5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (473+ words) Two Lithuanian lawmakers met with Chinese diplomats in Brussels to discuss ways of improving relations between Lithuania and China, drawing criticism from some members of the European Parliament. Ignas Vėgėlė and Rimas Jonas Jankūnas, members of Lithuania’s mixed parliamentary group,…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (446+ words) Rents in Lithuania have risen among the fastest in the EU over the past 15 years, with only Estonia recording a larger increase, according to Eurostat data. Estate agents say the profile of the ideal tenant has remained largely unchanged for…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (454+ words) Lithuania is discussing a joint response with Latvia and Estonia to efforts to transit Russian and Belarusian grain through the Baltic states, Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevičius said Tuesday. Sinkevičius said he discussed the issue by phone with his Latvian…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1200+ words) A Danish restaurateur who has spent over a decade in Lithuania says the Baltic states should unite and create a New Baltic Cuisine. He says a similar strategy put Denmark at the top of the global gastronomic scene 20 years ago:…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (752+ words) Frederic Nader, born to Lithuanian-Lebanese parents in Germany, never thought he would end up living in Vilnius. But after finishing a Lithuanian school in Germany, this is exactly what happened – he found himself in the Lithuanian capital. “Perhaps you could…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (292+ words) Regulating food prices is an impossible task, Lithuanian Agriculture Minister Kęstutis Mažeika said Thursday, arguing that the experience of a government-appointed food council showed the difficulty of achieving such a goal. “The goal of regulating food prices is probably impossible,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (397+ words) Latvian airline airBaltic will offer 10 direct routes from Lithuania next summer, half as many as this summer, when it operated 22 routes, the company’s planned schedule shows. The airline will drop flights from Vilnius to Berlin, Zurich, Krakow, Prague, Malaga, Nice,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (287+ words) The Seimas board on Wednesday rejected a request by lawmakers Ignas Vėgėlė and Rimas Jonas Jankūnas to travel to Brussels for meetings with Chinese representatives. “I believe there is a general consensus to reject this trip as an official mission,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (384+ words) Lithuanian retailers say self-checkout lanes have become more popular than traditional cashier-operated registers. Despite thousands of euros in annual losses caused by theft, fraud and accidental customer errors, supermarkets are expanding self-checkout areas, saying the technology requires fewer employees. Self-checkout…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (946+ words) “The whole world should know what has happened here,” said Viktor Kruhlov, director of the Ranok publishing house, which specialises in children’s and educational literature, to RFI. The Russians attacked the company’s largest warehouse in Kharkiv on August 1. “It was…...