The largest solar park in Lithuania was opened in Molėtai district on Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Energy, it will guarantee electricity supply for 28,000 households per year.
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The Interior Ministry’s proposal to tighten rules for employing foreign nationals in Lithuania should include a lower quota for third-country nationals, says Minister of Social Security and Labour Monika Navickienė.
Lithuanian companies have exported dual-use goods worth at least EUR 130 million to Russia from March 2022 to August 2023 by circumventing sanctions, the public broadcaster’s LRT Investigation Team reported on Tuesday.
Parliamentary ethics watchdogs concluded Tuesday that an ad hoc commission, which probed the case of the State Security Department’s (VSD) whistleblower and collection of information during the 2019 presidential campaign, had violated several laws and procedures. President Gitanas Nausėda claims tha...
Dictatorships in Russia and Belarus, then a full-scale war that Russia launched against Ukraine pushed millions of people to migrate abroad. The total number of foreigners in Lithuania crossed the record mark of 200,000 last year, according to official data from the Migration Department. How locals ...
President Gitanas Nausėda says the Cabinet should cooperate more with local authorities in setting up civilian shelters in municipalities. The Government is working on civil protection “as slow as a turtle”, Nausėda told a presidential debate on Monday.
Vilnius Airport on Monday closed its iconic ramp to the existing departures terminal for cars as it is getting ready to open a new terminal in February 2025.
Самые большие зарплаты в марте 2024 года своим работникам выплатила компания Live Nation Lietuva, занимающаяся организацией концертов. Четыре ее работника в среднем получили по 101 200 евро, сообщает агентство BNS со ссылкой на Фонд социального страхования ("Содру").
On Friday, 26 April, political parties participating in the European Parliament election campaign drew lots to determine their numbers that will be used on ballot papers. The procedure was organised by the Central Electoral Commission (VRK).
On Friday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with President of Poland Andrzej Duda. Poland recently stated that it is ready to host NATO nuclear weapons. The Lithuanian head of state believes that NATO’s decision to deploy nuclear weapons in Poland would contribute to deterrence and reflect European sec...
The Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned Yaroslav Khmyl, chargé d'affaires ad interim of Belarus, and handed him a diplomatic note, expressing a strong protest over the statements made on 25 April 2024 by Belarus’ KGB chief Ivan Tertel, the ministry said in a press release.
Lately, social media has been actively circulating posts falsely claiming that Lithuanians should be grateful to Russia for certain invaluable gifts.
Eleven artillery shells were discovered in Šilutė district on Tuesday, according to the Fire and Rescue Department (PAGD).
Parliament Speaker Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen believes that the Seimas did the right thing by rejecting a proposal of the Committee on National Security and Defence to limit Belarusian citizens’ journeys to their home country.
The average purchase price of raw milk in Lithuania stood at EUR 0.42 per kilogramme in March 2024, an increase of 10.8% year-on-year. Compared with February 2024, raw milk purchase price rose by 0.3%.
The Government on Wednesday gave the green light to the Energy Ministry’s roadmap for hydrogen development in Lithuania in 2024-2050. The ministry was obligated to implement the roadmap in cooperation with state institutions and social partners.
Every year, Formula Student East, organised by the Association of Automotive Engineers, takes place in Europe. This competition serves as a platform for engineering students to deepen their expertise. Inspired by this prestigious event, Martin Gomez, an Ecuadorian student studying Intelligent Roboti...
President Gitanas Nausėda would support a tax hike in order to increase defence spending provided that taxation would be progressive, says his chief adviser Frederikas Jansonas. He reiterated that the head of state opposes a raise of the value added tax (VAT) as it would disproportionately affect th...
Interior Minister Agnė Bilotaitė has asked the Prosecutor General’s Office to assess the president’s announcement of the arrest of people suspected of attacking a Russian opposition figure in Vilnius. President Gitanas Nausėda acted irresponsibly and may have violated the law, Bilotaitė says.
In the euro area the government deficit to GDP ratio declined from 3.7% in 2022 to 3.6% in 2023, and in the European Union (EU) it increased from 3.4% to 3.5%, reports Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office.