RAF escorting Raynair jet from Kaunas
Society

RAF jets intercept Ryanair flight from Kaunas

RAF Typhoon jets have intercepted a passenger flight and diverted it to Stansted Airport, BBC news portal reported this as a breaking news. […]

Old books
History

Educational Commission in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Pope Clement XVI’s decree pronouncing the closure of the Jesuit Order reached the Lithuanian and Polish Commonwealth in 1773. Jesuits have financed a number of schools in Lithuania and Poland, including the Academy of Vilnius. The state faced the tasks of making use of the huge wealth of the Order and of finding new supervisors of the schools or, in other words, of solving problems in the area of education. […]

Veolia
Society

Lithuania could use phone call records in its dispute against Veolia

A prosecutor proposes that Lithuania should use phone call records, made back in 2002 and allegedly disclosing political corruption, in its dispute against France’s Veolia at the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington. […]

Paris
Society

Lithuanian turns to French police over destruction of car with antiques

Lithuanian art collector Andrejus Balyka has turned to the French police and prosecutors over destruction of his automobile with antique values, Lietuvos Rytas daily said. […]

Linas Zareckas, Aurelijus Veryga
Society

Health Minister, singer don’t change opinion on alcohol after 5 km challenge

After a 5 km race challenge in Vingio Park in Vilnius on Saturday, ZAS singer Linas Zareckas still had a different opinion on alcohol consumption than Minister of Health, Aurelijus Veryga. […]