The number of Lithuanians using self-service parcel terminals increased by 55% in 2015 driven by an increase in online shopping, according to Baltic Post, who operate parcel kiosks across Lithuania. […]
The Lithuanian Film Centre is set to increase its funding and support for Lithuanian filmmakers to €2.66 million in 2016 and expects the number of foreign productions filmed in Lithuanian to grow in the year ahead. […]
The move of billionaire Nerijus Numavičius, Lithuania’s wealthiest person, to the UK has raised questions about how the tax agreements between the two countries, designed to avoid double taxation, will apply in Numavičius’ case. […]
Lithuanian photographer Karolis Janulis uses a drone to take breath-taking photos of Vilnius and the countryside from above. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is the highest paid member of the ruling government with Defence Minister Juozas Olekas a close second. However, many government ministers are paid significantly less. […]
Although surveys show that less than 2% of Lithuanians are atheists, they know more about religion than the rest of the population, Lithuania researcher Rasa Bendaravičienė told LRT Radio. […]
The Lithuanian military will now offer vegetarian options in its mess halls after receiving a complaint from the Hare Krishna religious movement in Lithuania, reports 15min.lt. […]
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On Monday, Energijos Skirstymo Operatorius, which is responsible for providing electricity and natural gas in Lithuania, opened for trade on the Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange. To mark the occasion, the company’s name and logo were displayed on an enormous display in New York City’s iconic Times Square. […]
Minister of Health Rimantė Šalaševičiūtė, who is currently visiting China, said that the country’s representatives are interested in building pharmaceutical factories in Lithuania and would like to open a traditional Chinese medicine centre as well. […]
Jonas Valančiūnas, the Toronto Raptors center beloved by basketball fans both in Lithuania and abroad, made it into the conscription list as part of Lithuania’s mandatory military conscription for 2016. […]
The Ministry of Economy is planning a potential investment fund that would provide seed capital and co-investments to newly formed small and micro businesses, or startups. The measure being considered to form the fund would also help develop the alternative First North market, a stock exchange geared towards smaller companies in the Nordic region, by preparing those companies to enter the regulated securities market. […]
Demographic experts attacked Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius for saying that increased emigration from Lithuania was down to military conscription, pointing instead to low wages and long term emigration trends as the key reasons behind the increase. […]
On the evening of 13 January 1991, journalist Eglė Bučelytė was broadcasting from the Lithuanian Radio and Television studio in Vilnius when Soviet paratroopers broke into the building to cut off her live broadcast. With the approach of that significant day’s 25th anniversary, Bučelytė spoke to Delfi about her experiences. […]
The traditional Snow Meeting, an informal gathering of Lithuanian and foreign experts of security policy, is to be held on 14-15 January near Trakai. This year, the meeting will focus on preparing for the NATO summit in Warsaw this July. […]
Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis, who sent out a letter to ministers in Latvia, Estonia, Poland and Finland urging them not to buy electricity from the nuclear power plants in Belarus or Kaliningrad, received the first positive answer to his letter when he met with Estonian Minister of Economy and Infrastructure Kristen Michal on Thursday. […]
If the Ministry of Health has its way, Lithuanian schoolchildren in grades 5-12 will once again hold physical education tests that would evaluate their balance, flexibility, endurance, cardiac health and general physical health. Representatives at the ministry believe that this would help the ministry focus more on physical education, as the ministry currently does not have a centralized database on children’s physical health and activity in Lithuania. […]
Every January, Lithuanians participate in an annual winter run called “Gyvybės ir Mirties Keliu“ (The Path of Life and Death) to commemorate the people that died in Lithuania during the events of 13 January, 1991. This tradition has spread throughout the Lithuanian diaspora, and even the Lithuanian community in the states of Washington and Oregon ran in Portland to commemorate this important day. […]
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