European Union
Grybauskaitė congratulates Finland’s president on re-election
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has congratulated her Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto on re-election for the second term in office on Sunday. […]
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Defence
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian town names square after Poland’s late president
A square in Maišiagala, a small town close to the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, has been named after Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash in 2010. […]
European Union
Lithuanian president, in Davos, defends Poland in row with EU
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Friday came to Poland’s defense in the neighboring country’s row with the European Union, saying that decisions in the bloc cannot be forced upon member states. […]
Economy
Daring Vilnius ad goes viral, may become Lithuanian capital’s calling card
A daring ad promoting Vilnius as “the G-spot of Europe” has gone viral in recent days and may become a successful calling card of the Lithuanian capital abroad. […]
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Lithuanian president in Davos: Russia to remain aggressive after presidential election
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is in Davos for the World Economic Forum, says that Russia will remain aggressive and destabilizing after the upcoming presidential election in the country. […]
Defence
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Defence
Lithuania’s army to double area of training grounds by 2022
Expansion of the main training grounds of the Lithuanian Armed Forces will result in a double area of the facilities by 2022, the Defense Ministry said on Friday. […]
Society
Lithuania’s biggest cities to pay tribute to Holocaust victims
Vilnius and Panevėžys will Friday pay tribute to the memory of victims of the Holocaust, with events for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day held in other cities of Lithuania. […]
European Union
As EU changes asylum system, Lithuania continues disapproval of migrant quotas
As the European Union (EU) is preparing to revise the asylum system, Lithuania remains in the club of the organization’s Eastern members that are against automatic distribution of refugees among member-states. […]
Economy
European Union
After warning from Brussels, Government considers easier party membership
Lithuania’s government is considering simplified membership in political parties of Lithuania for citizens of other countries of the European Union (EU) to avoid litigation with the European Commission. […]
Politics
Seimas panel wants external audit of national broadcaster’s finances
The Lithuanian parliament’s acting commission for scrutiny of the national broadcaster‘s operations decided at its first meeting on Thursday to turn to 14 institutions for information about LRT, asking the government to earmark money and call a tender for LRT’s external audit. […]
Sports
Paralympic Committee head is astonished over lower financing than deaf athletes
Top officials of the Lithuanian Paralympic Committee have expressed astonishment over the lower funding to the disabled athletes than deaf athletes, also criticizing the poor focus on bringing disabled people to sports clubs and the decision to discard doctors. […]
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Ex-health minister gets high-ranking job with Kazakh university
Dainius Pavalkis, a former Lithuanian education and science minister, has become one of the heads of Kazakh National Medical University. […]
Politics
PM stresses need for decisions to manage future risks in LRT probe
With the Lithuanian parliament set to launch its scrutiny of LRT, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that it is important not only to dispel existing doubts, but also to ensure that no doubts about the public broadcaster’s activities arise in the future. […]
Politics
Brussels warns Lithuania over restrictions on EU citizens joining political parties
The European Commission has warned Lithuania that it may take it to court over restrictions to citizens of other EU member states to join political parties. […]
Politics
PM says special services won’t interfere with companies’ economic processes
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is confident that the country’s special services will not interfere with “economic processes” at Orlen Lietuva, Achema and Telia Lietuva after these services have been allowed to vet large deals by the three privately-owned companies. […]
Society
American gets prison sentence in Lithuania for rape
A Vilnius court on Wednesday sentenced Eric Georgoulakos, an American national, to three years and a half in prison for raping a young woman, the Prosecutor General’s Office said. […]