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Sea Festival kicks off in Klaipėda
The traditional Sea Festival is starting in the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda on Friday. […]
Defence
Klaipėda municipality to found School for Sea Cadets
Municipality of the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda intends to found a School for Sea Cadets. […]
Society
Society
Klaipėda applies for European Youth Capital
The Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda has applied to become the European Youth Capital 2020, the city’s municipality said on Wednesday. […]
Defence
US warship USS Hue City arrives in Klaipėda
USS Hue City guided-missile cruiser of the United States Navy arrived in the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda on Monday and docked in the port. […]
Society
New Orthodox church opens in Klaipėda
A new church of Orthodox Old Believers was opened in the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda on Monday. […]
Society
72 WWII-era explosives found in canal next to Klaipėda dolphinarium
Mine-clearing specialists discovered 72 World War II-era artillery shells in a canal next to the dolphinarium of Lithuania’s port city of Klaipėda, the Defence Ministry said. […]
Culture
CORPORATE
Luxury cruise ship Europa 2 docks in Klaipėda
A 225-meter cruise ship Europa 2 arrived in Klaipėda on Wednesday. It is one of the most luxurious ships throughout the cruise ship industry. 520 passengers have come to Klaipėda in the Europa 2 which […]
Foreign affairs
Japanese ships on historic first visit at Lithuanian port
The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force Training Squadron is arriving in the Lithuanian port of Klaipėda on Monday on the first visit of Japanese warships in Lithuania.
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CORPORATE
One of the world’s least-polluting cruise ships visits Klaipėda
With the cruise ship season in its middle point, one of the world‘s most environmentally-friendly cruise ships Mein Schiff 5 is visiting Klaipėda port. The ship’s modern systems reduce her gas emissions by up to […]
CORPORATE
Lithuanian city that people don’t want to leave
Citizens of Klaipėda are happy living in the city and only a small part of them plan to leave for elsewhere, a survey commissioned by the municipality shows. Almost half of Klaipėda citizens have lived […]
Culture
Kaunas and Klaipėda short-listed for 2022 European Capital of Culture
Kaunas and Klaipėda, Lithuania’s second and third biggest cities, respectively, have been shortlisted in the competition for the title of European Capital of Culture 2022 in Lithuania.
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Society
Two held in Klaipėda port corruption investigation
The Special Investigation Services (STT) arrested two people in the port of Klaipėda on Thursday during a raid held as part of an investigation into potential corruption in the port city.
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CORPORATE
Klaipėda shipyard acquires biggest dock in the Baltics
Klaipėda-based AB Western Shipyard company group has acquired a floating dock to carry out repairs from the Montenegro company Adriatic Shipyard Bijela that will be the biggest in the Baltic States. “Acquisition of this dock […]
Culture
Three Lithuanian coastal cities apply for European Capital of Culture status for 2022
Klaipėda, Neringa and Palanga, three municipalities on the Lithuanian coast of the Baltic Sea, seek to become the European Capital of Culture in 2022 and have proposed a joint program called Rising to Wind that will emphasize the region’s multicultural features, the Klaipėda City Municipality said on Thursday. […]
Economy
Klaipėda welcomes foreign workers amidst labour shortages
With shrinking labour force universally acknowledged as the biggest impediment to Lithuania’s long-term economic growth prospects, increasingly many migrants are coming to the country to fill job vacancies. […]
CORPORATE
How much tax per capita did Lithuanian municipalities collect last year?
Vilnius led the way in the level of taxes it collected per capita at an average of €800 in 2015, a far higher amount than any other Lithuanian municipality, emphasising the gap between the capital […]