at a memorial museum of Kristijonas Donelaitis, a Lutheran pastor and poet who wrote the first classic Lithuanian-language poem, in Chistye Prudy, a village in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, for the next ten years, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president to meet with US president in Warsaw
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will take part in a meeting between leaders of Central and East European nations and US President Donald Trump in Warsaw on Thursday. […]
Politics
Seimas extends session until July 13 due to forest reform
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday extended its spring session until July 13. […]
Economy
State forest reform not a matter of confidence in Government
Lithuania’s much-contested state forest management reform is not a matter of confidence in the government and it will be carried out in one or another way, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]
Economy
Janušienė wins competition for Lithuanian tax chief’s job
Edita Janušienė, currently chief auditor at the central Bank of Lithuania, has been selected to head the country’s State Tax Inspectorate (STI) for the next four years. […]
Politics
Minster of Foreign Affairs spars with Russia Today journalist at Vilnius conference
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius sparred with a journalist of the Kremlin-financed television channel Russia Today over propaganda and journalists working for state-controlled media during an international conference on the safety of journalists in Vilnius on Monday. […]
Defence
Troops to leave for multinational operations areas in Afghanistan, Iraq
The Lithuanian Armed Forces‘ Joint Staff Headquarters in Vilnius are hosting on Tuesday a farewell ceremony for Lithuanian troops leaving for the NATO-led multinational Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan and the US-led multinational mission Inherent Resolve in Iraq, the Defense Ministry said. […]
Defence
Lithuanians asked to pay for ammo after leaving professional military service early
Two men — one has spent four years in professional military service and the other has spent eight years — are beign forced to pay for the bullets they fired while training to defend their homeland, the daily Lietuvos Rytas reported on Tuesday. […]
Politics
PM plans to stay on, if parlt fails to approve forestry reform
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Monday denied media reports about his plans to resign, if the parliament fails to give a green light to the restructuring of forestry companies. […]
Energy
EC representative again urges Belarus to conduct Astravyets N-plant stress tests
Frans Timmermans, first vice-president of the European Commission currently on a visit in Vilnius, has again urged Belarus to conduct internationally-monitored stress tests of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant currently under construction close to Lithuania. […]
Politics
President signs new lobbyism bill into law
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed the parliament-approved bill on lobbyist operations into law. […]
Defence
NATO jets scrambled once from Lithuania last week over Russian warplanes
NATO fighter-jets serving in the Baltic air-policing mission were last week scrambled from Lithuania once to intercept Russian warplanes flying above the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]