Vygaudas Ušackas, Lithuania’s former foreign minister who has recently ended his diplomatic career, is joining the so-called Ukrainian Friendship Group that includes former heads of states and governments, as well as top-ranking officials. […]
Lithuania declined six spots to 41st worldwide in terms of competition among 137 rated countries in the latest competitiveness report published by the World Economic Forum. […]
Aidas Ignatavičius, CEO of Lithuania’s biggest water supplier Vilniaus Vandenys operated by the capital city’s municipality, is stepping down from the position. […]
Lithuanian prosecutor has asked for a 60-day arrest of the Russian border guard for swimming across the River Šešupė that runs along the Lithuanian-Kaliningrad border in a drunken condition. […]
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) may sign a coalition agreement with the political group of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Union of Christian Families, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
Lithuanian authorities who have detained a drunk Russian border guards have received conflicting calls from Russia to free the young man – a Russian border general initially said the man was an unemployed handicapped man, however, later admitted he was employed with the Russian border service, according to documents received by BNS. […]
The foreign ministers of Lithuania and Denmark on Tuesday criticized the plans of expanding the Nord Stream gas pipeline on the bottom of the Baltic Sea between Russia and Germany, pledging efforts to influence the European Commission (EC) into being stricter in connection to the project. […]
The much-criticized project where Lithuanian scientists have provided consultations to Belarus on the safety of the Astravyets nuclear power plant (NPP) under construction close to Vilnius also involved the Lithuanian State Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate (VATESI). […]
Šakiai district court should Tuesday afternoon start hearing an unlawful state border crossing case, with charges brought against a Russian officer who entered Lithuania by crossing the River Šešupė flowing along the Lithuanian-Kaliningrad border. […]
Thirteen of 19 members of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party’s (LSDP) political group in the Seimas supported with their signatures a coalition with the group of the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), but those who did not back the deal do not plan to leave the LSDP block in the parliament. […]
The Zapad 2017 military exercise held by Russia and Belarus last week involved several times more troops than official numbers and saw bombardments and other dangerous actions take place close to the Baltic countries’ borders, top-ranking Lithuanian military intelligence and Defense Ministry officials said on Tuesday. […]
Marek Kuchcinski, the Marshal of the Sejm, the lower house of the Polish parliament, on Tuesday called on Lithuanian lawmakers to support a bill that would allow using non-Lithuanian letters in Lithuanian citizens’ identification documents. […]
Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen is to pay a visit to Vilnius on Tuesday. […]
In the wake of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) Council’s decision to withdraw from the ruling coalition, some of the party’s members in high-ranking ministerial positions have handed in their resignations, but others have opted to stay in their posts. […]
The Lithuanian government is looking at how to best help farmers affected by heavy rainfall and flooded crops, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday. […]
In a reversal of its earlier position that Lithuania benefits from its scientists providing advice to Belarus on nuclear safety, the Education and Science Ministry said on Tuesday that the Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI) should not participate in the European Commission-funded international project. […]
Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis will on Tuesday present an initial assessment of Zapad 2017, a Russia-Belarus joint military exercise that ended last week. […]
NATO fighter-jets patrolling Baltic airspace were scrambled nine times last week to intercept Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Monday that he was considering joining the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), the ruling party that delegated him to the post. […]
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