Economy

Potential jobs-related friction: immigrants taking on jobs Lithuanians unwilling to do

The pandemic has closed borders and increased unemployment in Lithuania to levels not seen for several years. However, even give such a situation, a quarter more people immigrated to Lithuania compared to last year. The […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis
Lithuania

With “Farmers” lagging behind Conservatives, Karbauskis speaks about his political future

With the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) taking a clear lead in the first round of the Seimas elections, ruling Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) leader Ramūnas Karbauskis stated that he is […]

Lithuania

Astravyets on an electoral platter: why are the Conservatives so aggressive and the “Farmers” so silent?

The approaching Seimas elections and launch date of the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant have linked these seemingly unrelated events. The opposition Conservatives are ever more fiercely critical of the ruling parties and the president for being unable […]

Jesuit priest Jonas Borevičius
History

MP Anušauskas: Strong testimony of Jesuit priest exonerates Jonas Noreika-General Storm of participation in the Holocaust

The fact that a document found in the Jesuit provincial archives (153 pages long), containing the testimony of Jonas Noreika (General Storm) and his relationship with the rescue of the Jews, is weighty. First of […]