The Baltic countries may in the coming weeks reach a common position on restricting electricity imports from Belarus' Astravyets nuclear power plant, Lithuanian Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas said the Zinio Radijas radio station.

Maxima, one of the largest retail chains in Lithuania, which sold some 11 tons of possibly salmonella-contaminated meat and its products supplied by Biovela, says it destroyed all fresh meat it had in its stores on Feb 7, around 160 tons of meat supplied by various suppliers.

Lithuania's retail chain Maxima on Friday halted the sale of fresh meat after microbiological contamination was identified in pork neck and ham supplied by meat producer Biovela. Meat supplies were later resumed, Maxima said.

According to preliminary data of the Department of Statistics, 2019 was a record year for Lithuania in terms of immigration. In total, last year 8 thousand more people immigrated rather than emigrated from the country. This nice tendency is also evident in the Kaunas region - compared to 2018, the number of newcomers has increased by almost 40%.

Criminal act motivated by hatred and/or bias towards a group or a person based on age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, race, nationality, language, origin, social status, religion, beliefs or views significantly threatens democratic values, public security and the existence of a pluralistic society.

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A joint ROCK project team of the City of Vilnius and the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) starts measuring how you feel entering the City of Vilnius and leaving it. 4 sensors were installed in the main service centre of the capital at Konstitucijos pr. 3, which will capture physiological data at the main entrances to the municipal building.

After the massive success of the "Vilnius - the G-spot of Europe" campaign, the Lithuanian capital is following its own footsteps and launching a new campaign, titled "Vilnius: Amazing Wherever You Think It Is." The campaign, which has a goal to celebrate all the amazing aspects of the city, is aimed at drawing tourists to visit Vilnius by making fun at how unknown the city is for most people outside the country.

Lithuanian Environment Minister Kestutis Mazeika plans to contact Russia's authorities if is confirmed that a large amount of paraffin wax recently found on Lithuania's beaches came from the neighboring country.

Upon unceasing talks in the world about the threat of coronavirus in China, Lithuania is taking temporary protection measures. From Saturday, specialists of the National Public Health Centre (NPHC) have been on duty at all three Lithuanian Airports. They consult persons who have travelled to China. According to specialists, Lithuania is prepared to tackle the threat of such magnitude.