Military jets that made several rounds over Vilnius on Monday afternoon startled and frightened many a local resident who heard their deafening roar. DELFI received several emails from readers about the NATO air policing aircraft having flown above their homes. A mother says she had to reassure her kids that “the Russians are not attacking”. […]
The Song Celebration, a massive traditional song and dance festival that concluded recently, was not only an opportunity for Lithuanians home and abroad to gather together but also a chance for the young generation to see the conditions under which their parents once lived. One part of the guests was terrified by Lithuanian dormitories; another part of them, however, looked at it as education. […]
On 14 July, France celebrates its national holiday, the Bastille Day. For the occasion, the Ambassador of France to Lithuania Maryse Berniau invited several hundred guests to her residence in Vilnius to join in the celebration. […]
Bilingual street signs will not be legalized in Lithuania during the adoption of the Law on National Minorities, Lithuania’s Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]
Lithuanian Energy Vice-Minister Renata Cytacka’s husband Mariusz Cezary Cytacki, a Polish citizen who works for Vilnius District Municipality, has lodged a complaint with the European Commission over fines he has received for his refusal to take a Lithuanian-language exam. […]
Mai Nguyen Ngoc, whose family is of Vietnamese origin, has passed the Lithuanian state language exam excellently and got 100 percent, the highest mark, in Chemistry, Mathematics and English. […]
Lithuania’s former president Valdas Adamkus says that émigré businessman and public figure Juozas Kazickas, who passed away in the early hours of Thursday, has made the biggest possible contribution to Lithuania’s freedom and has proven his love for the country with deeds. […]
On 1 January 2014, the population of the European Union was estimated to stand at 507.4 million, compared with 505.7 million one year before. The population growth is due to a natural increase of 80,000 and a net migration of 700,000, while the remainder can be explained by statistical adjustments, according to EU statistics office Eurostat. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius expressed hope on Tuesday a law on the spelling of non-Lithuanian names in documents would be adopted in the fall upon receipt of conclusions of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language. […]
Lithuania’s Šalčininkai District, densely populated by Poles, needs to make use of its good geographical position and local forests, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says. […]
Lithuanian Culture Minister Šarūnas Birutis has declared the location in the Šnipiškės area of Vilnius, where a Jewish cemetery used to be, a place protected by the state “for public knowledge and use as well as public respect.” […]
The richest person in Lithuania is Nerijus Numavičius, the largest shareholder of the Vilniaus Prekyba Group; even after the euro introduction he will remain a billionaire. In the list of top 20 richest people in Lithuania, compiled by IQ Top magazine, Numavičius with LT 4.255 billion (EUR 1.23 billion) leaves the rest richest Lithuanian people far behind him. […]
People in Lithuania have registered over 32,000 gas guns over the last three years. Audrius Čiupala of the Police Department’s Licensing Division told BNS that residents of Lithuania have legalized 19,916 gas pistols and 12,236 gas revolvers as well as 17,542 low-power revolvers and 410 copies of antique guns. […]
The United Kingdom’s Embassy in Vilnius will marry same-sex couples after the Government of Lithuanian gave its permission, according to the delfi.lt news website. […]
Recent research carried out by the Anti-Defamation League shows that 36 percent of Lithuanian adults hold anti-Semitic views. The results are worse than in Latvia or Estonia. Chairwoman of the Lithuanian Jewish community Faina Kukliansky claims she was very surprised by these results. […]
The Global Anti-Semitism Index has revealed that 36 percent of adults in Lithuania hold anti-Semitic views. According to the survey, four out of 11 stereotypes about Jews covered by the index can be found in Lithuania. […]
Jumping over the traditional Midsummer bonfire and searches of the fern bloom in the modern times is more and more often accompanied with shashliks on the grill, full mugs of beer and powerful firecrackers to wrap up the festival. […]
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