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Lithuania is under threat, as resurgent Russia aims to restore its empire, US Senator John McCain said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]

Sinkhole opens in the front of Barclays building in Vilnius

Damage of sewage spill to River Neris may total EUR 300,000

The damage caused to the River Neris by the leak of sewage system in Vilnius may total 300,000 euros, the Lithuanian Environment Ministry said on Thursday. […]

PM sees parlt elections as major 2016 event in Lithuania

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis sees the October parliamentary elections, which changed the country’s political map, as the most important 2016 event in the country, noting that the terrorist attacks in Europe were the most important worldwide. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė with the US Senators Senators Lindsey Graham, Amy Klobuchar and John McCain

President: US role remains trans-Atlantic security guarantee

At a meeting with United States senators visiting Vilnius on Thursday, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė emphasized the country’s role to trans-Atlantic security. […]

Lithuania hands note to Belarusian ambassador over incident with Astravyets reactor

Belarusian Ambassador to Lithuania Alexaner Korol was on Thursday handed a note, urging him to provide detailed information about yet another incident involving the body of the reactor of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant under construction in Belarus, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said. […]

Vilnius Energy co asks Stockholm arbitration to appoint valuers of heating grid

Vilniaus Energija (Vilnius Energy), Lithuania’s biggest district heating supplier controlled by France’s Veolia, has asked the Stockholm arbitration to appoint an independent asset valuer in protest of the valuers selected by the municipal company Vilniaus Šilumos Tinklai (Vilnius Heating Grid, VST ). […]

US troops should always be in Lithuania – McCain

US troops should be stationed in Lithuania at all times, US Senator John McCain said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]

Prosecutors launch probe into last week’s sewer pipe accident in Vilnius

Prosecutors on Wednesday launched a pre-trial investigation into last week’s sewer pipe accident in Vilnius, the Prosecutor General’s Office said. […]

Seimas speaker backs idea of military training at schools

Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis supports the re-introduction of military training at schools, an idea raised by Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU). […]

Raimundas Karoblis at the DEFLI TV conference

Lithuania should spend more than 2% of GDP on defence – Min of Defence

Lithuania should allocate more than 2 percent of its gross domestic product for its national defence, the country’s new defence minister said on Tuesday. […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis at the DELFI TV conference

Karbauskis calls for regulating MPs vacations by law

Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), says that lawmakers’ vacations must be formally regulated by law and that this issue will be addressed while reviewing the Seimas Statute. […]

Independence, Klaipeda LNG terminal's floating storage and regasification unit

EU aid for Klaipėda FSRU purchase to depend on Latvia, Estonia – EnergMin

Lithuania’s talks with the European Commission on EU funding for the acquisition of the Klaipėda liquefied natural gas ( LNG) terminal’s vessel will depend on whether Latvia and Estonia recognize it as a regional facility, Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas said. […]

President backs initiative to move Seimas’ elections to spring

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė backs the Peasant and Green Union’s initiative to hold the next parliamentary elections half a year earlier. […]

Sinkhole opens in the frofron of Barclays building in Vilnius

Vilnius mayor expect state of emergency over sewage spill to be lifted shortly

Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius expects that the state of emergency that has been declared in the capital due to an environmental disaster will be lifted shortly. […]

Minister describes sewage pipe burst in Vilnius as major environmental disaster

Lithuanian Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas on Tuesday described a recent major sewage spillage into the River Nėris in Vilnius as one of the largest environmental disasters of recent years, adding that the exact damage to the environment will assessed shortly. […]

Several hundred Litvaks granted Lithuanian citizenship after legal amendments

Several hundred applications for Lithuanian citizenship have already been approved since the country amended the law last June to ease the rules for descendants of Jews who left Lithuania in the interwar period to apply for a Lithuanian passport. […]

Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry

Lithuania denies entry to reps of Russian ‘compatriots foundation’, Moscow vows response

Lithuania has denied entry to representatives of a Russian foundation that is on the national blacklist, a move that Moscow has said will not go unanswered. […]

Specialized liquor stores could open in Lithuania in 2018 – HealthMin

Specialized retail stores for alcoholic beverages could be opened in Lithuania in 2018, Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said. […]

Seimas has made no big mistakes yet – President

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the country’s new parliament has so far made no big mistakes in its work, welcomes lawmakers’ enthusiasm to combat alcohol abuse and calls on the general public not to rush into criticizing the ruling coalition. […]

Russian embassy opens condolence book for plane crash victims