The number of school students declined by nearly a half in Lithuania over the past 16 years, dropping by a factor of three in some municipalities, which has a direct effect on the worsening quality of education, authors of the Reitingai magazine have said. […]
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius has admitted that the road services of the Lithuanian capital city were not efficient enough in their response to the weather conditions, apologizing to Vilnius residents for the inconveniences they encountered due to traffic interruptions. […]
A Russian national suspected of stealing large amounts of money from ATMs was detained in Vilnius last weekend, the Lithuanian capital’s police said. […]
Lithuania’s major cities and resorts last weekend kicked off the holidays season with Christmas tree lighting celebrations. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė and a group of children from care homes left for Lapland on Monday to meet Santa Claus and give him a package of letters with drawings and Christmas wishes from Lithuanian kids. […]
Around 100 people gathered outside the Lithuanian parliament on Saturday to protest against strict punishments against possession of small amounts of cannabis. Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis believes it is a grave crime and laws should not be mitigated. […]
The 17th National Prayer Breakfast is held in Vilnius on Monday, this year inviting participants to think about peace. […]
The Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Department has imposed a fine of 1,500 euros on an organization named Forgotten Soldiers that has reburied Soviet soldiers in Vilnius’ Antakalnis cemetery. […]
The International Christmas Charity Bazaar opened Saturday morning in the Vilnius City Hall, Rotušė. There was the usual excitement and plenty of smiles on the faces of young and old. This was the 15th edition of the charity event organised by Lithuania’s International Women’s Association with all proceeds going to support very worthy causes, 10 in all, carefully selected by the Committee. […]
Organized for the seventh time by students of ISM University of Management and Economics, the international social business case competition “Creative Shock” once again invites students from various countries to come to Vilnius and to compete in a four-day finale, where they will solve problems of real-life social businesses, according to a press release by ISM University of Management and Economics. […]
Israeli culinary guru Gil Hovav’s new TV show Open Skies about Lithuania on Keshet 12 channel counted about a million viewers. The half-hour show featured a variety of Lithuanian dishes along with the most interesting stories from different corners of the country. This month, Lithuania has also been shown on four TV editions on Travel China Channel made by reputed China’s traveller Zhang Wei, each show reaching 20 million viewers. The nine-minute shows managed to capture the best of Lithuania, including amber cathing, Samogitian partying, basketball game at the Kaunas Žalgiris Arena, as well as stories about the Lithuanian rain, the old town churches of Vilnius, the miracle tile, Pažaislis, M. K. Čiurlionis’s oeuvre, the Cross Hill, etc., a State Department of Tourism press release states. […]
The chefs of as many as eight restaurants in Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda woke up as part of the Baltic cream of the crop following the reputable Scandinavian White Guide 2018 evaluations of restaurants that happened for the second time now in our country. Eight from fifteen restaurants evaluated in Lithuania made it to the Baltic top 30 restaurants, with Nüman in Kaunas reaching the third place, a press release from the State Department of Tourism states. […]
Nerijus Numavičius, the majority shareholder of Vilniaus Prekyba (Vilnius Trade, remains the richest person in Lithuania with an estimated wealth of 1.4 billion euros, according to a list of the country’s wealthiest people published by the Top magazine. […]
A Christmas Tree will be lit in the Cathedral Square in Vilnius on Friday, kicking off a series of festive events in the Lithuanian capital. […]
The Lukiškių Square Memorial to freedom fighters, which has won a competition, falls short of heritage protection requirements, therefore, a suggestion will be made to change the Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Department said. […]
Lithuania is on Tuesday kicking off a receipt lottery aimed at curbing tax evasion, with the first winners to be announced on LNK television in a week’s time. […]
In any emergency time and first responders reaching the right location are key elements. Improving on these two key components is the goal of Lithuania’s 112 services. Technological progress is giving a helping hand to achieve these objectives.
On Tuesday 28 November the Embassy of Sweden in Vilnius in cooperation with the Presidential Palace of Lithuania, Swedish Institute, Save the Children and Global Child Forum are organising a high level inspirational conference regarding business opportunities and responsibilities relating to children’s needs and rights, under the National Campaign For a Safe Lithuania, an initiative by the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
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