The International Olympic Committee could have sent a strong message that doping in sport will not be tolerated, had it decided to ban the Russians from competing in the upcoming Rio Olympics. The ramifications of this scandal will forever change the face of doping. […]
Recently, members of the Vilnius City Street, Monument and Plaque Names Commission considered several different issues. […]
Dropping admissions to Lithuania’s universities and colleges – 82 study programmes failed to attract any students – have once again put focus on the chronic ills of the country’s education system. […]
Georgia will not and cannot be a NATO member for a long long time to come. This has been obvious. Statements of Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump and his close ally, former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich on Washington’s commitments to defend NATO states from a Russian attack simply serve to confirm this. […]
More than seven decades ago, long queues of people would line outside the house number 4 on Žemaitijos Street in Vilnius. Each day, two hundred hungry and exhausted creatures came to the library of the Vilna Ghetto – not for bread, but for books. […]
Although Russian officials were initially shocked and concerned about the military coup in Turkey, it has in fact given them a formula for strengthening their gradually declining regime. […]
The evolving political dynamics of Belarus are causing an unprecedented shift in policy stances and viewpoints that were up to now considered immovable – seeing the government embracing policy positions that only the Western-friendly opposition would have supported before. […]
More and more Lithuanians are realizing their ideas with the help of crowd-funding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Some of them are already planning for mass production following successful launch campaigns. […]
Albinas Januška, Lithuanian politician, one of the founders of the Social Democratic Party, a signatory of the Lithuanian Independence Act and once the ultimate éminence grise, gives a scathing analysis of the country’s domestic politics and the ills affecting the European Union. […]
The Battle of Durbė, in which rebelling Samogitians beat the Livonian Order in 1260, is undeservedly overshadowed by other medieval military victories, but it was a crucial moment in the history of pagan Lithuanians’ resistance to the encroachment of Christian knights.
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Vilnius is becoming a city of business centres – when one is finished, construction on the next one begins – eight new centres are in the pipeline this year. […]
On a cool summer morning, the sun rises through the bullrushes at Rusnė pier while the hum of boat motors can be heard in the distance. Some residents are still sleeping but the town’s fishermen are loading their boats with fish crates and preparing to “blow off some steam” as they do every morning. […]
The history of Vilnius Lukiškės Square is a story shaped by Russian Tzars, Polish dictators and Lithuanian martyrs, all leaving their mark on it for better or worse down the centuries.
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Eight months ago Lithuania was shaken by a scandal caused by the then Public Security Service (VST) leader Ričardas Pocius. Following such declarations there were many pledges to take action, investigations were announced but what has changed since that noise died down? […]
In a prestigious location near the centre of Vilnius, an old state-owned villa was recently sold off to private investors. Soon after, the development regulations for the property were changed to allow for new construction – and locals aren’t happy about the new plans. […]
Dictatorial regimes of all kinds have always sought to control communications, especially between those in their own countries and the outside world. With the Internet, their ability to do so has been much reduced; but it is important to remember that, even before the World Wide Web, their control was never quite as complete as many now think. In the struggle between those seeking freedom and those seeking to suppress it, the former have often been able to find ways to outfox the latter.
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Across Europe there is widespread fear of terrorist attacks but is Lithuania a possible target for terrorists? […]
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