Politics
Lithuania celebrating 25 years of Constitution
Wednesday marks 25 years since the adoption of Lithuania’s main law, the Constitution. […]
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Culture
Journalist wins competition for Lithuania’s culture attache to New York
Gražina Michnevičiūtė, journalist and editor-in-chief of the magazine Moteris, has won a competition for Lithuania’s culture attache to New York, the Culture Ministry said. […]
Economy
Rebuilding Renge will show neighbors Lithuania’s good will – Transport minister
After Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) announced its plans to rebuild a railway stretch to Renge dismantled nearly a decade ago to eliminate a violation that led to a European Commission (EC) fine, Lithuania’s Transport and Communication Minister Rokas Masiulis says the rebuilding is a political step, not just an economic move. […]
Politics
Farmers downplays absence of formal majority in Seimas
Leaders of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) have downplayed the fact that the party has been left without a ruling majority in the parliament, saying the number of majority votes would be demonstrated during the upcoming adoption of the 2018 budget. […]
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Politics
Over 100 NGOs, academicians call on president to veto family law
Eighty non-governmental organizations and almost 30 academicians have asked Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė to veto the recently-passed Law on the Strengthening of the Family. […]
Global LT
Lithuanian firefighter to run from Dakar to Vilnius
Aidas Ardzijauskas, a 46-year-old Lithuanian fire-and-rescue officer and ultra-distance runner, on Tuesday is starting an 8,000-kilometer run from Senegal’s capital of Dakar to Vilnius. […]
Global LT
Lithuania can’t lower turnout for dual citizenship referendum
Lithuania cannot lower the minimum turnout threshold for a referendum on dual citizenship, but it can rally politicians and the public to ensure that such a plebiscite takes place, the chief advisor to President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]
History
Researchers ask Government to fund genetic testing of 1863 uprising leaders’ remains
Researchers expect to confirm after genetic testing that the remains of Žigmantas Sierakauskas (Zygmunt Sierakowski) and Konstantinas Kalinauskas (Konstanty Kalinowski), the leaders of the 1863 uprising against Tsarist Russia, are among those found on the Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius, but say this would require additional funding. […]
Economy
Police chief proposes to restrict certain businesses, cash transactions
Lithuanian Police Commissioner General Linas Pernavas sees the frequent use of cash as a key factor in the shadow economy and proposes to consider imposing restrictions on marketplaces and construction, transport and car trade businesses, which he says are the sectors where grey activities are most widely spread. […]
Politics
Russia condemns Biržai town decision to place signs at monuments to Soviet soldiers
Russia condemned on Monday a decision by the local authority of the nothern Lithuanian district of Biržai to put up special explanatory signs next to monuments to Soviet soldiers to say that the inscriptions on these monuments do not correspond to historical truth. […]
Society
Pedestrian traffic restricted at foot of Gediminas Hill in central Vilnius
After a call from the Lithuanian National Museum to take additional security measures at the foot of the Gediminas Hill, the Vilnius municipality on Saturday imposed restrictions on pedestrian and bicycle traffic at the southeastern slope of the hill. […]
Society
Vilnius police bust over EUR 2 mln worth of hashish
The Vilnius county police have detained more than 2 million euros worth of hashish on the border with Poland. […]
Society
European Humanites University set to move to state premises
The Vilnius-based European Humanities University (EHU), whose students are mostly from Belarus, is readying to move to new premises in the old-town part of the Lithuanian capital to be provided by the Education and Science Ministry. […]
Society
History
Special signs placed on gravestones of Soviet troops in north Lithuania
The municipality of the Biržai district, northern Lithuania, has initiated placement of signs next to gravestones of Soviet troops to specify that the inscriptions on the gravestones are not consistent with historical truth, Lietuvos Žinios daily said on Saturday. […]
Politics
Ratings of ruling Farmers hits lowest point after elections – poll
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) ranks second on the list of the country’s most popular parties, however, the support has hit the lowest point after the 2016 elections, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
Politics
Social Democrats set up new Seimas group, include Šakalienė
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party has announced having set up a new political group in the parliament after inviting MP Dovilė Šakalienė, formerly a member of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union and the Liberal Movement, as the last seventh member. […]
Politics
Kaunas mayor still 2nd among Lithuania’s most popular politicians
Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis continues ranking second, after Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė, on the list of the country’s most popular politicians in October, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
Politics
Gentvilas appointed as caretaker head of Liberal Movement
MP Eugenijus Gentvilas will act as caretaker leader of the Lithuanian Liberal Movement after resignation of Remigijus Šimašius. […]