Economy
Lithuania slides on Global Innovation Index
Lithuania this year lost four positions and ranks 40th among 127 countries in the latest Global Innovation Index released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). […]
Lithuania
Foreign affairs
Society
Defence
Lithuanian troops leaving for Mediterranean Sea operation
Twelve troops of the Lithuanian Armed Forces’ 2nd Ship Maintenance Group are leaving for southern and central part of the Mediterranean Sea on Friday to join the European Union’s (EU) military operation Sophia. […]
Foreign affairs
Economy
Eurostat finds food prices in Lithuania among EU’s lowest
Prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages in Lithuania last year were among the lowest across the European Union (EU), figures from the EU statistical office Eurostat showed on Thursday. […]
Society
Economy
90 our of 100 universities in the world request Lithuanian lasers
One of the things Lithuania is best known for is the laser industry. While perhaps not at the very pinnacle of the industry, the country does not compare all too poorly against highly developed states such as the USA, Germany, France, China and others. And at the same time the industry shows no signs of slowing down, with growing sales and increasing numbers of manufacturers, which should keep Lithuania within the top echelon of the laser industry. […]
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History
Kazys Skirpa: Saviour of Independence or Perpetrator of Crimes against Humanity
Kazys Skirpa (1895 – 1979) was the head of the Lithuanian Activist Front (LAF) and whom in 1941 rebels declared the prime minister of an independent Lithuania. It is worth reading and making known a […]
Foreign affairs
Court upholds extension of arrest of Lithuanian fraud suspect sought by US
The Vilnius Regional Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by a lawyer of Evaldas Rimasauskas, a Lithuanian national who is wanted in the United States on large-scale fraud charges, and upheld the Vilnius District Court’s decision to extend his arrest for three months. […]
Society
Latest WHO data: Annual alcohol consumption at 16.3 liters per capita in Lithuania
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published latest and still unconfirmed data, which suggests that alcohol consumption in Lithuania is at 16.3 liters per every resident over the age of 15. Although the figure is lower than the earlier data, Lithuania is still the top drinker worldwide, a WHO official said. […]
Politics
Parliamentary speaker: Invaders wanted to make us deaf, blind
For five decades, Lithuanians were not allowed to talk about deportations and imprisonment in labor camps, says Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
Foreign affairs
Another 12 refugees relocated to Lithuania under EU program
Twelve refugees from Syria were relocated to Lithuania under the European Union (EU) program, the Migration Department said on Wednesday. […]
Foreign affairs
CORPORATE
Virginijus Sinkevičius: the goal is a flourishing Lithuania
Seimas Committee of Economics Chairman Virginijus Sinkevičius notes that the current government is prepared to cooperate with the private sector to find the best decisions for the country. At the same time the politician stresses […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania to appoint new ambassadors to Germany, Italy, Vatican
On Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry registered draft legislation on the appointment of new ambassadors to Germany, Italy and the Vatican. […]
Energy
Espoo Convention meeting in Minsk to decide on international expert body for Belarus’ N-plant
Lithuania will try to prove the need for an international expert body for the Astravyets nuclear power plant under the construction in Belarus at a high-level meeting of the parties to the Espoo Convention that is starting in Minsk on Monday. […]
Culture
Mazylis gets EUR 10,000 Lithuania Progress Award for finding independence act
Liudas Mazylis, a professor at Vytautas Magnus University who earlier this year found an original copy of Lithuania’s Act of Independence of Feb. 16, 1918 in a German archive, on Monday received a Lithuania’s Progress Award. […]
CORPORATE
PM Skvernelis could be faced with A. Butkevičius‘ fate
After the President’s annual address at the Seimas, politicians have responded with textbook statements. Everyone got to hear that the Farmer Greens have used up her credit of trust, other than them themselves. Ramūnas Karbauskis […]