Freetime
What’s on in Lithuania this weekend
If you’re looking for something to do in Lithuania this weekend, there are plenty of concerts being held, as well as an ongoing international film festival. Read on for more! […]
Articles by the Lithuania Tribune
Economy
Raising social insurance contributions ‘would help increase wages for 260,000 employees’
Minimal social insurance contributions should be paid as a percentage of the minimum wage even by employees who make less than that, says Mindaugas Sinkevičius, director of Lithuania’s Social Insurance Fund (Sodra). This would disincentivize employers to pay part of their employee’s wages illegally. […]
Global LT
Politics
Lithuanian electoral commission distributes year’s first party subsidies
The Lithuanian Central Electoral Commission distributed the year’s first subsidies – a total of €2.7 million – to nine parties. […]
Politics
Prime minister accuses opposition of undermining rule of law
Social Democrat Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has accused the Seimas opposition of undermining democracy and the rule of law on Thursday while responding to questions about Environment Minister Kęstutis Trečiokas at the Lithuanian parliament. […]
Society
Demonstration in Vilnius Roma settlement raises drug abuse awareness
The Naujas Gyvenimas addiction rehabilitation centre and the Vilnius Roma settlement‘s community have organised a demonstration to draw the government and public’s attention to the drug sales plaguing the community and to invite addiction sufferers in for treatment. […]
Economy
Real estate sales grow 23% in March
The beginning of spring in Lithuania’s real estate market has been intense with 23% more deals concluded in March than the previous month. […]
Politics
Conservative long-timer leaves party to join Peasant and Greens Union
Long-time member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, MP Egidijus Vareikis is leaving the party to join the Peasant and Greens Union. […]
Economy
6 owners remain after Maxima shareholder sells his stake
Vilniaus Prekyba Group shareholder Žilvinas Marcinkevičius has sold his 15% stake in the company to its majority shareholder Nerijus Numavičius after a court rejected an injunction request. […]
Freetime
Funky interior and fair-priced food doesn’t feel ‘Secondhand’
Sitting at a table with a steel bucket hanging from below may not be everyone’s idea of an ideal lunch venue, but Secondhand (Dėvėti) is one the funky pioneers rejuvenating the station district in Vilnius and the buckets are just one part of its unique interior. […]
Defence
Russian troops ‘could have landed on Lithuanian coast’
MP Artūras Paulauskas, chairman of the parliamentary National Security and Defence Committee, suggested in an interview that Russian forces could have landed on the Lithuanian coast of the Curonian Spit during military exercise. […]
European Union
Society
Afghan interpreter arrives in Lithuania after Youtube plea
Abdul Basir Yoususi, the Afghani refugee who caught Lithuania’s attention in a video revealing himself to have worked as a Lithuanian-speaking interpreter for Lithuanian NATO forces in Afghanistan‘s Ghor province, arrived in Lithuania on Wednesday. […]
CORPORATE
Almost entire Social Democratic party branch in Druskininkai leaves party
After a more than four-hour-long meeting with the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party’s branch in Druskininkai, Julius Sabatauskas, the chairman of the party’s transparency group and the party chairman’s deputy, confirmed that the party had lost […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania fifth most overweight nation in Europe
Lithuania has the fifth most overweight population in Europe according to new data. In Lithuania, over 60% of men are overweight as well as 44% of women, according to national statistics. About every fifth man […]
CORPORATE
Sports
Lithuania expects ‘at least two medals’ at Rio Olympics
Lithuanian athletes are expected to win at least two medals at Rio de Janeiro Olympic games this summer, says the country’s National Olympic Committee president Daina Gudzinevičiūtė. […]
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Economy
‘Too hard to access information about how taxpayers money is spent’ – watchdog
Lithuanian citizens still have a tough time accessing data about how state institutions are using taxpayer’s money. […]
Society
Lithuania’s star swimmer’s father stuns Gay League with letter
The Lithuanian Gay League invited swimmer Rūta Meilutytė to march in the Baltic Pride event in Vilnius this year, but received an unexpected answer from her father Saulius Meilutis. […]