Lithuania’s first post-independence leader, signatory to the 11 March Act, former speaker of the Supreme-Council-Reconstituent Seimas, Vytautas Landsbergis, has called for the restoration of conscription in Lithuania in the wake Russia‘s aggression in Ukraine. […]
Twenty-four years after the attempted coup of 13 January 1991, parties in the case are studying the materials of the exclusive Lithuanian investigation that concluded in the end of last year. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has welcomed the decision of Kaunas District Municipality to support parents whose children attend private kindergartens. The prime minister called the decision “beneficial to young families, the municipality and the state”. […]
Over 4,300 people on Saturday took part in a traditional run through the streets of Vilnius to pay tribute to the victims of the Soviet army’s bloody attack on unarmed civilians in the Lithuanian capital in January 1991. […]
Seventeen Ukrainian children arrived by coach in Vilnius on Saturday to take part in a support camp organized for them. […]
The population of Lithuania shrank 0.7 percent over 2014, according to Statistics Lithuania, yet the figure represents an improvement since 2005. […]
Vilnius Regional Administrative Court on Friday rejected the request by Lithuania’s Radio and Television Commission to halt broadcasting of the Russian-language TV channel Ren TV Baltic’s programs. The commission had asked to suspend broadcasting of programmes produced outside the European Union for 3 months. […]
Romas Jakubauskas, a Lithuanian Musilm mufti, says that Wednesday’s attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo office in Paris was perpetuated by individual criminals who must be made accountable by law. […]
After three armed men killed a dozen people at the offices of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris, people around Europe and the world have gathered to spontaneous rallies to express solidarity under the banner #JeSuisCharlie (“I Am Charlie”) and show that attacks on free speech will not be taken lightly. A rally of solidarity was also organized in Vilnius near the Embassy of France (Švarco street 1) Thursday at noon. […]
The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (RTCL) decided on Wednesday to demand that two Russian TV channels acknowledge that several of their programs spread biased information. Otherwise, the Lithuanian TV and radio watchdog will initiate a complete ban on broadcasting of the two Russian channels in Lithuania. […]
The Radio and Television Commission of Lithuania (RTCL) on Wednesday decided to ask court to halt broadcasting of the Russian-language TV channel Ren TV Baltic’s programs produced outside the European Union. […]
Having received his release papers from the prison’s management, on an average day of the Baltic autumn Rimantas Muka (31) moved through the gates of Alytus prison in Lithuania. He bought a kebab and a soda at a nearby kiosk. He just stood there and ate, waiting. Muka thought that the autumn morning was wonderful. […]
Although Lithuania has been using the euro for less than a week, the police have already reported euro forgery cases. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday met with leaders of traditional Christian communities in Lithuania and discussed common work in seeking unity in the country and the world. […]
Repeated violations of the law may lead to suspension of rebroadcasting of RTR Planeta and NTV Mir Lithuania channels for up to one year, says Edmundas Vaitekūnas, the head of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission. […]
Lithuania’s State Tax Inspectorate (VMI) has said that fraudsters pretending to work for the VMI have started visiting residents’ houses, offering a “money inventory” service. […]
The main task for Lithuania’s national television, LRT, is to provide an alternative to mass production, says LRT head Audrius Siaurusevičius. He stresses that it is important not to forget less visible things whose value in the future will only increase. […]
Lithuanian Jews have shown support to the Ukrainian Jewish community which is experiencing difficult times. Last week, before the end of the Jewish holiday Hanukkah, Lithuanian Jews presented books written by Grigory Kanovich to the Ukrainian Jewish community. […]
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