Vilnius' local authority has selected the best concept for a monument to Jonas Basanavicius, one of the most prominent pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival movement of the late 19th century, that is planned to be erected in the capital's Old Town.

The Lithuanian decision to ban broadcasts of the Russian television channel RTR Planeta for instigation of hatred is not in violation of the European Union's (EU) law, the European Commission said on Friday.

On 15 February, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius met with the Ambassador Moushira Khattab, Egypt’s candidate for the position of UNESCO Director-General, who visited Lithuania to present her candidacy.

“There may be more of information attacks as NATO improves security of its eastern borders,” Minister of National Defence Raimundas Karoblis said on February 16 at a session of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting dedicated to the implementation of the NATO Summit in Warsaw decisions on enhanced deterrence and defence. The Lithuanian Minister and his German counterpart were solid in stressing together that hostile forces would try to compromise the NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battalion, so all Allies had to be ready to immediately counter information attacks.

If the EU is to boost its capacity to act, restore citizens’ trust and make the euro zone economy more resilient to outside shocks, it needs to make full use of the Lisbon Treaty. But to go further, it needs to reform itself more fundamentally. This was the key message of three resolutions exploring the future development of the European Union approved by Parliament on Thursday.

Today is 99th anniversary of independence of Lithuania. 

The NordBalt power interconnection between Lithuania and Sweden is out of service again due to a cable fault.

Lithuanian consumer prices edged up by 0.3% in January compared with December, marking the fifth straight month of inflation, figures from Statistics Lithuania showed on Tuesday.

Lithuania's Biriu Kroviniu Terminalas (Bulk Cargo Terminal, or BKT), which is set to double in size, last year managed to keep the loading pace and the 2015 cargo volume of 7 million tons, with plans to have the same volume this year.

The NordBalt power interconnection between Lithuania and Sweden is offline due to unknown reasons.