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Open letter to Jarosław Kaczyński
I have always been among a right winger politician in Lithuania who supported and support the party you founded with your late brother Lech in 2001 Law and Justice. […]
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Politics
Adamkus, Landsbergis receive Freedom Prizes
Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania’s first post-independence leader, and former President Valdas Adamkus were presented with the Freedom Prizes on Friday as the country marks the 26th anniversary of a bloody 1991 Soviet crackdown on its independence drive. […]
Opinion
Girnius – the upcoming presidential election will be different
In a few years Lithuania will experience three elections over half a year – municipal council elections, presidential election and European Parliament elections. Political scientist Kęstutis Girnius notes that the presidential election will be the […]
CORPORATE
Adamkus and Landsbergis reflect on the Obama presidency
Barack Obama led the United States of America for two consecutive terms and his farewell speech is undoubtedly going to go down in history says former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus. B. Obama was the first […]
Politics
Freedom Prizes awarded to Adamkus, Landsbergis
Lithuania’s parliament has awarded the Freedom Prizes to former president Valdas Adamkus and the country’s first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis. […]
Politics
PM-designate to propose Vainiutė for justice minister
Lithuania’s Prime Minister-Designate Saulius Skvernelis will propose Milda Vainiutė for the country’s new justice minister. […]
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Adamkus – any pandering to Russia would be political suicide for Trump
Donald Trump‘s victory in the US presidential elections left the world shocked. Few believed it and most were disappointed. British and other European media describes this as the greatest mistake of the American electorate in history because the real estate magnate is seen as a liar, bully, populist and has gone bankrupt a number of times. What can we expect after Trump‘s victory? LRT spoke with former Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, first post-independence head of state and one of the leaders of the independence movement Prof Vytautas Landsbergis, as well as Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius. […]
Politics
President Adamkus says not happy with Seimas elections results
Lithuania’s two-time President Valdas Adamkus, who celebrates his 90th birthday on Thursday, says that he is not happy with the results of last month’s parliamentary elections. […]
Politics
President Adamkus sees new faces in Seimas and Govt as positive thing
New faces in Lithuania’s parliament and government are a positive thing, Lithuania’s former President Valdas Adamkus said on Tuesday, commenting on the results of the Seimas elections. […]
Politics
New Seimas must boost economic growth, well-being – ex-president Adamkus
Lithuania’s new parliament must promote economic development and ensure well-being for the nation, says the country’s ex-president Valdas Adamkus. […]
CORPORATE
ELECTIONS: the Social Democratic Party in brief
LRT Radio and lrt.lt continues its cycle of political party introductions. This time, we introduce the history and work of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania (LSDP). The party with the longest historyThe Lithuanian social […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian-Polish ties miserably worse – Adamkus
The relations between Lithuania and Poland are enduring a miserable chill, says Lithuania’s former president Valdas Adamkus, expressing hope that the ties between the two neighboring states would no longer be burdened by disputes about the spelling of personal and location names. […]
Society
Philosopher Donskis passes away
Lithuania’s former MEP, philosopher Leonidas Donskis, passed away on Wednesday morning. […]
Foreign affairs
25th Anniversary Celebration of Lithuania’s Diplomatic Relations
On 26 Augustus 1991 the then Minister of Foreign Affairs, Algirdas Saudargas signed a document establishing diplomatic relations between a free Lithuania and Iceland. Soon thereafter, a number of countries followed and on 17 September, the UN General Assembly admitted Lithuania as a member. […]
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Kwasniewski, in Vilnius, says Russia has to stop seeing Ukraine as artificial state
Russia‘s aspirations to regain its influence in Ukraine can only be changed if it stops seeing Ukraine as “an artificial state”, Poland‘s former President Aleksander Kwasniewski said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
Society
Kaunas school named after former President Adamkus
St. Francis Gymnasium in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second-largest city, has been renamed after Lithuania’s former president Valdas Adamkus. […]
CORPORATE
Adamkus: ‘I hope US voters will not open the door of the White House to Mr. Trump’
Lithuania’s former President, 89-year-old Valdas Adamkus gave an interview to the Info TV programme “Komentarai su I. Makaraityte”. Adamkus discussed topics ranging from the recent debate on the construction of the Astravyets nuclear power plant […]
Politics
Lithuania’s former president beats cancer
Lithuania’s former President Valdas Adamkus has successfully beaten cancer. The former president says his last check-up showed no signs of renewed cancerous growth. […]
Energy
Society
Lithuanian higher education system needs drastic reforms, say academics
Many believe Lithuania has too many universities, and some are beginning to address this problem by downsizing or merging.
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