Europe Lithuania Commercial banks and other credit institutions operating in Lithuania have paid 56 million euros for the 'temporary solidarity contribution' for the second quarter of 2023, according to preliminary data provided by the Ministry of Finance
Europe Lithuania Teachers will organise a warning strike on 15 September and, if the desired results are not achieved, they will also strike on 29 September, the Lithuanian Education Employees' Union announced
Europe Lithuania Overproduction and cheap imports from third countries are driving Lithuanian beekeepers to bankruptcy, after the government recently rejected their request for direct payments
Europe Lithuania Around 140 Lithuanian companies continue to operate in Russia, according to data compiled by the Lithuanian business daily Verslo Žinios and the Estonian newspapers Aripaev and Delovyje Vedomosti
Europe Lithuania Several hundred people gathered in central Vilnius to protest against a developer's plan to cut down nine trees in a small green space on the corner of Basanavičiaus and Mindaugo streets
Europe Lithuania Lithuania's electricity and gas transmission system operators, Litgrid and Amber Grid, plan to purchase systems capable of detecting and neutralizing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and install them at 19 energy facilities
Europe Lithuania Leaders and delegations of NATO countries gathered in Vilnius for the Alliance summit to be held today and tomorrow at Litexpo
Europe Lithuania The 2024 ISU European Figure Skating Championships to be held in Kaunas, Lithuania's second largest city, could cost around €1,5 million, with the city and state contributing financially
Europe Lithuania Lithuania's National Crisis Management Centre has decided not to declare a nationwide extreme drought situation, although it has been declared in 10 of the country's 60 municipalities
Europe Lithuania Police will start fining passengers of cars carrying open containers of alcohol; until now only the driver was punished, despite the 2009 law
Europe Lithuania With a formal signature, Lithuania's gas transmission system operator Amber Grid and the European Energy Exchange have sealed the acquisition whereby EEX will take 66% of the shares of the regional gas exchange GET Baltic
Europe Lithuania The number of people in Lithuania who want to become priests is decreasing, and this year only four students will graduate from the seminary in Vilnius
Europe Lithuania The Baltic electricity grids could be synchronised with the continental European system in 2024, Lithuania's EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius said, adding that existing technical problems can and should be solved