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There is one way to halt the construction of Astravyets NPP

February 28, 2017 Ramunas Bogdanas 0

It has now been eight years since Lithuania was officially informed of the decision to construct a nuclear power plant in Astravyets, Belarus. Truth be told the decision was more that of Moscow than of […]

Depopulated towns consider demolishing Soviet-era apartment buildings

April 13, 2016 the Lithuania Tribune 0

As Lithuania’s regions face a growing emigration crisis, some have begun calling for measures to deal with the aging apartment buildings that have been left behind as communities shrink. […]

Lithuanian minister on Russian army choir concert: No place for Moscow’s divisive policies

October 27, 2015 ELTA EN 0

Lithuanian Minister of Culture Šarūnas Birutis has commented on the decision of Visaginas Culture Centre to cancel a performance by the Alexander Ensemble, the official army choir of the Russian armed forces, saying that there is no place in Lithuania for Moscow’s divisive policies. […]

Visaginas mayor detained on suspicions of office abuse

September 24, 2014 BNS 0

Dalia Štraupaitė, mayor of the Visaginas municipality in eastern Lithuania, is in detention, Panevėžys prosecutors have confirmed. […]

Complicated Sino-Lithuanian relationship

October 1, 2024 0

As the Seimas elections approach, more parties, especially opposition parties, promise to change their foreign policy. The most significant change, in their view, is in relations with China. The opposition believes that seeing China as […]

Economist speaks out about the unstoppable rise in prices: ‘It’s getting a bit scary’

September 24, 2024 0

Prices in Lithuania decreased by 0.5% over the month, but annual inflation is again approaching the 1% mark. The most significant price increases over the year were in cafes and restaurants – nearly 9%. Some […]

Who could have thought? Germans give us a brigade, we give them electricity

September 20, 2024 0

Rokas Masiulis, the Head of the electricity transmission operator Litgrid, was one of the energy experts who, at the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, calmly and even optimistically looked to the future: Lithuania would […]

The EU must stop funding the brutal Cuba regime

September 16, 2024 0

Russia has always been Europe’s enemy. This is something that many of our Western and Central European friends seemed to forget since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Not so in Eastern Europe and the […]

Grybauskaitė effect? Among the candidates for Prime Minister, there is also an option that has not yet been named out loud

September 13, 2024 0

With the parliamentary elections just a month away, party leaders are already working out, in public and behind closed doors, the scenarios for the foundations of the future governing coalition and who will lead the […]

Lithuanians will have to open their wallets even wider: goods and services will become more expensive

August 30, 2024 0

According to TV3.lt, Swedbank economists raise their GDP growth forecast for Lithuania and believe the Lithuanian economy will grow the fastest among the Baltic States this year and next. Inflation will likely rise next year, […]