Lietuva in brief 
TBT#621 [ Sep 03, 2008 ]
The European Union has postponed talks with Russia...

Health care network goes online  
TBT#621 [ Sep 03, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s health system has been put o...

Shallow human remains halt Snipiskes dig  
TBT#621 [ Sep 03, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Human bones have been discovered centime...

Vaitiekunas calls for EU unity on Russia  
TBT#621 [ Sep 03, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian Foreign Minister Petras Vaiti...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#620 [ Aug 27, 2008 ]
President Valdas Adamkus dismissed fears that the ...

Vaitiekunas: Duma resolution on Georgia ‘dangerous’ 
TBT#620 [ Aug 27, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affai...

Baltics consider Eurovision pullout 
TBT#620 [ Aug 27, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The Baltic States are considering abstai...

A mother’s pain 
TBT#620 [ Aug 27, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - After a two-year international custody b...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#619 [ Aug 20, 2008 ]
The Foreign Ministry has reiterated its travel war...

Russia readies nukes on Baltic Sea  
TBT#619 [ Aug 20, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Western media claim they have reliable i...

Eyeing Russia, defense minister calls for stronger army  
TBT#619 [ Aug 20, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Defense Minister Juozas Olekas has calle...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#618 [ Aug 13, 2008 ]
Police have found one kilogram of heroin on a trai...

President suggests dual citizenship vote  
TBT#618 [ Aug 13, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Following his controversial veto of the ...

Anti-Semites deface Jewish Community Center  
TBT#618 [ Aug 13, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Vandals spray painted swastikas and the ...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#617 [ Aug 06, 2008 ]
Lithuanian farmers staged rallies outside the coun...

Homeland Union goes high-tech  
TBT#617 [ Aug 06, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The conservative Homeland Union party ha...

Dying to show off 
TBT#617 [ Aug 06, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Rescue workers say that recklessness, ar...

Suspected corruption holds up ring road  
TBT#617 [ Aug 06, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The government office in charge of the V...

Vandals deface embassy in Belarus  
TBT#616 [ Jul 30, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Unidentified vandals plastered the walls...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#616 [ Jul 30, 2008 ]
Lithuania is undertaking preparations necessary fo...

Baguzis found guilty of ethics breach  
TBT#616 [ Jul 30, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - An ethics committee has found that the h...

Vandals deface embassy in Belarus  
TBT#616 [ Jul 30, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Unidentified vandals plastered the walls...

Cultural icons doomed to poorly lit no-man’s-land  
TBT#616 [ Jul 30, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Visitors to Vilnius during the cultural-...

British Rabbi ‘beats up’ photojournalist  
TBT#616 [ Jul 30, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The row over the plans to build luxury a...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#615 [ Jul 23, 2008 ]
Argentina’s Lithuanian community have applauded th...

Quarry ‘to be built’ on ex-concentration camp 
TBT#615 [ Jul 23, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Russian officials are concerned that a n...

Mass job cuts on horizon 
TBT#615 [ Jul 23, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Almost four thousand Lithuanians are for...

Adamkus backs missile shield  
TBT#615 [ Jul 23, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania may be willing to host part of...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#614 [ Jul 16, 2008 ]
The Seimas (Lithuanian parliament) has supported a...

Hemp may be legalized  
TBT#614 [ Jul 16, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Members of the Lithuanian government are...

People to vote on power station 
TBT#614 [ Jul 16, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The Lithuanian parliament decided Monday...

City of women 
TBT#614 [ Jul 16, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - High suicide rates, alcoholism and emigr...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#613 [ Jul 09, 2008 ]
Two out of three Lithuanian soldiers who chose to ...

Town wages war of pigs with Denmark 
TBT#613 [ Jul 09, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Just to prove that the English speaking ...

Adamkus disturbed by deteriorating Russian relations 
TBT#613 [ Jul 09, 2008 ]
President Valdas Adamkus said that Lithuania is in...

Jewish community betrayed 
TBT#613 [ Jul 09, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Jewish community leaders on two continen...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#612 [ Jul 02, 2008 ]
A decade long mine-clearing operation that will re...

EU and NATO emigrants to get dual citizenship 
TBT#612 [ Jul 02, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Parliament (Seimas) has passed a new cit...

Cyber terrorists attack state and corporate Web sites 
TBT#612 [ Jul 02, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Hackers from an unknown location have in...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#611 [ Jun 18, 2008 ]
The Seimas reached a final agreement on the Law on...

Education Minister turns away university students 
TBT#611 [ Jun 18, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The new Education and Science Minister, ...

Adamkus forgives Germany for Nazi occupation 
TBT#611 [ Jun 18, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The president has dismissed the idea of ...

Vilnius migration head defends ‘racist’ comments 
TBT#611 [ Jun 18, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The head of the Vilnius City Migration S...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#610 [ Jun 11, 2008 ]
Bronislavas Lubys has been named the richest man i...

Doctors continue taking backhanders 
TBT#610 [ Jun 11, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Doctors have been found to regularly acc...

Police make record drug bust 
TBT#610 [ Jun 11, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Police seized over three kilograms of am...

EU blasts Parliament on gay rights vote 
TBT#610 [ Jun 11, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The European Parliament threatened to sl...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#609 [ Jun 04, 2008 ]
President Valdas Adamkus had a heart stimulator im...

Soldiers choose to stay the course 
TBT#609 [ Jun 04, 2008 ]
DELTA BASE, IRAQ - With only a week remaining in t...

Emigrants ‘have plans’ to return home 
TBT#609 [ Jun 04, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Living abroad is not an easy thing to do...

Jewish surveyors to visit Vilnius 
TBT#609 [ Jun 04, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - In the latest twist of an ongoing contro...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#608 [ May 28, 2008 ]
The controversial National Resurrection Party held...

New bill ‘discriminates’ against single parents 
TBT#608 [ May 28, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Legislation drafted by conservative poli...

Another migrant shot in Northern Ireland 
TBT#608 [ May 28, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - A guest worker has been shot in an assau...

Fallen soldier awarded military cross 
TBT#608 [ May 28, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The Cross of Vytis, Lithuania’s second h...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#607 [ May 21, 2008 ]
Ten explosives have been neutralized and two sunke...

Poles dash to save babies 
TBT#607 [ May 21, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Polish pro-life activists have joined th...

Kirkilas committed to Iraq 
TBT#607 [ May 21, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas has ag...

Right wing parties join forces 
TBT#607 [ May 21, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - A new political force has been created a...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#606 [ May 14, 2008 ]
Spinter Tyrimai conducted a survey on political pa...

English is ‘a threat’ to the native language 
TBT#606 [ May 14, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The Chairman of the State Language Commi...

Vandals desecrate monument ahead of Victory Day 
TBT#606 [ May 14, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Vandals have defiled a poignant Soviet E...

Lithuania lifts ban on EU-Russia talks 
TBT#606 [ May 14, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania has agreed to lift its veto on...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#605 [ May 07, 2008 ]
Deputy Vilnius Mayor Evaldas Lementauskas resigned...

Running naked through the streets  
TBT#605 [ May 07, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Sauna lovers in the port town of Klaiped...

Multilingualism and legislating 
TBT#605 [ May 07, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Most Lithuanian parliamentarians would n...

Fun Run to bring Klaipeda to a stand still 
TBT#605 [ May 07, 2008 ]
VILNIUS  - Expect traffic jams and malls empt...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#604 [ May 01, 2008 ]
The Municipal District Court issued a warrant to d...

Adamkus won’t budge on power plant 
TBT#604 [ May 01, 2008 ]
The row over the Ignalia nuclear power plant is se...

Golden Age for amber may be over in the Baltics 
TBT#604 [ May 01, 2008 ]
The time when huddled masses of foreign tourists h...

Guest workers firebombed in Northern Ireland 
TBT#604 [ May 01, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Four Lithuanian guest workers were force...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#603 [ Apr 23, 2008 ]
Skinheads have attacked and injured a South Africa...

‘Garbage wars’ erupt in the Baltics 
TBT#603 [ Apr 23, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - A Lithuanian civic group has launched a ...

Sad farewell for murdered woman in Scotland 
TBT#603 [ Apr 23, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - On April 19, citizens of the Scottish ci...

Vilnius Gypsies to be re-settled... again 
TBT#603 [ Apr 23, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - An influential Vilnius City Council memb...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#602 [ Apr 16, 2008 ]
A total of 61 on-the-job deaths were registered ov...

Supership to be built in Klaipeda 
TBT#602 [ Apr 16, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - A Klaipeda based shipbuilding firm has b...

Shady business may have killed developer 
TBT#602 [ Apr 16, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - New evidence has emerged in the case sur...

Scottish job turned grisly for murdered woman 
TBT#601 [ Apr 09, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Two Lithuanians have been arrested in Sc...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#601 [ Apr 09, 2008 ]
Cambridge University professor Robert Rotorn has p...

To the Airport by train 
TBT#601 [ Apr 09, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The Lithuanian Ministry of Transportatio...

Cozier courtyards for Vilnius 
TBT#601 [ Apr 09, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - In 2008, Vilnius City Council received m...

New skyline planned for Capital 
TBT#601 [ Apr 09, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The Vilnius City Council has been overwh...

Minister of Education resigns 
TBT#601 [ Apr 09, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The teachers’ strike caused a  majo...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#600 [ Apr 03, 2008 ]
Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT), the nationa...

The chinese factor 
TBT#600 [ Apr 03, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Despite the recent row over Tibet, Lithu...

Conservatives speak up for Tibet 
TBT#600 [ Apr 03, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Conservative politicians threw their wei...

Big businesses make big money as consumers suffer 
TBT#600 [ Apr 03, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - There may be talk of recession but indus...

Talking up a recession 
TBT#600 [ Apr 03, 2008 ]
Vilnius - Doom mongers are leading the country int...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#599 [ Mar 26, 2008 ]
A series of events were held in Vilnius to mark th...

Small turnout for show-of-support for Tibet 
TBT#599 [ Mar 26, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Although government officials have refra...

Speaker on verge of resignation 
TBT#599 [ Mar 26, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - A no-confidence procedure against Parlia...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#598 [ Mar 19, 2008 ]
Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas met his Czech co...

Skinheads march through downtown Vilnius 
TBT#598 [ Mar 19, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - An unsanctioned march of skinheads carry...

Lithuania, U.S. sign memorandum on visa-free travel 
TBT#598 [ Mar 19, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania and the United States signed a...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#597 [ Mar 12, 2008 ]
The head of Parliament’s national security and def...

Estonian ambassador ensures support for Ignalina extension 
TBT#597 [ Mar 12, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Estonia’s ambassador in Vilnius has conf...

Building free-for-all: war or peace? 
TBT#597 [ Mar 12, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - A construction free-for-all on Lithuania...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#596 [ Mar 05, 2008 ]
A draft law banning abortion due to be debated in ...

Sweden to join forces against Nord Stream 
TBT#596 [ Mar 05, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania and Sweden have agreed to bols...

Appointment of Ignalina negotiator marred by intense political bickering 
TBT#596 [ Mar 05, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - With the Ignalina reactor closure deadli...

Teachers’ strike closes schools 
TBT#596 [ Mar 05, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian teachers launched a term-less...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#595 [ Feb 27, 2008 ]
The consumer rights watchdog penalized Lithuanian ...

A week of linguistic priorities 
TBT#595 [ Feb 27, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Language issues dominated the Lithuanian...

Slow progress on lustration law 
TBT#595 [ Feb 27, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - In a move that strengthens the role of t...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#594 [ Feb 20, 2008 ]
The European Court of Human Rights rejected claims...

Murdered priest’s paintings found in successful sting operation 
TBT#594 [ Feb 20, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - A large part of the valuable collection ...

Adamkus admonishes Europe for being soft with Russia 
TBT#594 [ Feb 20, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - President Valdas Adamkus admonished EU l...

RIRA firearms trafficking suspect stays in custody 
TBT#594 [ Feb 20, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - A Vilnius court has dismissed an appeal ...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#593 [ Feb 13, 2008 ]
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer presi...

Referendum on extending atomic plant gathers momentum 
TBT#593 [ Feb 13, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Several politicians and a civil action g...

Adamkus signs nuclear amendments into law 
TBT#593 [ Feb 13, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - In one day President Valdas Adamkus help...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#592 [ Feb 06, 2008 ]
President Valdas Adamkus appointed Social Liberal ...

MPs target exotic mind-altering drugs 
TBT#592 [ Feb 06, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Law enforcement officials have launched ...

Finally, a breakthrough in Lithuania 
TBT#592 [ Feb 06, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s maligned nu-clear power proj...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#591 [ Jan 30, 2008 ]
Lithuanian officials have detained two Irish citiz...

Lithuania ponders brave new image ...and name 
TBT#591 [ Jan 30, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - A specially established commission on im...

Controversy surrounds stadium construction 
TBT#591 [ Jan 30, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The construction of Lithuania’s new nati...

Soviet-era hitmen convicted of genocide 
TBT#591 [ Jan 30, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The Kaunas district court on Jan. 25 con...

Parliamentary speaker on thin ice 
TBT#591 [ Jan 30, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The speaker of Lithuania’s parliament, V...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#590 [ Jan 23, 2008 ]
The Dutch ship Heron has spilled an undetermined a...

Visa issue dominates Shimkus visit 
TBT#590 [ Jan 23, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - The topic of when and how Lithuania can ...

Lithuania says ‘no’ to E-voting 
TBT#590 [ Jan 23, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s parliament has voted down am...

Mystery surrounds ‘Snow Summit’ 
TBT#590 [ Jan 23, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Over 20 high-level politicians, diplomat...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#589 [ Jan 16, 2008 ]
The council of the Social Democratic Party voted o...

Foreign Minister angers conservatives over compensation  
TBT#589 [ Jan 16, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Foreign Minister, Petras Vaitiekunas, en...

Social Liberals to join coalition  
TBT#589 [ Jan 16, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s Social Liberal Party announc...

Medininkai border massacre suspect detained in Latvia 
TBT#589 [ Jan 16, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - A suspect in the notorious Medininkai bo...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#588 [ Jan 09, 2008 ]
The Social Liberal Party announced Jan. 8 they hav...

Nashi activists detained at border 
TBT#588 [ Jan 09, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Two members of the pro-Kremlin youth gro...

Parliament to decide fate of basketball 
TBT#588 [ Jan 09, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - At an extraordinary plenary session on J...

Environment minister resigns 
TBT#588 [ Jan 09, 2008 ]
VILNIUS - Environment Minister Arunas Kundrotas re...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#587 [ Dec 19, 2007 ]
Officers of the Criminal Police Bureau have stoppe...

Pollster fined for cigarette study 
TBT#587 [ Dec 19, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - TNS Gallup, a branch of the internationa...

Minimum wage, salary increased for 2008 
TBT#587 [ Dec 19, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Following a 4,000-strong demonstration i...

Ciupaila sworn in as interior minister  
TBT#587 [ Dec 19, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Liberal Centrist Regimantas Ciupaila off...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#586 [ Dec 12, 2007 ]
Every third person in Lithuania has paid bribes ac...

Adamkus a no-show at EU-Africa Summit 
TBT#586 [ Dec 12, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Leaders of all 27 EU member states and 5...

Environment minister faces no-confidence proceedings 
TBT#586 [ Dec 12, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Five opposition parties initiated no-con...

Arrests made in photographer murder case 
TBT#586 [ Dec 12, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Three suspects have been arrested for th...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#585 [ Dec 05, 2007 ]
Due to experts’ forecast of higher prices and a sl...

Two arrested in exotic drug bust 
TBT#585 [ Dec 05, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Two Somali-born U.K. citizens were arres...

Lithuania to chair OSCE in 2011 
TBT#585 [ Dec 05, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania was awarded the chairmanship o...

Ciupaila tipped for Interior Minister post  
TBT#585 [ Dec 05, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Deputy Interior Minister Regimantas Ciup...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#584 [ Nov 28, 2007 ]
President Valdas Adamkus was named European of the...

Snipiskes cemetery dispute drags on  
TBT#584 [ Nov 28, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Juozas Mockevicius is keeping himself bu...

Afghanistan reconstruction teams meet in Vilnius 
TBT#584 [ Nov 28, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - More than a hundred representatives from...

Union march calls for price curbs, higher minimum wage  
TBT#584 [ Nov 28, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Three of Lithuania’s largest labor trade...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#583 [ Nov 21, 2007 ]
A chef at the La Mama restaurant in Vilnius’ Old T...

Hungary makes donation to EHU 
TBT#583 [ Nov 21, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The Hungarian government has pledged to ...

Skuodas tragedy throws spotlight on police 
TBT#583 [ Nov 21, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - With the nation still outraged over a No...

Uspaskich makes return to Labor Party helm 
TBT#583 [ Nov 21, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Controversial political figure Viktor Us...

WEBSITE EXCLUSIVE: Lithuania viewed from Afghanistan 
TBT#582 [ Nov 14, 2007 ]
The Governor of the Ghor Province Ahm...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#582 [ Nov 14, 2007 ]
Preliminary data released by Lithuania’s statistic...

Interior minister, police commissioner resign after road accident controversy 
TBT#582 [ Nov 14, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian Interior Minister Raimondas S...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#581 [ Nov 07, 2007 ]
Lithuanians will be slightly less rested in coming...

Lithuanians abroad resist calls to return 
TBT#581 [ Nov 07, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Rytis Ivanauskas, director of the Eikos ...

Canada leaves Lithuanians out in the cold 
TBT#581 [ Nov 07, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The Canadian government’s Oct. 31 decisi...

Teachers launch first round of wide-scale strikes 
TBT#581 [ Nov 07, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - A two-hour walkout by 14 teachers and ki...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#580 [ Oct 31, 2007 ]
Lithuania’s ambassador to Great Britain Vygaudas U...

Web portal hopes to stop hate speech 
TBT#580 [ Oct 31, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s popular news portals are par...

Gay conference held despite hostile reception 
TBT#580 [ Oct 31, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The International Lesbian and Gay Associ...

Protest calls for Ignalina reprieve 
TBT#580 [ Oct 31, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The National Party Lithuania’s Way and s...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#579 [ Oct 24, 2007 ]
Tragic stories of sex slaves living in Great Brita...

Gay rights group sues over flag issue 
TBT#579 [ Oct 24, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The Lithuanian Gay League has filed a la...

Officials still positive on energy deal 
TBT#579 [ Oct 24, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian officials, energy experts and...

Uspaskich fails in parliamentary comeback bid 
TBT#579 [ Oct 24, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Controversial former Labor Party leader ...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#578 [ Oct 17, 2007 ]
A Polish contractor was killed on Oct. 16 at Mazei...

Robbers surprise security guard, make million-lita getaway 
TBT#578 [ Oct 17, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Three men are on the run with more than ...

Uspaskich headed for round two 
TBT#578 [ Oct 17, 2007 ]
VILNIS - The political fate of controversial figur...

Vilnius energy conference runs hot and cold 
TBT#578 [ Oct 17, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Vilnius found itself at the center of th...

Power link inked "within days" 
TBT#577 [ Oct 10, 2007 ]
VILNIUS CONFERENCE -- Lithuanian President Valda...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#577 [ Oct 10, 2007 ]
Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas said Russian Pre...

Vilnius turns up the heat but locals are left out in the cold 
TBT#577 [ Oct 10, 2007 ]
VILNIUS CONFERENCE -- Lithuania stole center sta...

Bomb scare closes Ramoniskes checkpoint 
TBT#577 [ Oct 10, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The Kaunas Regional Prosecutor’s Office ...

Labor Party’s fate hangs in balance 
TBT#577 [ Oct 10, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The political fate of Viktor Uspaskich a...

Under house arrest, Uspaskich campaigns for office 
TBT#576 [ Oct 03, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - From the confines of his house arrest, f...

Kirkilas threatens to quit  
TBT#576 [ Oct 03, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - In the most chaotic week in Lithuanian p...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#575 [ Sep 26, 2007 ]
Archeologists excavating in the city of Panevezys ...

Deadly weekend on nation’s roads 
TBT#575 [ Sep 26, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - In a particularly tragic two days on Lit...

Uspaskich taken into custody at Vilnius Airport 
TBT#575 [ Sep 26, 2007 ]
 VILNIUS - Former Labor Party leader Viktor U...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#574 [ Sep 19, 2007 ]
The Lithuanian men’s basketball team have clinched...

Justice Minister’s tactics on trial  
TBT#574 [ Sep 19, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The Ministry of Justice has gone on the ...

Plowing contest digs up controversy 
TBT#574 [ Sep 19, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The 54th annual World Plowing Contest, w...

Israeli Holocaust historian a war crimes suspect 
TBT#574 [ Sep 19, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian prosecutors have sparked inte...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#573 [ Sep 12, 2007 ]
An SAS flight from Copenhagen crash landed at Viln...

Government halts apartment construction near Jewish cemetery site 
TBT#573 [ Sep 12, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The Lithuanian government announced on S...

Elderly go on hunger strike over pensions 
TBT#573 [ Sep 12, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - A group of elderly protesters held a hun...

Fugitive to run for parliament 
TBT#573 [ Sep 12, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Controversial political figure Viktor Us...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#572 [ Sep 05, 2007 ]
Five percent of Europeans don’t know Lithuania is ...

Baltics champion eastern approach 
TBT#572 [ Sep 05, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Baltic foreign ministers have urged the ...

MP saves student from skinhead attack 
TBT#572 [ Sep 05, 2007 ]
 VILNIUS - An Italian student who recently mo...

Lithuania publishes KGB files on Internet 
TBT#572 [ Sep 05, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - A Lithuanian research center has launche...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#571 [ Aug 29, 2007 ]
Lithuania will donate more than 700,000 litas to f...

CD manufacturer fights piracy accusations 
TBT#571 [ Aug 29, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Baltic Optical Disc, the only manufactur...

Navy hosts mine-hunting exercise 
TBT#571 [ Aug 29, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Hundreds of sailors from ten countries w...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#570 [ Aug 22, 2007 ]
Vidmantas Urbonas, the Lithuanian triathlete who ...

Belarus fears post-Schengen migrant flood 
TBT#570 [ Aug 22, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Belarusian border guards are bracing f...

Drug companies embroiled in tax row 
TBT#570 [ Aug 22, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - International pharmaceutical companies...

U.S. to deport Lithuanian accused of Nazi collaboration 
TBT#570 [ Aug 22, 2007 ]
VILNIUS A U.S. immigration judge has ordered the...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#569 [ Aug 15, 2007 ]
Lithuania’s bad reputation for out-of-control driv...

Mystery cylinders ‘no threat’  
TBT#569 [ Aug 15, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Officials have said that several cylinde...

Adamkus, Yushchenko discuss energy cooperation 
TBT#569 [ Aug 15, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Energy issues were high on the agenda du...

Missing Lithuanian’s colleague murdered in Kaliningrad 
TBT#569 [ Aug 15, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Alexander Semkin, a colleague of promine...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#568 [ Aug 08, 2007 ]
James Bond will soon be trading in his expensive b...

PM, president push for dual citizenship 
TBT#568 [ Aug 08, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas and Pr...

LRT to start Belarusian TV program 
TBT#568 [ Aug 08, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian public television will soon s...

Lithuania’s foreign, defense ministers in Washington for security talks 
TBT#568 [ Aug 08, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian Foreign Minister Petras Vaiti...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#567 [ Aug 01, 2007 ]
A 19-year-old man who fled to Ireland last month a...

Adamkus honors Medininkai dead 
TBT#567 [ Aug 01, 2007 ]
VILNIUS -  President Valdas Adamkus took part...

EU, Polish PM delay bypass 
TBT#567 [ Aug 01, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Construction of a controversial road byp...

Kirkilas defends government’s prospects for survival 
TBT#567 [ Aug 01, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirk...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#566 [ Jul 25, 2007 ]
As British and Russian relations worsen after two ...

Sportsman swims Baltic for global cause 
TBT#566 [ Jul 25, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Former Lithuanian triathlete Vidmantas U...

Suspect in fatal automobile crash escapes to Ireland  
TBT#566 [ Jul 25, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - A 19-year-old man suspected of causing a...

Bird flu scare proves false alarm 
TBT#566 [ Jul 25, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - A strange noise coming from a group of s...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#565 [ Jul 18, 2007 ]
Government officials said that Lithuania would try...

Hate speech cases on the rise 
TBT#565 [ Jul 18, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The number of criminal cases launched in...

Steinmeier opens Thomas Mann Festival 
TBT#565 [ Jul 18, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - During a two-day visit to Lithuania, Ger...

Baltics react to Kremlin treaty pullout 
TBT#565 [ Jul 18, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Reaction in the Baltic states to Russia’...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#564 [ Jul 11, 2007 ]
Parliament has passed a law requiring car owners t...

Polish PM apologizes for soccer rampage 
TBT#564 [ Jul 11, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - In a phone conversation with Lithuanian ...

Adamkus concerned about citizens’ safety in Kaliningrad 
TBT#564 [ Jul 11, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - President Valdas Adamkus has expressed c...

Kremlin’s ‘ploy’ to base missiles in Kaliningrad not taken seriously 
TBT#564 [ Jul 11, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Baltic politicians have expressed disbel...

Russia threatens Baltic missile build-up 
TBT#563 [ Jul 04, 2007 ]
Russia has upped the ante in the ongoing spat wi...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#563 [ Jul 04, 2007 ]
A recent survey has found that nearly half (48.4 p...

Pension protesters ‘storm’ Parliament 
TBT#563 [ Jul 04, 2007 ]
A group of mostly elderly protesters, riled by Par...

Hopes dashed for reclaiming historic Villa Lituania in Rome 
TBT#563 [ Jul 04, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s hopes for reclaiming its pre...

Parliament passes crucial law on nuclear energy 
TBT#563 [ Jul 04, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian lawmakers on June 28 passed t...

Kirkilas pledges increasing aid budget 
TBT#562 [ Jun 27, 2007 ]
GENEVA – Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirki...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#562 [ Jun 27, 2007 ]
Brigadier General Edvardas Mazeikis, Lithuania’s m...

Parliament hopes to ban daytime alcohol ads 
TBT#562 [ Jun 27, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s Parliament on June 21 unexpe...

Adamkus’ stair climbing saves EU summit 
TBT#562 [ Jun 27, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s president Valdas Adamkus was...

Compensation for resistance fighter deaths 
TBT#562 [ Jun 27, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The Lithuanian Court of Appeals on June ...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#561 [ Jun 20, 2007 ]
Some 1,700 troops from 11 countries are in Lithu...

Illusionists claim world record for holding their breath under water 
TBT#561 [ Jun 20, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian illusionists Arvydas and Di...

Russia shouldn’t threaten Baltics – US diplomat 
TBT#561 [ Jun 20, 2007 ]
A senior U.S. diplomat has issued a blunt warnin...

Politicians agree to dump free education 
TBT#561 [ Jun 20, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian parents should start saving...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#560 [ Jun 13, 2007 ]
Japan has agreed to finance two projects on profes...

Kirkilas and Blair discuss Russia, energy 
TBT#560 [ Jun 13, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirk...

Survey: Lithuanian businessmen fear media 
TBT#560 [ Jun 13, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Half of Lithuania’s businessmen see the ...

Lithuania to keep sending troops overseas 
TBT#560 [ Jun 13, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania looks set to actively particip...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#559 [ Jun 06, 2007 ]
One in ten Lithuanians plans to go abroad in searc...

Parliament starts down rocky road  
TBT#559 [ Jun 06, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s parliament on June 5 made a ...

Malakauskas approved as security chief 
TBT#559 [ Jun 06, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s beleaguered State Security D...

Prosecutors to investigate anti-gay discrimination 
TBT#559 [ Jun 06, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian prosecutors have launched two...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#558 [ May 30, 2007 ]
Lithuania has offered to host a 2009 meeting of tr...

Belarus refuses visa for Lithuanian MP 
TBT#558 [ May 30, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The Belarusian foreign ministry has refu...

Anti-gay activists celebrate, controversy over Vilnius city government decision continues 
TBT#558 [ May 30, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Some fifteen anti-gay activists gathered...

President nominates new SSD head 
TBT#558 [ May 30, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - President Valdas Adamkus on May 23 nomin...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#557 [ May 23, 2007 ]
Stanislovas Jucius, a prominent Lithuanian busines...

Parliamentary speaker Muntianas survives second no-confidence vote 
TBT#557 [ May 23, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The speaker of Lithuania’s parliament, V...

Vilnius city government bans EU-backed anti-discrimination rally 
TBT#557 [ May 23, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Officials of the Vilnius city government...

Brazauskas era comes to an end 
TBT#557 [ May 23, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania closed a chapter of its modern...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#556 [ May 16, 2007 ]
The US missile cruiser Normandy of will visit the ...

Lithuanian drivers say no to gay ads 
TBT#556 [ May 16, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian trolleybus drivers thwarted p...

Law on KGB reservists fails, but the lustration debate continues 
TBT#556 [ May 16, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian parliament failed in a May 15...

Pocius dismissed, but not quite gone 
TBT#556 [ May 16, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian lawmakers on May 8 voted to d...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#555 [ May 09, 2007 ]
President Valdas Adamkus on May 5 signed a decree ...

Kaunas student attacked by giraffe 
TBT#555 [ May 09, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - A twenty-two year old student from Kauna...

Inaugural music day a success 
TBT#555 [ May 09, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Main streets, parks and squares in Vilni...

Baltic neighbors rally to support Estonia 
TBT#555 [ May 09, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Some 2,000 people gathered in Vilnius an...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#554 [ May 02, 2007 ]
Lithuania supports of the Estonian government in i...

Lithuanian, Baltic roads deadliest in EU 
TBT#554 [ May 02, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are the mo...

Adamkus vetoes KGB reservist law 
TBT#554 [ May 02, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus on A...

Journalist uncovers U.K. ‘slavery’ 
TBT#554 [ May 02, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - A Lithuanian journalist, Audrius Lelkait...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#553 [ Apr 25, 2007 ]
Russian prosecutors have started a pre-trail inves...

Radioactive material confiscated 
TBT#553 [ Apr 25, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian police have detained two Bela...

Lithuania becoming land of missed opportunities, president warns 
TBT#553 [ Apr 25, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The year 2006 saw democracy tested in Li...

Kirkilas slams Russia on democracy 
TBT#553 [ Apr 25, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Cooperation between Europe and Russia is...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#552 [ Apr 18, 2007 ]
More than half of all Lithuanians want their count...

Lithuania may be asked to mediate Ukraine crisis – Kirkilas 
TBT#552 [ Apr 18, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania may soon be called upon to med...

KGB reservists banned from public office 
TBT#552 [ Apr 18, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s Parliament amended the count...

Paksas ally elected Vilnius mayor 
TBT#552 [ Apr 18, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s impeached president Rolandas...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#551 [ Apr 04, 2007 ]
Viktoras Muntianas, the speaker of the parliament,...

Stars call on young people to become cops 
TBT#551 [ Apr 04, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s police force has turned to t...

Mother arrested in Kelme murders 
TBT#551 [ Apr 04, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The story of two boys found dead in west...

Call for early elections rejected 
TBT#551 [ Apr 04, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - In the latest round of Lithuania’s parli...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#550 [ Mar 28, 2007 ]
The Lustration Commission decided that Algimantas ...

Kelme boys may have been murdered 
TBT#550 [ Mar 28, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The story of the deaths of two boys in w...

Baltic countries blaze ahead in ICT 
TBT#550 [ Mar 28, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The three Baltic countries made consider...

Finance minister steps down 
TBT#550 [ Mar 28, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian Finance Minister Zigmantas Ba...

Lithuanian language to be taught across EU  
TBT#549 [ Mar 21, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Close to 500 million European Union resi...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#549 [ Mar 21, 2007 ]
The Supreme Administrative Court in its March 19 a...

Second major sewage spill hits western region 
TBT#549 [ Mar 21, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Up to 40,000 tons of untreated sewage sp...

Pocius accuses detractors, avoids dismissal 
TBT#549 [ Mar 21, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The embattled head of Lithuania’s Securi...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#548 [ Mar 14, 2007 ]
Lithuanian border guards have been ordered to seiz...

Military cooperation with Ukraine 
TBT#548 [ Mar 14, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania and Ukraine have pledged to bo...

Women are an overshadowed, at-risk majority – study 
TBT#548 [ Mar 14, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Women make up a majority of Lithuania’s ...

More fires ravage Baltic homes, victims jump to their deaths 
TBT#548 [ Mar 14, 2007 ]
VILNIUS/TALLINN - Barely two weeks after 25 people...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#547 [ Mar 07, 2007 ]
A new air defense agreement was signed between the...

Customs inspectors and border guards prepare for rise in tobacco smuggling 
TBT#547 [ Mar 07, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s Customs Department and State...

Major sewage spill hits western region, threatens waterways 
TBT#547 [ Mar 07, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Thousands of tons of sewage spilled out ...

Fraud taints Lithuania’s municipal elections 
TBT#547 [ Mar 07, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s Central Electoral Committee ...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#546 [ Feb 28, 2007 ]
Lithuania may join Poland in blocking European Uni...

Politicians debate Iraq pullout 
TBT#546 [ Feb 28, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s top politicians opened a pub...

Surprises in Lithuania’s elections 
TBT#546 [ Feb 28, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Municipal elections, held throughout Lit...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#545 [ Feb 21, 2007 ]
Film director Arunas Matelis, who recently earned ...

Bribery is not a sin, Lithuanians believe 
TBT#545 [ Feb 21, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s top Roman Catholic churchman...

By Arturas Racas 
TBT#545 [ Feb 21, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania may in the future be forced to...

Russia will not extradite Uspaskich 
TBT#545 [ Feb 21, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Russia will not extradite Lithuania’s fo...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#544 [ Feb 14, 2007 ]
Audrius Bruzga, Lithuania’s former ambassador to F...

Lithuania’s mission in Afghanistan: hot tea may be more important than machine guns 
TBT#544 [ Feb 14, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - It will soon be two years since Lithuani...

Bush praises Lithuania’s contributions in Iraq and Afghanistan, promises visa-free regime 
TBT#544 [ Feb 14, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - U.S. president George W. Bush praised Li...

Parties can’t monopolize municipal elections – Lithuanian Constitutional Court 
TBT#544 [ Feb 14, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Political parties do not have a monopoly...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#543 [ Feb 07, 2007 ]
Israel plans to establish an embassy in Lithuania,...

Kirkilas supports Georgia’s Western aspirations 
TBT#543 [ Feb 07, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania will support the territorial i...

Single women are zeros, according to textbook 
TBT#543 [ Feb 07, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s Office of Equal Opportunitie...

Are municipal elections in danger? 
TBT#543 [ Feb 07, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The Constitutional Court has begun hear...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#542 [ Jan 31, 2007 ]
The heads of Lithuania’s four ruling parties, the ...

Norwegian hunter shoots endangered bison 
TBT#542 [ Jan 31, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - It’s not every day one spots a bison - t...

Uspaskich registered to run in municipal elections 
TBT#542 [ Jan 31, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Viktor Uspaskich, Lithuania’s former eco...

KGB Act threatens Lithuania’s international reputation 
TBT#542 [ Jan 31, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania has still not decided on what ...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#541 [ Jan 24, 2007 ]
NATO’s northern air operations leaders met at the ...

Conservative party fights shadows of the past 
TBT#541 [ Jan 24, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - The opposition Liberal Democrat Party, ...

Litvinenko case may have Baltic twist 
TBT#541 [ Jan 24, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s name was dropped once again ...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#540 [ Jan 17, 2007 ]
Suspected Belarusian spy Sergey Monic has been ext...

Baltics to establish joint NATO Response Force 
TBT#540 [ Jan 17, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia will esta...

Exiled Uspaskich hopes to run in municipal elections 
TBT#540 [ Jan 17, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Former economy minister Viktor Uspaskich...

Lithuania commemorates Jan. 13 massacre 
TBT#540 [ Jan 17, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Jan. 13, 1991 is a date that Lithuanians...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#539 [ Jan 10, 2007 ]
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have taken over cont...

Government struggles to find new security chief 
TBT#539 [ Jan 10, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - “Nobody Wanted to Die” is the title of t...

MTV wins first hearing against Catholic Church over ‘Popetown’ 
TBT#539 [ Jan 10, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s Catholic Church failed in it...

Conservatives ask Russia to compensate for Jan. 13 victims 
TBT#539 [ Jan 10, 2007 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian relations with Russia could f...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#538 [ Dec 20, 2006 ]
President Valdas Adamkus supports sending a specia...

Baltic people exhibit strong homophobia 
TBT#538 [ Dec 20, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians are ...

Security chief refuses to step down, despite Parliament’s vote 
TBT#538 [ Dec 20, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Parliament this week voted to dismiss St...

‘Deal of the century’ finalized – PKN Orlen buys Mazeikiu Nafta for $2.3 billion 
TBT#538 [ Dec 20, 2006 ]
RIGA - Champagne corks and victorious smiles fille...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#537 [ Dec 13, 2006 ]
The Prosecutor General’s Office addressed a Vilniu...

Pocius refuses to step down 
TBT#537 [ Dec 13, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - State Security Department Director Gener...

Lithuania, Poland agree to build ‘power bridge’ 
TBT#537 [ Dec 13, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - After years of talks and delays, Lithuan...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#536 [ Dec 06, 2006 ]
Parliament ratified the United Nations convention ...

EU to open gender equality institute in Vilnius 
TBT#536 [ Dec 06, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania will soon welcome the first Eu...

MPs verdict: Pocius is incompetent 
TBT#536 [ Dec 06, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Arvydas Pocius may be forced to start a ...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#535 [ Nov 29, 2006 ]
Impeached president Rolandas Paksas will likely re...

Officials decry new truck lines at border 
TBT#535 [ Nov 29, 2006 ]
RIGA - A new twist in the Baltic states’ ongoing t...

Armed forces to phase out drafting  
TBT#535 [ Nov 29, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania may soon join the ranks of tho...

Lithuania exposes Belarusian spy 
TBT#535 [ Nov 29, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Just weeks after the government deporte...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#534 [ Nov 22, 2006 ]
Lithuania backed Poland in its row with Moscow, wh...

Europeans admire nation’s culture, disdain corruption 
TBT#534 [ Nov 22, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania is a politically unstable coun...

Ukraine cool on alliance membership 
TBT#534 [ Nov 22, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovi...

Labor stripped of one million litas 
TBT#534 [ Nov 22, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Labor Party, currently under investi...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#533 [ Nov 15, 2006 ]
NATO will continue to patrol Baltic air space and ...

Lithuanian, Ukrainian presidents to expand cooperation 
TBT#533 [ Nov 15, 2006 ]
KIEV-VILNIUS - Two weeks before the upcoming NATO...

Lawmakers ban sale of alcohol on first day of school 
TBT#533 [ Nov 15, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - In an attempt to fight drinking among mi...

Kirkilas pledges to resign if corruption continues 
TBT#533 [ Nov 15, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas has vo...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#532 [ Nov 08, 2006 ]
Poland will recall its ambassador to Lithuania, Ja...

Borisov case adjourned 
TBT#532 [ Nov 08, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Vilnius District Administrative Cour...

Drinking still plagues society 
TBT#532 [ Nov 08, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania and Latvia rank among the Euro...

Poland wants more EU cooperation with Baltic states  
TBT#532 [ Nov 08, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - All three Baltic presidents and Polish p...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#531 [ Nov 01, 2006 ]
The Eastern Europe Studies Center (EESC) was opene...

Brazauskas faces trial in non-transparent privatization case 
TBT#531 [ Nov 01, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Former Prime Minister Algirdas Brazausk...

Experts push for new power plant  
TBT#531 [ Nov 01, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Baltic energy experts have announced tha...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#530 [ Oct 25, 2006 ]
The state appeals court decided against extraditin...

Kaliningrad official arrested for spying 
TBT#530 [ Oct 25, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Russian Federal Security Bureau has ...

Documentary qualifies for Academy Awards 
TBT#530 [ Oct 25, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - For the first time in history, a Lithuan...

Lithuania looks set to open KGB files 
TBT#530 [ Oct 25, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Parliament has taken yet another step to...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#529 [ Oct 18, 2006 ]
The Supreme Administrative Court ruled that Russia...

Queen Elizabeth II introduced to Baltic ancestry 
TBT#529 [ Oct 18, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II will likely...

Baltics to patrol own air space 
TBT#529 [ Oct 18, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The commanders of the Lithuanian, Latvia...

Blaze at Mazeikiu Nafta threatens PKN Orlen deal 
TBT#529 [ Oct 18, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Mazeikiu Nafta oil complex, which sh...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#528 [ Oct 11, 2006 ]
Croatia hopes to receive assistance from Lithuania...

Labor Party members pledge their allegiance 
TBT#528 [ Oct 11, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Parliament’s main chamber looked more li...

Diplomat accused of espionage 
TBT#528 [ Oct 11, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania and Russia found an original w...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#527 [ Oct 04, 2006 ]
Vilnius became the least expensive capital of the ...

Parliament to move forward with restitution of Jewish property 
TBT#527 [ Oct 04, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Parliament looks set to go ahead with L...

EU commissioner advises introducing euro ‘when ready’ 
TBT#527 [ Oct 04, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania, alongside other new European...

Lithuania launches tender for wind power 
TBT#527 [ Oct 04, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lietuvos Energija (Lithuanian Energy) ha...

Amendments urge KGB collaborators to confess Soviet past 
TBT#527 [ Oct 04, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - In an attempt to rid the country of its...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#526 [ Sep 27, 2006 ]
Belarus authorities are planning to auction off th...

MP speaks out against Russian TV in Ireland 
TBT#526 [ Sep 27, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - On a trip to Ireland, conservative MP Vi...

Wiesenthal center demands punishment of Nazi symbol admirers 
TBT#526 [ Sep 27, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Simon Wiesenthal Center, an interna...

New ruling coalition tested by no-confidence vote 
TBT#526 [ Sep 27, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Viktoras Muntianas, chairman of the Seim...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#525 [ Sep 20, 2006 ]
The EU student exchange program Socrates has launc...

Leaders honor WWII Jew rescuers, address property restitution 
TBT#525 [ Sep 20, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas has an...

Foreign minister steadfast in support of Ukrainian NATO bid 
TBT#525 [ Sep 20, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Despite the Ukrainian prime minister’s r...

Uspaskich detained in Moscow 
TBT#525 [ Sep 20, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Just days after the Prosecutor General’s...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#524 [ Sep 13, 2006 ]
On Sept. 8 the leader of the parliamentary opposit...

Prosecutors issue European warrant for Uspaskich 
TBT#524 [ Sep 13, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Prosecutor General’s Office has issu...

State security agents detain journalist, spark major political backlash 
TBT#524 [ Sep 13, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s State Security Department ca...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#523 [ Sep 07, 2006 ]
The Financial Crime Investigation Service determin...

Poland, Lithuania celebrate diplomacy 
TBT#523 [ Sep 07, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Poland’s Lech Kaczynski was mostly optim...

Committee probes deeper into diplomat’s death in Belarus 
TBT#523 [ Sep 07, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Parliament’s national security and defen...

Lithuanian authorities start extradition procedures against Uspaskich 
TBT#523 [ Sep 07, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian prosecutors decided last week...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#522 [ Aug 30, 2006 ]
Former Economy Minister Kestutis Dauksys was elect...

Vaitiekunas calls for closer cooperation in Eastern Europe 
TBT#522 [ Aug 30, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas has ...

Minister to ask NATO to continue air policing mission  
TBT#522 [ Aug 30, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Defense Minister Juozas Olekas will urge...

Suspicions surround Lithuanian diplomat’s death in Belarus 
TBT#522 [ Aug 30, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The mysterious death of a Lithuanian dip...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#521 [ Aug 23, 2006 ]
Finance Minister Zigmantas Balcytis has no intenti...

Leadership divided over sending troops to Lebanon 
TBT#521 [ Aug 23, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s leaders seemed divided over ...

Adamkus denies U.S. basketball star citizenship 
TBT#521 [ Aug 23, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - President Valdas Adamkus decided against...

Lithuania answers Moscow’s oil embargo with ‘threat’ of railroad repair 
TBT#521 [ Aug 23, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Irked by Moscow’s reluctance to fix a fa...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#520 [ Aug 16, 2006 ]
Officers of the State Security Department, the pro...

Two customs officials poisoned 
TBT#520 [ Aug 16, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - A Lithuanian customs officer was hospita...

Minesweepers destroy WWII minefield 
TBT#520 [ Aug 16, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Experts of the army’s Juozas Vitkus Engi...

Social Liberals suspected of gambling-related corruption 
TBT#520 [ Aug 16, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - A member of the state gaming commission ...

Adamkus encouraged to grant citizenship to U.S. basketball player 
TBT#520 [ Aug 16, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Citizenship Commission has recommend...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#519 [ Aug 09, 2006 ]
The Lithuania-Iceland 2006 campaign has collected ...

Russia denies students visas to Siberia 
TBT#519 [ Aug 09, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - President Valdas Adamkus said Russia’s d...

Pipeline to Mazeikiu may remain dry for up to one year 
TBT#519 [ Aug 09, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Russian crude oil deliveries to Mazeikiu...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#518 [ Aug 02, 2006 ]
The Klaipeda city administration was duped into re...

Country mourns Medininkai massacre, prosecutors reject statute of limitations 
TBT#518 [ Aug 02, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania marked the 15th anniversary of...

Tutkus: NATO still only guarantor of airspace security 
TBT#518 [ Aug 02, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - For at least a decade Lithuania will not...

Blackmail with a Moscow byline 
TBT#518 [ Aug 02, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Viktor Uspaskich, the former Labor Party...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#517 [ Jul 26, 2006 ]
President Valdas Adamkus vetoed a code of conduct ...

Williams advisor braces Mazeikiu for worst 
TBT#517 [ Jul 26, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - A former U.S. ambassador has warned that...

Russia’s visa rejection causes indignation 
TBT#517 [ Jul 26, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - A refusal by Russian consular officials ...

Adamkus marks second year in office 
TBT#517 [ Jul 26, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - President Valdas Adamkus marked the seco...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#516 [ Jul 19, 2006 ]
A turbogenerator in Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant’s...

War, peace and blockbusters 
TBT#516 [ Jul 19, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Lithuanian Film Studio has begun sho...

Labor Party stumbles in the throes of controversy 
TBT#516 [ Jul 19, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Labor Party, once Lithuania’s domina...

Government ‘of lesser evil’ sworn in 
TBT#516 [ Jul 19, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Parliament approved the program of Lithu...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#515 [ Jul 12, 2006 ]
Parliament passed a resolution whereby Feb. 25, 20...

Vilnius hosts record-breaking UNESCO conference 
TBT#515 [ Jul 12, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - A record number of participants convened...

Kirkilas proposes Cabinet to Adamkus 
TBT#515 [ Jul 12, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Prime Minister designate Gediminas Kirki...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#514 [ Jul 05, 2006 ]
MEP Sarunas Birutis is urging Lithuanian residents...

Air Force rethinks radar capabilities after wave of air space violations 
TBT#514 [ Jul 05, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Over the past month, Lithuania has seen ...

Prosecutors bring charges against Labor Party 
TBT#514 [ Jul 05, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Prosecutor General’s Office on June ...

Parliament elects Kirkilas as new PM 
TBT#514 [ Jul 05, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas was ...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#513 [ Jun 28, 2006 ]
The Prosecutor General’s Office has raised crimina...

Search for PM continues amid summer swelter 
TBT#513 [ Jun 28, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Two weeks after Parliament failed to con...

Adamkus condemns desecration of Jewish cemetery 
TBT#513 [ Jun 28, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - President Valdas Adamkus has expressed o...

Lithuanian health care worst in EU 
TBT#513 [ Jun 28, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - lithuania’s health care system received ...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#512 [ Jun 14, 2006 ]
In a letter of congratulations to Russian Presiden...

Controversial book sees light of day 
TBT#512 [ Jun 14, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - A controversial book compiled jointly by...

Amateur pilot flies into Belarusian territory, forced to land 
TBT#512 [ Jun 14, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - An amateur pilot who was apprehended aft...

Coalition talks break down amid accusations of bad faith, dishonesty 
TBT#512 [ Jun 14, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Talks between the Social Democrats and t...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#511 [ Jun 07, 2006 ]
Lithuanian and Latvian interior ministers signed a...

Adamkus concerned about human rights situation 
TBT#511 [ Jun 07, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - President Valdas Adamkus has expressed c...

Latvian firms abet fraudulent scheme 
TBT#511 [ Jun 07, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Kaunas office of the Financial Crime...

Valionis encourages Black Sea countries to develop ‘regional identity’ 
TBT#511 [ Jun 07, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Acting Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis...

Lithuania tops list for anti-trafficking efforts 
TBT#511 [ Jun 07, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - A recent report by the U.S. State Depart...

Talks on forming new government begin, no breakthrough in sight 
TBT#511 [ Jun 07, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Parties across the spectrum jockeyed for...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#510 [ May 31, 2006 ]
The commander of the Armed Forces left to visit Li...

Full-figured women fight for bigger sizes 
TBT#510 [ May 31, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - A Lithuanian MP has taken up the fight f...

Italian minister pledges to find solution to embassy row 
TBT#510 [ May 31, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Italy’s new foreign minister, Massimo D’...

Muntianas disagrees with Estonian MPs 
TBT#510 [ May 31, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Muntianas...

Labor pulls ministers from Cabinet, coalition teeters on brink of collapse 
TBT#510 [ May 31, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Viktor Uspaskich resigned his position a...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#509 [ May 24, 2006 ]
Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas has expressed d...

Conservatives rankled by new history book 
TBT#509 [ May 24, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The publication of a new book about the ...

Shimkus defends Baltics’ fight for visa-free travel to U.S.A. 
TBT#509 [ May 24, 2006 ]
WASHINGTON/VILNIUS - U.S. congressman and long-tim...

Babenko asylum battle drags on 
TBT#509 [ May 24, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Vilnius District Administrative Cour...

Lithuanian camp in Afghanistan comes under fire 
TBT#509 [ May 24, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruc...

Labor Party headquarters raided by security police, coalition hits new skid of turbulence 
TBT#509 [ May 24, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The State Security Department raided Lab...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#508 [ May 17, 2006 ]
Aras Baskauskas, a yoga trainer living in Californ...

Belarusian ambassador: refugee scare is a myth 
TBT#508 [ May 17, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The new Belarusian ambassador to Lithuan...

Foreign ministers highlight energy as national priority 
TBT#508 [ May 17, 2006 ]
VILNIUS/TALLINN - Once again, Baltic leaders have ...

Vaitiekunas to take place of Valionis 
TBT#508 [ May 17, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Current Ambassador to Belarus Petras Vai...

European Commission decides Lithuania unprepared to introduce euro in 2007 
TBT#508 [ May 17, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Te European Commission and the European ...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#507 [ May 10, 2006 ]
Firemen spent four days battling a huge forest fir...

Adamkus calls for common energy policy 
TBT#507 [ May 10, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Speaking at last week’s forum, President...

Muntianas joins mutiny, leaves Centrists, while Civil Democrats cut deal with government 
TBT#507 [ May 10, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Muntianas...

Cheney castigates Russia’s energy policy, Kremlin’s authoritarianism 
TBT#507 [ May 10, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - In a speech engineered to provide a wake...

Social Liberals join ‘constructive’ opposition, Valionis calls for intensive integration 
TBT#506 [ May 03, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Social Liberal Union, which left the...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#506 [ May 03, 2006 ]
Law enforcement trade unions gave up the idea of h...

Vaitiekunas proposed for foreign minister’s post 
TBT#506 [ May 03, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The National Farmers’ Union has proposed...

Seven Labor MPs break from party, increase ruling coalition’s vulnerability 
TBT#506 [ May 03, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s ever-fluid political climate...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#505 [ Apr 26, 2006 ]
Parliament has passed the Constitutional amendment...

Government to make final push for euro 
TBT#505 [ Apr 26, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The government announced it intended to ...

Lithuania’s coalition of instability 
TBT#505 [ Apr 26, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - After the New Union (Social Liberals) wi...

Parties divide up vacant posts, avoid another government collapse 
TBT#505 [ Apr 26, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s ruling coalition once again ...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#504 [ Apr 19, 2006 ]
President Valdas Adamkus ranks first on the list o...

Prosecutors to appeal Dailide punishment verdict 
TBT#504 [ Apr 19, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Prosecutor General’s Office announce...

Baltic Sea resolution in PACE to see light of day 
TBT#504 [ Apr 19, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - MP Gediminas Jakavonis overcame bureaucr...

Opposition forum calls for putting Lukashenko on trial 
TBT#504 [ Apr 19, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Meeting at a forum in Vilnius last week,...

Ruling coalition survives sans New Union 
TBT#504 [ Apr 19, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania’s government survived its wors...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#503 [ Apr 12, 2006 ]
President Valdas Adamkus has proposed direct elect...

Adamkus ‘loses confidence’ in Supreme Court justice 
TBT#503 [ Apr 12, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - President Valdas Adamkus said last week ...

Lithuanian government on verge of collapse after Paulauskas removed in no-confidence vote 
TBT#503 [ Apr 12, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania was thrown into political turm...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#502 [ Apr 05, 2006 ]
The United Nations has allocated $10,000 for train...

Ad campaign aims to boost public awareness of EU funds, instill transparency in allocation process 
TBT#502 [ Apr 05, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The ongoing EU funds saga entered a new ...

Brazauskas implicated in suburban house deals 
TBT#502 [ Apr 05, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Suspicious real estate deals in the pres...

Lietuva in brief 
TBT#501 [ Mar 29, 2006 ]
Troops of the LITCON-7 contingent came under fire ...

Lithuania wins ‘powerful victory’ in European Council 
TBT#501 [ Mar 29, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuania scored a major victory last we...

Leaders wave off accusations by Belarusian TV 
TBT#501 [ Mar 29, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - Lithuanian leaders dismissed accusations...

Kremlin envoy applauds Lithuania on Kaliningrad, rejects any hope of occupation compensation  
TBT#501 [ Mar 29, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - The Kremlin’s envoy to the European Unio...

Adamkus highlights immorality, self-interest in national politics 
TBT#501 [ Mar 29, 2006 ]
VILNIUS - President Valdas Adamkus