Dainius Pavalkis
Politics

Lithuanian education minister under fire after reports of children taken to Russian paramilitary camps

Lithuanian parliamentary opposition leader Andrius Kubilius demanded on Thursday that Education and Science Minister Dainius Pavalkis be summoned to respond to reports that senior schoolchildren from Russian-language schools are allegedly taken to paramilitary camps in Russia. […]

Alenka Bratusek
European Union

Lithuanian MEPs critical of Slovenia’s candidate for EC vice-president for energy union

Lithuania’s representatives in the European Parliament are critical of Slovenia‘s candidate for the European Commission‘s vice-president for energy union Alenka Bratušek. […]

Society

Lithuania considers mandatory pre-school education for six-year-olds

Lithuania’s Ministry of Education and Science plans to introduce mandatory pre-school education for six-year-olds as of September 2015, with 5 million litas (EUR 1.45m) earmarked for the purpose in next year’s budget proposal. […]

Rokas Masiulis
Energy

New Lithuanian energy minister to focus on cost management

The newly appointed Minister of Energy Rokas Masiulis says that he will decide on the directions of his policies after he better studies costs of major energy projects. […]