2024 in Lithuania
Events in the year 2024 in Lithuania.
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Incumbents
Events
January
- 8–14 January – 2024 European Figure Skating Championships in Kaunas[1]
March
- 27 March – 2024 Lithuanian presidential election: A Special Investigative committee of the Seimas releases its findings, accusing President Gitanas Nausėda of receiving illegal support from the head of the State Security Department and for recruiting members of the Belarusian and Russian security services for his election campaign. Nauseda rejects the findings, accusing them of being politically motivated.[2]
April
- 27 April–3 May – 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I B in Vilnius[3]
May
- 12 May –
- 2024 Lithuanian presidential election: Lithuanians are called to the polls to elect the President of Lithuania.[4] Incumbent President Gitanas Nausėda and Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė advance to the run-off election.[5]
- 2024 Lithuanian constitutional referendum: A proposal to allow dual citizenship fails to pass due to insufficient turnout.[6]
- 26 May – 2024 Lithuanian presidential election (second round): President Gitanas Nausėda wins reelection with 74.46% of the vote.[7]
- 27 May – A court in Kaunas convicts Jonava District Municipality mayor Mindaugas Sinkevičius of abuse of office, falsification of documents, and misappropriation and imposes a 12,500 euro-fine on him as well as a ban on holding public office for three years.[8]
June
- 9 June – 2024 European Parliament election: The Homeland Union emerges as the largest party in the Lithuanian contingent to the European Parliament.[9]
- 26 June – The leaders of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia call on the European Union to construct a €2.5 billion (US$2.67 billion) defence line between them and Russia and Belarus to secure the EU from military, economic, and migrant-related threats.[10]
Future and scheduled events
- 13 October – 2024 Lithuanian parliamentary election.[4]
Art and entertainment
- List of Lithuanian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- List of 2024 box office number-one films in Lithuania
Environment
- 7 February - 300 litres of crude oil spilled into the Baltic Sea near Būtingė oil terminal.[11]
Holidays
Source:[12]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 16 February – Independence Day
- 11 March - Independence Restoration Day
- 31 March - Easter Sunday
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 1 May - International Workers' Day
- 5 May - Mother's Day
- 2 June - Father's Day
- 24 June - St. John's Day
- 6 July – Statehood Day
- 15 August - Assumption Day
- 1 November - All Saints' Day
- 24 December - Christmas Eve
- 25 December - Christmas Day
- 26 December – 2nd Day of Christmas
See also
References
- "Lithuania to host ISU European Figure Skating Championships in 2024". Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija (LTR). 12 June 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- Свабода, Радыё (March 27, 2024). "У Літве скандал напярэдадні выбараў. Прэзыдэнта Наўседу абвінавацілі ў парушэньні прысягі і сувязях зь беларускім бізнэсам". Радыё Свабода.
- "2024 metų IB diviziono pasaulio vyrų ledo ritulio čempionatas bus surengtas Vilniuje" [The 2024 Division IB World Men's Ice Hockey Championship will be held in Vilnius]. LTR (in Lithuanian). 26 May 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- "The forthcoming elections". Supreme Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
- O'Carroll, Lisa (2024-05-13). "Lithuania set for presidential election run-off with incumbent Nausėda clear favourite". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- "Lithuania's citizenship referendum fails to pass constitutional amendments". lrt.lt. 2024-05-13. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- "Easy win and easier second term – what do Lithuanian presidential election results mean". lrt.lt. 2024-05-28. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- "Lithuania's Jonava District mayor found guilty of abuse of office, misappropriation". lrt.lt. 2024-05-27. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- "EP election in Lithuania: Conservatives, Social Democrats in the lead". lrt.lt. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- "Poland, Baltics call for EU defence line on border with Russia, Belarus". June 27, 2024.
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- "Lithuania Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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