The Lithuanian government was briefed on Wednesday about a reform of universities proposed by a prime minister-appointed working group, but decided to hold a public discussion of the project with the academic community before sending it to the parliament for approval. […]
A Vilnius court last week overruled yet another plea against extended custody filed by Evaldas Rimašauskas suspected of obtaining nearly 92 million euros from two US-based international companies by fraud. […]
The Lithuanian government’s proposals to consolidate some of the country’s universities will not necessarily solve all problems and ensure high-quality education, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the government, which plans to introduce online voting in elections, will seek to ensure that the system is “absolutely secure”. […]
The Lithuanian government will not force consolidation on universities, but new funding rules will make them change, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis and Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU), said on Tuesday. […]
Simonas Gurevičius, a member of the board at Vilnius’ Jewish Community, has initiated a petition against the new rules for election of the chairperson of the Jewish Community of Lithuania (JCL), demanding to bring the earlier rules back. […]
Lithuania should have two international-level universities and two technological universities after a planned reform of the current higher education system, a prime minister-appointed working group has decided. […]
May 1 is a day off in Lithuania, so our staff will be back in the office on Tuesday (May 2) to bring you the latest news and views from Lithuania. […]
Lithuania moved up slightly on the media freedom index published by the US non-governmental organization Freedom House, ranking 21 points on a scale where 0 means full freedom and 100 means full media restriction. […]
Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius together with the Dutch Ambassador Bert Van der Lingen unveiled on Thursday ‘Holland straat’, the Dutch version of ‘Olandu Gatve’, at Vilnius College of Technologies and Design, represented by Director Nijolė Kikutienė. […]
The Good Will Foundation administering the state compensation for property of Jewish religious communities is considering purchase of four buildings in Lithuania, estimated at a total of over 2 million euros. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that online voting in the country would fail to ensure confidentiality and security. […]
The Vilnius Sports Palace, which has been built on an old Jewish cemetery, is not an appropriate location for a Museum of Jewish History, says Andrew Baker of the American Jewish Committee. […]
The Lithuanian Health Ministry plans to take steps to ensure that transgender people have access to proper hormone replacement therapy and psychological counseling. […]
Freedom of speech in Lithuania is “practically unlimited”, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Thursday, commenting on the latest World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders earlier this week. […]
On April 25, 2017, the Sugihara Group for Kaunas-Japan Relations Development was established. Soon to be approved by decree of the Mayor of Kaunas, the main purpose of the group is to bring together a wide range of organisations and Kaunas residents who together contribute towards positive relations between Kaunas and Japan. […]
Participants of the March of the Living, a traditional event held in Vilnius to honor the victims of the Holocaust, underline the importance of remembering both the crimes of the executioners and the feats of the rescuers. […]
Another 14 refugees from Syria arrived in Lithuania this week under the European Union’s (EU) program, the Migration Department said. […]
Lithuania has dropped one place to the 36th on the traditional World Press Freedom Index published by the organization Reporters Without Borders. […]
The Vilnius-based European Humanities University (EHU), whose students are mostly from Belarus, has completed its search for a new rector after without signing a contract with a finalist. […]
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