The Lithuanian justice minister’s blanket rejection of a gender neutral bill to allow civil partnerships contravenes European standards, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Justice Minister Juozas Bernatonis released on Thursday. […]
The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania, which recently suspended broadcasts of a Russian TV channel, says it has sufficient evidence on violations by another Russian television to ban it from Lithuanian airwaves. […]
The recent homophobic rant by Lithuanian DJ and producer Marijus Adomaitis, known internationally as Ten Walls, and the following outcry will benefit Lithuania, as it will trigger an even more open discussion on homophobia and intolerance, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Emigration from Lithuania has been on a decline, while more illegal immigrants have been crossing into Lithuania on their way to more prosperous destinations in Western Europe. […]
Lithuania’s Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology last week recommended three university students for internship in the US space agency NASA. […]
The lifting of the An-2 plane that crashed in the Baltic Sea in mid May was ended on Friday night, and the body of one of the pilots was recovered, Algimantas Raščius, director general of the state company Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation), told BNS. […]
Lithuania’s former president Valdas Adamkus feels well after undergoing surgery on Thursday for removing one kidney affected by cancer, his doctor said on Friday. […]
Former president of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus has undergone endoscopic examination of the bladder and a removal of the right kidney and ureter. The surgery was carried out on Thursday at Vilnius University Hospital Santariškės Clinics. […]
The An-2 plane, which crashed and sank in the Baltic Sea in mid-May, will be lifted up from the bottom of the sea for divers to be able to inspect it, Lithuanian Transport and Communications Minister Rimantas Sinkevičius said on Wednesday, adding that there are currently no plans to salvage the aircraft. […]
By treating opposite-sex and same-sex partnerships differently, Lithuania might violate the European Convention of Human Rights, Vilnius University Professor of Law Vytautas Mizaras says. […]
Experts are examining video footage of the An-2 airplane sunken to the Baltic seafloor and, with proper preparations completed, lifting operations may be started on Friday, says Algimantas Rasčius, CEO of the state-run company Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation). […]
The Lithuanian government has decided to reintroduce military conscription this year, after which the Ministry of National Defence compiled a list of almost 37,000 eligible young men who might be drafted for the military service this year. This has sparked much controversy and a heated debate in the Lithuanian public. […]
Lithuania’s Consul in the Polish town of Sejny, Vida Montvydaitė, has been proposed to head the Ethnic Minority and Emigration Department Lithuania will restore as of July, according to a draft resolution of the Ministry of Culture. […]
The 2015 Blossom of Hope Charity Gala organised by IWAV, the International Women’s Association of Vilnius, took place in the Merchants’ Club on May 30 in the Lithuanian capital and was a resounding success. […]
A team of specialists started inspecting the sunken An-2 plane that crashed on May 16 with two pilots aboard while flying over the Baltic Sea from Sweden to Lithuania. The inspection results are due on Tuesday afternoon, says Edvinas Ivanauskas, director of the firm Mammoet Baltic which is carrying out the operation. […]
Representatives of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania (LLRA), a party representing Lithuania’s Polish-speaking community, as well as of education establishments on Monday held a protest outside the office of the Government of Lithuania, demanding to preserve ethnic minority schools, currently undergoing reorganization. […]
Russia‘s aggression in Ukraine has exposed Lithuania’s sloppiness in dealing with its own ethnic minorities. Research shows that, amidst media craze about the war in Ukraine, Lithuania’s Russian-speaking citizens get increasingly often depicted as a domestic risk, while their alleged disloyalty to the state is pinpointed as threat to Lithuania’s national security and territorial integrity. […]
Lithuania’s medical institutions intend to finish the introduction of an e-health system by the end of this year, allowing medical personnel to remotely access patients’ medical records, make electronic prescriptions and share medical information. […]
In 2014 the number of recipients of old-age pensions paid by the State Social Insurance Fund (Sodra) decreased by a thousand to 599,600. By the end of 2014, as much as 923,200 people received at least one type of pension, i.e., one in three Lithuanians. […]
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