Lithuania News

Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili pays official visit to Lithuania, where he will attend the events dedicated to the Millennium of the Name of Lithuania.

Members of the Lithuanian American community plan to gather Tuesday afternoon in Hartford to mark the 1,000th anniversary of the first written reference to Lithuania by singing the country's national anthem.

The Baltic nation of Lithuania is bracing for a nationwide party as it prepares to mark its symbolic 1 000th birthday and give itself some respite from a daily fare of economic crisis headlines.

Ingrida Simonyte was confirmed as Lithuania's new finance minister Friday. Simonyte, 34, has worked at the ministry since 1997.

Made public today was a Letter from the Pope, written in Latin and dated 23 June, in which he appoints Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, as pontifical legate to solemn celebrations marking the millennium of Lithuania.

President Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania last week vetoed a bill that would prohibit the discussion of homosexuality in schools, and ban references to gay and lesbian relationships in public places where children can see them, reports the UK-based Lesbian and Gay Foundation .

Lithuanian legislation prohibiting the discussion of homosexuality in schools and other places accessible by youngsters was vetoed yesterday by President Adamkus after being passed by parliament last week.

As from 11 May 2009 the Agreement on Application of Article 65 of the European Patent Convention has come into force in Lithuania.

President of Lithuania Valdas Adamkus met with Tbilisi Vice Mayor Mamuka Akhvlediani.

U.S. President Barack Obama called his Lithuanian counterpart Valdas Adamkus Tuesday for discussion of a range of issues of common concern, the White House said Wednesdays.

Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi discussed illegal immigration and bilateral cooperation in education, tourism and trade during a meeting with Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius in Vilnius, Lithuania on Tuesday.

This post is also available in: EspaA ol: Lituania: Alcalde de Oslo en protesta gay... Lituanica reports how Norwegian capital's, Oslo, mayor brought his same sex spouse to an international mayors' conference in Vilnius - in practical protest against Lithuania's increasingly homophobic policies.

June 21 - A string quartet in Lithuania takes to the skies in a hot air balloon to perform Tchaikovsky.

Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius has chosen his finance minister, Algirdas Semeta, to replace Dalia GrybauskaitA- as EU budget commissioner, after the latter was elected president last month.

Kaunas Lituanica on Seven Game Tour

Those chunks of fossilised pine resin can cost a fortune. Not, says Anna Goldrein, if you're prepared to travel to the Baltic The sea has sent amber to the Baltic shores for thousands of years.

Lithuanian lawmakers yesterday passed a law banning what they dubbed the promotion of homosexuality, sparking an angry reaction from gay rights groups in the Baltic state.

Lithuania's parliament gave final approval on Tuesday to a bill that a local human rights organisation said could ban the discussion of homosexuality in schools.

Two Upper Austrian pensioners are walking 1,500 kilometres from Linz to Vilnius, Lithuania as cultural ambassadors.

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