Articles by the Lithuania Tribune

The first cruise ship of the season arrived in Klaipėda on Monday bringing ashore 2,200 tourists and 700 ship personnel. […]

Supermarket boycott begins as Lithuanians hit back at rising prices

Lithuanian consumers outraged at spiking food prices are starting a three-day boycott of supermarkets on Tuesday. Industry experts say, however, that the initiative will not have much of an impact. […]

Brexit would be the beginning of the end of EU – Lithuanian experts

As Britain is nearing a crucial vote on continuing its membership in the EU, Lithuanian experts say Brexit would have far-reaching effects on the entire block. […]

Refugees in Lithuania begin search for work

Refugees resettled in Lithuania have started looking for job, says the country’s Labour Exchange which set up a special unit to work with them. […]

Jaroslaw Kaczynski and President Adrzej Duda

Poland’s war on democracy

A war being waged between the current Polish government and the country’s Constitutional Court is undermining the country’s democracy and rule of law according to leading experts. […]

Almost half Europeans want their own UK-style referendum – survey

As the United Kingdom is preparing for a referendum on its membership in the European Union, a survey suggests that almost half of voters in eight big EU countries would also like to have in-out votes. […]

Statistics Lithuania reports 4.7% inflation in service prices

Prices of services in Lithuania rose 4.7% over the last year, according to a report by the country’s statistics agency. […]

Injury will keep Jonas Valančiūnas out for remainder of playoff series against Heat

Jonas Valančiūnas, the Toronto Raptors‘ Lithuanian center who has risen to the challenge of the Eastern Conference’s semifinals, will miss out on the rest of his team’s games against the Miami Heat due to a sprained right ankle. […]

Lithuanian rowers take home three medals at European Rowing Championships

Lithuanian rowers collected a total of three medals at the European Rowing Championship, showing promising performances ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. […]

The Union of Lublin. Painting by Jan Matejko

Poll: Who is the most important Lithuanian historical figure of all time?

Last week, we picked our top 10 most important individuals in Lithuania’s millennium-long history. We now ask you, our readers, to let us know who do you think deserves to be at the top of the list. […]

Vilnius police take down Soviet flags on Russia’s Victory Day

Vilnius police were alerted twice on Monday about public displays of Soviet Union symbols, which is a crime in Lithuania. […]

Vatican’s secretary of state to meet Lithuanian president and deliver speech at Vilnius University

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican‘s Secretary of State, is meeting with Lithuania‘s President Dalia Grybauskaitė and Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė on Monday. […]

‘Developments in Poland unbecoming to democracy’ – head of Lithuania’s constitutional court

Poland recently celebrated the 225th anniversary of Europe’s first written constitution, but the country’s current right-wing government is doing everything to undermine its current constitutional rule, says Dainius Žalimas, the chairman of Lithuania’s Constitutional Court. […]

Lithuania’s Coffee Inn opens first coffee shop in Florida

The Lithuanian coffee shop chain Coffee Inn opened its first outlet in the United States. […]

Picture of the Week: Dunkin’ Jonas

Lithuanian basketballer and Toronto Raptors big man Jonas Valančiūnas stares down three Miami Heat defenders he just blew past to put in a dunk off of a great pass from guard DeMar DeRozan during the NBA playoffs this week. […]

Honorary Consul Ronén Waisser Landau with Krista Bard (Hon Con in Philadelphia, PA), Ingrida Bublys (Hon Con in Ohio) and Rolandas Kriščiūnas, Ambassador of Lithuania to the United States of America and Mexico.

“They had never met a Mexican National with Lithuanian roots” – Honorary Consul to Mexico

“Ever since I can remember, my Mother used to tell us where our grandparents and great-grandparents had come from. My grandfather, Isakas Landau, had arrived in Mexico in 1925 leaving his hometown, Kudirkos Naumiestis, behind,” says Ronén Waisser Landau, Honorary Consul of Lithuania in Mexico. […]

Birthday Boy Valančiūnas comes up big for Toronto to blow out Heat

Lithuanian NBA star Jonas Valančiūnas saved the day for the Toronto Raptors with pivotal offensive rebounds that allowed them to come from behind to vanquish the Miami Heat in overtime. […]

The Top 10 Lithuanian historical figures of all time

Lithuania’s history is chock-full of legendary leaders and historical heroes that have made Lithuania what it is today. After looking across the span of Lithuania’s long and proud history, here is our list of the Top 10 Lithuanian historical figures of all time. […]

Drones to take unruly holidaymakers to task on Lithuania’s beaches

Lifeguards in Palanga, Lithuania’s Baltic Sea resort, will be using drones to police holidaymakers on the resort’s busy beaches this summer. […]

‘Google-translated’ environmental impact report has Lithuania doubting Belarus serious on nuclear safety