Petras Austrevicius, Author at the Lithuania Tribune

Who will have a casting vote at the newly elected European Parliament?

June 3, 2019 Petras Austrevicius 0

There is no clear answer to this question, and this happens probably for the first time in the entire history of the European Parliament elections. For the first time since 1979, the alliance of the […]

Lithuania and the foreign policy: what to do when you are on the bench?

September 11, 2017 Petras Austrevicius 0

Couple of weeks ago Lithuania’s former President Valdas Adamkus in his speech on regional leadership said that Lithuania gave up its leadership in the Eastern European and Baltic region which we have been demonstrating a […]

Viktoras Pranckietis, Saulius Skvernelis, Ramūnas Karbauskis

Pranckietis’ future – could become a trophy

June 21, 2019 0

With the “Farmers” negotiating on a new coalition with other parties, the seat of Seimas speaker Viktoras Pranckietis is also on the table. Ramūnas Karbauskis has been urging the current head of parliament to resign, […]

Warning to Nausėda from Grybauskaitė causes doubts

June 21, 2019 0

President Dalia Grybauskaitė read her final annual address a few weeks ago. This was the concluding speech of two terms, thus it was natural to expect that the head of state will summarise her work, […]

Baltic Pride In Vilnius. Photo Ruslanas Iržikevičius, the Lithuania Tribune

Baltic Pride and MP Gražulis: why not a peep from him?

June 20, 2019 0

Let’s talk about MP Gražulis and Baltic Pride! Even on the brightest day, you can have clouds, a man once said upon finding out that his mother in law died, but he will have to […]

Lithuanians are only concerned with the size of MEP wages

June 20, 2019 0

What were the European Parliament elections in Lithuania like? Easily predicted. The large parties won, EP veterans and more conspicuous than any other electoral campaign participant Aušra Maldeikienė won. As long as the EP exists, […]

Love of freedom and a book: Americans could learn from Lithuanians

June 20, 2019 0

Lithuanian high school students are a great example of gratitude and respect for freedom. These are the observations of the representatives of the all-boys school Montgomery Bell Academy (MBA) in Nashville (USA). According to them, […]

Higher-class housing in Vilnius: sales continue to grow

June 19, 2019 0

The share of higher-class housing purchases in Vilnius continues to grow. In the first five months of this year, nearly 2400 newly built apartments were sold in the Lithuanian capital, with one of every eight […]