Lithuania

A 12% growth in the average wage over 2023 has paved the way for the same increase in the old-age pension, the social insurance fund Sodra said Thursday.

The State Border Guard Service (VSAT) will allocate additional personnel to ensure public order at the border during the protest of Polish farmers, who plan to start a blockade of a motorway connecting Poland and Lithuania on Friday.

The Migration Department said Wednesday false reports are circulating on social media claiming that foreign nationals living in Lithuania are receiving phone calls about imminent deportations.

The Ministry of National Defence suggests eliminating conscription exemptions for students so they could not postpone their military service. Yet there are the opposite initiatives in parliament. MP Artūras Žukauskas, chair of the Seimas Committee on Education and Science, believes that university s...

Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Italy, Latvia and Lithuania have taken concerted action against a large-scale money laundering business, centring around a Lithuanian financial institution. Since 2017, an estimated EUR 2 billion has been laundered by two main suspects via a worldwide web ...

Three migrants attempted to cross from Belarus to Lithuania illegally on Monday, 26 February, reports the State Border Guard Service (VSAT).

Amber Grid, the operator of the Lithuanian natural gas transmission system, has applied to the bank for a guarantee from the GIPL pipeline contractor. Amber Grid is requiring the contractor to rectify identified deficiencies in the certification of some components. Failure to do so will result in th...

Seimas Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen said Monday MPs are not enthusiastic about changing the Constitution to abandon parliamentary funds, but political groups agreed to discuss that in their internal talks.

In January, total industrial production increased by 7.1 percent, reports Lithuania’s State Data Agency.

Ukraine support campaign Radarom finished on Saturday with Lithuanians donating more than EUR 8.2 million.

Fewer Belarusians arrived in Lithuania in recent months and one of the reasons behind this is tighter restrictions and changing priorities of Lithuanian employers, says Director of the Migration Department Evelina Gudzinskaitė.

In the event of a Russian attack, Lithuania must be ready to defend itself for at least two weeks, says a former commanding general of US Army Europe.

In May 2024, Curio Collection by Hilton hotel will open its doors at the former historical telegraph building near Vilnius Cathedral Square. Previously, Grand Hotel Kempinski Vilnius operated in the building.

Low-cost airline Ryanair has announced that it will base one more aircraft in Kaunas Airport this summer and will open three new routes.

AB Snaigė, Lithuania’s fridge manufacturer, has said that 91,368 ordinary registered shares were offered during a takeover bid to buy up its shares. The offeror UAB EDS Invest has paid EUR 11,786.46 (without the brokerage fee) for the shares.

A number of properties managed by Turto Bankas, state-owned enterprise that centrally manages state real property for administrative purposes, will be included in the network of shelters in three months’ time, Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė said Thursday.

Latvian law enforcement has detained a person who allegedly defaced a monument to post-war partisan leader Adolfas Ramanauskas-Vanagas in Merkinė with red paint at the end of January, TV3 TV reported on Wednesday evening.

Lithuania’s annual Book Fair 2024 is set to officially open Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Litexpo Exhibition and Congress Centre in Vilnius.

President Gitanas Nausėda says he is positive about the possibility of granting Lithuanian citizenship to American ice dancer Allison Reed.

In 2022, the share of renewable energy sources in transport in Lithuania reached 6.7%, while fossil fuels accounted for 93.3% of all the energy used in transport, said Eurostat, the European Union’s (EU) statistical office.