If the conservatives decide to send Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė to next year’s presidential elections, she would start from a very uncomfortable position, explains Saulius Spurga, a political scientist at Mykolas Romeris University (MRU), lrytas.lt […]
One crisis after another keeps falling on the shoulders of those in power. Some politicians are watching them and not expressing their opinion in public, while others are criticising or even raising the question of […]
The presidential elections will take place in May 2024, but politicians do not seem to be rushing to fill the seat. This is normal. Nobody wants to fire off bullets too early. However, behind the […]
The political climate is increasingly marked by rating fluctuations. Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen, the speaker of the Seimas and leader of the Liberal Movement, who was among the most popular politician just a year ago, is now […]
September 1 has arrived and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sports’ negotiations with teachers’ unions have once more entered the heated phase Vytautas Bruveris wrote in lrytas.lt Already a few weeks ago, it turned […]
The example set by Seimas Legal Affairs Committee head Agnė Širinskienė to settle accounts with her own by employing the ethics watchdogs has become infectious – two “Farmer” medics have clashed. A. Širinskienė ’s attempt […]
President Gitanas Nausėda has met with several ministers that have been delegated by the “Farmers”. One of the first to be called up was Minister of Healthcare Aurelijus Veryga. He is one of the numbers […]
With the Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) congress nearing, “Farmer” leader Ramūnas Karbauskis has spoken to party members, proposing to halve the number of LVŽS deputies. The party chairman would like to not longer have Seimas first Vice Speaker Rima Baškienė and Seimas Vice Speaker Arvydas Nekrošius as his deputies, LRT’s Laba Diena, Lietuva reports, according to lrt.lt. […]
From doctors to teachers. Against children’s rights protection law changes and for the impeachment of a member of Seimas. The lrt.lt news portal presents protests held in 2018, which drew crowds and caused ripples throughout the public. […]
The cabinet has approved a pharmacy licensing regulations amendment project proposed by the Ministry of Healthcare, which will allow retailers to sell certain medicines, rather than just pharmacies, starting from January 1, lrt.lt writes. […]
Minister of Healthcare Aurelijus Veryga is in breach of the public and private interest separation in state service law requirements to avoid conflicts of interest and with it arising – to recuse himself. […]
Liberal Movement leader Eugenijus Gentvilas tells lrt.lt that Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, who has announced the firing of three ministers, may seek to provoke a dissolution of the cabinet and use this to portray himself as a victim in the presidential elections, lrt.lt writes. […]
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga and several lawmakers said on Friday they are submitting new amendments to a healthcare network reform package to ensure that both public and private hospitals have access to compulsory health insurance funds. […]
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga expects the Seimas to pass by the end of the current fall session new amendments paving the way for an overhaul of healthcare facilities. […]
The Lithuanian and Latvian health ministers have signed an agreement on emergency medical services (EMS) in the border area of the two neighboring countries. […]
In a recent article by Kęstutis Girnius, titled “Is there an effort to antagonize the Russian minority of Lithuania?”, the status of national minorities living in Lithuania has again been interpreted in a way that […]
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga, who is putting forward proposals aimed at discouraging smoking, did not promise any concessions to the tobacco industry as he met with officials from the National Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association on Tuesday. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday that the Health Ministry will have to improve its proposed package of measures to discourage smoking, adding that the government backs a ban on tobacco displays in shops, but it does not see sufficient arguments for plain cigarette packaging. […]
Both the majority and opposition predict that the new political season starting with the autumn session next week will be tense. The atmosphere will be heated not only by various politicians’ agenda questions, but also […]
Part of medics’ trade unions have renewed their agreements with the Ministry of Health over pay rises and longer vacations. […]
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