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Georgian president coming to Lithuania to mark start of visa-free travel to EU
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili is coming on an official visit to Lithuania on Thursday. […]
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Energy
Vilnius submits EUR 200 mln claim to Veolia
The city of Vilnius has submitted a 200-million-euro claim to Veolia and Vilniaus Energija (Vilnius Energy), the French group’s local subsidiary whose 15-year lease on the Lithuanian capital’s heating system ended this week, seeking compensation for damage caused to the assets during the lease period. […]
Society
Lithuanian ambassador to Berlin to be shown 1918 independence act
Lithuania’s ambassador to Berlin, Deividas Matulionis, on Thursday will visit the German Foreign Ministry’s archives to see what is believed to be an original copy of the country’s Act of Independence of 1918. […]
Society
Discovery of Lithuania’s original 1918 independence act is very important – Landsbergis
Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania’s first post-independence leader, says that the discovery of what is thought to be an original copy of the country’s Act of Independence of February 16, 1918 is spiritually, morally and politically very important for the nation. […]
Culture
Original version of Lithuania’s 1918 Independence Act found in Berlin
The long-sought original document of the Lithuanian Independence Act signed on February 16 1918 was discovered in Germany’s diplomatic archives in Berlin on Wednesday, professor Liudas Mažylis of the Vytautas Magnus University behind the discovery confirmed to BNS. […]
Economy
Veolia’s subsidiary hands over Vilnius’ heating grid to municipal co
Vilniaus Energija (Vilnius Energy), a local subsidiary of France’s Veolia, has handed over the Lithuanian capital’s heating grid to Vilniaus Šilumos Tinklai (Vilnius Heating Grid, or VST), a municipal company, after its 15-year lease on the assets expired on Wednesday. […]
Culture
Kaunas selected as European Capital of Culture 2022
Lithuania’s second-biggest city of Kaunas was named the winner of the contest for the European Capital of Culture 2022 title during a ceremony at the Ministry of Culture on Wednesday. […]
Society
Ccourt issues 3-month arrest warrant for family shooting suspect
A court on Wednesday issued a three-month arrest warrant for Egidijus Anupraitis who is suspected of shooting dead his parents, grandmother and uncle. […]
CORPORATE
Prime Minister and Vilnius mayor clash
A lazy city mayor, the National Stadium and its (non)construction or the 2019 presidential elections, which could have provoked Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis to speak out against the Vilnius city Mayor Remigijus Šimašius in the […]
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Multi-speed Europe: Lithuania, 12 other nations agree to set up EU prosecutor’s office
Lithuania and another 12 EU member states have agreed to establish the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) to combat financial crimes. […]
Economy
Irdaiva Co. searched by financial crime squads, CEO detained
Lithuania’s Financial Crime Investigation Service on Tuesday conducted searches in the premises of Irdaiva, one of the country’s largest construction companies, as part of the probe of fraud suspicions in public procurement deals. Irdaiva’s CEO and sole owner Irmantas Kubilius has been detained. […]
Society
2 Latvian citizens killed in crash on Via Baltica highway in Lithuania
An automobile and a cargo vehicle crashed on the Via Baltica highway on Wednesday morning, killing two citizens of Latvia, Marijampolė police said. […]
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US Congressman Shimkus calls for pressure on Belarus on Astravyets N-plant
US Congressman John Shimkus of the Republican Party has made an address to US legislators, calling to pressure Belarus to give access to international observers to the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant under construction merely 50 km from Lithuania’s capital Vilnius. […]
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Seimas speaker says to haven’t heard questions from Polish colleague about names
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says Polish Senate Speaker Stanislaw Karczewski did not inquire about the spelling of non-Lithuanian names in passports of Lithuanian citizens. […]
Society
Prosecutors have doubts in mental state of family shooting suspect
Lithuanian prosecutors say that they have doubts about the mental state of Egidijus Anupraitis, 26, who has been detained on the suspicion of killing four members of his family. […]
Foreign affairs
US administration grateful to Baltic states for quality partnership – Linkevičius
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said at a meeting with Baltic foreign ministers that he was grateful to the countries for high-quality partnership, Lithuania’s diplomacy chief Linas Linkevičius says. […]
Politics
Seimas to discuss bid of 90% of TV content to be provided in EU languages
Lithuania’s parliament has opened discussions in the requirement submitted by the opposition conservatives, suggesting that at least 90 percent of rebroadcast television content should be dubbed or subtitled in languages of the European Union (EU), however, voted down the amendment to earmark half of television air to European production. […]
Global LT
Farmers want public groups, parties to sign agreement to curb emigration
The largest parliamentary Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union will seek that the agreement to curb emigration is signed by both political parties and public organizations and associated structures. […]
Defence
Putin has designs on Baltic states – US former VP Cheney
Former US vice-president Dick Cheney has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened international security and had “designs on the Baltics.” […]
Politics
Panel probing MP Bastys’ work halts operations until committee’s conclusions
The impeachment commission for Lithuanian MP Mindaugas Bastys is suspending its operations until the investigation into the possible national security threats is completed by the parliamentary National Security and Defense Committee operating as an ad hoc commission. […]