The Ministry of National Defence has announced that US-made sniper rifles Barrett and Belgian machineguns FN Minimi have been transferred to the Lithuanian Armed Forces to boost their capability.
October272023
October272023
Is there opposition in Russia? Do Russian people support the war? Are liberal ideas popular only in Moscow and a few other large cities: myth or reality? Why did Putin’s regime decide to kill Nemtsov and imprison Navalny? You will hear answers to these and many other questions in Delfi’s interview with Russian opposition politician, former Vice Minister of Energy and Navalny’s ally, Vladimir Milov.
October262023
Lithuania’s Chief of Defence General Valdemaras Rupšys is taking part in a two-day meeting of the Baltic Chiefs of Defence in Riga, Latvia, the army said in a press release.
October262023
At the international forum of financial technology Fintech Taipei 2023, Deputy Minister of Finance of Lithuania Vaida Markevičienė, who is visiting Taipei with a business mission, invited Taiwanese investors and financial sector entities to set up in Lithuania and develop their activities here, reports the Ministry of Finance.
October262023
Parliament Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen on Thursday began a working visit to Japan, where in Tokyo she met with women leaders. The meeting marked the first anniversary of strategic partnership announced between Japan and Lithuania.
October262023
Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė on Thursday addressed members of the Seimas and asked them to lift MP Petras Gražulis’ immunity from prosecution as he is being investigated for insulting 5 members of the LGBT community last year.
October262023
Over 2 thousand people rallied on Thursday in a square close to the Seimas in protest against the proposal to tax real estate amid its readings in parliament.
October252023
Deputy Minister of Finance of Lithuania Vaida Markevičienė, who is visiting Taipei with a business mission, met with representatives of the banking, financial and insurance sectors of Taiwan and invited them to use Lithuania’s experience and expert assistance in digitising the financial sector and implementing the development of Fintech, reports the Ministry of Finance.
October252023
Six out of ten Lithuanian residents agree that regulations should be tightened for Belarusian citizens arriving to Lithuania, shows a poll commissioned by the public broadcaster LRT that was carrier out by the pollster Baltijos tyrimai.
October252023
In May 2023, Lithuania assumed the Presidency of the International Transport Forum (ITF). Young Tae Kim, secretary-general of the world’s only body with a global mandate for all transport modes, believes this is an opportunity for Lithuania to shine on the international stage and to establish itself as a leading transport hub in the Baltics, the Ministry of Transport and Communications says in a press release.
October252023
Prosecutor General Nida Grunskienė on Tuesday formally asked the Seimas to lift the legal immunity of MP Petras Gražulis, who had allegedly ridiculed and stigmatised a group of people in public because of their sexual orientation.
October242023
The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday summoned the chargé d’affaires of the Russian Embassy in Lithuania Aleksander Elkin and handed a note of protest over the destruction of a memorial plaque to the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Archbishop Mečislovas Reinys in a cemetery of the Russian city of Vladimir.
October242023
Lithuania’s Chief of Defence Gen Valdemaras Rupšys says the Rokantiškės base is the first military town intended for training and housing soldiers that completely meets the needs of the armed forces.
October242023
On Tuesday, Minister of National Defence Arvydas Anušauskas and Lithuania’s Chief of Defence General Valdemaras Rupšys visited the Rokantiškės military base near Vilnius. The minister says that German troops deployed in Lithuania would live not only in Rukla and Rūdninkai but also in Vilnius.
October242023
Speaker of the Seimas of Lithuania Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, who is paying a visit to Taiwan, addressed Taiwanese MPs emphasising that Lithuania is looking to become a high added-value economy and is ready to partner with Taiwan.
October242023
President Gitanas Nausėda claims that he still has not decided whether he is going to stand as a candidate and seek for re-election in 2024 presidential elections.
October232023
Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Monday attends the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council taking place in Luxembourg, the ministry said.
October232023
Figure skater Margarita Drobiazko has appealed against President Gitanas Nausėda’s decision to take away her Lithuanian citizenship she was granted thirty years ago by exception.
October232023
The Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) will not support real estate tax amendments put forward by the Government and the Seimas Committee on Budget and Finance. The decision was made in meetings of LSDP political group and the party’s board.
October232023
Results of the Adult Education Survey (AES) compiled by the Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia (CSB) show that Latvian is mother tongue1 for more than a half (64.3%) of population aged 18–69.