Belarusian Minister for Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei has claimed that Lithuania’s complaints about the safety of the new nuclear power plant being built in Belarus, just 50km from Lithuania’s capital Vilnius, are inexplicable.
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On Thursday, 2 June, the Lidl supermarket chain will open its first 15 stores in Lithuania. There will be 5 stores in Vilnius, two in Kaunas, and one each in Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Alytus, Marijampolė, Kėdainiai, Kretinga, Telšiai and Mažeikiai.
A lawyer for Mustafa al-Hawsawi, a Saudi citizen held in the Guantanamo Bay US detention facility, has asked a Vilnius court to grant victim status to her client because he could have been kept in a secret CIA black-site prison near Vilnius.
Vilnius communities have successfully challenged the practice of the Cultural Heritage Department which refused to share its plans for UNESCO-protected Vilnius Oldtown.
Vilnius Municipality is serious about addressing substance abuse among the city's youth.
Pope Pius XII has long been called Hitler's Pope for his failure to openly denounce Hitler's genocide in World War II, but a new “docudrama” being filmed in Vilnius for National Geographic – Pope Versus Hitler – aims to shed some light on this controversial pope's actions.
Vilnius municipality is to launch a new Roma integration project that it said would challenge the negative perceptions of the ethnic group in Lithuania and would help Roma to integrate with Lithuanian society in a way that was tailored to their needs.
Vilnius plans to sign a memorandum with Latvian and Estonian cities to cooperate on joint projects fighting alcohol use among children and young people.
Vilnius is going to introduce sophisticated monitoring for public transport lanes to fine and prevent unauthorised drivers from entering the lanes, said Vilnius mayor Remigijus Šimašius.
A new Swedbank Finance study has ranked the Baltic State’s capitals on their cost of living with some surprising results.
The Lithuanian capital Vilnius should have a monument to the famous US musician Prince, local musicians believe.
The City Council of Vilnius approved a Roma integration plan which envisages breaking up the Roma settlement on the outskirts of the Lithuanian capital and resettling its residents in other parts of the town.
Authorities are to tear down illegally erected structures in Vilnius Roma settlement alongside measures to integrate members of the Roma community, Vilnius Deputy Mayor Gintautas Paluckas has said, adding that the demolition will start as soon as a family occupying the building moves out.
A member of the Seimas' Liberal group has submitted a proposal calling for the liberalisation of language and naming rules for the formation of new companies, which would allow more companies to choose names with words from English or other widely used foreign languages.
