Representatives from 12 foreign embassies, including five ambassadors will participate in the LGBT Baltic Pride parade which will take place in Vilnius on June 18. The chairman of the Lithuanian Gay League board Vladimir Simonko […]
Some Lithuanian universities spend 80% of government funding on administration rather than on students – a simple reform would be to link government funding to student numbers but according to leading experts, this is just one of the areas that needs to be tackled if the country is to develop a competitive education system. […]
Proposals considered by the Lithuanian Parliament would raise social insurance contributions that small businesses have to pay into the system and expand benefits for parents. The parliamentary Social Affairs Committee has endorsed a proposal to […]
The EU needs to invest in the electricity sector if EU targets to reduce emissions and boost growth are to be met, according to the president of European electricity industry association, Eurelectric, Antonio Mexia, who […]
The international military exercise Iron Wolf 2016 began on Monday and is a part of the international exercise Sabre Strike 2016. NATO troops began the redeployment exercise Dragoon hike on Sunday as part of the […]
Vičiūnai Group is planning to build a new Hilton hotel near the energy museum in Vilnius. The group will build underground exposition halls and will construct a terrace that will join the museum and the […]
The management of the Lithuanian Russian Drama Theatre refused demands on Monday from the Lithuanian Russian Union to ban am LGBT event, Pride Voices, from taking place in the theatre building. A petition with 5,000 […]
The world’s largest 3D model trading platform CGTrader is coming to the Vilnius Tech Park community. CGTrader, founded in 2011, gives designers and companies a platform where they can share, buy and sell 3D models. […]
Lithuanian courts have ruled that a Bank of Lithuania rule forbidding the granting of credit to people who must spend more than 40% of their income to cover their debts is unconstitutional. The courts’ ruling […]
Lithuanians buy almost half of all essential goods specifically when they are on discount, according to new data from market research company Nielsen. “As many as four out of five Lithuanian shoppers spontaneously purchase goods […]
The issues of party funding and transparency in Lithuania can be addressed by learning from successful models in other European countries, according to the acting leader of Lithuania‘s Liberal Movement. “Lithuania needs to use the […]
Increasing defence spending by the Lithuanian government will increase the size of the defence subcontracting market up to €150 million over the coming years. Gintaris Satkus, director of the Lithuanian Defence and Security Industry association, […]
The upcoming elections will see a range of payouts by the Office of the Parliament hitting up to €1 million as members of parliament lose their seats, with their assistants also entitled to severance payments. […]
Lithuania’s agriculture attaché in Brussels says that the country’s dairy farmers can expect support from the European Commission, although there are no guarantees yet, LRT reports. Karolis Anužis says that the decision should be clear […]
Lithuanian companies have won a number of awards at the International advertising gongs, the Golden Hammer. McCann Vilnius received a gold medal for the brand Beer Library in packaging design category while Lithuanian agency Milk […]
With Lithuania’s parliamentary election campaigns gaining momentum, the Central Electoral Commission has had to take action over complaints of illegal political campaigning, reports TV3 Žinios. Opposition parties were up in arms last week after a […]
The influence of the summer season on the job market is already becoming clear – the number of people in Lithuania looking for work has dropped by almost 14,000 over the last month, but almost […]
Lithuania has the third highest level of preventable deaths in the EU according to a new Eurostat survey. Romania had the highest number of preventable deaths in the EU forllowed by Latvia and Lithuania. The […]
On Saturday, the Danish Danske Bank and Swedish Swedbank completed the deal they signed at the end of September last year regarding the sale of Lithuanian and Latvian retail banks. Verslo Žinios reports that the […]
Judging by the reactions of parties’ chairmen and their members to the cronyism and corruption scandals rocking Lithuania’s political parties, the leaders of Lithuania’s “classical” political parties – the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the Social Democrats and the Liberal Movement – are rife with Trumpism, argues political observer Arkadijus Vinokuras. […]
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