Welcome to the Lithuania Tribune, a source of information and opinions based in Vilnius, and provides you with the freshest news on Lithuania in English.

The Lithuania Tribune is an independent news portal on Lithuania’s current affairs and business, and a source of information on the most important general trends in this Baltic country.  We are also aiming to voice the Lithuanians’ opinions on various international issues.

The Lithuania Tribune reporting is based on integrity and independence, reflecting  the country’s current affairs through the lens of the mainstream Lithuanian media, various state and independent institutions, academia and political establishment. We aim to provide you with quality content and a wide range of information, mixed with local views.

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The Lithuania Tribune team:

Ruslanas Iržikevičius – Founder and Project Coordinator

Liutauras Ulevičius – Co-Founder

Ilja Šumatbajev – Administrator/Translator

Fredrik Rydström – Commentator
Fredrik graduated Vilnius University in 2011 where he was awarded a Cum Laude diploma in Central and Eastern European Studies. His main area of expertise concerns Nordic-Baltic relations and the cultural and economic exchange between the two regions. Apart from this, Fredrik Rydström is a great connoisseur of the kibinas.”

Jorge Marcano – reporter on current affairs and commentator, authour of ’The view form Vilnius’ column. Jorge is an Erasmus Mundus graduate. A global citizen, Europhile & South-American. Passionate about Baltic affairs, happiness and unlimited exploration. Expert on intercultural communication.

Vytas Radzevičius – Translator
Vytas is a first generation Lithuanian-American.  He received a Bachelor and Master Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan and worked in the automotive industry for 23 years.  Now he is working on more creative endeavors as a director/producer/editor of television shows for the Detroit area market.  He and his wife, Christine, live in Plymouth, Michigan.

Fabio Belafatti – Commentator
Fabio is a political analyst for the Milan-based think tank Equilibri, and a contributor of the on-line weekly The Post – Internazionale. He covers issues related to Central Asia The Lithuania Tribune team and the Baltic states. After graduating in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Bologna, he achieved an MSc at the School of Oriental and African Studies – University of London, where he specialized in Middle East and Central Asian politics and society. He is also a member of the editoral staff of the newly-established magazine Erodoto108.

Sandra Dijokaitė – Translator
Sandra graduated from university and gained English philology bachelor. Currently I‘m working but my job has nothing to do with translation. That is why, I try to take every opportunity to apply my knowledge and to gain some experience as well.

Laura Bojarskaitė – Translator

Marius Jonyla – IT support

Silvija Guzelytė – Translator

Karolina Andrulytė – Translator

Antanas Šlivinskas – Translator

Evelina Peskaityte – Translator

Rimantas Kleiva – Translator

Ingrida Sinkevičiūtė – Translator

Dovilė Nemanytė – Translator

Darius Mikulėnas – Translator

Arūnas Raudys – Translator

Rūta Strolytė – Translator

Greta Fedaravičiūtė – Translator

Gytis Kulaitis – Translator

Toma Milieškaitė – Translator

Ornela Figurinaitė – Translator

Ieva Krivickaitė – Translator

Ernestas Bogdanov – Translator

Agnė Stengerytė – Translator

Rūta Sinkevičiūtė – Translator

Ieva Ulozevičiūtė – Translator

Audrius Bernotas – Translator

Eglė Petrošiūtė – Translator

Ieva Kirdeikytė – Translator

Lena Ancevičienė – Translator

Greta Armonaitytė – Translator

Aurimas Dainius – Translator

Aistė Amankavičiūtė-Lašienė – Translator

James Drayton – Language editor

Kelly Omohundro – Language editor

Nadezda Kudriavceva – Language editor

Ornela Figurinaitė – Language editor

Nicola Lavey – Language editor

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