French soldiers retreat after the failed Russian Campaign
Culture

Archaeologists uncover secrets of Napoleon’s soldiers buried in Vilnius

Archaeologists are convinced that at least 3,269 soldiers of Napoleon’s army perished in Vilnius from starvation, Forbes reports. […]

Foreign affairs

Čekuolis appointed as Lithuania’s ambassador to 3 more countries

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed a decree under which Lithuania’s Ambassador to France Dalius Čekuolis is appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Principality of Monaco, the Kingdom of Morocco, and Tunisia. […]

No Picture
Economy

Lithuania benefits from weakening euro, analyst says

SEB bank has not revised Lithuania’s projected gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate for 2015 and 2016, leaving it at 2.6 and 3.5 percent respectively. As before, fiscal deficit is expected to account for 1.5 percent of the GDP in 2015 and 0.5 percent in 2016. […]

Culture

French ambassador to host Čiurlionis Cup award ceremony

The Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis Foundation and the Embassy of France will hold the 2015 M. K. Čiurlionis Cup Rex award ceremony and will honour the laureates for their merits. […]