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The Kaunas Bus Terminal after reconstruction

Central bus terminal opening in Kaunas after reconstruction

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Kaunas Bus Terminal is opening in Lithuania’s second-largest city on Monday after more than a year of reconstruction. The new facility will feature an underground parking area, a self-service parcel terminal, a supermarket and restaurants. […]

Dinner in the sky above the Vilnius Town Hall

Lithuanian MPs, mayor want city museum in Vilnius

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

Vilnius City Mayor Remigijus Šimašius of the Liberal Movement has been urged by a group of parliamentarians to found a museum of the Lithuanian capital. […]

PM Skvernelis thinks Polish TV channels should be available in Lithuania

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis thinks that more viewers in Lithuania should have access to Polish TV channels. […]

Prosecutors drop probe on Vilnaus students’ participation in camps in Russia

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian prosecutors have dropped an investigation into participation of Vilnius school students in camps in Russia, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday. […]

We should talk about education quality, not number of universities

January 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

When initiating reform of higher education in Lithuania, persons involved should speak about the quality, not the number of universities, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said. […]

Lithuanian spending on purchases lowest in Baltics but catching up with Latvia

January 18, 2017 BNS EN 0

The spending of Lithuanian households on essential goods remains the lowest in the Baltic states, however, is rapidly catching up with Latvia, shows an index of household spending published by the research company Baltic Market Insights (Baltmi). According to the survey, Lithuanians spend an average of nearly 2 euros more than Latvians during a single visit to the store, however, are still behind Estonia. […]

CIA declassifies document on Lithuania’s post-WWII guerrilla fighting

January 18, 2017 BNS EN 0

A report about guerrilla fighting against the Soviet occupation after World War II is among hundreds of thousands of declassified documents published online by the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). […]

Survey finds Lithuanians to be happiest in Baltic states

January 18, 2017 BNS EN 0

Residents of Lithuania are happier than Latvians and Estonians, however, all in all, people of all three Baltic states are not as happy as the world population, shows a World Barometer published by Win/Gallup International and Baltic Market Insights. […]

Seimas passes requirement for indefinite storage of unused embryos

January 17, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Lithuanian parliament passed on Tuesday amendments, initiated by the Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), to the new Law on Assisted Reproduction, putting into place the requirement to indefinitely store unused embryo and allowing embryo donation. […]

11% support same-sex partnership in Lithuania

January 16, 2017 BNS EN 0

Some 11 percent of Lithuanian residents support registration of same-sex partnerships, while 7 percent of those polled support the possibility for homosexuals to enter into marriage, shows a poll. […]

Great Synagogue must be restored but not until 2027 – Vilnius mayor

January 13, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Great Synagogue of Vilnius that was razed to the ground during the Soviet rule should be rebuilt at least in part, however, the idea cannot be implemented in the nearest decade, says Remigijus Šimašius, mayor of the Lithuanian capital. […]

Another 16 Syrian refugees arrive in Lithuania

January 12, 2017 BNS EN 0

Another 16 Syrian refugees have arrived in Lithuania under the EU’s resettlement program, the Migration Department said. […]

Lithuania should have up to 5 state universities

January 11, 2017 BNS EN 0

The number of state universities in Lithuania has to be cut to no more than five, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday. […]

Sinkhole opens in the frofron of Barclays building in Vilnius

Preliminary damage of Vilnius sewage spill at EUR 450,000

January 11, 2017 BNS EN 0

The preliminary damage caused by the December sewage spill in central Vilnius stands at 450,000 euros, says Marius Svaikauskas, the head of the Vilnius Regional Environment Protection Department. […]

At the Vytautas Magnus University study and innovations forum

University of Education and Vytautas Magnus Uni expect to merge by 2018

January 5, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) and the Lithuanian University of Education Sciences (LEU) expect to merge by the end of 2017, representatives of both universities said after meeting with Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis on Thursday. […]