More than eight out of ten people in Lithuania think that the situation in the country is getting worse, according to a survey conducted by Baltijos Tyrimai for LRT. The survey, conducted in late October and early November, found 84% of the respondents pessimistic about how things were going in the country, while 15% thought…
The Lithuanian parliament Seimas has legalised specialised tobacco shops that will start operating in 2025. Other stores will no longer be allowed to publicly display tobacco products. On November 24, Lithuanian MPs adopted amendments to the Law on the Control of Tobacco, Tobacco Products and Related Products, with 44 votes in favour, 13 against and…
LTG Link, the passenger transport subsidiary of Lithuanian Railways, will start offering new destinations to Poland from December 11. The daily train route will offer journeys to Warsaw, the Polish capital, and Krakow, the country’s second city, according to a press release. Trains between Lithuania and Poland will run on the route Vilnius-Kaunas-Warsaw-Krakow. The new…
Fifty more Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) will be delivered to Lithuania, Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas has said. “On the occasion of the Armed Forces Day, our soldiers are set to receive a major gift as a second batch of 50 JLTVs will be delivered to Lithuania,” Anusauskas wrote on Facebook on November 23. “They…
Lithuania is not satisfied with the European Commission’s proposed price cap on wholesale natural gas, President Gitanas Nauseda said on November 24. “It would not help to protect ourselves even against the peak we had in the past,” he said at a joint news conference with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in Vilnius. Earlier this week,…
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on November 24 called on the European Commission to assess the impact of the EU’s sanctions against Russia, saying that they did not affect the country’s energy sector. According to Nauseda, the EU needs to “adjust its course” to put more pressure on Russia, which continues its invasion of Ukraine. “Paradoxically,…
This weekend, Vilnius and Kaunas will light up their main Christmas trees. Amid drive for austerity, there will be fewer lights, but the big cities hope the festive mood will not be sombre. Vilnius, which is planning a Christmas budget of almost half a million euros, says it makes economic sense for the city to…