Two former Lithuanian leaders – ex-president Valdas Adamkus and the country’s first post-independence leader Vytautas Landsbergis – have urged the government “to do everything in its power to immediately halt the construction of the Astravyets nuclear power plant” in Belarus some 50 km east of Vilnius. […]
A new Modern Art Centre is to be built in Vilnius by 2019. The design of a modern building by the Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind has been recently announced, and the construction is set to begin in 2017, Vilnius Convention reports. […]
Vilnius is often hailed as the least expensive capital city among the Baltic countries – at least that is what the Lithuanian Statistical Department claims. However, price comparison website Numbeo.com shows that prices in Vilnius are very similar to Riga, and in some cases, even more expensive. […]
Vilnius has the potential to become a multi-cultural multi-million citizen city that can compete on the world stage, according to businessman Robertas Dargis. […]
Having joined the eurozone this year and successfully advertised its natural and urban wonders, Lithuania has become a new darling of international travel ‘listicles’. Its brushed-up capital, ambitious start-ups and emerging foodie hotspots make many visitors wonder if this is really one of the poorest countries in the European Union. Much of the country’s hardships, however, have been cushioned by de-industrialised peripheral towns – like Alytus. Having lost most of its industries, the town is looking for new, global inspiration. […]
A large crowd gathered on Kudirkos Square to witness Rabbi Sholom B. Krinsky light the Menorah candelabra this past Thursday. With the mayor of Vilnius and the first Israeli ambassador to Lithuania, Amir Maimo, attending, this 22nd Hanukkah event in Vilnius showed that it has grown with the city. […]
Vilnius’ marketplaces are beloved by both visitors and locals alike as a source of quality organic food products with prices that can often be haggled over with the farmers that grew them. Interest in organic and farm fresh products is growing fast but so too is competition for the attention of consumers, making the future of the small businesses and individual farmers that fill Vilnius’ farmers’ markets anything but certain. […]
There are no plans to build a mosque in Vilnius as Lithuania prepares to take in Muslim refugees, Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius says. […]
Refugee integration centres will be opened in Lithuania’s largest cities of Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda, the Ministry of Welfare and Labour said. […]
The Jewish Cultural and Information Center, a partnership project of the Jewish Community of Lithuania and the Vilnius Municipality, is proud to host the 17th annual Vilna Yiddish Reading Circle this season. […]
Vilnius city has officially announced the beginning of construction of the third stage of the Western bypass. During the opening ceremony, the largest transport infrastructure company in Lithuania, Kauno Tiltai, promised that cars would be driving through the bypass in 2016, Vilnius City Municipality says. […]
Two guys holding hands in Moscow and Kiev – participants of a recent social experiment aimed at testing Russians’ and Ukrainians’ attitudes towards gay people – have not been received kindly. DELFI has repeated the test in the capital of Lithuania. […]
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