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In Parliament this week: Brexit, better pay for women, Holocaust remembrance
Along with a vote on the UK withdrawal deal, this week MEPs will tackle the gender pay gap, call for a common charger...
Prime Minister and Ambassador of Belarus to Lithuania discuss opportunities for cooperation and Astravyets NPP
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has met with incoming Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of...
Lithuania has an ambition of becoming a green economy and digitization leader

During the visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Gitanas Nausėda attended a lunch for European leaders...

Press Office of EAPL-CFA: Actions of President’s Advisors Harm the Image of Lithuania

The Press Office of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance published a...

Prime Minister: Lithuania will further strengthen relations with Germany

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has met with incoming ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany Matthias Peter...

Ministers of Defence of Lithuania and Latvia discussed regional security

On January 16 Minister of National Defence of Lithuania Raimundas Karoblis and Minister of Defence and Deputy Prime...

Ruling coalition unanimously decides to support Minister Narkevič

After the meeting of the ruling coalition council last Tuesday, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis annouced that...

Coming up: European Green Deal, Brexit, Iran

Moving to a climate neutral economy, citizens’ rights after Brexit and the crisis in the Middle East are among...

Negotiations on new EU collective redress rules to begin

The Legal Affairs Committee confirmed on Thursday Parliament’s negotiating position on a new bill introducing...

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Polish education in Lithuania
Danuta Narbut: campaign against Polish schools negatively affects the entire education system
L24 talked to Danuta Narbut, chairwoman of the Vilnius Forum of Polish Parents about accusations of Lithuanian...
The Association of Polish Schools Teachers in Lithuania 'Macierz Szkolna': guarding Polish Education in Lithuania for 25 Years
'Our goal is to form such a Polish school which would be attractive, modern and competitive,' said Juzef Kvetkovskij,...
Michal Mackevič: Polish school in Lithuania has to remain

We talked to Michal Mackevič, President of the Association of Poles in Lithuania, member of the Lithuanian Seimas from...

School-kindergarten 'Vilija' - among the best

About the only school-kindergarten, which keeps up correspondence with the Buckingham Palace and has a star in the...

Šalčininkai district. 13 gymnasiums, 8 of them - Polish

A ceremonial inauguration of the Adomo Mickevičiaus gymnasium in Dieveniškės took place at the beginning of December...

Polish kindergarten in Mickūnai

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Polish nursery-kindergarten in Mickūnai (near Vilnius) will be celebrating its 5th anniversary in just a few months.

Rita Tamašunienė: Poles protected and will protect their ownership

L24 talked to the Chairwoman of the Seimas faction of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania Rita Tamašunienė...

Artur Górski: so that not only Poles would attend Polish schools

We spoke to the Member of the Parliament of the Republic of Poland Artur Górski about the problems of Polish education...

100th Anniversary of Polish education in Paluknys

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2015 year was a jubilee year for the Paluknys Secondary School (Trakai district). The 100th anniversary of the school...

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Economy
Lithuanian fuel prices stabilize after volatile start in 2020
Fuel prices in Lithuania have somewhat stabilized lately after a surge at the start of the year driven by excise tax...
Bank of Lithuania approved the sample of the world’s first digital collector
The Board of the Bank of Lithuania has approved the sample of the physical version of the digital collector coin...
Lithuania's avg wholesale electricity price rises 5% w-o-w

Lithuania's average wholesale electricity price rose by 5 percent last week compared with a week earlier, Litgrid said...

Wizz Air to launch flights from Vilnius to St. Petersburg

Hungary's budget carrier Wizz Air is set to launch flights between the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius and Russia's...

EIB opens Baltic office in Vilnius

The European Investment Bank's office for the Baltic states has been opened in Vilnius on Thursday. The EIB hopes the...

Lithuania's population grows for 1st time in 28 years - statistics

Lithuania's population has grown for the first time in 28 years due to migration trends, the country's statistics...

2020's 1st shipment of Novatek LNG arrives in Lithuania's Klaipeda

Small shipment of LNG from Russian gas company Novatek arrived in the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda on Saturday. It's the...

Lithuanian Railways carried record numbers of passengers last year

Lithuania's state-owned railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) carried a record number of...

Vilnius Airport marks New Year with a record: the capital’s airport serves 5 million passengers in 2019

On the last day of 2019 the number of passengers travelling via Vilnius Airport exceeded 5 million. This number...

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World
Summit with Western Balkans speakers on Tuesday
Speakers from the Western Balkans parliaments will gather at the European Parliament, under President Sassoli's...
The President: Lithuania cares about the democratic future of Georgia
President Gitanas Nausėda met with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The...
Venezuelan crisis: MEPs reaffirm their support for Juan Guaidó

The European Parliament condemns the recent attempted coup to prevent Juan Guaidó from being re-elected...

The President leaves for the World Economic Forum in Davos

President Gitanas Nausėda leaves for Davos to attend the World Economic Forum for the first time. This year the forum...

Linas Linkevičius discusses regional safety and security with U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian Affairs

On 17 January, on the margins of the “Snow Meeting”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas...

European Union can and must play important role in de-escalating tensions in Iraq

On 10 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius attended the Foreign Affairs Council in...

The European Union will step up efforts towards a peaceful and political solution in Libya

The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, together with High Representative Josep Borrell, have met with...

Linas Linkevičius to attend extraordinary meeting of Foreign Affairs Council

On 10 January, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius will attend an extraordinary meeting of...

Prime Minister extends condolences over the Ukrainian plane crash

This morning, a Ukraine International Airlines plane has crashed shortly after take-off in Tehran, killing all the...

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Society
The President and the First Lady honored the Holocaust victims in Poland
President Gitanas Nausėda and First Lady Diana Nausėdienė are on a visit to Oswiecim in Poland, to attend the...
Lithuanian Constitutional Court to hear Skinest's complaint
The Lithuanian Constitutional Court will hear an individual complaint by Oleg Ossinovski, Skinest Grupp and Skinest...
Lithuania sees fastest growth in new car sales in Baltics in 2019

Among the Baltic countries, the biggest growth in new car sales year over year was seen in 2019 in Lithuania, where the...

Vilnius Airport aims to cut check-in times with self-service baggage drop-off stations as it develops a new baggage handling system

Lithuanian Airports make yet another step of development: they have announced two public procurements and currently are...

Lithuania's Snoras seeks EUR 335.2 mln in damages from Switzerland's Julius Baer

Lithuania's bankrupt bank Snoras has turned to Swiss courts, seeking 335.2 mln euros in damages from the Swiss bank...

Lithuania's Kaunas tears up stadium reconstruction contract with Turkish company

The authorities in Kaunas, Lithuania's second largest city, on Friday announced their decision to cancel their contract...

Lithuanian govt moves to give central bank more powers over bank deals

Amid increasing banking concentration in Lithuania, the government proposes to expand the central bank's powers to...

Lithuanian court halts Ignitis Gamyba's delisting

A Vilnius court has halted the planned delisting of Ignitis Gamyba, part of the state-owned Ignitis Group, upon receipt...

Lithuanian prosecutors launch investigation into pollution in Klaipeda

Lithuanian prosecutors on Monday launched an investigation into environmental pollution involving untreated wastewater...

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Sport
Two probes into fixed football matches launched in Lithuania
Lithuania's police said on Thursday it had launched two pre-trial investigations into allegedly fixed matches after the...
Seimas approved the updated convention regulating safety and security at sports events
The Seimas denounced the European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in particular...
Lithuanian football fan gets EUR 30 fine for approaching Ronaldo

Lithuania's police has issued a fine of 30 euros to a fan who stormed onto the football pitch in Vilnius and approached...

Vilnius Makes Bid to Host Ronaldo and Messi Dinner

Ten of the best restaurants in Vilnius had reserved tables for “Ronaldo&Messi,” and a local artist...

Lithuanian swimmer Meilutyte gets disqualified by FINA for two years

Lithuania's retired swimming start Ruta Meilutyte has been disqualified by the International Swimming Federation (FINA)...

Robert Tvorogal wins the gold medal of the European Games

Robert Tvorogal, a gymnast from Vilnius, won the golden medal at the Second European Games held in Minsk.

France reaches the 2018 World Cup Final!

France has won with Belgium 1:0 in the semi-final of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Today, on July 11th, England will...

Zalgiris coach Jasikevicius named honorary citizen of Kaunas

The City Council of Kaunas on Tuesday named BC Zalgiris Kaunas head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius an honorary citizen of...

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Education
KTU expert: the number of .lt domains is growing due to expansion of mobile internet
The Internet Service Centre DOMREG at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) – the registry of .lt top-level...
Prof Dr Rimvydas Petrauskas is newly elected rector of Vilnius University
Vilnius University (VU) Council elected a new rector of VU. Prof Dr Rimvydas Petrauskas will lead the largest higher...
Dr Milena Korostenskaja: Specialists in Systems Biology Are in High Demand All over the World

Students, neurology residents, and doctoral students at the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University (VU) had the...

September 2020 scholarships now open

We’re offering full and partial scholarships for the best and brightest international students applying to the...

First double degree theses of KTU and Bologna University were defended

Two double degree doctoral theses in Environmental Engineering were defended at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU)...

An Exclusive Master's Programme in Molecular Biotechnology at Vilnius University

A project-based learning, motivation and freedom of choice in education are the key components in a modern education...

O. Berger from Israel: “I am very happy to have dedicated my first footprint in medicine to my beloved Vilnius University”

Vilnius University (VU) Faculty of Medicine graduate student from Israel Ortal Berger, does not hide his joy of having...

KTU to carry out study on ways to restrict Astravyets power imports to Lithuania

AS Lithuania seeks to restrict electricity imports from he Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in...

Mood-measuring cameras in Vilnius say you’re happy

A camera system developed by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University has indexed the mood of passers-by based on their...

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