Darius Jauniškis, Vitas Vasiliauskas, Dainius Žalimas
Society

Poll ranks security chief Jauniškis as Lithuania’s most influential civil servant

Lithuania’s elite sees Darius Jauniškis, director of the State Security Department (VSD), as being the most influential among the country’s civil servants and lawyers, Delfi.lt reported on Monday. […]

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Society

Lithuania plans to upgrade over 1,700 unsafe pedestrian crossings by 2022

Some 1,721 of 1,949 pedestrian crossings on Lithuania’s roads of national significance are unsafe, with all of them planned to be upgraded or closed in 2018 through 2021, the Lithuanian Road Administration (LRA) said. […]

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Society

So how much does it cost to get your child ready for school this year?

August is a time of preparation for the new school year – and that applies to both the children and their parents. Yet for the latter, the anticipation of a new year at school is often clouded by the thought of the related expenses, which can become a real burden on the wallet. The Lithuanian supermarket chain Maxima has good news: school supplies this year will not be more expensive than last year, a press release from the retail chain states. […]

January 1991 in Vilnius
History

Lithuania marks 27 yrs since death of volunteer Seimas guard Sakalauskas

Lithuania marks on Tuesday 27 years since the death of Artūras Sakalauskas, a volunteer soldier who was killed in a clash with Soviet troops outside the parliament building in August 1991, thus becoming the last victim of the Soviet occupation. […]