Irma Gudžiūnaitė
Politics

Ruling party and PM seek to undermine authority of the president

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis was surprised by President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s decision not to appoint Irma Gudžiūnaitė to be Environment Minister. He claimed that the presidential candidate had promised a positive decision on her suitability for office. The Prime Minister claims that it will not be possible to reconcile new nominees for Environment Minister with the President, LRT.lt reported. […]

No Picture
Society

Vėlinės in Lithuania

All Saint’s Day is an important holiday celebrated in honour of known and unknown saints on November 1st. While the Vėlinės (All Soul’s Day) celebration to commemorate the deceased is held to be on November 2nd, in Lithuania the two are often celebrated together on November 1st with deceased relatives’ graves being visited. […]

Palanga International Airport
Economy

Newly elected Vilnius, Kaunas, and Palanga Airport directors start their work

Three experienced professionals have joined the Lithuanian Airports team. Dainius Čiuplys has already taken over the role of Vilnius Airport Director. Kaunas Airport will soon be headed by Karolis Matulaitis while Andrius Daujotas will be in charge of Palanga Airport. […]

No Picture
Economy

Lithuanians started to enjoy the non-alcoholic beer: sales records are beat

Today, the International Brewers’ Day is celebrated, it reminds us not only of the old brewing traditions, but of the innovations of beer industry as well. Non-alcoholic beer, which was considered a niche product not so long ago, is already about to get rid of this label. This summer the demand for non-alcohol beer is growing at a record pace, while Lithuanian and foreign beer makers had supplied store shelves with fifty different types of non-alcoholic beer, a press release from Maxima states. […]

Midsummer (Joninės) in Kernavė
Society

Midsummer scenes around Northern Europe make shy Lithuanians blush

Many of us are waiting for, probably, the most important holiday of summer. It’s like an answer to Christmas in winter. The latter are celebrated just after the shortest day in the year, whereas Midsummer or Saint John’s is remembered as a celebration of the longest day in the year. It was dedicated to the birthday of Saint John the Baptist in order to be adapted to Christianity. Translation agency Ars libri would like to share some stories on how Midsummer is celebrated around the world. […]

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania
Society

Lithuanian ForMin looking for new diplomats

Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is looking for new diplomats. A new competition to the diplomatic service was opened following a break of several years, the Lietuvos Žinios daily writes. […]

Honorary Patron of Blossom of Hope 2018 H.E. Anne Hall, the Ambassador of the United States of America
Freetime

US Ambassador A. Hall will be patron of Blossom of Hope 2018 charity gala

The International Women’s Association of Vilnius (IWAV) is initiating the charity event Blossom of Hope for the tenth time now with the goal of improving early breast cancer diagnostics. According to doctors, of the thousand and a half women in the country, who hear this diagnosis – a fifth are up to 50 years old, while 5-6 are especially young, up to 30 years old. […]

Gitanas Nausėda and Žygimantas Pavilionis
CORPORATE

Pavilionis’ slight to the party: calling on SEB shareholders regarding Nausėda

Seimas conservative Žygimantas Pavilionis has appealed to bank SEB’s shareholders, claiming that he is concerned by the “unambiguous and dangerous situation when one of the most prominent economists in the country both represents the SEB […]