Society
Ukrainians wanted after suspected murder, cover-up fire in Kaunas
Lithuanian police are looking for two Ukrainians suspected of murdering their fellow national and injuring two others. […]
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Politics
Lithuania to protect memory of its partisans – Grybauskaitė
President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that the state will protect the memory of Lithuanian partisans who fought against the Soviet occupation. […]
Foreign affairs
Netanyahu to seek Baltic support for changing EU attitude towards Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes that meetings with the Baltic states’ leaders will help to change the European Union‘s attitudes towards Israel. […]
Society
Lithuania plans to upgrade over 1,700 unsafe pedestrian crossings by 2022
Some 1,721 of 1,949 pedestrian crossings on Lithuania’s roads of national significance are unsafe, with all of them planned to be upgraded or closed in 2018 through 2021, the Lithuanian Road Administration (LRA) said. […]
Culture
Lithuania picks Matelis’ ‘Wonderful Losers. A Different World’ for Oscar entry
Lithuania has selected “Wonderful Losers. A Different World”, a documentary directed by Arūnas Matelis, as its entry for an Academy Awards nomination in the best foreign-language film category. […]
Economy
Economy minister sees labor immigrants as good sign for Lithuania
Economy Minister Virginijus Sinkevičius believes that Lithuania benefits from labor immigration, saying that Ukrainians and other foreigners who come to work to the country are not driving down local wages. […]
Society
One Ukrainian man stabbed to death, 2 wounded in Lithuania
A Ukrainian man last night was stabbed to death and another two were wounded in Lithuania’s second-biggest city of Kaunas, the Police Department said on Thursday. […]
Politics
Seimas board prevents 2 conservative MPs from speaking at Krynica forum
The Lithuanian parliament’s board refused to give the green light for two conservatives MPs, Rasa Juknevičienė and Audronius Ažubalis, to travel to Poland to make speeches at the Krynica Economic Forum in Poland. […]
Foreign affairs
Israeli PM Netanyahu to arrive in Lithuania for historic visit
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is arriving in Lithuania for a historic visit on Thursday. […]
Society
Šiauliai to wait for foreign rabbis’ explanation on care home renovation
Authorities in Šiauliai say that will wait for foreign rabbis’ explanation on whether they can renovate a local care home located near the northern Lithuanian city’s old Jewish cemetery. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania decides not to appeal against ECHR ruling on CIA prison
The Lithuanian government has decided not to appeal against the European Court of Human Rights‘ ruling that Lithuania hosted a secret CIA detention facility. […]
Society
Lithuania to stage military parade in Vilnius to mark army centennial
A military parade is planned to be staged in Vilnius in November to mark the centennial of the Lithuanian state and its armed forces. […]
Politics
SocDems oppose new defense deal, other Lithuanian parties inclined to back it
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) is unlikely to support the government’s proposed agreement on the country’s defense policy for the next decade, but other parliamentary parties are inclined to back such a deal […]
Economy
Finland’s preclinical research co Experimentica sets up subsidiary in Lithuania
Experimentica, seen as one of Finland’s most promising innovative companies, has established a subsidiary in Lithuania, where it plans to conduct tests with rodents and use the results in the development of medicines. […]
Foreign affairs
Society
Russian detained in Lithuania with smuggled cigarettes stashed among sweets
Lithuanian customs officials have seized thousands of packs of smuggled cigarettes stashed among Russian sweets and cakes in a truck driven by a Russian national. […]
Economy
PM says a VAT cut must benefit consumers
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday that he does not rule out cutting the VAT rate for basic food products, but added that any such proposal must benefit consumers, not just retailers. […]
Foreign affairs
When we buy Russian gas, we buy them arms, Yushchenko says in Vilnius
When buying Russian gas and implementing joint energy projects with Russia, Europe funds its armament, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko told an international conference in Vilnius on Wednesday. […]
Politics
PM didn’t breach law by not declaring wife’s Swedbank stocks, watchdog rules
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis did not breach the law when he failed to declare his wife’s Swedbank shares, the Chief Official Ethics Commission of Lithuania has ruled. […]
Foreign affairs
Europe will not be whole without Ukrainian, Russian people, US rep says in Vilnius
The vision of a whole Europe is only possible with the involvement of the Ukrainian and Russian people, U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt D. Volker told an international conference in Vilnius on Wednesday. […]