Lithuanians

Lithuanians living abroad are more and more active in each election. In the latest presidential election, more than 62 thousand voters registered to give their vote for the future president. Nevertheless, some world Lithuanians have to decide either they use their right to vote and pay a lot money f...

Lithuanians went to the polls on Sunday to choose their next president in a runoff between a former conservative finance minister and a political newcomer and to elect their European Parliament members.

Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, called on Wednesday for continued efforts to amend the Constitution to allow dual citizenship to more Lithuanians.

High voter turnout among Lithuanians living abroad in Sunday's presidential election is a basis for starting discussions on establishing one or two separate election constituencies abroad, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius says.

Just over 90,700 people, or 3.74 percent of all eligible voters, cast their ballots over the first three days of early voting in Lithuania's presidential election and two referendums, according to the latest figures released by the Central Electoral Commission on Thursday.

Almost 40 individuals, including artist Stasys Eidrigevicius, Mindaugas Kvietkauskas, a literary critic and poet now serving as Lithuania's culture minister, and historian Rimvydas Petrauskas, received Poland's state awards on Friday.

Lithuanians living in Russia's Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad call for Lithuanian citizens to vote "no" in the May 12 dual citizenship referendum, which they describe as "discriminatory".

In order to understand where we are going, let’s start on where we came from. For 40 000 years, the smart ape tried to prove to its mother that it should be the one to rule the world. And thanks to scientists like Yuval Noah Harari and Jared Diamond we now know that the ape has won, and what’s truly...

Lithuanian citizens living abroad will be able to vote in the upcoming elections and referenda in May at around 60 places, the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says.

„ToBeLT“ kelionė po JAV vakarų pakrantę įpusėjo, tačiau intensyvus grafikas ir susitikimai su JAV gyvenančiais lietuviais perša mintį, jog čia reikia sugrįžti. Lietuviškos tapatybės simbolių ir ją puoselėjančių žmonių istorijos kiekvieną minutę gula į komandos archyvą, o jo detalėmis „ToBeLT“ dalina...

Lithuanians are the least loyal staff among the Baltic, Scandinavian and Western European countries, according to a survey commissioned by construction equipment and modular space rental company, Cramo.

Participants in the Mission Siberia 2015 have already gone through some truly extreme experiences. The Lithuanians, who are going to Siberia to visits the places where their compatriots exiled by Stalin in the 1940s lived, had to walk more than 20km on foot and ration their food with several biscuit...

Wrapped in huge tri-color flags, bearing Lithuanian colours, dressed in national costumes and joined by colourful initiatives, this year Lithuanians celebrated the 6th of July at 9 o’clock in the evening by joining together to sing the Lithuanian National Anthem. The organizers of the festival were ...

120s: Greece on the brink, 250 richest people in Lithuania, Former Soviet officer sent to jail, Flight attendants' fashion show at Moscow Domodedov Airport.

Monika Linkytė and Vaidas Baumila, Lithuania's entrants to the Eurovision Song Contest, had a busy day on Saturday. In the morning, they had their second rehearsal, after which they spoke to European reporters on their second press conference. Since the Lithuanian duo have the first spot in the seco...

Lithuania's Armed Forces expect to receive artillery systems from Germany in 2016.

Ne kartą esu rašęs apie tebesitęsiantį ginčą, kas gi sugriovė Sovietų Sąjungą. Nuopelnus už šios imperijos žlugimą prisiima daug kas, bet neabejotinai viena iš pirmųjų SSRS griovėjų buvo Lietuva. Dabar istorijos ratas tarsi apsisuko: Rusijos ekonomika braška per visas siūles, jos agresyvi politika p...

The Lithuania Tribune spoke to Norwegian Ambassador to Lithuania Leif A. Ulland. The ambassador is just about to complete his four-year term in Vilnius. Lithuanians are the third largest national minority in Norway. We asked the ambassador to tell as about the Lithuanians in Norway.

The Lithuania Tribune asked Žygimantas Pavilionis, Lithuania’s Ambassador in Washington, D.C., to share his insights about the Lithuanian community in the US. Some estimates suggest that there are some 1 million Americans of Lithuanian decent.