Vitas Vasiliauskas, the head of Lithuania’s central bank, has been asked to provide an explanation to the Seimas after it was reported that he represented an offshore company linked to Russia’s oligarch Nikolai Tsvetkov before becoming the head of the bank. […]
This week 225 years ago, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth adopted what was then the first written constitution in Europe. The Constitution of May 3, 1791, is a milestone in the common history of Poland and Lithuania that ties them firmly into the European identity, historians say. […]
The former mayor of Vilnius Artūras Zuokas loves a challenge and has now taken up a new and surprising profession for a former politician. […]
Lithuania’s Polish speaking community held a traditional parade on Saturday to celebrate the Polish Diaspora Day which is observed on May 2. […]
The decision announced on Friday to build the multi-functional k18B building in Vilnius according to a design by the studio of famous international architect Daniel Libeskind was met with both praise and criticism by some of Lithuania’s most famous architects. […]
The trees that used to cover the hill on which Gediminas Tower stands were cut down several years ago, but the hill is still a topic of discussion, especially since ripples of sagging dirt on one of its faces have people worried that it may erode and damage the tower. […]
The extreme temperature swings that Lithuanians have experienced this April are as a result of climate change, said Lithuanian climatologist Donatas Valiukas. […]
Lithuanian scientist, professor Arminas Ragauskas has been nominated for the European Inventor Award, the first Lithuanian ever to be nominated for this award. […]
On Wednesday, the government rejected a proposal submitted to the Seimas by a civil activist group that proposed introducing the opportunity to include a second first and last name next to an individual’s legal first and last name on identification documents that could be written in other languages using a Latin alphabet. […]
Lithuanian police are using drones to locate illegal pot stills hidden in forests. […]
A new media freedom ranking by Freedom House puts Lithuania ahead of Russia, Belarus, Latvia and Poland, but behind Estonia. […]
The revival in the cultivation of hemp for use in practical products in Lithuania is a revival of a thousands year-old practice according to archaeologists. […]
The Lithuanian, Belarusian and Jewish communities in Poland have been incensed by a state funeral accorded to a partisan leader linked to mass murders during World War Two. […]
A private kindergarten in Vilnius is the first pre-school education institution in Lithuania to offer a fully vegetarian option to its pupils. […]
An explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986, in the northern part of what was then the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic remains one of the biggest man-made disasters of all times, with long-lasting health consequences for people in the plant’s vicinity and those sent to deal with the accident. […]
The Lithuanian Gay League says that it is “very happy” with the support it has received from Vilnius Municipality for Baltic Pride 2016. […]
A survey has shown that more than half of Lithuanian residents believe that the country’s business environment lacks transparency. […]
A Syrian couple relocated to Lithuania under the EU’s refugee relocation program have been granted refugee status. […]
An Iraqi family relocated to Lithuania under the EU’s refugee relocation program have decided not to appeal a court ruling refusing to grant them refugee status. […]
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