Virginijus Sinkevičius
CORPORATE

“Farmers” bring out their secret weapon in the Vilnius mayor elections

Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) deputy chairman, Minister of Economy Virginijus Sinkevičius confirmed to lrt.lt that part of the LVŽS Vilnius city branch has offered him to run for Vilnius mayor in next year’s municipal elections. V. Sinkevičius has not yet revealed whether he would like to participate in the elections, however he assures that the office of minister of finance would not preclude him from being a candidate, lrt.lt writes. […]

Aušrinė Armonaitė
Politics

Aušrinė Armonaitė announces the formation of a new party

“I wish to announce a piece of important and good news. After I left the party several weeks ago, I did not expect that so many liberally thinking people would write to me that they wish to meet, contribute to the formation and activities of a new liberal political power. Thus, it is clear – there will be a liberal political party!” Aušrinė Armonaitė wrote on her Facebook profile on Friday. […]

Lech Kaczynski
Foreign affairs

Street named after late Polish President Kaczynski unveiled in Vilnius

A sign marking a Vilnius street named after late Polish President Lech Kaczynski has been unveiled on Thursday. […]

Saulius Skvernelis, Visvaldas Matijošaitis and Gitanas Nausėda
CORPORATE

Changes in the presidential candidate ratings – one of the top three drops down

The first clearer changes in the list of potential presidents have occurred with potential candidates starting to declare their intentions. Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis has dropped out of the top three. According to a poll […]

R. Šimašius visits #Tower appartments
Economy

Remigijus Šimašius on #TOWER: the ugly duckling becomes a beautiful swan

On Thursday, mayor of Vilnius, Remigijus Šimašius visited one of the highest residential buildings in Lithuania #Tower to congratulate the project developers on opening the building. During the visit, the mayor had a chance to look at the architecture and premises of the new skyscraper and he was among the first ones to test and evaluate the innovations installed in the building, a press release from Vilnius city municipality states. […]

Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
CORPORATE

Jewish community and intellectuals remain unheeded: Vilnius mayor dares not make a decision

In a few days, the 75th anniversary of the destruction of the Vilnius ghetto will be marked. How should Lithuania act toward monuments to nazi collaborators, who fought for Lithuanian freedom? Lithuania has recently appeared […]

No Picture
Society

Lithuanians flood their country with hundreds of rainbow flags as police investigate homophobic arson attacks

In response to a series of seemingly homophobic arson attacks in Vilnius, Lithuania, the Lithuanian LGBT community are importing hundreds of rainbow flags and distributing them for free around the country. Participants in the campaign are defiantly displaying the flags on balconies and in windows, sharing photos with the hashtag #LGBTdraugiškaLietuva (LGBT friendly Lithuania). […]