Algimantas Degutis EN

The American International School of Vilnius (AISV) has failed to get a permit from Lithuania's authorities for its planned expansion for a year now.

The Lukiškių Square Memorial to freedom fighters, which has won a competition, falls short of heritage protection requirements, therefore, a suggestion will be made to change the Lithuanian Cultural Heritage Department said.

Lithuania's leaders say that Šnipiškių Jewish cemetery would not be affected by the reconstruction of the derelict Sports and Concert Palace in central Vilnius, dismissing the fears voiced by a group of US Congressmen as ungrounded.