Five Lithuanians have been detained in three countries, suspected of having created a deposit fraud scheme and caused damage valued at 1.5 million euros.
March182021
March182021
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda, currently on an official visit to Ukraine, on Thursday paid respect to Maidan victims, stating that the people of Ukraine this way wrote in blood that they can determine their future.
March182021
Lithuanian authorities mull offering AstraZeneca jabs to all willing persons without following the priority order after resuming vaccination with that vaccine, Health Minister Arunas Dulkys has said.
March182021
On Wednesday, 552 new COVID-19 cases were detected in Lithuania. In total, Lithuania has confirmed 207 469 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
March172021
Children will be able to return to schools in 45 Lithuanian municipalities as of Monday, the country's government decided on Wednesday.
March172021
29 Lithuanian athletes, their coaches and medics getting ready for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics failed to receive the second vaccine doze after vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine was suspended in Lithuania, Lina Motuzyte, head of communication at the Lithuanian National Olympic Committee, told BNS on Wednesday.
March172021
On Tuesday, 570 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Lithuania. In total, the country has already detected 206 889 coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
March162021
Lithuania’s Health Minister Arunas Dulkys plans to choose the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca, when it is his turn to receive a jab, in a bid to quell concerns about this vaccine’s safety.
March162021
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda is considering nominating Gediminas Simkus, a board member of the central Bank of Lithuania, or presidential adviser Simonas Krepsta to lead the central bank.
March162021
Amendments that would allow introducing mandatory regular COVID-19 testing for workers of certain areas will be put before the Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday.
March162021
On Monday, 628 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Lithuania. Overall, the country has detected 206 290 COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
March152021
Lithuania's ministers for health and education ate drawing up plans to bring all children to primary schools. The Cabinet is scheduled to consider them on Wednesday, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte said during the Cabinet's Monday meeting.
March152021
Lithuania's government on Monday extended the existing movement restrictions until the end of this month in 16 municipalities, including Vilnius and Vilnius District, Klaipeda and Neringa.
March152021
Lithuania's Health Ministry is suggesting extending the existing movement restrictions until the end of this month in 16 municipalities, including Vilnius and Vilnius District, Klaipeda and Neringa, according to a draft government resolution registered on Monday.
March152021
All shops with access from the street, as well as museums and galleries are reopening in Lithuania on Monday.
March152021
On Sunday, 249 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Lithuania. In total, 205 644 coronavirus cases have been detected since the beginning of the pandemic.
March142021
Lithuania has no plans to temporarily suspend vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine, despite the fact that several EU member states have done that, a representative of the country's Health Ministry says.
March142021
Lithuanian military analysts recorded an increase of more than 30 percent in the number of disinformation incidents in February.
March132021
Lithuania comes in 17th in terms of the 14-day COVID-19 case notification rate among the European countries monitored by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and was in the 13th place in terms of 14-day death notification rate.
March122021
Once mass COVID-19 vaccination starts in Lithuania, the recommendation would be to star from elder age groups, Vice Minister of Health Zivile Simonaityte says, adding that specific information should be released shortly.