A Dutch judge under the influence of alcohol was on Sunday stopped by police in Lithuania's western district of Klaipeda.
August192019
August192019
Georgia's alternative name Sakartvelas is slowly growing in popularity in Lithuania but the country's old name Gruzija still dominates in the media, according to data collected by BNS Lithuania from media monitoring and survey company Mediaskopas
August172019
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says he has received assurances from Germany's leaders that sanctions against Russia will remain in place until Moscow stops its aggressive behavior in Ukraine.
August172019
Lithuania's state and municipal budgets received 6.247 billion euros in revenue in January-July, 3.1 percent, or 189.8 million euros, more than it was planned, and 2č.7 percent more than a year ago, the Finance Ministry said.
August162019
Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu is to meet with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda during his visit to Vilnius on Saturday.
August162019
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has on Friday dismissed Henrichas Jaglinskis, a judge of Vilnius Regional Court who is a suspected in a corruption case, and also turned to the country's parliament over the dismissal of two other judges, including Egidijus Lauzikas of the Supreme Court and Konstantinas Gurinas of the Court of Appeal.
August162019
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has rejected the government's proposal to re-appoint Virgilijus Valancius for another term as judge at the EU General Court.
August152019
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the European Union must watch to ensure that Belarus' Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant under construction close to the Lithuanian border meets safety standards.
August142019
Chancellor Angela Merkel says Germany will continue to lead NATO's multinational battalion in Lithuania and to perform the Baltic air policing mission.
August142019
Lithuania's outgoing Transport Minister Rokas Masiulis sees no possibility for Arvydas Vaitkus, the former chief executive officer of the Klaipeda State Seaport Authority, to return to head any strategic state enterprise.
August142019
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda is leaving for an official visit to Germany on Wednesday. BNS Lithuania presents the visit's five key topics.
August132019
Former Lithuanian basketball player Rolandas Alijevas is standing trial for illegally accessing his ex-wife's social media and email accounts.
August132019
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said he underwent a surgery on Monday, the first day of his vacation, but gave no details apart from noting that the procedure was successful.
August132019
The chairman of the Lithuanian Seimas' Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK) does not think that MP Irina Rozova's participation in an event of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) in Georgia in June may have compromised national security.
August122019
Ramunas Karbauskis, leader of the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, the biggest parliamentary party, praised on Monday the new president, Gitanas Nauseda, for his openness to dialog.
August122019
The memory of Lithuania's first President Antanas Smetona should be duly honored in Vilnius, President Gitanas Nauseda says.
August122019
A gathering was held in the Cathedral Square in Vilnius on Saturday in support of Russian opposition supporters who have been holding protests in Moscow, demanding free and fair election and permission for independent candidates to stand for election, the Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT reported on Saturday.
August112019
It may sound unexpected, but war is a key driver of the technological advancement,” says associate professor Andrius Ušinskas from the Department of Electronic Systems at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU). Recently, the researcher participated in a project on secret communication technologies, which are especially popular in the military.
August102019
Lithuanian MP Irina Rozova says the State Security Department (VSD) did not warn her against attending an event of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) that sparked protests in Georgia in June.
August092019
Darius Pranckevicius, a long-time Lithuanian diplomat and former ambassador to Canada, died on Friday at the age of 52 following an illness.