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The district of Jurbarkas, which borders the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, is to return almost 1 million euros in EU funds to the Lithuania-Poland-Russia Cross-Border Cooperation Program, the daily Lietuvos Zinios reported on Friday. […]

Lithuania’s Neringa seeks to put stop to renting out of yachts as hotel rooms – daily

The heads of Lithuania’s Curonian Spit municipality of Neringa are concerned over the practice of renting out yachts docked at the Nida port to tourists as hotels, the daily Lietuvos Zinios reported on Friday. […]

Lithuanians disapprove of Labor Code, approval of PM, ruling party falls – BNS/RAIT survey

Lithuanians do not approve of the Labor Code and their confidence in the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is declining, according to a survey conducted by the pollster RAIT for BNS. […]

Lithuanian troops leaving for Mediterranean Sea operation

Twelve troops of the Lithuanian Armed Forces’ 2nd Ship Maintenance Group are leaving for southern and central part of the Mediterranean Sea on Friday to join the European Union’s (EU) military operation Sophia. […]

Parliament to discuss impact of ratified Istanbul convention

Lithuania’s parliament will Friday discuss the effects of ratification of the Istanbul convention for the Baltic state. […]

Lithuanian opposition collects signatures to open probe into claims involving MP Skardzius

Signatures have been collected at the Lithuanian parliament to authorize the Seimas Anti-Corruption Commission to conduct a parliamentary probe into the interests of Social Democratic MP Arturas Skardzius, a member of the Energy Commission. […]

Parliament cuts short meeting due to power outage on Thursday, traffic lights off in Vilnius

Interruption of power supply in central Vilnius on Thursday afternoon caused the Lithuanian parliament to cut short its plenary meeting. Traffic lights were off in all of the Lithuanian capital. […]

Eurostat finds food prices in Lithuania among EU’s lowest

Prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages in Lithuania last year were among the lowest across the European Union (EU), figures from the EU statistical office Eurostat showed on Thursday. […]

Attempt to allow partnership for both different and same-sex couples in Lithuania fails

An attempt to recognize in law civil partnerships for both unmarried opposite-sex couples and same-sex couples in Lithuania on Thursday failed to clear the first hurdle in the parliament. […]

Audrius Navickas sworn in as MP

Andrius Navickas of the conservative Homeland Union-Christian Democrats on Thursday was sworn in as a member of the parliament. […]

Parliament declares Belarus’ N-plant a threat to national security

The parliament has decided that Belarus’ nuclear power plant under construction in Astravyets, a mere 50 kilometers from Vilnius, is unsafe and poses a threat to national security, environment and public health. […]

Lithuanian Days kick off in Ukrainian city of Odessa

Lithuanian Days in Ukraine have kicked off in the southern port city of Odessa and will continue through Sunday, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. […]

President signs Labour Code amendments into law

President Dalia Grybauskaite has signed into law amendments to the country’s new Labour Code. […]

MP Sakaliene leaves ruling party’s group in parliament to join Liberals

MP Dovile Sakaliene has decided to leave the political group of the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) in the Seimas and joint the group of the opposition Liberal Movement. […]

PM calls for parliamentary probe into allegations involving MP Skardzius

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis calls for a parliamentary probe into allegations that Arturas Skardzius, a member of the Seimas’ Energy Commission, represents the interests of wind energy companies he leases land to, and for a broader analysis of business groups’ influence on lawmakers. […]

Belarus' nuclear power plant under construction in Astravyets

Parliament to vote on declaring Belarus’ N-plant a national security threat

Parliament will vote on Thursday on whether to declare Belarus’ nuclear power plant under construction in Astravyets, a mere 50 kilometers from Vilnius, as unsafe and posing a threat to national security, environment and public health due. […]

UK’s chief of defense staff visits Vilnius

Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, the Chief of the Defense Staff of the United Kingdom, is to pay a working visit to Vilnius on Wednesday and Thursday, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said. […]

Court upholds extension of arrest of Lithuanian fraud suspect sought by US

The Vilnius Regional Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by a lawyer of Evaldas Rimasauskas, a Lithuanian national who is wanted in the United States on large-scale fraud charges, and upheld the Vilnius District Court’s decision to extend his arrest for three months. […]

European Parliament lifts Lithuanian MEP Paksas’ immunity

The European Parliament on Wednesday lifted the legal immunity of Lithuanian MEP Rolandas Paksas. […]

Sign in Lithuanian, Tibetan languages to be unveiled in Tibet Square in Vilnius