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Economy
Private investor will have to save Air Lituanica, PM says
The Government will not invest in Air Lituanica, an airline owned by the Municipality of Vilnius, but Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says a private investor has taken interest in the company. […]
Politics
Vilnius Council coalition talks continue
On Tuesday, at the headquarters of the Liberal Movement, a round of negotiations was held over the establishment of the ruling coalition in Vilnius City Council. […]
Society
Future Vilnius mayor has “no problems” with LGBT pride events on central streets
Vilnius mayor-elect Remigijus Šimašius says he sees no problems with allowing LGBt pride events to be held in the centre of the Lithuanian capital, something that has provoked legal clashes in earlier years. […]
Politics
Different challenges await new mayors of Lithuania’s biggest cities
New mayors of Vilnius and Kaunas will have to deal with different challenges. Remigijus Šimašius, new mayor of the Lithuanian capital, will have to address the city’s financial problems and reduce heating bills, while businessman Visvaldas Matijošaitis, the new mayor of Lithuania’s second city, will have to attract more investment, says economist Gitanas Nausėda. […]
Politics
Hard times ahead for soon-to-be ex-mayor of Vilnius
As preliminary mayoral election results in Vilnius indicate victory for liberal Remigijus Šimašius, professor Tomas Janeliūnas of the International Relations and Political Science Institute of Vilnius University says that the political future for outgoing Mayor Artūras Zuokas will essentially depend on his visibility in the opposition of Vilnius City Council. […]
Politics
Vilnius mayor-elect Šimašius pledges more transparency
Vilnius mayor-elect Remigijus Šimašius has promised more transparency in the Lithuanian capital’s municipality, making no secret of his concern about its financial situation. […]
Politics
Liberal Šimašius claims victory in Vilnius mayor election
Remigijus Šimašius, the Liberal Movement‘s candidate for Vilnius mayor, has announced he defeated incumbent mayor of the Lithuanian capital, Artūras Zuokas, in Sunday’s run-off election. […]
Politics
Parties weigh strategies and options before mayoral run-offs in Vilnius
After local elections in Lithuania last Sunday, the new Vilnius City Municipality Council will include 38 male and 12 female councillors. The Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania and the Russian Alliance Block of Valdemar Tomaševski delegated four women, the Liberal Movement, three, the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD), two, and the remaining parties that were voted in will have one woman representative each. […]
Economy
Inc. mentions Vilnius as one of best European cities for fast-growing businesses
Vilnius has been ranked 4th in Europe as a city for fast-growth businesses. The list, compiled by influential US business publication Inc., rated European cities on the number of companies that made it to Inc.’s 5000 Europe list of rapidly-expanding enterprises, Invest Lithuania reports. […]
Politics
Vilnius elects first foreigner into city council
Briton Mark Adam Harold will be the first foreign national to be elected to a local government in Lithuania. The candidate with the Liberal Movement party was voted into Vilnius City Council after Sunday’s municipal elections. […]
Culture
BBC shooting War and Peace in Vilnius
A six-part television series based on Leo Tolstoy‘s novel War and Peace has begun filming in Vilnius. The series is being made by BBC Cymru Wales Drama, in partnership with The Weinstein Company and BBC Worldwide/Lookout Point. […]
Politics
High-profile candidates vie for vacant seat in Lithuanian parliament
A large group of prominent Lithuanian politicians will vie for a parliamentary mandate at the single-mandate constituency of Žirmūnai in Vilnius on 1 March. […]
Culture
Soviet-era Vilnius Sports Palace to be reconstructed as congress centre
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said that Vilnius Concerts and Sports Palace, a currently abandoned modernist structure in central Vilnius, will become a modern congress centre by 2017. […]
Sports
Building national stadium could cost EUR 94 million, Lithuanian PM says
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that constructing the National Stadium and Multifunctional Health, Education and Culture Centre may cost approximately EUR 94 million for Lithuania. It could take three years to complete the project under a public and private partnership. […]
Culture
Controversial Soviet Green Bridge statues to stay in Vilnius
The Soviet statues on the Green Bridge in central Vilnius will not be removed from the Register of Cultural Monuments, a special panel at the Department of Cultural Heritage, which evaluates immovable cultural heritage objects, decided on Tuesday. […]
Culture
Vilnius to have monument for John Lennon
A bronze statue of John Lennon, the legendary Beatles musician, will be erected in a square in central Vilnius, Lithuania. […]
Politics
Betting companies predict election victory for incumbent Vilnius Mayor Zuokas
Some betting companies in Lithuania allow placing bets on the results of the upcoming mayoral elections in Vilnius. At the moment, incumbent Artūras Zuokas is thought to have the best chances of winning, while Julius Panka from the Lithuanian Nationalist Union has the slimmest chances. […]
Economy
What made Lithuania the new darling of international tourism?
Lithuania has recently received much attention in the international press: it has been named among top places to visit by publications like Forbes, Business Insider and the Huffington Post. […]
Culture