Lithuania’s ruling coalition is working in a stable and consistent manner, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis after a meeting of the coalition’s political council. […]
While Lithuania still struggles to defend equal rights for all her citizens, some of them are tired of waiting and are starting to take brave initiatives to change their society themselves. One such initiative is the Friendly Kaunas map, launched on Monday, July 31st. 10,000 free copies will be distributed across Kaunas, Lithuania’s second city. […]
The Lithuanian government and the businesses can relax for now and enjoy their summer vacation – the Lithuanian economy continues growing at an accelerated pace . The Lithuanian GDP increased by 3.9% in Q2 of this year, compared to the same period a year ago. Meanwhile, in quarterly terms, the seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.6%. The annual growth for Q1 was revised up by 0.2 pp to 4.1%, Swedbank announced. […]
Excise duty results published by the Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate signal a decline in alcohol sales and possibly consumption, however, experts say that the information is insufficient for credible conclusions, as they do not cover the impact of illicit alcohol and alcohol purchased abroad. […]
Lithuania’s government has proposed recalling Rokas Bernotas from the position of ambassador to Afghanistan on Aug. 2. […]
Lithuania’s government has given a green light to having its cultural attache to the US reside in New York rather than in Washington D.C. […]
In an effort to attract more investments and protect Lithuania’s interest abroad, the government has come up with an idea of replacing commercial attaches working in embassies with specialized envoys of institutions. […]
Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has no data about injuries of Lithuanian citizens during the earthquake close to the Greek islands of Dodecanese. […]
The Lithuanian Prosecutor General‘s Office has handed to Vilnius court a criminal trial of three Latvian citizens charged with unlawful cash movement. […]
Rimvydas Norkus, chairman of Lithuania’s Supreme Court and the Lithuanian Judicial Council, says that the judicial reform in Poland constitutes a threat to democracy. […]
Today, the Baltic Focus events dedicated to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are launching within the programme of the industry days of the International Odessa Film Festival, the Lithuanian Film Centre wrote in a press release. […]
Lithuania’s Migration Department said on Wednesday it agreed with the proposal from Russian journalist Yevgeni Titov to reconsider his asylum application, if he withdraws his plea to court. […]
Renowned chef Deivydas Praspaliauskas has opened new restaurant in the old town of Vilnius. The restaurant has small, cozy vinery type ground floor with solid wine list and a la carte menu. Moreover, in the evenings beautiful and wide basement part opens. A degustation menu, crafted by the restaurant chef is served in the basement part of the restaurant. […]
Wind power production in Lithuania soared by 40 percent in the first half of 2017 year-on-year to 633 gigawatt-hours (GWh), accounting for half of the country’s total electricity output during the six months. […]
Lithuanians believe that the most important thing for the start of the business is having enough savings and a great business idea (76 percent), while Latvians view know-how as the most important (73 percent) and Estonians think that the most important thing is an idea and know-how (79 percent), shows a survey of entrepreneurship of residents of the Baltic states conducted by Spinter research (Spinter Surveys) for DNB bank. The survey was published on Thursday. […]
Hella KGaA Hueck & co., a German manufacturer of lighting technology and electronics products for the automotive industry, and the Lithuanian Kaunas Free Economic Zone have finalized a long term land lease agreement. During the first stage of development up to €30 million investment in a production plant is planned and this will create up to 250 new jobs. Depending on the pace of growth, more investments are expected in the future. […]
An increase in Lithuania’s official emigration rate in the first half of 2017 could be due to living standard inequalities or rising prices and another possible reason is that more people reported their departure this year, experts told BNS. […]
World of Dance is an international dance competition, which is the biggest event in urban dance world today. The event gathers around dancers from more than 30 countries, including Asia, Europe and USA. From this year Lithuania is in the list as well! Competition stimulates the art of urban dance to be spread and prompts enthusiasm of incredibly talented dancers from all over the world. Hundreds of participants and thousands of spectators gathers every year to watch performances and support artists that comes to represent their countries in the worldwide finals and contend for the title of the best dancer in the world. […]
On 1–6 July, Šiauliai hosts the international folk contest-festival “The Flower of the Sun” for the seventh time; it brings joy, colours and diversity of events to city residents and guests. […]
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