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Most Influential in Lithuania 2017: sports personalities
Society

Sabonis, Alekna, Meilutytė top list of Lithuania’s most influential sports figures

August 30, 2017 BNS EN 0

Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuania’s basketball legend who now heads the country’s Basketball Federation, Virgilijus Alekna, a former discus thrower and now a lawmaker, and Rūta Meilutyte, an Olympic gold-winning swimmer, are ranked as Lithuania’s most influential sports figures, Delfi.lt reported on Wednesday. […]

Benediktas Vanagas
Politics

Lithuanian parties on celebrity hunt ahead of elections

March 18, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

As general elections approach, Lithuania’s political parties are looking for recognizable names to spice up their candidate lists. The conservatives are eyeing racer Benediktas Vanagas while the liberals would like to have TV presenter Edita Mildažytė on their ballot, LRT reports. […]

Benediktas Vanagas. Photo facebook.com/BenediktasVanagas
Sports

Defence ministry spent €20k sponsoring Vanagas in Dakar Rally

January 29, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

The Ministry of National Defence spent €20,000 supporting Lithuanian racer Benediktas Vanagas‘ participation in the prestigious Dakar Rally. […]

Latest

Zapad 2013 Russian military 'lands' on the shores of Kaliningrad
Defence

Antanaitis: ‘The Russians will want to test us’

September 16, 2025 0

“First of all, these exercises are intended to demonstrate their power. The Russians are beginning to appear to the world and NATO as a weak link, a weak state. The Russians need to flex their […]

Defence

At the border – “Dragon Teeth,” above their heads – smuggling balloons: they told how Lithuania is preparing

September 8, 2025 0

With the joint Russian-Belarusian Zapad military exercises approaching, the Lithuanian army and border guards are preparing for all possible scenarios. It becomes clear when visiting towns in the Vilnius district near the border with Belarus, […]

Seimas of Lithuania
Politics

Official: Seimas approves Ruginienė candidacy for Prime Minister

August 26, 2025 0

Lithuania has a new prime minister – Inga Ruginienė will lead the new cabinet of ministers. After lengthy discussions in the Seimas chamber, parliamentarians finally approved Ruginienė candidacy, Indrė Naureckaitė states in lrytas.lt. Seventy-eight members […]

Politics

The Russian language dilemma in Vilnius: which way forward?

August 25, 2025 0

Is there too much Russian spoken in Vilnius? Over the past year, many Vilnius residents have responded to this increasingly common question by saying that it is an indisputable fact, lrytas.lt writes in its editorial Laiko […]

Politics

Ruginienė, nominated by SocDems for PM, made one promise

August 7, 2025 0

On August 6, the Social Democrats finally decided who would replace former Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas, who resigned. It was announced that Inga Rūginienė would be nominated for the position of prime minister, Agnė Liubertaitė […]

Prime Minister's chancellery
Politics

What will happen to the coalition and who has the best chance of becoming PM

August 4, 2025 0

Gintautas Paluckas’ resignation was only a matter of time, according to political scientist Liutauras Gudžinskas, who previously served as deputy Chairman of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) before leaving the party due to its […]

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