Lithuania

Real estate developer Hanner says the Public Procurement Service’s (VPT) report on the updated national stadium project does not change its plans to finish the decades-long project.

Eight out of 10 Lithuanians would approve of a ban on gambling ads in the country, a poll has revealed.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Vilnius on Thursday. The Office of the President of Lithuania confirmed about the visit that was not announced in advance.

The first Lithuanian restaurant selection of the Michelin Guide will be unveiled during a special event in June, the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation said on Thursday. It will be held on 13 June 2024 at the Merchants’ Club in Vilnius.

A massive group of illegal migrants have aggressively tried to cross into Poland from Belarus, says Interior Ministry Agnė Bilotaitė, calling the incident an attack orchestrated by the Belarusian regime.

A pre-trial investigation has been opened into violation of international sanctions amid reports that a Vičiūnai Group company allegedly transported sanctioned goods and battlefield items to Russia.

В четверг министр экономики и инноваций Аушрине Армонайте встретилась с министром экономики и цифровизации Молдовы, вице-премьером Думитру Алайбой. В ходе встречи министры обсудили укрепление партнерства между странами в сфере цифровизации.

On Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda opened the Baltic Sea High Level Energy Security Meeting at Vilnius Town Hall, said the president’s press service.

Lawyer Ignas Vėgėlė, one of eight candidates in the 2024 presidential election, has refused financial donations offered by the Lithuanian Farmers and Greens party (LVŽS).

On Wednesday, the Lithuanian Government approved the proposal to tighten employment regulations for foreigners and to revise quotas for third country nationals. Parliament is yet to vote on the bill in question.

Minister of Education, Science and Sport Gintautas Jakštas on Tuesday intends to hand in his resignation to Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė. The move comes amid numerous issues with midterm exams in schools. He wanted to step down earlier, but the prime minister refused to accept the resignation.

Molotov cocktails were thrown at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Lithuania a couple of times.

Average wholesale electricity price decreased by 11% in Lithuania last week and was the lowest this year, shows data published by Litgrid, Lithuania’s electricity transmission system operator.

The Central Electoral Commission (VRK) says eight candidates have garnered the necessary support for their presidential bids as it completed checking the signatures on Monday.

In January 2024, compared with December 2023, seasonally adjusted services production increased by 1.5% in the euro area and by 1.0% in the EU, according to first estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union (EU).

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The Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) will consider pledging financial support to Ignas Vėgėlė’s presidential campaign if the latter agrees with such an option, the party leader says.

The Regional Administrative Court has ruled that Russian citizen Yury Borisov, backer of former president Rolandas Paksas, who was impeached and removed from office in 2004, poses a threat to Lithuania’s national security.

Renewable energy remains at the core of Lithuania’s updated national energy independence strategy, while installing small nuclear reactors in the country is only one of the options set out in the strategy, says the energy minister. State institutions will not be building them, he says.