Articles by the Lithuania Tribune

The Baltic American Freedom League (BAFL), an organisation in California devoted to supporting the Baltic states, has started an initiative to have the US persuade NATO to permanently station troops in the Baltics. […]

MP says Liberal bribery investigation has echoes of 2004 probe that was dropped

Deputy Seimas Speaker Gediminas Kirkilas, a social democrat, says the current bribery investigations involving former Liberal leader Eligijus Masiulis and Labour Party MP Vytautas Gapšys reminds him of a similar case 12 years ago. […]

EU fines on Lithuania not unexpected – minister

The European Commission has warned Lithuania about sanctions over two issues: the market domination of its state-owned railway company and restrictions on selling land to foreigners. Minister of Transport Rimantas Sinkevičius says the sanctions are not unexpected. […]

Direct rail service from Lithuania to Poland opens for first time in 77 years

A new Kaunas-Bialystok rail service will launch in June, the first time in 77 years a direct rail service will run between Lithuania and Poland. […]

Heating company sues Vilnius authorities over €5.6m debt

Vilniaus Energija is suing the Municipality of Vilnius over a €5.6-million debt that the city owes for heating. Vilniaus Energija says in a statement that the Municipality has shown no willingness to cover the debt. […]

Basic instinct – How to avoid a collision with a Lithuanian moose in season

Lithuanian’s wildlife is now at the peak of its birthing season so drivers need to be particularly attentive while driving in the early morning and at night, the key times when animals are the most likely to jump onto the road and cause a collision with a vehicle. […]

Is Greece on the road to recovery? Lithuanian economists are divided

After the latest EU deal to extend more credit to Greece, Lithuanian economists are divided on whether the EU bailout has helped Greece and put it on the road to recovery, or has simply bailed out European banks at the cost of the EU taxpayer and the Greek public. […]

Basir, Lithuanian-speaking Afghan refugee, accepts job offer from MEP

Abdul Basir Youssuf, the Afghani NATO interpreter who had worked with Lithuanian soldiers in Ghor province and was granted asylum in Lithuania after a plea for help on Youtube in Lithuanian, has accepted a job at a resort offered to him by Lithuanian MEP Antanas Guoga. […]

New airlines opening range of new routes from Lithuania in June

A range international carriers are opening new routes are from airports around Lithuania in June, with Vilnius and Palanga seeing three new airlines operating from their airports […]

Palanga extends lifeguard hours to safeguard swimmers

Lifeguards at the beaches in Palanga will work an extra two hours every day in the summer until 8 pm in an effort to reduce incidents and in response to the many people who go for a swim in the evening. […]

Liberal politicians Eligijus Masiulis, Remigijus Šimašius, Linas Kvedaravičius

First polls after ‘Liberal scandal’ show major shake-up in party rankings

A voter survey conducted after the “black Thursday” on May 12 when news broke about bribery suspicions against former Liberal leader Eligijus Masiulis shows that voters have reacted strongly to the “Liberal scandal”. […]

European leaders attack Juncker for decision to meet with Putin in Russia

Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission, is facing growing criticism from the US, European countries and Lithuania for agreeing to attend Vladimir Putin‘s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia. […]

American designs app to help Lithuanian stroke victims communicate

Brian Sullivan, a technology director at a school in Massachusetts, has created an app called Mano Žodis! (My Word!) that can help Lithuanian speakers who’ve suffered a stroke communicate better. […]

Footage of Baltic naval mine explosions captured by Canadian divers

Canadian military divers have published explosive footage from NATO‘s Operation Open Spirit, an annual rotating mine-clearing operation targeting naval mines in the Baltic left over from World Wars I and II. […]

Vilnius University professor becomes first Lithuanian to join world’s elite science organization

Vilnius University professor Virginijus Šikšnys has become the first Lithuanian scientist invited to become an Associate Member of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) – an association uniting and promoting excellence elite scholars of life sciences. […]

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius (right) and Iran's Deputy Minister for Finance Mohammad Khazaei signed an intergovernmental agreement on economic cooperation

Iran and Lithuania sign new economic cooperation agreement

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius and Iran‘s Deputy Minister for Finance Mohammad Khazaei signed an intergovernmental agreement on economic cooperation yesterday. The two countries will seek to create a favourable investment climate for investors and […]

Real estate and cars: the use and abuse of citizen donations by Lithuanian non-profits