- August 15, 2025
Lithuania’s competition watchdog, the Competition Council, is starting its review of the acquisition of Lrytas, a Lithuanian company, by Estonia’s Ekspress Grupp, which operates the Defi news websites in the [..]
Vilnius’ municipal public transport company Susisiekimo Paslaugos is planning to purchase an international feasibility study on setting up an underground railway system or other new public transport system in the [..]
Ireland’s budget airline Ryanair on Tuesday inaugurated its second aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) hangar at Lithuania’s Kaunas Airport, with the investment totaling 20 million euros. The expansion of [..]
Early voting for Sunday’s presidential election and referendum on dual citizenship got underway in Lithuania on Tuesday. Eight politicians are vying for the presidency, including Gitanas Nauseda, the incumbent, who [..]
Social Security and Labor Minister Monika Navickiene forecasts that the minimum monthly wage in Lithuania may cross the 1,000-euro pre-tax threshold next year. “The considerations are correct, the minimum wage [..]
Law-enforcement officials from Lithuania and several other countries have detained four Georgian citizens suspected of stealing valuable books from Vilnius University and libraries in other European countries, the Prosecutor General’s [..]
Customs officers at Lithuania’s Salcininkai border checkpoint have found smuggled cigarettes worth more than one million euros stashed inside a truck from Belarus, the Customs Criminal Service reports on Tuesday. [..]
Lithuanian Education, Science and Sport Minister Gintautas Jakstas and Deputy Minister Ramunas Skaudzius are stepping down from their positions following problems during 11th graders’ intermediary examinations. “Today, I am publicly [..]
The Economy and Innovation Ministry proposes to amend several laws to enable major Western arms and ammunition producers, including Germany’s defense industry giant Rheinmetall, to swiftly relocate production to Lithuania. [..]
The combined economy of the three Baltic States has not grown since the beginning of 2022. However, according to the changes in gross domestic product (GDP) the paths that the [..]
An advisor to Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda warned on Tuesday of “a risk factor” related to immigrants from Central Asian countries coming to Lithuania following the recent Islamist attack in [..]
The campaign staff of Gitanas Nauseda, who is seeking a second term as Lithuanian president, has collected more than 38,000 voter signatures in support of his candidacy. Povilas Maciulis, Nauseda’s [..]
Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas is stepping down, the government confirmed on Friday. Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte has already received his resignation letter, the government’s press service added. “The Press [..]
The recent attack on Leonid Volkov, a close associate of late Alexei Navalny, in Vilnius was likely a Russian-organized and carried out operation, Lithuania’s State Security Department said on Wednesday. [..]
Lithuanian Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite and Ernestas Cesokas, acting head of Turto Bankas (Property Bank), agreed on Thursday that specialists will inspect buildings administered by the centralized public property management [..]
The town of Trakai is hosting on Wednesday a meeting of Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish agriculture ministers and other high-level officials. “The aim of the meeting is [..]
Lithuanian law-enforcement officials are conducting searches on Tuesday as they continue their pre-trial investigation following the arrest of Sarunas Stepukonis, a former partner at BaltCap Infrastructure Fund (BInF), the Financial [..]
Lithuania’s National Security Commission has proposed suspending the movement of goods, transport and persons through the Lavoriskes and Raigardas border checkpoints as of March 1, the government said on Tuesday. [..]
The central Bank of Lithuania has ordered Paysera to provide related information as Sarunas Stepukonis, a former partner at BaltCap Infrastructure Fund, an fund managed by BaltCap, an investment company, [..]
Beijing has resorted to “diplomatic coercion” against Vilnius after easing its economic pressure on Lithuania, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Saturday. Landsbergis said he would raise the issue during [..]
Some 22,000 permanent residents emigrated from Lithuania last year, almost 50 percent more than in 2022, with the growth mostly due to departing Ukrainians and Belarusians, figures from the State [..]
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, age and Roma ethnicity is the most widespread type of discrimination in Lithuania, but the situation is getting better, according to a new [..]
Lithuania is holding intensive and “very detailed talks” with Germany’s arms manufacturer Rheinmetall on the construction of a new factory in the country, Economy and Innovation Minister Ausrine Armonaite said [..]
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