Vilnius

  • Culture

Sign in Lithuanian, Tibetan languages to be unveiled in Tibet Square in Vilnius

Decorative Lithuanian- and Tibetan-language signs, saying Tibet Square, will be unveiled in the Tibet square in Vilnius next week. [...]

7 years ago
  • Society

Jewish museum not planned at Vilnius Sports Palace – Prime Minister

A new tender should be called by this fall for construction of a Congress Center to replace the former Vilnius…

7 years ago
  • Energy

Espoo Convention meeting in Minsk to decide on international expert body for Belarus’ N-plant

Lithuania will try to prove the need for an international expert body for the Astravyets nuclear power plant under the…

7 years ago
  • Culture

Mazylis gets EUR 10,000 Lithuania Progress Award for finding independence act

Liudas Mazylis, a professor at Vytautas Magnus University who earlier this year found an original copy of Lithuania's Act of…

7 years ago
  • Society

Law-enforcement suspends probe into hacking of BNS Lithuania system

Lithuanian law-enforcement officials have suspended their pre-trial investigation into the hacking of the system of the Baltic News Service's Vilnius…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Court closes case over Lithuanian ex-air force commander’s suspension

A Vilnius court on Monday closed a case in which Colonel Audronis Navickas challenged his suspension from his duties as…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Ukraine’s vice-PM thanks Lithuania for efforts to accept Ukraine to European family

Ukraine's Vice-Prime Minister Stepan Kubiv has thanked Lithuania for supporting Ukraine and "accepting it to the European family." [...]

7 years ago
  • Society

Prosecutors ask Vilnius authorities to step up protection of Pilsudski’s heart grave

Prosecutors have asked the mayor of Vilnius and the capital's police chief to step up the protection of the grave…

7 years ago
  • Culture

Germany donates some 50 digital documents to Lithuanian archives

The German Foreign Ministry's diplomatic archives has donated around 50 digital documents, including a digital copy of Lithuania's 1918 declaration…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Putin, Stalin have same goal – Worldwide Congress of Crimean Tatars’ leader in Vilnius

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has the same plan for Crimean Tatars as the Soviet Union's former dictator Stalin did, when…

7 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania’s Jewish Community re-elects Kukliansky as leader

The Jewish Community of Lithuania re-elected Faina Kukliansky for the second term as its chairperson at an election on Sunday,…

7 years ago
  • Society

Lithuania to present Expo pavilion at Vilnius Town Hall

Lithuania's pavilion to take part at the Expo 2017 world exposition opening in Astana in two weeks will be presented…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Ukrainian defense minister in Vilnius: Russia building up forces at Ukraine’s border

Ukraine's Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak has said in Vilnius that Russia had stationed thousands of troops in Eastern Ukraine and…

7 years ago
  • Foreign affairs

Lithuania will continue support to Ukraine’s defense, security reforms – Foreign Minister

Lithuania will continue supporting Ukraine's ongoing defense and security reforms, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius said after meeting with Ukraine's Defense…

7 years ago
  • Society

Cigarette packet with explosive thrown in Belarusian Embassy’s territory in Vilnius

A packet of cigarettes containing an explosive device was thrown into the territory of the Belarusian Embassy in central Vilnius…

7 years ago
  • Politics

Social Democrats’ new leader promises to back university reform principles

Gintautas Paluckas, the newly-elected leader of the Social Democratic Party (LSDP), says that the party's political group in the Seimas…

7 years ago
  • Defence

US Defense Secretary Mattis to come to Lithuania next week

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis is coming to Lithuania next week. [...]

7 years ago
  • Defence

Lithuania’s army special operators exercising in Vilnius

Special Operations Forces of the Lithuanian Armed Forces are conducting training in Vilnius on Friday [...]

7 years ago
  • Economy

Mayor hopes that Vilnius western bypass will improve traffic conditions

After opening the final stretch of the Vilnius western bypass on Tuesday, Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius said the 105 million…

8 years ago
  • Politics

Early voting in land sale referendum kicks off sluggishly

Early voting in the referendum on a ban on sale of agricultural land to foreigners in Lithuania started on Wednesday.…

10 years ago