LGL meeting at the Swedish ambassador's residence. Photo by LGL
Society

Lithuanian NGOs and Swedish Embassy cooperate to organize IDAHOT events

On 30 January 2015, the National LGBT* Rights Organization LGL and the Swedish Embassy in Vilnius organized a meeting to discuss preparations for this year’s celebration of the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) in Lithuania. The meeting was hosted in the residence of the Swedish ambassador and attended by more than thirty ambassadors and representatives of the civil society. […]

European Parliament President Martin Schulz
European Union

EP president calls on Russia to let in Landsbergis’ delegation

European Parliament President Martin Schulz on Monday called on Russia to allow a delegation led by Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis to enter the country despite tension between Brussels and Moscow. […]

Red Dalia
Politics

Mysterious men linked to Russia target Lithuanian president

Last month a peculiar thing happened at the European Parliament. Four men were observed placing books with the title Red Dalia in members’ pigeonholes. Nothing unusual, you say: pigeonholes are for putting missives in. But it wasn’t just any book, and the four men distributed it without permission. The eponymous Dalia in the book of 200-plus pages is none other than Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, and the book alleges that she used to be involved with the KGB. […]

No Picture
Politics

Smear campaign against Lithuanian president in EP points to EFDD

Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD), the eurosceptic political group in the European Parliament, has distanced itself from suggestions that it might have something to do with books smearing Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė that were distributed to all EP members last month. […]

Nigel Farage
European Union

Nigel Farage, Britain’s Euro-sceptic leader, coming to Lithuania

Nigel Farage, the leader of the Euro-sceptic United Kingdom‘s Independence Party (UKIP), is coming to Lithuania this weekend. […]

Petras Auštrevičius
European Union

Lithuanian MEP: Russia is deliberately sabotaging Lithuania’s transport business

Member of the European Parliament Petras Auštrevičius addressed the European Commission on Thursday, urging to take action against Russia which is hindering entrance of Lithuanian road vehicles carrying goods of the European Union (EU) and other countries. […]