As part of an investigation into a suspected illegal scheme, a shipment of over half a million packs of cigarettes from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been detained in the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda, the Customs Criminal Service (CCS) said. […]
Abu Zubaydah, a Saudi Arabia-born Palestinian being detained in a US military base, will likely be informed on Thursday about the European Court of Human Rights‘ final ruling that he was was illegally held in a secret CIA prison in Lithuania more than a decade ago. […]
The biotechnology sector offers the greatest potential for Lithuania’s cooperation with Japan, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday as he visited BioJapan 2018, Asia’s largest partnering event for the global biotechnology industry. […]
Lithuania’s government on Wednesday made a decision which, its representatives say, will create conditions for journalists to get free of charge access to information from the Center of Registers. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday met with visiting British Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, and discussed bilateral relations, arising threats and bolstering security in the European Union. […]
6,000 residents in Lithuania would have to be evacuated within a 30-km-radius from the Astravyets nuclear power plant in Belarus, in case of a major incident at this nuclear facility. […]
A group of Lithuanian lawmakers suggest initiating impeachment proceedings against MP Mykolas Majauskas, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, for his alleged improper sexual conduct. […]
The number of people unsatisfied with the government’s work increased considerably in Lithuania last month. But Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis‘ rating remains fairly unchanged, a new survey has revealed. […]
Lithuania’s ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union is hot on the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats‘ heels in popularity ratings, a new survey shows. […]
The United Kingdom’s Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, will pay a visit to Lithuania on Wednesday. […]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday rejected the Lithuanian government appeal and upheld the ruling that the country hosted a secret CIA prison in 2005-2006 where Abu Zubaydah, a Saudi Arabia-born Palestinian, was held there over his suspected involvement in terrorism. […]
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday rejected the Lithuanian government request to reconsider the court’s judgment that the country hosted a secret CIA prison more than a decade ago. […]
The local Jewish community in Lithuania’s northern city of Šiauliai, which plans to rebury recently-discovered remains of their ancestors, says it is facing resistance from the Jewish Community of Lithuania. The latter says it only wants to keep things in order and ensure that rites are performed by competent rabbis. […]
The majority of members of the Lithuanian parliament back a proposal to hold a dual citizenship referendum on two days with a gap of two weeks between them. […]
Vygaudas Ušackas on Tuesday called on the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats to postpone the party’s primary election of a presidential candidate until December to give citizens living abroad a possibility to vote. […]
Proposals by a Seimas commission to revise the rules for appointing members of the LRT Council and change the public broadcaster’s governance model is a step toward its politicization, the council said. […]
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, regards the current parliament, which is halfway through its four-year term, as successful. […]
Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), on Tuesday invited society, historians and lawyers to start a discussion on naming Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas as de facto head of state of post-war Lithuania that was fighting against Soviet occupation. […]
Four facilities used for illegal raw tobacco processing and cigarette production have been uncovered in Lithuania in a year, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Tuesday. […]
Lithuania will not tolerate attempts to rewrite history and reverse the roles of victims and executioners, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Monday. […]
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