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latest news & developmentsLithuania: Where tradition and innovation meet
In an age where many nations are racing towards digital transformation, few have managed to preserve their cultural identity as successfully as Lithuania. The Baltic nation…
Lithuania celebrates 34 years of independence
On 11 March 1990, 50 years of Soviet occupation came to an end
Europe’s bizarre rules for Covid vaccine passes
Here are some of the more puzzling rules as Europeans settle for another winter holiday season overshadowed by the pandemic threat
Understanding Biden’s dilemma in Ukraine
Flanked by divided NATO allies, the US walks a tightrope over a potential third world war
Homer Simpson’s beer falls foul of Lithuanian watchdog
A Lithuanian company says it has frozen publication of the local version of <em>The Simpsons</em> comic after a fine for advertising Duff beer.
Exposure claims eight lives in Poland, two in Lithuania
Ten people have died in Poland and Lithuania as temperatures fell drastically across Central Europe in the passed week.
Defunct Soviet missile base offers glimpse of Cold War
Deep beneath a forest in western Lithuania, visitors can step back in time to the Cold War arms race.
Rugby strip show caught on video
The Austrian national rugby team tried to get over their 48-0 defeat by Lithuania by staging a mass striptease in the capital Vilnius late on Saturday, only to find they had been…
Lithuania’s government collapses in acrimony
Lithuania’s government fell apart on Wednesday after Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas and his whole Cabinet announced their resignation following the defection of the largest…
Woman (93) brings robber (25) to his knees
Two thieves who tried to rob two elderly women in the Lithuanian city of Klaipeda, thinking they were easy prey, got more than they bargained for when the elder of the two…
Deep-freeze record-breakers awarded
A Lithuanian brother and sister who spent almost three days frozen in a block of ice have been rewarded for their "brave" feat by the government, a television report said on…
One spectator killed, nine injured at rally in Lithuania
Organisers of the Rally of Visaginas on defended themselves on Monday, saying safety precautions were adequate for the weekend event despite a crash which killed one bystander…
Guards call time on hooch pipeline
For years, pipelines from the former Soviet Union have shipped the prosaic necessities of oil and gas to western Europe. But now smugglers have developed their own pipeline…