Lithuania

Estonia’s Financial Supervision Authority says it started supervising the Estonian-registered public company AS BaltCap in August 2023, while the fund manager OU BaltCap Infrastructure Management is still not supervised as it has not been licensed.

Six out of ten Lithuanians agree that American figure skater Allison Reed should be granted Lithuanian citizenship, a poll shows.

The Baltic States should join their bidding zones to boost competition in the electricity supply market, says Lithuania’s energy regulator.

До 1 января 2022 года израильский Национальный институт памяти мучеников и героев Катастрофы европейского еврейства (Яд Вашем) присвоил 924 гражданам Литвы почетное звание Праведников народов мира Righteous Among the Nations Lithuania 2022). Признанные получают именную медаль и Почетную грамоту, а и...

Politics is adults' business. Such a mindset seems to be inherent to most young people in Lithuania. According to various studies and surveys, their involvement in political processes is rather shallow and clearly insufficient, however, their dissatisfaction with the government and its decisions con...

A pre-trial investigation into alleged misappropriation of around EUR 30 million from the BaltCap Infrastructure Fund is of very large scope, prompting officials to refrain from making any initial conclusions, says the Financial Crime Investigation Service (FNTT).

The Delfi news website on Thursday evening handed out its annual Titans awards in a ceremony at the Energy and Technology Museum in Vilnius, honouring the people who made the biggest difference in the past year.

The Lithuanian Road Administration is changing its name to Via Lietuva. The change has already been approved by the company’s Board of Directors and its shareholder, the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The new name was officially registered with the Centre of Registers earlier this week.

Border guards stopped two foreign nationals trying to access Lithuania unlawfully from Belarus over the past day, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis does not rule out that China stopped issuing visas to Lithuanian citizens in retaliation for a parliamentary delegation visiting Taiwan.

A company managed by the scandal-rocked BaltCap private equity fund is pulling out of the project aimed to build a school in Ukraine, the Verslo žinios business news website reports.

Lithuanians are increasingly more confident about the national armed forces and military career, the number of citizens pro the universal conscription is also going up, while the support to Lithuania’s NATO membership and Ukraine’s membership prospects is especially high, the Ministry of National De...

Four foreign nationals were turned away after trying to access Lithuania unlawfully from Belarus over the past day, the State Border Guard Service (VSAT) reports.

On 29 January-4 February, compared with the previous week, the wholesale price of electricity in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia fell by 21% and stood at EUR 64.4/MWh on average.

President Gitanas Nausėda on Tuesday opened the Infobalt association’s international event "AIcebreakers: Vision for Lithuania", the president's office reports.

Самая большая средняя зарплата в декабре 2023 года в Литве составила больше 100 000 евро, а больше 10 000 евро "на бумаге" в среднем своим работникам выплатили около 100 компаний, таковы данные Фонда социального страхования ("Содры"). В первую пятерку вошли компании, занимающиеся рекламой, производс...

On Monday, 5 February, Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė attended the opening ceremony of the military base in Rokantiškės, just east of Vilnius. In her welcoming speech, she highlighted the substantial investments, nearly half a billion euros, made in the past few years for the infrastructure, stated...

The unemployment rate stood at 7.4% in Lithuania in the fourth quarter of 2023, up by 1.2% from the quarter before, reports the State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), citing the data of the Labour Force Survey.

Minister of the Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė says she would like to see SpaceX expanding in Lithuania after she has recently met with Brett Johnsen, one of the executives of the US giant.

January is known for its vegan trend, or Veganuary, when people do not eat meat and animal products during this month. The organizers of Veganuary claim that it helps to save water and forests as well as decrease carbon emissions. Is Veganuary popular in Lithuania and what are its benefits? Austeja ...