Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Simasius expects that the state of emergency that has been declared in the capital due to an environmental disaster will be lifted shortly.

Poles are really talented. This was proved by German Komarovski, a young choreographer from Vilnius, head of the Polish Folk Dance Group ‘Perła‘ from Nemečinė, which won the Lithuanian TV show of folk dances ‘Kadagys‘ in March 2016.

Poetry of the Vilnius Region – such literary men as Adam Mickiewicz, Czesław Miłosz, Sławomir Worotyński were in love with our land.

The Seimas adopted amendments to the Law on Excise Duty providing for an increase in the excise duty on alcohol as from 1 March 2017. A total of 95 Members of the Seimas voted in favour of the proposed amendments, with 7 voting against and 19 abstaining.

Spyware linked to Russian intelligence agencies has been found on the computers of several Lithuanian parliamentarians.

Lithuania will have to improve its reputation that has been harmed by the country's inability to find common ground with its partners in Rail Baltica and to prove that it is not holding back the European standard-gauge railway project said Rokas Masiulis, the new transport minister.

The European Commission today adopted its long-term plan to give fresh impetus to the management of the Customs Union, a basic pillar of the European Union which supports and protects the Single Market.

Although Polish national minority in Lithuania is known for being active and well organized and having rich cultural life, there is still no Polish professional theatre functioning in the country.

LOT Polish Airlines, strategic partner of the Estonian flagship carrier Nordica, and Lufthansa have concluded a code sharing agreement for the Tallinn-Munich route operated by Nordica.

Draft EU measures to help prevent citrus fruit and tree pests being imported into the EU are not good enough to protect EU growers, says a resolution voted on Thursday. MEPs want more stringent rules and checks to prevent the spread of pests such as citrus black spot fungus and the false codling moth.