MP Vitalijus Gailius and MEP Petras Auštrevičius
Politics

State Security Dept: MG Baltic backed “favorable” Gailius for liberal leader

Lithuania’s MG Baltic business group sought the election of Vitalijus Gailius as leader of the Liberal Movement, following the arrest of the party’s previous chairman Eligijus Masiulis, the State Security Department says. […]

Vilnius Old Town
Culture

Vilnius eyes space for artists in former synagogue location

Vilnius authorities are considering giving a Soviet-era school building in central Vilnius, built where the Great Synagogue of Vilna used to be, to artists and later demolish the building. […]

Boris Nemtsov
Foreign affairs

It is time to commemorate Boris Nemtsov in Vilnius

Andrei Sakharov, the great Russian physicist, humanist and Nobel Prize winner, once remarked that a government that violates the rights of its own citizens at home inevitably also poses a threat to the international order. The Soviet government has shown this assertion to be true—as has Vladimir Putin’s government in today’s Russia. […]

Remigijus Šimašius, the mayor of Vilnius
Freetime

A tool launched to facilitate the integration of foreign nationals relocating to Vilnius

In order to facilitate the transition of foreigners invited to live and work in Lithuania’s capital a new digital tool, which takes the form of a Relocation Guide, has been launched. Developed by Go Vilnius, the city’s official business and tourism development agency, the guide provides all the necessary information for successful and smooth relocation to Vilnius according to each person’s individual situation. […]

Liberal Movement board at a meeting
Politics

Lithuanian Liberals to choose their presidential candidate from among 7 members

The opposition Lithuanian Liberal Movement is choosing is candidate to run for Lithuanian president next year from among seven members of the party and expects to name him by April. […]