Lithuania

Former prime minister Gediminas Kirkilas, who passed away suddenly on 20 April aged 72, was laid to rest in Antakalnis Cemetery in Vilnius on Wednesday.

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...

On Tuesday in Vilnius, politicians gathered to pay respects to former MP Gediminas Kirkilas, who passed away unexpectedly on 20 April aged 72.

Defence manufacturers can now launch operations in Lithuania in as little as half a year after the Seimas has approved new legal amendments that simplify territorial planning, land procurement, and construction procedures, shortening the setup period from two years to six months, Invest Lithuania sa...

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.

Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė is going on holiday in order to join the presidential election campaign. She is the nominee of the Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrat party (TS-LKD).

On Sunday, 21 April, sunflowers were planted in the courtyard of Tuskulėnai Manor in support of Ukraine.

Continued cold weather has prompted Vilnius City to switch on the central heating system, nearly two weeks after it officially ended the season.

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.

Finance Minister Gintarė Skaistė presented the advantages of the Lithuanian Fintech sector and the further direction of growth to the investors of the United States of America in Washington and invited them to invest in one of the fastest growing sectors, the ministry said in a press release on Mond...

The State Border Guard Service (VSAT) is proposing to restrict the access of residents to parts of the external border with Russia.

Vičiūnai Group, co-owned by Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijošaitis, has managed to sell its plant based in the Kaliningrad Region, the Siena investigative journalism centre reports.

Lithuanian Minister of Transport and Communications Marius Skuodis and Greek Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Christos Staikouras have congratulated Aegean Airlines, a Greek airline that is starting operations in Lithuania, on the launch of its direct scheduled flights from/to Athens, starti...

Traffic at Medininkai border post was renewed between Belarus and Lithuania on Thursday afternoon. It had been interrupted when a car caught fire and burned down a hangar on the Lithuanian side at night.

The hangar at the Medininkai border checkpoint caught fire early Thursday as officers were checking a car carrying smuggled cigarettes from Belarus, Lithuanian Customs says.

Several smaller banks are likely to enter the Lithuanian market later this year, the central bank’s board member says. These include both local and foreign financial companies.

Fixed-term deposits in banks grew significantly and their interest rates went up last year, while mortgage interest margins fell, the Bank of Lithuania said Thursday.