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Almost third of Lithuanians in favor of allowing Russians to partake in Olympics

Almost a third of the Lithuanian population are in favor of the International Olympic Committee’s decision to allow individual Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the Olympic Games, while [..]

70 pct of Lithuanian against universal conscription of women, men – survey (media)

70 percent of the Lithuanian population would not support the introduction of universal conscription of men and women, according to a new survey commissioned by the country’s public broadcaster LRT. [..]

Belarusian border guards’ entry into Lithuanian territory was deliberate provocation –SBGS

The entry of three armed Belarusian officers into Lithuanian territory was a deliberate act, Rustamas Liubajevas, commander of Lithuania’s State Border Guard Service, says. The SBGS reported earlier in the [..]

AEGEAN to Introduce Regular Flights Connecting Vilnius and Athens in 2024

Starting from 2024 April passengers from Vilnius will have a direct regular flight to Athens with the well awarded Greek airline AEGEAN. Flights will be operated twice a week with [..]

Farmers move towards Vilnius as protests continue

Farmers in Lithuania have already started moving towards Vilnius with their machinery from various parts of the country as protests launched in early January continue. “The agriculture minister is now [..]

Lithuania, Poland to hold joint military exercises

Lithuania and Poland are planning to hold joint military exercises. “We will step up military cooperation (with Poland). We will hold joint exercises, look for additional forms for our armed [..]

Minister invites US defense giant Lockheed Martin to invest in Lithuania

Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis invited Lockheed Martin to invest in Lithuania as he met with the US military industry giant’s top executives in Davos on Thursday. “We offer the best [..]

New Museum of Culture and Identity of Lithuanian Jews opens in Vilnius

A new Museum of Culture and Identity of Lithuanian Jews, also known as the Litvak Museum, is opening its doors to the public on Thursday. The branch of the Vilna [..]

76 pct of people in Lithuania in favor of dual citizenship

Three out of four Lithuanians are in favor of retaining Lithuanian citizenship when people acquire the citizenship of another friendly country, according to a new survey by Spinter for the [..]

Income growth in Lithuania expected to exceed inflation 3-4 times this year – minister

The growth of personal income in Lithuania is expected to exceed inflation three to four times this year, depending on the household type, Social Security and Labor Minister Monika Navickiene [..]

Lithuania has lowest future pension to wage ratio among OECD countries (media)

The ratio of future pensions to wages in Lithuania is the lowest among member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, the LRT news website reports on Monday. [..]

Lithuania has joined the Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) HQ

Since 2020, Lithuania has been sending officers to the HQ as observers. The accession ceremony was attended by Lithuania’s Navy Commander captain (Navy) Giedrius Premeneckas, and he also met with [..]

Lithuania considers buying shares in Air Baltic – minister

Lithuania is considering buying a stake in Latvia’s national airline Air Baltic, Transport Minister Marius Skuodis said on Tuesday. “I have already had two conversations with the Latvian transport minister [..]

Helicopter maintenance hangars to be opened at Siauliai Air Force Base in Lithuania

Helicopter hangars for storage and maintenance will be opened at the Lithuanian army’s Air Force Base in Siauliai, northern Lithuania, on Tuesday, the Defense Ministry said. An administrative building with [..]

Deutsche Bank considers opening service center in Lithuania, official confirms

Elijus Civilis, general manager of Invest Lithuania, the government’s foreign investment promotion agency, confirmed on Friday that Deutsche Bank, Germany’s largest lender, is considering opening a service center in Lithuania. [..]

Lithuanian econmin sees no way to get back discussion of real estate tax

Lithuanian Economy and Innovation Minister Ausrine Armonaite see no way for the incumbent ruling coalition to get back to the discussion on a new model of a universal real estate [..]

Lithuania’s Viciunai Group keeps mum after Ukraine labels it ‘international war sponsor’

Viciunu Grupe (Viciunai Group), a business group producing and selling seafood and other food products, owned by Visvaldas Matijosaitis, mayor of Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas, and his business partner [..]

Patriarchate of Constantinople set to complete church structure set-up in Lithuania

The Patriarchate of Constantinople will complete the establishment of an Orthodox Church structure in Lithuania – an exarchate – later this week, one of its members said on Wednesday. The [..]

Lithuania has ambitions to invite Taiwanese bank – Lukauskas

Lithuania has ambitions to invite a Taiwanese bank that could also operate across Europe, Paulius Lukauskas, head of the Lithuanian Trade Representative Office in Taiwan, has said. “The demand for [..]

Ekspress Grupp fined EUR 140,000 for lrytas.lt acquisition infringement in Lithuania

Lithuania’s Competition Council on Friday fined Ekspress Grupp, an Estonian media group that operates the Delfi news websites in the Baltic states, slightly more than 140,000 euros for breaking the [..]

Lithuania govt: EUR 20 mln from Ignitis Group for wind farm to be used to repay state debt

Twenty million euros paid as a development fee by Ignitis Renewables, a subsidiary of Lithuania’s state-owned energy group Ignitis Grupe (Ignitis Group), after winning the tender for the development of [..]

7 out of 10 people in Lithuania against voting from age of 16 – survey (media)

Seven out of 10 people in Lithuania do not think that voting in municipal council and mayoral elections should be allowed from the age of 16, according to a survey [..]

Residence permit issuance suspended for 2,000 Belarusians in Lithuania – Tsikhanouskaya

The issuance of temporary residence permits to some 2,000 Belarusians has been suspended in Lithuania which is causing concern for everyone here, Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says. She and [..]

Ex-Vilnius Ghetto library to house Lithuania’s 1st Holocaust museum

The Vilna Gaon Museum of Jewish History plans to set up the first Holocaust and Vilnius Ghetto museum in Lithuania at the former Vilnius Ghetto library by 2026. The goal [..]

Hundreds of establishments in Lithuania receive bomb threats (expands)

Hundreds of establishments in Lithuania received bomb threats on Wednesday. “Not only schools but various other establishments have received them. We have a preliminary figure of several hundred, we do [..]

People’s income growth outpaces inflation in Lithuania in Q3 – Sodra

People’s income continued to rise in Lithuania the third quarter of this year, with the growth outpacing inflation, the latest figures from the social insurance fund Sodra showed on Tuesday. [..]

Gas prices for Lithuanian households may fall 4-7 cents from January – regulator

Natural gas prices for households in Lithuania may go down by 4-7 euro cents per cubic meter from January, compared to the price they currently pay, Renatas Pocius, chairman of [..]

Allied support for Lithuanian division will depend on bilateral discussions – NATO admiral

NATO does not require the creation of a division in Lithuania, Rob Bauer, chair of the NATO Military Committee says, adding that allied support for such a military unit will [..]

Lithuania’s Commercial Banks solidarity levy in 2023 could be around 250 million euros – part of a money will be used for military mobility

Lithuania’s commercial banks will soon transfer the second installment of the new solidarity levy for the third quarter of this year, with the central Bank of Lithuania estimating it to [..]

Germany to send around 4,800 troops, 200 civilian staff to Lithuania – ambassador

With Berlin planning to deploy a brigade in Lithuania, Cornelius Zimmermann, Germany’s ambassador in Vilnius, said on Thursday that about 4,800 troops and 200 civilian personnel will arrive in the [..]

Gun owners in Lithuania to be requited to attend civil resistance course

Gun owners in Lithuania will be required to attend a course on civil resistance from January, the country’s parliament decided on Tuesday after 108 lawmakers voted in favor of the [..]

Lithuania’s top court sentences all defendants in high-profile political corruption case

The Lithuanian Court of Appeal on Wednesday changed the ruling of the court of first instance and sentenced all the defendants in a high profile political corruption case, with some [..]

Lithuanian govt proposes allocating extra EUR 157 mln for roads next year

The Lithuanian government has tentatively agreed to allocate an extra 157 million euros for roads next year as some politicians, road workers and the presidential office propose suggest allocating more [..]

Lithuanian president welcomes Russia’s removal from UNESCO Executive Board

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Thursday welcomed the decision not to elect Russia to the Executive Board of UNESCO and called for Moscow’s removal from the UN Security Council. “Great [..]

Lithuania sees Germany as a priority destination for flight expansion – minister

Germany is a priority destination when expanding flights from Lithuania, Transport Minister Marius Skuodis said on Thursday, adding that Lietuvos Oro Uostai (Lithuanian Airports, LTOU) is holding talks on this [..]

Some 60 pct of Lithuanians would vote in next year’s citizenship referendum – survey

Some 60 percent of Lithuania’s population would vote in next year’s referendum on multiple citizenship, according to a survey commissioned by the government. “The results of the survey show that [..]

Lithuania’s Litgrid, Poland’s PSE mull installing onshore cable instead of Harmony Link

The Lithuanian and Polish electricity transmission systems operators, Litgrid and PSE, are looking into installing an onshore cable instead of the planned Harmony Link offshore power cable between Poland and [..]

Lithuania reports 560 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths

Lithuania has recorded 560 new coronavirus infections and no deaths from COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, official statistics showed on Thursday morning. The 14-day primary infection rate has risen [..]

Lithuania’s State Defense Council approves State Defense Plan

Lithuania’s State Defense Council (SDC) on Monday approved the State Defense Plan, Kestutis Budrys, President Gitanas Nauseda’s chief national security advisor, said. “The main and the big issue of today’s [..]

Finance minister feels foreign banks’ interest in Lithuania

Lithuanian Finance Minister Gintare Skaiste says she feels the interest of foreign banks in the Lithuanian market, adding, however, the emergence of a new bank in the country may take [..]

1 billion for the Lithuanian economy. Ministry of the Economy and Innovation invites to implement digital solutions in the public sector

The Ministry of the Economy and Innovation announces a second call for the digitalisation of public sector services, worth around €19 million. The first call already selected 55 projects from [..]

Lithuanian president calls for political will for breakthrough as Moldova seeks to join EU

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda had a phone conversation with Moldovan President Maia Sandu on Tuesday and called on Chisinau to pool political will for a breakthrough in Moldova’s bid to [..]

Lithuania’s Ignalina NPP to look for repository concept designers

The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant is looking for a company that could prepare a general concept for a deep geological repository for 0.57 million euros, VAT included. Applications are accepted [..]

Lithuania opens embassy in Singapore

Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis officially opened Lithuania’s embassy to Singapore on Friday. In his speech, the minister said that this marked “the opening of yet another gateway to Southeast Asia”, [..]

Six in ten Lithuanians support stricter entry conditions for Belarusians – poll

Six out of ten Lithuanians are in favor of tightening the entry of Belarusian citizens into the country, according to the latest Baltijos Tyrimai survey published by the public broadcaster [..]

Lithuania mulls raising corporate income tax for additional defense funding – advisor

Lithuania needs to consider various options, including an increase in corporate income tax, as the country is looking for long-term sources of defense funding, presidential advisor Irena Segaloviciene says. All [..]

Lithuanian formin, Khodorkovsky discuss state of Russian opposition, challenges

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Wednesday met with Mikhail Khodorkovsky, one of Russia’s opposition figures and founder of the Open Russia Foundation, in Vilnius and discussed the goals and [..]

Energy battery parks mark launch of New Generation Lithuania plan – PM

Lithuania’s four battery parks on Wednesday started providing the isolated operation reserve service at their full combined capacity of 200 megawatts (MW). Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte says this electricity [..]

Lithuanian formin suspends London ambassador, recalls for consultations

Lithuanian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Eitvydas Bajarunas, accused of mobbing and abuse of office, has been suspended and recalled to Vilnius for consultations. “On Monday, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis [..]

DS-1 terminates contract with Alvora on Orlen Lithuania reconstruction

DS-1, a company building and installing engineering systems, has terminated its joint activity contract, worth tens of millions of euros, with Alvora, a construction company building energy infrastructure, for the [..]