Vilnius City Municipality

On Thursday, farmers protesting in Vilnius over agricultural policies met with the prime minister. Their protest, which has lasted for three days, is due to end on Thursday at 4 p.m.

Law enforcement thinks that an explosion and a subsequent fire in a block of flats in Vilnius, which occurred on 2 January, might have been caused deliberately.

The national stadium project has been nearly suspended amid negotiations to index construction prices, says Vilniaus daugiafunkcis kompleksas, concessions company implementing the project. The volume of the construction work has been 'reduced to the minimum', it said.

Vilnius City Municipality and Vilniaus šilumos tinklai (VŠT) district heating utility have won a dispute with the French energy company Veolia in Stockholm arbitration. The court awarded EUR 83 million to Vilnius City in damages, Valdas Benkunskas has said.

Russian authorities have included Kamilė Šeraitė, adviser to Lithuania’s National Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas, in the list of wanted persons, public broadcaster LRT reports citing Russian media.

Thousands of teachers from hundreds of schools will start a strike on Friday, the Lithuanian Education Employee’s Trade Union (LŠDPS) has announced.

On Monday, the Lithuanian Education Employees’ Trade Union (LŠDPS) informed the Government and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport that an indefinite teachers’ strike would begin next week.

Vilnius City Municipality has approved plans to acquire hydrogen-powered buses and to start green nitrogen production as of 2026. Minister of Energy Dainius Kreivys notes that in the future Lithuania is expected to produce vast amounts of hydrogen using excess energy generated by power plants from r...

Starting with 1 September, rental electric scooters in Vilnius city centre may be parked only in specifically marked parking spaces.

Vilnius City Municipality was initially reluctant to disclose information about severance pay transferred to Mindaugas Pakalnis, former chief architect of Vilnius, yet it later transpired that he received payment from both the municipality and one of its companies.

Vilnius hosted the first Pink Soup Fest on Saturday to celebrate Lithuania’s beloved cold beetroot soup, the municipality said in a press release.

Electric scooters will be banned in three streets of Vilnius city as of 1 June. Vilnius City Municipality is making the step due to “chaotic” e-scooter riders.

Vilnius City Municipality has launched a campaign to keep residents informed of traffic restrictions and the capital city’s overall preparations to host the NATO summit on 11-12 July, the city mayor said.

Lithuania's Financial Crime Investigation Service has on Tuesday seized documents from Vilnius City Municipality over the procurement of lung ventilators, and has also carried out searches at a company Andrikus.

A monument to Jew savers is planned to be built in Vilnius over the next couple of years.

The costs of the Vilnius authorities and the government on the construction and maintenance of a national stadium can reach 155.9 million euros, the authorities in the Lithuanian capital say.

A public plane spotting site will be erected near Vilnius Airport this year. A construction contract has been signed with company “Ginstata”, which will complete the site at the airport and set up an exclusive facility by mid-October this year, informs Lithuanian Airports in a press release.

Days before the 4th Baltic Pride March for Equality in Lithuania, a new edition of LGBT+ friendly maps was launched in Vilnius and Kaunas, writes Go Vilnius.

The Vilnius City Municipality is considering reconstructing a protected cultural value – a wooden building in an emergency condition in the Užupis neighbourhood that would accommodate a centre of cultural exchange with Belarus.

Council of the Vilnius City Municipality on Tuesday dismissed Alma Vaitkunskienė as administrative director after she lost the mayor's confidence.