Vilnius
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 construction in Belarus at a high-level meeting of the parties to the Espoo Convention that is starting in Minsk on Monday. […]
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 Independence of Feb. 16, 1918 in a German archive, on Monday received a Lithuania’s Progress Award. […]
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 he wanted to expel them from the peninsula, Refat Chubarov, president of the Worldwide Congress of Crimean Tatars and a member of Ukraine’s Supreme Rada, said in Vilnius on Monday. […]
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, while her competitor Simonas Gurevicius dismissed the vote as unlawful and pledged to turn to court. […]
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 on Thursday evening, local authorities said. […]
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 will support the principles for a reform of universities proposed by a prime minister-appointed working group. […]
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 euro section will help solve traffic jam issues in the northern part of the Lithuanian capital. […]