Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Friday that he would like to see Virginija Baltraitienė, a Labour Party MP, take up the post of agriculture minister. […]
The Seimas Ombudsman Raimondas Šukys addressed the Ministry of Culture with a recommendation to draft a sample regulation, which would assure that the right of journalists to get information is properly implemented by governmental and municipal institutions. […]
The provision of the Referendum Law, which obligates the parliament to call a referendum, even if the proposal is possibly inconsistent with the Constitution, run counter to the country’s main law, the Constitutional Court has ruled on Friday. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė greeted participants of the second World Lithuanian Youth Summit on Friday. […]
With most deputy ministers in the Lithuanian government having resigned on Thursday, the process continued on Friday. […]
On Thursday, the Lithuanian Parliament adopted amendments to the Law on Provision of Information to the Public and the Code of Criminal Procedure initiated by President Dalia Grybauskaitė. It is hoped this will enhance freedom of the press, democracy and respect of human rights. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has vetoed amendments to the Law on Public Procurement, which would have enabled political parties to avoid the requirements stipulated in the law, the presidential press service said on Friday. […]
Some experts call the current tensions between Russia and the West the new Cold War. Meanwhile, NATO countries, especially the ones that are on the outskirts of the Alliance, are concerned about the lack of funding for defence. Would two per cent of the GDP, in the face of Russian aggression, be enough to repel the fully armed eastern neighbour, should the need arise? […]
Lithuania’s former president Valdas Adamkus says that émigré businessman and public figure Juozas Kazickas, who passed away in the early hours of Thursday, has made the biggest possible contribution to Lithuania’s freedom and has proven his love for the country with deeds. […]
The ambassadors of the Czech Republic and Spain are ending their terms in Vilnius this July and will be replaced by new diplomats, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry has said. […]
On 1 January 2014, the population of the European Union was estimated to stand at 507.4 million, compared with 505.7 million one year before. The population growth is due to a natural increase of 80,000 and a net migration of 700,000, while the remainder can be explained by statistical adjustments, according to EU statistics office Eurostat. […]
On Thursday Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius participated in the monthly meeting of the commission on the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal project implementation. According to the prime minister, the project is nearing completion, therefore the site is being visited more often to make sure the work runs smoothly. […]
The second World Lithuanian Youth Summit is starting in Prienai district, southern Lithuania, on Thursday to provide an opportunity for young Lithuanians to share their experience in business, politics, culture, research and innovations, as well as other area. […]
More than two thirds of people in Lithuania support the country’s membership in the European Union, a survey for the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania adopted budget amendments which allow to increase spending on national defence by LTL 130 million (EUR 37.6 million). 100 MPs voted in favour of the proposal, none voted against and 2 abstained. […]
Dainius Žalimas has beeen appointed the president of Lithuania’s Constitutional Court. […]
The chief executive officer of Lithuania’s Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP), which is carrying out multi-billion-litas closure projects, says that donors are satisfied with the current pace of work and progress achieved and that the decommissioning process is now under control, following several years of delays. […]
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