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The protest concert named "Freedom to Rock 'n' Roll"

Concert staged in Vilnius to protest against planned alcohol restrictions at mass events

May 17, 2017 BNS EN 0

Several hundred people gathered outside the parliament building in Vilnius on Tuesday to watch a show staged to protest against the ruling coalition’s plans to restrict alcohol consumption at concerts and other mass events. […]

Ramūnas Karbauskis during the Seimas' elections campaign

Farmers’ victory was not by random chance – strategic plan revealed

March 23, 2017 Egle Samoskaite 0

The Farmer and Greens Union won the Seimas elections by a landslide. A victory or at least good performance was expected, but not to this extent. After the elections the Farmer Greens, unlike other parties, […]

Updated data ‘does not change the fact that Lithuanians are some of the heaviest drinkers in the world’

June 14, 2016 LT Daily 0

On Friday, Statistics Lithuania released updated data on alcohol consumption in Lithuania which in 2015 was 14 litres of pure alcohol per person. The figure has been calculated using updated methodology and shows lower alcohol […]

Lithuania to scrap zero tolerance law for drunk driving

June 13, 2016 www.lrt.lt 0

The Ministry of Interior has decided to refuse the proposal to implement zero tolerance laws for blood alcohol content while driving. […]

Lithuanians may not be Europe’s top drinkers after all

June 9, 2016 BNS 0

Official alcohol consumption statistics put Lithuanians among the top drinkers in Europe, but these figures may be inflated, according to a survey. […]

Lithuanian government greenlights plan to fight alcoholism

April 11, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuanian government has endorsed an action plan for 2016 to reduce alcohol consumption in the country. […]

Price of alcohol to rise, ban on advertising considered – Lithuanian parliament

March 25, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The Lithuanian parliament has started to consider the opposition leader Andrius Kubilius’ proposals aimed at restricting the availability of alcohol to reduce alcohol consumption in Lithuania, especially among children and young people, and to improve public health. […]

Why is Lithuania’s alcohol market shrinking?

March 15, 2016 www.lrt.lt 0

The alcohol market in Lithuania is shrinking, and this is true for both legal and illegal sources of alcohol. Experts say that both alcohol consumption and sales are falling, and they had some insights into why this might be happening. […]

Figures putting Lithuania among top alcohol consuming countries not accurate

March 9, 2016 LT Daily 0

New research shows that Lithuania is not the third most alcohol consuming country in the world as the World Health Organization figures claim. […]

Activists start to collect signatures for total ban on alcohol advertising

March 9, 2016 LT Daily 0

Activists who are campaigning for a total ban on alcohol advertising in Lithuania will today get the go-ahead from Lithuania’s Electoral Commission to seek to collect enough signatures to force parliament to consider their proposals on restricting alcohol sales and advertising. […]

Lazdijai municipality first to ban alcohol near schools, at public events

February 29, 2016 LT Daily 0

Lazdijai municipality has banned alcohol marketing at public events and has restricted the sale of alcohol near educational institutions, police stations and hospitals in the municipality. […]

Government endorses further restrictions on alcohol

February 22, 2016 BNS 0

The Lithuanian government endorsed a package of measures aimed at cutting alcohol consumption on Monday. It includes alcohol-free zones, and further restrictions on selling hours and on alcohol advertising. […]

Alcolock system coming to Lithuania

February 2, 2016 LT Daily 0

Alcolock system and rehabilitation program for drunk drivers will soon be introduced in Lithuania. The road traffic safety draft is being prepared by the Communications Ministry together with the Ministry of Interior and the Road and Transport Research Institute specialists. […]

Videos are already being made to lure Africans to Lithuania

July 23, 2024 0

The number of foreigners working in Lithuania is increasing. Videos have even been produced inviting Africans to work in Lithuania. Job search websites are full of job offers for foreigners that would put many Lithuanians […]

Bank of Lithuania: we are witnessing a turning point

July 8, 2024 0

Lithuanians are the least likely to feel inflationary pressures and interest rate increases and the most confident that salaries will rise in the coming years, according to a survey initiated by Citadele Bank in the […]

Citus Experts: The Housing market hasn’t gone on summer vacation yet. The most active half-year in two years and improving affordability

July 8, 2024 0

Based on the preliminary data of analysts of Citus, a creative real estate projects’ development and placemaking company, 222 transactions were carried out in the primary housing market of Vilnius in June and 668 in […]

Citus experts: 10,000 people are waiting for the Euribor rate to decrease. Housing market scenarios

June 28, 2024 0

At the beginning of June, the European Central Bank announced a 25-basis point (0.25%) reduction in the Euribor base rate. Analysts at the creative real estate projects’ development and placemaking company Citus calculate that housing […]

Neither Blinkevičiūtė nor Karbauskis wants to become Prime Ministers: they explained why

June 28, 2024 0

They want to win the parliamentary elections but do not want to become Prime Ministers. Both Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, the Chairwoman of the Social Democrats, and Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the Peasants, do not answer […]

Citus presents the project Ežero Takais by CITUS – construction and sales are commencing in a small-scale and cosy development in an attractive location in Vilnius

June 5, 2024 0

In the first days of June in Vilnius, Sidaronių Street, beside one of the largest Buivydiškės ponds, creative real estate projects’ development and placemaking company Citus is starting project Ežero Takais by CITUS. The sales […]