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Concerns continue over Gediminas Hill: risk of landslide remainsConcerns continue over Gediminas Hill: risk of landslide remains
  • Society

Concerns continue over Gediminas Hill: risk of landslide remains

The Ministry of Culture is to make a decision on how to continue restoring Gediminas Hill, lrt.lt writes. [...]

6 years ago
Georgian president to visit LithuaniaGeorgian president to visit Lithuania
  • Foreign affairs

Georgian president to visit Lithuania

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will meet Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on Thursday, lrt.lt reports. [...]

6 years ago
After meeting Seimas board, Grybauskaitė gives evaluation of election resultsAfter meeting Seimas board, Grybauskaitė gives evaluation of election results
  • Politics

After meeting Seimas board, Grybauskaitė gives evaluation of election results

President Dalia Grybauskaitė warned on Tuesday that the nearing Seimas spring session will be beset by tensions over the coming…

6 years ago
  • Politics

Urging to adjust direct mayor elections: long time mayors entrenching

Political scientists are urging to review the regulations of the direct mayor elections because the aim to prevent a single…

6 years ago
Political scientists on election results: there no longer is support for Karbauskis’ claim of winning all electionsPolitical scientists on election results: there no longer is support for Karbauskis’ claim of winning all elections
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Political scientists on election results: there no longer is support for Karbauskis’ claim of winning all elections

On Sunday night, the results of the municipal council and mayor elections emerged. Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and…

6 years ago
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Parties take to decisive battle over municipalities: some hope to maintain positions, others aim for records

With little time left to the municipal and direct mayoral elections, political party leaders are pondering, which city and region…

6 years ago
Vytenis Andriukaitis completes gathering prerequisite signaturesVytenis Andriukaitis completes gathering prerequisite signatures
  • Politics

Vytenis Andriukaitis completes gathering prerequisite signatures

Presidential candidate Vytenis Andriukaitis has gathered the prerequisite number of citizens’ signatures to participate in the elections, lrt.lt reports. [...]

6 years ago
  • Society

VRK and police count complaints related to the elections: number exceeds 50

The municipal election marathon that launched on Wednesday has brought with it a slew of breaches, which will be investigated…

6 years ago
  • Society

“Living chain” saves drowning women and children

A walk on Sunday afternoon in Klaipėda‘s Melnragė I near the pier could have ended in tragedy for four people,…

6 years ago
  • Politics

VRK reports on day one voter turnout: positive numbers

Preliminary voting in the municipal and mayor elections continues on Thursday, lrt.lt writes. [...]

6 years ago
Lawyer: M. Ivaškevičius is under tendentious attackLawyer: M. Ivaškevičius is under tendentious attack
  • CORPORATE
  • Opinion

Lawyer: M. Ivaškevičius is under tendentious attack

VU professor, lawyer Vytautas Mizaras tells lrt.lt that behaviour such as is directed against writer and dramatist Marius Ivaškevičius could…

6 years ago
  • Society

Bank of Lithuania warns about false messages to Swedbank clients

The Bank of Lithuania reports that Swedbank clients are receiving false text messages about how Swedbank will supposedly cease operations…

6 years ago
Ministry to spend around 142 million euro on tactical vehiclesMinistry to spend around 142 million euro on tactical vehicles
  • Defence

Ministry to spend around 142 million euro on tactical vehicles

The Ministry of National Defence (KAM) has presented the US government an application for purchasing of 200 Joint Light Tactical…

6 years ago
  • Society

Europe of different medicines: fewer medicines sold in Lithuania and at higher prices than in larger countries

Fewer medicines are sold in Lithuania and their costs are greater than in larger European Union states. European Commissioner for…

6 years ago
A. Guoga: my life as a politician is drawing to a closeA. Guoga: my life as a politician is drawing to a close
  • Politics

A. Guoga: my life as a politician is drawing to a close

MEP Antanas Guoga has assured he would not participate in any elections together with the ruling Lithuanian Farmer and Greens…

6 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

D. Grybauskaitė after meeting P. Poroshenko: Western attention to Ukraine is waning

During the Davos World Forum, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė held bilateral talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Armenia’s new…

6 years ago
  • Politics

M. Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė: the European Council and EBU are concerned over press freedom in Lithuania

On Thursday, the status of news media in Lithuania and challenges arising for the LRT due to the national broadcaster…

6 years ago
  • Politics

LRTK recommends to not expand restricted information list

The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) has recommended to not change the public information law and not expand the…

6 years ago
  • Politics

A. Monkevičius: teachers‘ wages could exceed the average wage in two or three years

It is possible, after two or three years, for teachers’ wages to be 20-30% higher than the country’s average wage,…

6 years ago
  • Society

Flu epidemic declared in seven municipalities

The first death from flu complications. The elderly woman, who died in Šiauliai, was suffering from a number of chronic…

6 years ago