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Silk Road Revitalized for a Splendid Future

Shen Zhifei, Chinese Ambassador to Lithuania On the Occasion of the Opening of the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation As early as in Ancient Roman time, the Chinese have explored and opened […]

February 16 on Gediminas Av in Vilnius
Global LT

WANTED: volunteers to spread Lithuania’s name in the world

Do you feel that the world does not know enough about Lithuania? Do you feel that Lithuania has a lot to offer to the world but it is not heard? Guess what, you are not alone, and the Lithuania Tribune team feels that way as well. Hence, together we can do something real about it! […]

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. […]

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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. […]

Šarūnas Jasikevičius, Arvydas Sabonis, Rūta Meilutytė, Virgilijus Alekna
Society

Sabonis named most influential sports figure in Lithuania – survey

Former Lithuanian basketball player Arvydas Sabonis, who previously led the country’s basketball federation, has been named the most influential sports figure in Lithuania, according to a survey by Spinter Tyrimai for the delfi.lt news website, published on Friday. […]

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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. […]

The King Mindaugas monument in Vilnius
History

Coronation of Mindaugas: do we really understand medieval monarchy?

The coronation of Mindaugas is viewed as the birth of the Lithuanian state, however we rarely consider whether we really understand what the title of king meant in the Europe of the time and who could legitimately pursue it. […]