Lithuanian cop arrested in Belarus
VILNIUS — A high-ranking Lithuanian policeman was arrested on Tuesday in Belarus on suspicion of drug trafficking, but little other information is being released. The Lithuanian embassy in Belarus...
View ArticleOil exec arrested for €8.7 mln theft
KLAIPĖDA, Lithuania — The general director and procurement department manager of a Lithuanian oil transport company Naftos Grupė were arrested by police on Thursday under suspicion of embezzling 30...
View ArticleCop arrested in Belarus denies guilt
VILNIUS — New details about the arrest of a high-ranking Lithuanian policeman emerged on Thursday, as the arrested cop denied his guilt. According to statements from Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign...
View ArticleAnother storm ravages Lithuania
VILNIUS — The second violent storm to hit Lithuania this month caused power outages throughout the country including the cities of Kaunas and Šiauliai and felled numerous trees. The storm hit late...
View ArticleOn video: Vilnius’ first bicycle rally since hit-and-run
VILNIUS — Vilnius’ first large-scale bicycle rally since April’s Critical Mass, which sent two people to the hospital after a hit-and-run incident, was held on Sunday and went off without a hitch,...
View ArticleBaltic Way monument unveiled in Vilnius
VILNIUS — Twenty-one years after the Baltic Way united Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with a human chain to protest against the Soviet occupation, a new monument commemorating the event was unveiled in...
View ArticleNew Kaunas arena faces unexpected delays
KAUNAS, Lithuania — Delays in the construction of a new basketball arena in Kaunas has FIBA threatening to strike Lithuania’s second-largest city from the list of 2011 Eurobasket tournament host...
View ArticleLithuanian jailed after robbery spree
NORWICH, England — A 26-year-old Lithuanian man was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison by a U.K. court last week for taking part in over 90 burglaries in eastern England. On Thursday the...
View ArticleBelarus releases Lithuanian cop
VILNIUS — Belarus released a Lithuanian policeman last week, held for suspected drug trafficking, with no charges. Laimonas Bankauskas, head of the Vilnius Police Department’s equestrian police...
View ArticleSoDra, state institutions targeted
VILNIUS — Despite its recovering economy, it appears Lithuania’s age of austerity that has defined government policies since the economic crisis hit in late 2008 is not leaving anytime soon. In a...
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