On 7 October, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Mantvydas Bekešius attended events marking the 75th anniversary of Visas for Life, which were organised by the Embassy of Japan in Lithuania, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. […]
Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner for the Digital Single Market Andrus Ansip encourages Lithuania to improve the accessibility of electronic health services for citizens, especially as regards electronic prescriptions. […]
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia will visit Vilnius University (VU) on 7-8 October. […]
In 2014, 47.6 percent of Lithuania’s population lived in rural areas, while 42.9 percent – in densely populated areas (cities). 9.6 percent of residents lived in intermediate area, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU), said. This makes Lithuania the third most rural country in the EU. […]
Every fourth Lithuanian thinks that same-sex marriage should be legalized throughout the European Union, according to a Eurobarometer survey. This is well below the EU average, BNS reports. […]
Statistics Lithuania has published demographic data on the occasion of the Day of Older Persons. It has transpired that the number of older people is on the rise in the country. […]
Lithuania has not passed any amendments to worsen the conditions for ethnic minorities to study in their native language, Lithuania’s Education and Science Minister Audronė Pitrėnienė has said in a letter to her Polish counterpart. […]
There are no plans to build a mosque in Vilnius as Lithuania prepares to take in Muslim refugees, Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius says. […]
Refugee integration centres will be opened in Lithuania’s largest cities of Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda, the Ministry of Welfare and Labour said. […]
On 19 September in Vilnius, a new record was achieved, the longest chicken shashlik was baked during the 10th Open Lithuanian BBQ Championship. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday awarded 47 people with Life Saving Crosses for saving Jews from the Nazis during World War Two. The majority of them were awarded posthumously. […]
After President Dalia Grybauskaitė changed a 2000 decree on state awards for Lithuania’s post-war anti-Soviet resistance fighters, one partisan, Pranas Končius-Adomas, was stripped of the Order of the Cross of Vytis, a decoration conferred on people who defended Lithuania’s freedom and independence. […]
Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes