Ruta Meilutyte spent eight years in Plymouth winning a shock Olympic gold medal along the way – but for the Lithuanian the chance to prove she can succeed in her home country was too hard to resist.
My advice for Lithuania regarding Poland: keep close NATO partnership ties with Poland and, at the same time, go into the EU core without any doubts, regardless to Poland as well as Sweden and other non-Eurozone countries. Lithuania and Poland – which ...
After the Vilnius administration on Wednesday decided to earmark about 2.1 million euros within the next three years for marketing of flights to one of London's key airports in hopes of attracting the United Kingdom's largest airline British Airways, the latter has not given any comments on its plans in this respect.
Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday welcome the plans of the US Congress to introduce new sanctions on Russia, which can have an impact on the energy sector.
Vilnius City Council has given a green light to the proposal of the ruling parties to earmark about 2.1 million euros within the next three years for marketing of flights to one of London's key airports, hoping to attract the biggest UK airline, British Airways.
Lithuania's government has given a green light to having its cultural attache to the US reside in New York rather than in Washington D.C.
Lithuania's government has decided to write off eight armored cross-country vehicles Toyota Land Cruiser used by the country's soldiers in the operation in Afghanistan, as they are not worth repairing.
Lithuanian company Newsec, which is carrying out an auction of property belonging to the operator Telia Lithuania, announced that the initial price of the operator's Vilnius headquarters is EUR 3.03 million, reports Vz.lt. The operator will rent the 5 ...
The 22-year-old is a full international and has played for Lithuania against Scotland and England during the current World Cup qualifying campaign. Slivka joined Juventus in 2012 before heading out on loan to Modena, Ascoli and Den Bosch. He told Hibs' ...
Zigmantas Sierakauskas, the leader of the Lithuanian 1863 uprising against the tsarist Russia, is important to Lithuania as a symbol of freedom, historian Zita Medišauskienė says.
Boen Lietuva, a Lithuanian parquet flooring manufacturer operated by Norway's Boen, posted consolidated revenue of 156.83 million euros last year, which is an increase by 12.2%, from 139.834 million euros, in 2015, informs LETA/BNS.
Revolut, a financial technology start-up, has started to use IBAN format for account numbers that can be used by financial institutions to credit funds into the beneficiary's account in 42 European countries, announced company. Lithuanian IBAN account ...
VILNIUS – Belintertrans Baltic, the Klaipeda transport and expedition company operated by Belarus' state-run railway transport and logistics center Belintertrans, posted 27.934 million euros in revenue for 2016, down by 3.8 percent, from 29.041 million ...
A grave of a 45–50 year-old woman, dating back to the 14th century, was unearthed by archaelogists in the Kernavė burial site. The woman‘s skull was turned round and laid in the chest area. The bones of her arms, severed at the elbows, were found between the legs of the deceased woman. The bodies of deceased persons whose heads were decapitated or limbs severed should be related not to burial rites but to exhumation and defiling of corpses, caused by the deceased person in person. In this particular case, archaeologists are likely to have discovered a grave of an apparition or a “vampire”.
Lithuania’s largest International Vilnius Airport will be closed on Thursday night for over a month in order to reconstruct its runway.
On 25 th June, Sunday, Teofilius Matulionis, Archbishop of the Soviet era, was beatified in the Vilnius Cathedral Square by Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints from Vatican.
On Tuesday, 20 th June, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg observed a river crossing by Allied forces and then met troops taking part in Exercise Iron Wolf, in Lithuania, in Rukla.
Lithuania in co-operation with its NATO Allies carried out the first large-scale defensive drill on the border with Poland rehearsing for a possible scenario where Russia might try to cut-off the Baltics from the rest of NATO.
World Health Organization recently put Lithuania among the countries with the highest per capita consumption of alcohol in Europe and Lithuanian Parliament is determined to change the situation with a new wave of stricter measures.
Hacker group Tsar Team stole personal records and photos of patients from data system of Lithuanian clinic ‘Beauty Surgery’ and put them up for sale already in April, but then posted only several hundred victims’ data on Tor network.
Lithuanian Special Operation Forces, after forging close ties with their American colleagues in Afghanistan, today are country’s best strategic hope if Russia tries to destabilize their homeland.
U.S. Secretary of Defence did not comment on Patriot deployment in Lithuania during his visit in Vilnius, on Wednesday, confirming steadfast NATO’s contribution to the security of the Baltics States.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister met his Lithuanian counterpart in Vilnius on Monday amid a monitor’s death in Ukraine’s rebel-held east, and further highlighted security issues.
Lithuanian landmark Hill of Crosses was for a short time on fire, on Monday, but firemen quickly localised it.
The Bank of Lithuania has been reviewing procedures for granting authorisation and activity licences for investment companies and investment funds, as well as taking other measures to develop a more favourable regulatory environment for collective...
Today the Bank of Lithuania issued into circulation the €10 and €1.5 collector coins, the reverse of which features two Lithuanian hounds and a žemaitukas . The coin commemorating ancient Lithuanian breeds was presented at Lietuvos žirgynas, a stud...
Average return of pension funds operating in Lithuania was positive: over the half-year 2nd pillar pension funds earned, on average, 1.5 per cent, 3rd pillar pension funds – 2.1 per cent. Equity pension funds yielded highest return for pension...
On 17–18 July, Vitas Vasiliauskas, Ilmārs Rimšēvičs and Ardo Hansson, Governors of the national central banks of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, will meet in Kaunas.
Balance of Payments of the Republic of Lithuania, May 2017
Lithuanian grain producers planning to export about 4 million tons of grain this year say that the process of grain haulage to the Klaipeda port should go smoothly, however, competition for the freight should be more fierce, informs LETA/BNS.... Read more...
Devils' Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania, is included in the list of the most unique museums in the world. Three floors have horned creatures from around the world coming in different shapes, sizes, colors and made from different materials.
Lithuanian aviation officials say that hundreds of thousands of airline passengers will be diverted for more than a month as the country's main airport near the capital will be shut for a major renovation. Vilnius International Airport, with a single 2.5-kilometer runway, will close Friday until Aug. 17. Some 4,350 flights will be diverted - affecting 400,000 passengers - to two smaller airports, one in Kaunas, 100 kilometers west of Vilnius airport and the other in remote Palanga, 300 kilometers away.
Cargo traffic at the Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda rose by 2.9% in the first half of 2017 from a year ago to 20.6 million tons, with loadings in June alone up by 1.4% year-on-year to 3.365 million tons, the port authority said, cites LETA/BNS.... Read more...
Peter Szijjarto, Hungary's foreign minister, poses for a photograph following an interview in London, U.K., on Thursday, July 6, 2017. Hungary considers that a new pipeline project that would carry Russian gas via Turkey and the Balkans is the "only realistic" step toward energy diversification now, Szijjarto said, the same day that regional peer Poland announced during a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump that it plans to wean itself off Russian energy.
A grave of a 45–50 year-old woman, dating back to the 14th century, was unearthed by archaelogists in the Kernavė burial site. The woman‘s skull was turned round and laid in the chest area. The bones of her arms, severed at the elbows, were found between the legs of the deceased woman. The bodies of deceased persons whose heads were decapitated or limbs severed should be related not to burial rites but to exhumation and defiling of corpses, caused by the deceased person in person. In this particular case, archaeologists are likely to have discovered a grave of an apparition or a “vampire”.
Edita Janušienė, former chief auditor at the central Bank of Lithuania, has been appointed to head the country's State Tax Inspectorate (STI) for the next four years.
War is never two dimensional. Edward Lucas considers one chapter of anti-Soviet resistance.
Value-added tax (VAT) discount for centralized heating and hotels will remain, says Lithuania's Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, adding that the government would announce the proposed tariff next week.
VILNIUS, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Tackling poverty and social exclusion, helping families, and encouraging businesses are among the main goals of the tax and social security reform planned by the Lithuanian government, finance minister Vilius Sapoka said on ...
Lithuania's natural gas supply and trade company Lietuvos Duju Tiekimas (LDT), the gas trading arm of state-controlled energy holding Lietuvos Energija, has signed a supply contract with Latvenergo, Latvia's largest gas consumer. It expects to gain a ...
VILNIUS, July 25. /TASS/. Lithuania is closely watching the Russia-China naval drills Joint Sea-2017 and informing its NATO allies of their conduct, Lithuanian Deputy Defense Minister Vytautas Umbrasas told the regional news agency BNS on Tuesday.
Finnish-owned Forum Cinemas, which owns movie theaters in Lithuania's largest cities and towns, posted revenue of 16.415 million euros last year, up by 12.7%, from 14.56 million euros, in 2015, informs LETA/BNS.
Vykintas Slivka will become the second Lithuania international to sign for Hibernian this summer if, as expected, he joins on a season-long loan from Juventus t.
