Freedom Party’s leader Aušrinė Armonaitė will top the party’s list of candidates in elections to the Seimas this October.

In June, the top three biggest employers offering the highest median pay remained the same as in May, while their median wages went slightly higher, Verslo žinios reports.

National Defence Minister Laurynas Kasčiūnas has announced an increase in the Lithuanian defence budget by another EUR 20 million this year. The additional funds will be used to buy combat drones and unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.

Companies willing to employ foreign nationals will need to pay a state fee for mediation letters required for issuing or amending a temporary residence permit or a national visa, the Migration Department said Friday. The fee will also be levied for applications to change the employer.

Railway station ticket offices will be closed at the end of this summer. Tickets in railway stations will be sold using vending machines that accept bank cars but not cash, news website 15min.lt reported.

Lawyer Ignas Vėgėlė, who took part in the 2024 presidential race finishing third, will participate in parliamentary elections with the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) this October.

Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė says she expects final decisions on the funding for equipping border guards with heavy weapons to be taken this summer.

Belgian airline Brussels Airlines has announced it will raise the number of flights between Vilnius and Brussels to five per week from the start of the coming winter season. In the summer, the airline operates four weekly flights between the two destinations.

Maxima LT and Akropolis Group, which are part of Vilniaus prekyba, one of the largest corporate groups in Lithuania, have pulled out from associations uniting businesses, Verslo žinios reports.

Lithuania together with Poland and two other European countries have applied for partial EU funding to procure Polish short-range man-portable air defence systems Piorun.

Participants of upcoming parliamentary elections who will be running in single-member constituencies have started collecting voter signatures in order to be officially registered as candidates.

The Competition Council has found that the electricity supply company Enefit infringed the Law on Competition when it entered a transaction with EGTO Energija without notifying the Authority and without obtaining its permission and took over the latter’s retail contracts for the supply of electricit...

A new shipment of missiles intended for the Javelin man-portable medium-range anti-tank system was delivered to Lithuania on Wednesday. They are worth around USD 7 million, the Ministry of National Defence said.

Six people have lost their Lithuanian citizenship after they were revealed to have acquired Russian citizenship and concealed that, the Migration Department said Wednesday.

The Singapore passport remains the most powerful in the world, giving its holders the greatest freedom to travel the world, Henley & Partners reports. Meanwhile, Lithuania’s passport is ranked ninth, up from tenth position in 2023, and opens way to 185 visa-free destinations, according to the latest...

As Typhoon Gaemi approaches Taiwan, local authorities made a last-minute decision to suspend work and classes across most of the island. Initially, several central counties had announced normal operations for Wednesday, however, late-night reversals resulted in closure for 21 out of 22 counties and ...

Minister of Finance Gintarė Skaistė thinks that the Bank of Taiwan, which intends to open a branch in Lithuania, will focus on business clients.

The Interior Ministry presented Joint Special Forces at an event in Vilnius district on Wednesday. These forces currently consist of officers from the Special Purpose Unit of the State Border Guard Service (VSAT), police anti-terrorist unit Aras and the Public Security Service’s (VST) rapid response...

The youth of Lithuania are open about the fact that frequent escalation of climate change-related topics is slowly getting under their skin. And while some of them are starting to modify their habits, others turn to European leaders and their solutions. Is the world doing enough?

In a recent LOGIN conference, a British model and an asexual activist Yasmin Benoit talked about her life choices, sex life, and common stereotypes related to her sexuality. The model shared that asexuality often makes people confused because asexuals make up less than one percent of the world’s pop...

President Gitanas Nausėda’s top forfeign policy adviser says she is worried about some of the statements made by Donald Trump’s vice-presidential running mate, James David Vance, but predicts a change in his rhetoric if Trump becomes president.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) has registered a total of 19 parties for elections to the Seimas due in October.

Lithuania’s largest construction companies saw their revenues growing by 29.2% to nearly EUR 2.95 billion last year, while their pre-tax profits rose by 3.6 times to EUR 209.93 million, Verslo žinios said Tuesday.

President’s chief national security adviser Kęstutis Budrys notes that Lithuania still needs more military training areas and the matter will be discussed with municipalities.

This week, the European Parliament has completed selecting committee chairs and vice-chairs. MEP Virginijus Sinkevičius has become First Vice-Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism.

The financial data intelligence platform Bud Financial (Bud) is expanding its team in Lithuania. Established in Vilnius last year, Bud’s office is set to become one of the company’s hubs for technical and risk roles, powering its growth in the region and across Europe, Invest Lithuania reports.

A total of 40 foreign nationals tried to cross into Lithuania from Belarus unlawfully over the past three days, from 19 to 21 July, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) said. Border guards spotted all of them on Sunday.

The turnover of Michelin-starred restaurants or restaurants included in the company’s guide has already increased by up to 50% since the listing, says Evalda Šiškauskienė, head of the Lithuanian Hotels and Restaurants Association. Restaurants like that help the entire tourism sector in Lithuania, as...

The number of immigrant workers has increased by 23.3 thousand over the recent year in Lithuania and now totals 138.3 thousand coming from 132 countries, the Employment Service reports.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė emphasises that Lithuania has to retain US attention to the Baltic region and Europe in general regardless of the outcome of the US presidential election. She made comments to the public radio on the matter after US President Joe Biden pulled out of the presidential r...

President Gitanas Nausėda opened a new military campus in Šiauliai on Friday, the presidency said in a statement.

On Thursday, the Seimas voted on the denunciation of the Oslo Convention prohibiting the use of cluster munitions. Amnesty International has issued a statement criticising and calling to reconsider the move.

Amid a global IT outage that occurred on Friday, some groundhandling companies were also affected in Lithuanian airports, reports public broadcaster LRT.

This week, the European Commission has allocated an additional 48 million euros of EU funds from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for the strategically important reconstruction of the last section of the Via Baltica highway from Marijampolė to the Polish border. Following the completion of this ...

Leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) Vilija Blinkevičiūtė has criticised Minister of Health Arūnas Dulkys over his claims that a raise of compulsory health insurance fees is inevitable.

If Donald Trump is elected as the next president of the United States, European leaders will have to convince him to continue the transatlantic cooperation, says President Gitanas Nausėda who is visiting the United Kingdom.

On 20 July 2024, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell Fontelles, will arrive in Latvia for a working visit, the Foreign Ministry announced.

The Lithuanian Parliament on Thursday denounced the Oslo Convention, which prohibits the use of cluster munitions. The move enables Lithuania to acquire, accumulate and in case of war use cluster munitions.

It was rumoured that the Lithuanian Parliament might consider a bill on civil unions on Thursday, which would regulate relations between cohabiting couples, including same-sex partners. However, a vote on the bill was not included in the agenda of the last sitting of the spring session. Nevertheless...

In June 2024, compared with May, the average wholesale price of electricity in Lithuania increased by 21% and stood at EUR 91.64/MWh.