Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president congratulates British queen on great-grandchild’s birth
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday congratulated Queen Elizabeth II on the birth of her third great-grandchild. […]
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Defence
NATO jets in Baltics scrambled once last week over Russian military aircraft
NATO fighter-jets patrolling Baltic airspace were scrambled once last week to identify and escort a Russian military aircraft in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said on Monday. […]
Politics
Seimas starts debates on rescue plan for European Humanities University
The Lithuanian parliament has started debates on a rescue plan for the Vilnius-based European Humanities University (EHU), which may otherwise face closure after getting a repeated negative evaluation from experts. […]
Society
Transport minister calls for discussion on “alcolocks” in rented cars
Lithuania’s Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis is calling for discussions on the installation of the so-called “alcolocks” in rented cars following a tragic car accident over the weekend when a taxi passenger was killed in a crash caused by a DUI driver. […]
Economy
Cheaper business opportunities probably lead to Barclays’ decision, staff will be in demand
The Vilnius-based Barclays technology center, which has recently announced plans to cut the number of its staff by a third, has probably found cheaper business development opportunities, head of the Investors’ Forum, uniting foreign investors, believes. […]
Society
President lets US-based artist keep his Lithuanian citizenship
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has let US-based Lithuanian artist Žilvinas Kempinas, a laureate of the Lithuanian National Prize for Culture and Arts and an American citizen, to keep his Lithuanian citizenship. […]
Culture
Vilnius eyes space for artists in former synagogue location
Vilnius authorities are considering giving a Soviet-era school building in central Vilnius, built where the Great Synagogue of Vilna used to be, to artists and later demolish the building. […]
Society
Lithuania’s Neringa to commemorate Sartre, French prisoners
French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre and World War I’s French prisoners will be commemorated in Lithuania’s coastal municipality of Neringa. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian defmin to open NATO Week in Ukraine
Lithuania’s Minister of National Defense Raimundas Karoblis will pay a visit to Kiev on Monday and attend the opening of NATO Week in Ukraine. […]
Society
Flags with Nazi symbols hanged in Vilnius
Flags with Nazi symbols were spotted hanging on three bridges in Vilnius on Friday. […]
Politics
PM feels “reserved” about his party’s dropping ratings
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says he is not worried about his political party’s dropping popularity ratings. […]
Foreign affairs
Ukraine to launch train from Riga via Vilnius, Minsk to Kiev, LG says talks ongoing
As Ukraine plans to soon launch a Kiev-Minsk-Vilnius-Riga passenger train, Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) says negotiations on the matter are still underway. […]
Politics
Politics
TS-LKD widens gap with “farmers” – survey
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats remain the most popular party in Lithuania and its lead over the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), which came in second in April, has increased, according to a new survey by Vilmorus pollster for the Lietuvos Rytas daily, published on Saturday. […]
Economy
Politics
President, Kaunas mayor, PM remain most popular politicians in Lithuania – survey
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, Visvaldas Matijošaitis, mayor of the country’s second-largest city, and Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis remain the most popular politicians in Lithuania, shows a new survey by Vilmorus pollster for the Lietuvos Rytas newspaper, published on Saturday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s leaders don’t plan to meet with Dalai Lama, but some MPs do
Members of the Lithuanian parliament’s Provisional Group for Solidarity with Tibetans intend to meet with the Dalai Lama during his visit to Lithuania in June, but the country’s top officials do not plan to do so. […]
Defence
Lithuanian troops to provide communications, information systems support in Afghanistan
Ten Lithuanian soldiers were seen off to NATO‘s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan in a ceremony at the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Staff Battalion in Vilnius on Friday, the Defense Ministry said. […]
Society
Lithuania plans two Mission Siberia expeditions this year
Lithuania this year plans to send two Mission Siberia expeditions to Russia to clean up deportees’ graves. […]
Politics
Seimas panel completes unlawful influence probe, wants materials declassified
The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) has completed its probe into interest groups’ influence on political processes and now asks for permission to declassify the materials of the investigation. […]