Vilnius goes dark for Earth Hour
Society

Vilnius centre lit by nothing but candles for Earth Hour 2016

At 8:30 local time on Saturday night, millions of people around the world turned off their lights and other electronic appliances for an hour to observe Earth Hour, an international tradition aimed at raising awareness about environmental conservation and efficient energy usage. In the centre of Vilnius, Lithuanians also observed the hour by gathering under the snow with a huge collection of candles. […]

CORPORATE

Despite successes wind farms continue to look for government support

The amount of electricity being generated by renewable resources in Lithuania is increasing – in Pagėgiai municipality in Western Lithuania alone, the wind farm that began operating there this year – the largest of its kind in the Baltics – generates about 2% of the country’s energy needs. However, according to the farm’s owners, their work would still be impossible without support from the government. […]

Photo: International Centre for Litvak Photography
Culture

’75 year-long musical composition’ to be played to commemorate Lithuania’s Holocaust victims

The award-winning founder and director of the International Centre for Litvak Photography Richard Schofield recently commissioned a piece of music to be performed as part of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Kaunas Ghetto. […]

Society

New Museum at President’s Palace explains how state works

A new museum at the President’s Palace will introduce visitors to the functioning of the Lithuanian state. […]

Lithuanians in East London celebrating St. Casimir's Fair
Global LT

How East London’s Lithuanian community celebrated St. Casimir’s Fair

On Sunday, the Lithuanian St. Casimir Parish festival began in East London began with a Holy Mass at Casimir Church with Bishop Nicholas Hudson from the Diocese of Westminster. On a sunny afternoon, the church was so full with Lithuanians that people were even listening from the street outside. “Today we prayed together for Lithuanians of the world and for each other” said Petras Tverijonas,who has served as the Priest of the Roman Catholic Church of St Casimir for seventeen years. […]

Gazprom
Energy

Gazprom to hold gas auction for Lithuania and Latvia in March

Russia‘s state-owned natural gas company Gazprom said it would hold its second gas export auction in mid-March, offering more than 560 million cubic metres of gas to Lithuania and Latvia, Reuters reports. […]

"Rail Baltica"
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Rail Baltica project hindered by chill in Vilnius-Warsaw relations

Relations between Lithuania and Poland have been chilly for some time now and experts say that the delay in works on the 200km Rail Baltica stretch between Warsaw and Šeštokai are a reflection of that state of affairs. […]