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Lithuanian govt sacks chief vet

The Lithuanian Cabinet on Wednesday decided to sack Jonas Milius, the head of the State Food and Veterinary Service,...

Seimas to open discussion on cutting the number of MPs

The Seimas has decided to consider draft amendments to Article of the Constitution 55 (Draft No XIIP-4706) submitted by...

Civil liberties MEPs back plans to waive visa requirements for Ukrainians

Plans to waive visa requirements for Ukrainian citizens entering the Schengen area were approved by the Civil Liberties...

In Parliament this week: Panama papers, roaming, EU budget

The inquiry committee investigating the Panama papers starts its work this week by holding a hearing with the...

New Defence Attaché of Ukraine accredited to Lithuania

On September 22 new Defence Attaché of Ukraine Colonel Oleksandr Koberskyi was accredited to Lithuania and...

In his address to the UN, Linkevičius stresses the importance of conflict...

On 22 September in New York, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius participated in an event...

EuroLat opening: deeper EU-Latin integration needed to tackle common challenges

Deepening the integration of the EU and Latin America is the best way to respond to common challenges, agreed...

Committee on Foreign Affairs: Lithuania supports the ambitious free trade agreements...

On 21 September 2016, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Seimas, with the participation of Raimundas Karoblis,...

On this day 40 years ago: signing of the act to make direct European elections...

Over the course of its existence, the European Parliament has transformed itself from an assembly with limited powers...

Polish education in Lithuania

Danuta Narbut: campaign against Polish schools negatively affects the entire...

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':...

'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

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

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

Economy

Lithuania's Lietuvos Duju Tiekimas to buy gas from US Koch Industries in 2017

- Lietuvos Duju Tiekimas (Lithuanian Gas Supply, or LDT), a company operated by the state-owned energy group Lietuvos...

Lithuanian consumer confidence unchanged in September m/m

Lithuania's consumer confidence index was unchanged at minus 10 in September from August, data from Statistics...

Lithuania's avg electricity market price rises 8 pct w/w

The price of electricity in Nord Pool Spot's Lithuanian bidding area last week averaged 36 euros per megawatt-hour, up...

Energmin expects lower price of gas pipeline with Poland for Lithuania

Lithuania's government decided on Monday to postpone the completion date of the Gas Interconnector Poland-Lithuania...

A quarter of natgas imported from Lithuania in August

In August 4.35 mln cubic meters of natural gas was imported into Estonia from Lithuania, which made up 25 % of total...

Lithuania's Amber Grid to cancel tenders after Poland delayed GIPL project

After Poland postponed the end of implementation of the Gas Interconnector Poland-Lithuania (GIPL) gas pipeline by 2.5...

Lithuania's industry grows 1.8% to EUR 11.9 b in Jan-Aug y/y

Industrial production and sales in Lithuania grew by 1.8% to 11.9 bln euros in the first eight months of 2016...

Lithuania's Viciunai Group drops plans to invest in Minsk

Viciunai, a leading Lithuanian food group that is owned by Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijosaitis, has dropped plans to...

Passenger flows at Lithuanian airports up by 13.8 % in Jan-Aug y/y

Some 3.166 mln passengers arrived in and departed from Lithuanian airports in the first eight months of this year, up...

World

President extends heartfelt condolences on the passing of former President Shimon...

President Dalia Grybauskaitė conveyed her heartfelt condolences to President Reuven Rivlin of the State of Israel and...

Role of independent media, safety and protection of journalists emphasized at...

On 26 September at UNESCO’s headquarters in Paris, the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Neris...

Agreement between Lithuania and Ghana on political consultations signed, cooperation...

While on his visit to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, on 23 September 2016, Linas Linkevičius,...

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister calls on Jewish organizations in New York to jointly...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, who attends the 71st session of the UN General...

Lebanon: better EU resettlement tools needed to help the country deal with refugee...

From Syrian refugees on their way to being resettled to Europe to Palestine refugees who have been living in camps for...

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister congratulates Saudi Arabia on its National Day

On 23 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius congratulated the Saudi Arabian...

High Representative Mogherini meets with Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov

Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European...

In New York, Foreign Ministers of Lithuania and Cuba sign Memorandum of...

On 20 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius, who is participating in the United...

In New York, Linkevičius meets with Foreign Ministers of Palestine and Kosovo

On 19 September, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius continued his visit to New York City,...

Society

Turkish Airlines to open service centre for Nordic region clients in Vilnius

One of the biggest airlines in the world, Turkish Airlines, is opening a customer service centre in Vilnius to service...

A14 Vilnius–Utena highway approved for EIB financing

A Public Private Partnership (PPP) project to reconstruct the A14 Vilnius-Utena highway has received approval from the...

Lithuania to ask EU agency to extend GIPL financing agreements

Amber Grid will this week ask the EU Innovation Network Executive Agency (INEA) to extend Gas Interconnector...

First national cyber security exercise Cyber Shield 2016 will be held

On September 27-29 first national cyber security exercise Cyber Shield 2016 will take place in Lithuania. Over 100...

Violence against women – we all pay the price

President of Lithuania and Chair of the Council of Women World Leaders Dalia Grybauskaitė hosted a high-level...

Lithuanian bankrupt Snoras bank's building in Tallinn sold for EUR 1.3 mln

An administrative building of Lithuania's bankrupt bank Snoras in Tallinn has been sold for 1.377 mln euros to...

Soldiers with Kęstutis Battalion deployed to train Ukrainian forces

On September 21 a team of military instructors formed mainly by military personnel assigned to the Lithuanian Grand...

European Investment Bank to support Vilnius’ urban investment programme

On September 15, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Municipality of Vilnius signed the first part of a EUR 50...

VMU Deeply Shaken by Loss of Prof. Leonidas Donskis

The community of VMU as well as the entire country have been deeply shaken by a great loss: we are mourning for...

Sport

Head coach of Lithuanian natl basketball team steps down after Rio

The head coach of the Lithuanian national men's basketball team, Jonas Kazlauskas, on Tuesday announced his plans to...

Lithuanian sprint canoe duo wins 4th medal in Rio

Lithuania's canoe sprinters Aurimas Lankas and Edvinas Ramanauskas have won bronze in K2-200 m event in the Rio 2016...

Meldonium might be removed from WADA list of banned substances

Meldonium, the main ingredient used in the production of Latvian-made Mildtronate medication, might be removed from the...

The President will support Lithuanian Olympians in Rio de Janeiro

President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to support our Olympians in the Summer Olympic...

Lithuania among top 10 countries searching for Olympics

Just five days until the Olympic Games of Rio de Janeiro, Lithuanians are among the top ten nations searching for...

Japanese suggested to the Speaker of the Seimas organising the Japan–Lithuania...

Loreta Graužinienė, Speaker of the Seimas, received Tatsuo Kawabata, Vice-Speaker of the House of Representatives of...

Seimas criminalised manipulation of sport results

The Seimas adopted a law amending the Law on Physical Education and Sport (draft No XIIP-4492(2)). The amendments to...

Vilnius fire-and-rescue officer planning around-the-world run

Aidas Ardzijauskas, a Lithuanian fire-and-rescue officer of Team 5 of the Vilnius County Fire-and-Rescue Service, plans...

Euro 2016: MEPs share their favourite memories of previous editions

"Germany won in 1980 and the coach was Jupp Dervall..." With the European Championship kicking off in France, we asked...

Education

Exchange project with Belarus

17-24 of September 2016 Faculty of Economics organized the second exchange project with the Polessky State University...

On Monday 19th September, Colonel Jakob Sogard Larsen delivered a guest lecture

On Monday 19th September, Colonel Jakob Sogard Larsen (Danish Army) Commander NATO Force Integration Unit in Lithuania...

Mobile roaming: are “fair use” safeguards fair? – Industry Committee debate

“Fair use” safeguards to prevent mobile phone users from taking unfair advantage of EU rules on...

The Guests from Japan Were Interested in Entrepreneurship Development at KTU

Delegation from Japan, which consisted of members of Japanese Government and 14 students from various universities...

Opening of the Asian Book Space

Vytautas Magnus University Centre for Asian Studies together with VMU Library kindly invites You to the opening of...

Scottish Writer Zoe Venditozzi: Writing Improves Mental Health

“Being able to express oneself is vitally important to humans and creative writing – in whatever form...

Presenting Vilnius Smart Park – The Newest Addition to the Lithuanian Capital’s...

Set in a lush forest area not far from the Vilnius University’s east-end campus, the Vilnius Smart Park –...

Project Competition 2017 of the Baltic-German University Liaison Office

The Baltic-German University Liaison Office has announced project competition 2017. The project competition offers...

“Baltic plan”: first long-term fishing plan under new Common Fisheries Policy

The EU multiannual plan for managing Baltic Sea cod, sprat and herring stocks was approved in plenary on Thursday. This...

Lithuania's Lietuvos Duju Tiekimas to buy gas from US Koch Industries in 2017

Turkish Airlines to open service centre for Nordic region clients in Vilnius

Lithuanian govt sacks chief vet

Exchange project with Belarus

Seimas to open discussion on cutting the number of MPs

President extends heartfelt condolences on the passing of former President...

Lithuanian consumer confidence unchanged in September m/m

A14 Vilnius–Utena highway approved for EIB financing

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