More than 100 representatives of Lithuanian hotel and restaurants have rallied in Vilnius to call for bringing back the value added tax (VAT) relief on catering services as they join a campaign held in all the Baltic States on Thursday.
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It was rumoured that the Lithuanian Parliament might consider a bill on civil unions on Thursday, which would regulate relations between cohabiting couples, including same-sex partners. However, a vote on the bill was not included in the agenda of the last sitting of the spring session. Nevertheless...
Two non-governmental organisations, the National Association of Bočiai Communities and the Lithuanian Association of the Elderly, organised a rally near the Seimas on Wednesday to voice discontent over second pillar pension funds and low pensions.
On Wednesday evening, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis addressed the crowd of people in Tbilisi who rallied in protest against a “foreign influence” law recently adopted by Georgia’s parliament.
The Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned Yaroslav Khmyl, chargé d'affaires ad interim of Belarus, and handed him a diplomatic note, expressing a strong protest over the statements made on 25 April 2024 by Belarus’ KGB chief Ivan Tertel, the ministry said in a press release.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania has summoned the chargé d’affaires ad interim of Belarus and handed a diplomatic note expressing strong protest over the death of a Lithuanian citizen who was detained in Belarus last December and has died since in custody, possibly because medical aid wa...
According to the State Border Guard Service (VSAT), Polish farmers’ protest has ended at the Budzisko-Kalvarija border checkpoint, at the border with Lithuania.
Checks at Lithuanian-Polish border crossing initiated by Polish farmers have found many processed products of unknown origin crossing the border, while lorries are carrying small quantities of Ukrainian grain, organisers say.
On Friday, 1 March, Polish farmers started a protest campaign at the Polish-Lithuanian border on the main motorway between the two countries. Polish farmers are protesting and voicing their discontent about the European Green Deal and import of cheap Ukrainian grain to Poland. Lithuania’s Police Com...
Polish farmers, discontent over the European Green Deal and cheap Ukrainian grain imports, on Friday started a partial blockade of a motorway between Budzisko village in Poland and Kalvarija city in Lithuania. Polish farmers’ protest campaign is expected to last for a week and they intend to check h...