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Christmas trees lit in Lithuanian cities, resorts
Lithuania’s major cities and resorts last weekend kicked off the holidays season with Christmas tree lighting celebrations. […]
Culture
Klaipėda sea museum’s aquarium reopens after renovation
The Aquarium of the Lithuanian Sea Museum reopened after renovation in the port city of Klaipėda on Sunday. […]
Society
President leaves for Lapland with children from care homes
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė and a group of children from care homes left for Lapland on Monday to meet Santa Claus and give him a package of letters with drawings and Christmas wishes from Lithuanian kids. […]
Politics
Constitutional Court to open MP Bastys’ impeachment case
Lithuania’s Constitutional Court will Tuesday hold an open meeting to examine the impeachment case of MP Mindaugas Bastys. […]
Politics
Conservative MPs want law to remove objects propagating Communism
Lithuania’s conservative MPs Audronius Ažubalis and Laurynas Kasčiūnas have proposed a separate law to require removal of all objects, if their name or content propagates communism or any other totalitarian regimes. […]
Society
About 100 people outside Seimas demand milder punishment for cannabis possession
Around 100 people gathered outside the Lithuanian parliament on Saturday to protest against strict punishments against possession of small amounts of cannabis. Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis believes it is a grave crime and laws should not be mitigated. […]
Defence
Defence
Society
Lithuania’s 17th National Prayer Breakfast to focus on making peace
The 17th National Prayer Breakfast is held in Vilnius on Monday, this year inviting participants to think about peace. […]
European Union
Minister of finance off to Brussels to discuss euro zone national budgets, banking union
Lithuania’s Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka will be in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday to attend meetings of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) of the euro group and the European Union (EU). […]
Foreign affairs
Ukrainian president coming to Lithuania
Ukraine‘s President Petro Poroshenko is coming to Lithuania this week. […]
Society
Organization fined EUR 1,500 for reburying Soviet soldiers in Vilnius without permits
The Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Department has imposed a fine of 1,500 euros on an organization named Forgotten Soldiers that has reburied Soviet soldiers in Vilnius’ Antakalnis cemetery. […]
Defence
Lithuanian army say tests prove reliability of tourniquets it uses
Tests performed by scientists have shown that tourniquets used by the Lithuanian Armed Forces properly perform their function of stopping bleeding, the military said on Friday. […]
Society
Politics
Lithuania’s STT lists suspicions against Liberal Movement as final
Lithuania’s law-enforcement conducting a probe into corruption by MG Baltic concern and a few political parties say that the expanded suspicions against the Liberal Movement are final. The party’s acting leader Eugenijus Gentvilas says the broader suspicions have to do with the upcoming election for new chairman. […]
Society
Numavičius remains Lithuania’s wealthiest person – magazine
Nerijus Numavičius, the majority shareholder of Vilniaus Prekyba (Vilnius Trade, remains the richest person in Lithuania with an estimated wealth of 1.4 billion euros, according to a list of the country’s wealthiest people published by the Top magazine. […]
Freetime
Christmas Tree to be lit in Cathedral Square in Vilnius
A Christmas Tree will be lit in the Cathedral Square in Vilnius on Friday, kicking off a series of festive events in the Lithuanian capital. […]
Politics
Lithuania: Kaunas to announce new tender for stadium after offers exceed projected price
The municipality of Lithuania’s second-largest city Kaunas said on Thursday it would call a new tender for reconstruction of the Darius and Girėnas Stadium, as all of the seven offers exceeded the maximum price of 25 million euros. […]
Politics
Prosecutors broaden suspicions against Liberal Movement in corruption case
In the framework of the pre-trial investigation into corruption allegations involving the MG Baltic concern and a few political parties, Lithuania’s prosecutors broadened the suspicions against the Liberal Movement. […]