The Seimas
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Seimas electoral debates begin with economics

Four week cycle of Seimas electoral debates has commenced. Politicians will be discussing the topics of economics, demographics, justice and social politics. The leaders of Lithuanian parties or their representatives will be engaged in live debates, trying to attract potential voters. The first debate featured representatives from the Order and Justice Party, Lithuanian Green Party, Lithuanian Polish Electoral Action – Christian Families’ Union (LLRA-KŠP), Lithuanian Freedom Union (liberals), S. Buškevičius and Nationalists’ coalition “Against corruption and poverty”. The leaders of the Lithuanian Green Party, Lithuanian Freedom Union and the coalition “Against corruption and poverty” were present with the other parties delegating representatives. […]

Internet shop
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Lithuanian retail purchase trends shifting

More and more retailers are combining traditional sales models with sales over the internet with goods and service purchases on the internet doubling over the last 5 years. This tendency has had an impact on […]

PM Algirdas Butkevičius at the DELFI TV Conference
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Backlash against Central Electoral Commission directive regarding live interviews

With the Central Electoral Commission (VRK) requesting to cancel an interview with PM Algirdas Butkevičius in the LRT news show Laba Diena, Lietuva (Good day, Lithuania), citing a ban on politicians participating in Seimas elections from appearing on live television shows, there has been a backlash from a number of prominent media figures such as Edmundas Jakilaitis, Rimvydas Valatka and Aistė Žilinskienė. […]

Alvydas Jokubaitis
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Lithuania shouldn’t turn its back on Visegrad states

Passive stance that the European Union has taken toward Brexit is bringing it ever closer to other similar crises, political philosopher Alvydas Jokubaitis told LRT.lt. He is convinced that the Visegrad states are striving to demonstrate their position of how to save the EU and Lithuania’s turning its back on them can eventually cost dearly. […]

GIPL. Fot. M. Śmiarowski / KPRM
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Gas link between Lithuania and Poland delayed

Due to technical issues on the Polish side, the Gas Interconnector Poland-Lithuania (GIPL) project between Lithuania and Poland will be completed at least a year later, by 2020 or even 2021. The delays are not, […]

The abandoned construction site of what was to be the National Stadium
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Vilnius starts looking for contractors to build ambitious new sports centre

A competition for the contract to build and run a multi-functional complex in Šeškinė area of Vilnius is to be launched on Wednesday. The complex is to be constructed at the location of the failed […]