Real estate development company UAB Rinktinės NT has caused public outrage and attracted criticism from politicians for cutting down a hundred-year-old oak tree in Vilnius city centre.
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More than three years already have passed since Lithuania implemented the packaging deposit system in the country. Both citizens and environmentalists notice that after the introduction of the system there is much less litter in public spaces such as forests, lakesides, parks or along roads and high...
Lithuania has asked Belarus for assistance in restoring the water level in the Neris River flowing through the two countries after it dropped considerably due to the ongoing drought, Lithuania's Ministry of Environment said on Wednesday.
The Lithuanian president rejected on Wednesday the candidacy of Irma Gudžiūnaitė for the environment minister's position, prompting the prime minister lashing out.
Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas says that Karmenu Vella, the EU commissioner in charge of environment, maritime affairs and fisheries, has assured him that the European Commission supports Lithuania in raising safety issues at the Astravyets nuclear power plant, which Belarus is building just...
Substantive disagreements remain between Lithuania and Belarus over the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction just 50 kilometers from Vilnius, the Lithuanian Environment Ministry said after the two countries' experts ended their two-day meeting in Minsk on Wednesday.
Rosatom, the Russian company which is building reactors for Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant, has downplayed a recent incident at the facility, but Lithuania's environment minister says the explanation is "childish". To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
The National Land Service is set to begin an investigation of about 150 addresses in the Pavilniai and Verkiai regional parks in Vilnius that may include gross construction violations and unlawful seizure of state land. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
The state forest service and forest officials have responded to more than 320 potential fires in forests this year, but the Ministry of Environment has said that the terrible Curonian spit forest fires of 2014 will not happen again. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking ...
Lithuania plans to publish an updated edition of the Red Book of extinct and endangered species, which may include fewer protected species than the current edition.
People in Lithuania looking to spend some time out in nature should be advised that, given the recent spate of warm weather, lighting fires can be dangerous.
The Ministry of Environment has identified 30 protected territory, national land and forest construction violations in Pavilniai and Verkiai regional parks, which belong to Vilnius City Municipality.
A government commission found over 30 building violations in two regional parks near Vilnius where developers and home owners ignore regulations meant to protect natural and historical sites.
MEP Rolandas Paksas has denied allegations of accepting a bribe, saying that prosecutors' announcement on Tuesday that they would seek his legal immunity stripped was just a continuation of a campaign against him that started in 2004.
Lithuania's Special Investigation Service (STT) broke the news on Monday that it was investigating suspected influence peddling that involves the leader of a ruling party, the head of a major media group and a grocery supermarket chain. Here are the key facts:
The supermarket chain Norfa has been named in an influence peddling investigation that involves the leader of one of Lithuania's ruling parties and the head of the Lietuvos Rytas media group. Norfa owner Dainius Dundulis denies allegations against him and his business.
