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President meets with Mission Siberia 2017 team
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met on Friday with the Mission Siberia 2017 team who are leaving next week for Russia’s Siberian city of Irkutsk. […]
Economy
Study shows Lithuanians believe to be most business-savvy among Balts
Lithuanians believe that the most important thing for the start of the business is having enough savings and a great business idea (76 percent), while Latvians view know-how as the most important (73 percent) and Estonians think that the most important thing is an idea and know-how (79 percent), shows a survey of entrepreneurship of residents of the Baltic states conducted by Spinter research (Spinter Surveys) for DNB bank. The survey was published on Thursday. […]
Society
Gediminas Hill more permeable to water than thought, Polish geologists find
Polish geologists have found that the structure of Vilnius’ landmark Gediminas Hill is more permeable to water than thought, a factor that accelerates landslides. […]
Society
Forecasters warn of downpours in Lithuania Thursday
Forecasters warn that heavy downpours and strong winds may hit Lithuania again on Thursday. […]
European Union
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Tuesday’s downpour flooded cellars, interrupted traffic, power supplies. PHOTOS
The thunderstorm that ripped through Lithuania on Tuesday night and early hours of Wednesday caused substantial damage across the country, flooding cellars, rupturing a gas pipeline and interrupting traffic for a few hours on some streets due to massive rainfall. Bottom levels of some largest malls in Vilnius were also flooded. […]
Society
Downpour in Vilnius prevents landing of 6 flights
The heavy rainfall in Lithuania on Tuesday evening prevented six airplanes from landing at the Vilnius international airport. In early hours of Wednesday, four of the planes returned to Vilnius, however, two morning flights to Warsaw and Riga were canceled, as the airplanes intended for the flights decided not to return to the Lithuanian capital. […]
European Union
Seimas transposes EU directive without listing partners as family
Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday transposed a European directive on non-discrimination of European Union (EU) citizens and their family members on grounds of their citizenship, however, partners were left aside. […]
Society
Migration body can’t review Russian journalist asylum decision now
The Lithuanian Migration Department currently cannot review its decision not to grant asylum to Yevgeni Titov, a Russian journalist, its director said on Monday. […]
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Lithuania takes in 4 Afghans who worked with Lithuanian troops
Four local men who worked with Lithuanian troops in Afghanistan have come to live in Lithuania, with one of them still waiting for asylum, the Joint Staff of the Lithuanian Armed Forces told BNS. […]
Society
President Grybauskaitė stresses unity, support on Statehood Day
In her solemn message on the Day of Statehood – Coronation of King Mindaugas, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Thursday urged the nation to feel the external support Lithuania enjoy and remember unity at all times. […]
Society
Happy Statehood – King Mindaugas Coronation Day to our readers!
Lithuania is celebrating its Day of Statehood, which marks coronation of its only King Mindaugas. […]
Society
NATO officers, Nobel laureate receive state decorations on State Day’s eve
President Dalia Grybauskaitė conferred state orders and medals on over 40 Lithuanian and foreign nationals on Wednesday, the eve of the State Day, or King Mindaugas Coronation day. […]
Society
Government allocates EUR 3 mln for urgent works on Vilnius’ Gediminas Hill
The Lithuanian government on Wednesday allocated almost 3 million euros for urgent works to deal with landslides on Gediminas Hill in downtown Vilnius, Tomas Beržinskas, a spokesman for the prime minister, confirmed to BNS. […]
Society
Seimas allows filming, broadcasting, photographing court rulings
Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday adopted amendments to the Law on Courts, which allow filming, broadcasting and photographing pronouncement of court verdicts. […]
Society
Homicide convict in Sweden to serve life in Lithuania
Lithuanian citizen Nerijus Bilevičius sentenced for murder of a young female in Sweden will have to serve his life sentence in Lithuania, a Šiauliai court ruled on Tuesday. […]