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By now, trade has largely resumed, according to Lithuanian businesses, even though Chinese imports to Lithuania are grow...
05/02/2025

By now, trade has largely resumed, according to Lithuanian businesses, even though Chinese imports to Lithuania are growing much faster than Lithuanian exports to China

Both Lithuania’s prime minister and parliament speaker are calling for improving relations with China. But will this be ...

Many temperature records broken last month
04/02/2025

Many temperature records broken last month

The last ten days of January were the warmest since 1961, the Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service (LHMT) told BNS on ...

“We see a different perspective from countries focused on stability or minimal budget deficits, so I wouldn’t be too opt...
04/02/2025

“We see a different perspective from countries focused on stability or minimal budget deficits, so I wouldn’t be too optimistic on this issue today,” Nausėda told LRT

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda says he is “not too optimistic” that EU countries will manage to agree on joint bor...

It's finally open ✈️
04/02/2025

It's finally open ✈️

Vilnius Airport is officially opening its new passenger departure terminal on Tuesday, considered one of the most advanc...

There is no shortage of potential buyers eyeing empty flats on fire sale, but it is not that easy
04/02/2025

There is no shortage of potential buyers eyeing empty flats on fire sale, but it is not that easy

Russian citizens own more than 9,000 properties in Lithuania. Many are unused because Lithuania introduced strict travel...

The culture ministry wants a piece of the future military spending bonanza
03/02/2025

The culture ministry wants a piece of the future military spending bonanza

The Lithuanian Culture Ministry has confirmed that it is seeking 1.5 percent of GDP, or more than a billion euros per ye...

The company says it was unaware of the employee’s actions
03/02/2025

The company says it was unaware of the employee’s actions

An employee of Optogama, one of Lithuania’s largest laser manufacturers, secretly sold lasers to Russian defence industr...

Where's the values-based foreign policy?
03/02/2025

Where's the values-based foreign policy?

While Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was touring Western European capitals to drum up support against Donald Tr...

The Budapest-born composer Pal Hermann perished in Kaunas
02/02/2025

The Budapest-born composer Pal Hermann perished in Kaunas

A cello owned by a Hungarian composer killed in Kaunas during the Holocaust has been discovered eight decades later. Sav...

An incunabulum 🤓
02/02/2025

An incunabulum 🤓

Lithuania’s Martynas Mažvydas National Library has discovered an incunabulum – a rare book published before printing hou...

🎤😎
01/02/2025

🎤😎

Two more songs advanced to Lithuania’s national Eurovision final after nine artists performed at the fourth – penultimat...

Resumed and suspended again
31/01/2025

Resumed and suspended again

Following a request from the European Commission, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has suspended the case over China’s...

9,486 left the country last year
31/01/2025

9,486 left the country last year

The number of Lithuanians who left their country was at its lowest last year ever since 1990, the Foreign Ministry said ...

Multiple organisations contacted by LRT refrained from commenting, because the impact is yet to be assessed or they had ...
31/01/2025

Multiple organisations contacted by LRT refrained from commenting, because the impact is yet to be assessed or they had been given direct orders not to speak publicly

The United States halted all foreign aid projects for the next three months to review existing programmes, stunning Lith...

Good Friday morning ☀️
31/01/2025

Good Friday morning ☀️

LRT English Newsletter – January 31, 2025

The US deportation list includes 259 Lithuanian citizens
30/01/2025

The US deportation list includes 259 Lithuanian citizens

The US media recently published a list of around 1.5 million migrants, including 259 Lithuanian citizens, to be deported...

Agencies in Lithuania continue offering trips to Belarusian sanatoriums
30/01/2025

Agencies in Lithuania continue offering trips to Belarusian sanatoriums

As agencies in Lithuania continue offering trips to Belarusian sanatoriums, the Foreign Ministry warns that Lithuanian c...

Various electricity and communication cables and gas pipelines connect the nine countries that border the Baltic Sea
30/01/2025

Various electricity and communication cables and gas pipelines connect the nine countries that border the Baltic Sea

At least 11 cables running along the Baltic seabed have been damaged since October 2023, officials say.

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CCTV footage captured the moment of impact of Vilnius plane crash: (Source: Trade State)

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Lithuania’s last partisans: “My mother wrote to me: Child, die in Lithuania, don’t go to die in Siberia”

Is Russia targeting Lithuanian volunteers in Ukraine?
Is Russia targeting Lithuanian volunteers in Ukraine?

Is Russia targeting Lithuanian volunteers in Ukraine? Read more: https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2329116/is-russia-targeting-lithuanian-volunteers-in-ukraine

Public transport in Vilnius 30 years ago
Public transport in Vilnius 30 years ago

LRT tapes are back! This one is about public transport in Vilnius 30 years ago 🚎

LRT tapes. Queen of Denmark visits Lithuanian chicken farm
LRT tapes. Queen of Denmark visits Lithuanian chicken farm

On July 31, 1992, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, who recently announced her abdication, became the first monarch to visit independent Lithuania. Here, she visited Trakai and… a chicken farm.

LRT tapes. Battling snowstorm in 1994
LRT tapes. Battling snowstorm in 1994

Winters in Lithuania are often generous with snow. Here’s how Lithuania’s Mažeikiai battled a blizzard in 1994.

LRT tapes. Bed slalom in Vilnius
LRT tapes. Bed slalom in Vilnius

In 1997 the first-ever bed slalom competition was held in Vilnius. Despite ambitious plans, it seems that the sport did not catch on in Lithuania.

Imagine having to run a disco in 1981 with DIY lighting and sound equipment. Despite the occasional fire, the creative minds did their best to keep their audiences dancing

LRT tapes. Lithuania establishes its currency
LRT tapes. Lithuania establishes its currency

On October 1, 1992, Lithuania became the last Baltic country to establish its own currency, the temporary talonas (voucher)

LRT tapes. German quality in Kaunas
LRT tapes. German quality in Kaunas

In this 1997 news report, the Kaunas Town Hall sees its Lithuanian-made roof tiles being replaced by the “strong” German counterparts. German goods were associated with quality and were much sought-after in the 1990s and early 2000s.

LRT tapes. Rise and fall of rocket ships
LRT tapes. Rise and fall of rocket ships

Watch a 1997 TV news report about the rise and fall of the legendary Raketa (The Rocket). The hydrofoil ships were eventually left abandoned, before making a much-lauded comeback in 2020

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