Baltic Pride supporters ‘occupied’ Vilnius Mayor’s courtyard
On Saturday afternoon a few supporters of sexual minorities march, who consider Vilnius city municipality to be their main opponent, showed up at the capital mayor Zuokas’ yard, writes www.delfi.lt....
View ArticleDebt-ridden Vilnius municipality to receive 50% of the income tax in 2014
BNS Vilnius will be able to receive 50 per cent of the personal income tax collected in the city starting next year, which is up from the current 42 per cent, Vilnius Mayor Artūras Zuokas said on...
View ArticlePM: Vilnius would go bankrupt without government financial help
BNS Vilnius would go bankrupt in September without financial help from the central government, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said. “If the government did not help Vilnius’ local...
View ArticleOpinion: Bidding farewell to Viktor Uspaskich
The Lithuania Tribune presents an opinion article by Vladimiras Laučius in which he speculates on the fate of Viktor Uspaskich and the oligarchy’s influence on Lithuanian politics, as published on...
View ArticleMayor confirmed that Vilnius Municipality will execute court order
BNS Vilnius Municipality will have to execute the Tuesday ruling of the Chief Administrative Court of Lithuania, ordering it to issue permission for a gay pride parade through the Lithuanian capital’s...
View ArticlePresident of Israel Shimon Peres awarded honorary Vilnius citizenship
The President of Israel, the Nobel Prise laureate and the founder of the Peres Centre for Peace, Shimon Peres was granted an honorary Vilnius citizenship at the Town Hall yesterday, Vilnius City...
View ArticleJonas Mekas in St. Petersburg: The evil is humanity, not Fluxus
The exhibition ‘Fluxus: The Atlas of Russian History’ was opened in St. Petersburg’s State Hermitage Museum, where the works of artists that participated in the Fluxus movement in various times are...
View ArticleOver 100 million litas to be invested in new business centre ‘k29’
On 18 November 2013 , a symbolic capsule was buried to mark the official start of building a Class A business centre, ‘k29’, reports UAB K29. Taking shape on Konstitucijos Avenue, it will become a new...
View ArticleVilnius Mayor: Vilnius is an attractive city for investors
The Mayor of Vilnius thinks that improvements in public transport and education are turning the capital of Lithuania into an attractive 21st century city, Vilnius City Municipality has informed. “As a...
View ArticleVilnius mayor Artūras Zuokas and MP Linas Balsys to run for president
BNS Vilnius City Mayor Artūras Zuokas and MP Linas Balsys, former adviser to President Dalia Grybauskaitė, have announced their plans to run for Lithuanian president. In a press release, Artūras Zuokas...
View ArticleVilnius Mayor: Car taxes should be used to improve transport infrastructure
As a response to the plans of the Government to impose tax on cars, Vilnius City Mayor Artūras Zuokas proposes to use the collected funds for the improvement of transport infrastructure in...
View ArticlePoll: Grybauskaitė is still the presidential frontrunner
BNS Most of the Lithuanian citizens who voiced early support for incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaitė still plan to vote for her in May, according to a poll published by daily Lietuvos Rytas on...
View ArticleCEC: 7 candidates officially enter presidential race
BNS The Central Electoral Commission of Lithuania on Wednesday presentented candidate certificates and legal immunity to the seven candidates in the upcoming presidential elections. The certificates...
View ArticleGrybauskaitė still frontrunner in presidential race
BNS Lithuania’s incumbent President, Dalia Grybauskaitė is growing ahead of the presidential elections, according to a Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll carried out 4-9 April. According to the report, 46.9...
View ArticleVilnius signs deal with Italy’s Gemmo on upgrade of street lighting networks
BNS The local authority of Vilnius on Monday signed an agreement with Gemmo, Italy’s railway, lighting and other infrastructure development and maintenance services provider, on the upgrade and...
View ArticlePresidential election campaign is non-existent – ex-Lithuanian president
BNS Former Lithuania’s President Valdas Adamkus on Tuesday expressed his surprise at a sluggish presidential election campaign. “For me personally this election campaign, I could honestly say, is...
View ArticleLithuania’s incumbent President, SocDem Balčytis get into presidential run-off
BNS Seeking re-election for a second term, Lithuania’s incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaitė won the majority of votes in the first round of voting in the presidential elections on Sunday but failed...
View ArticleNot a single vote-counting complaint received – head of Lithuania’s CEC
BNS The results of the first round of voting in Lithuania’s presidential elections show that incumbent President Dalia Grybauskaitė and the ruling Social Democratic Party of Lithuania’s candidate MEP...
View ArticleFirst round election results: Grybauskaitė and Balčytis to compete in run-off...
BNS Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission announced the official results of the first round of voting in the presidential elections on Sunday. In last Sunday’s vote, incumbent President Dalia...
View ArticleConservative MP Adomėnas wants permit for Russian Culture Days revoked
BNS Mantas Adomėnas of the opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives) has asked Vilnius Mayor Artūras Zuokas to revoke the permit to hold Russian Culture Days in the...
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