Economy
Lithuanian PM: Universal real estate tax is premature
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that he opposed a universal tax on real estate. […]
Month: October 2014
European Union
Lithuanian MEP to produce report on EU-Russian relations
Lithuanian MEP Gabrielius Landsbergis has been asked by the European Parliament‘s Committee on Foreign Affairs to draft a report on EU-Russia relations. […]
Economy
PM apologizes to for massive traffic disruption in Vilnius during euro banknote delivery
Prime Minister has apologized to the residents of Vilnius for traffic disruption caused by the delivery of the first batch of euro banknotes during Wednesday rush hour. […]
Politics
Prosecutors not to demand arrests in Lithuania’s Interior Ministry corruption case
The prosecutor in the so-called Ministry of the Interior case in Lithuania has decided not to demand the arrest of the suspects who subsequently received softer measures of suppression. […]
Opinion
Opinion: What is Putin going to do next?
How should we evaluate the current phase of Russia’s war against Ukraine? Is Vladimir Putin content with the results of his invasion and is going to stop? Unfortunately, there are too many arguments that suggest it is just a short silence before the next storm. […]
Economy
Orlen Lietuva improves results amidst pressure of operational costs
EBITDA LIFO result of Orlen Lietuva in the third quarter amounted to USD 54 million and was USD 58 million higher, year-on-year, supported by favourable macroeconomic environment in this period. […]
Legal reforms needed for strengthening democracy in Ukraine, says President Grybauskaitė
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė met with the chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Yurii Baulin, to discuss the country’s ongoing legal reforms, the strengthening of judicial system and preparations for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Ukraine. […]
Politics
Lithuanian parliament passes amendment allowing EU citizens to run in municipal and EP elections
With 54 votes in favour, 3 against and 10 abstentions, Lithuania’s parliament approved draft amendments to the preamble to the Law on Political Parties, implementing the requirement laid down in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to guarantee citizens of the union who are not nationals of that state the right to stand as candidates in municipal elections and in elections to the European Parliament, the Seimas’ press service reports. […]
Society
Lithuanian court sanctions arrest of fugitive former MP
The District Court of Kaunas, the second-largest city of Lithuania, on Tuesday sanctioned the arrest of former member of the Seimas Neringa Venckienė, charged with various criminal acts. […]
Uncategorized
The case of Yevtushenkov: One more look at Russia through the prism of clan battles
In the last essay of the series “Putin’s Russia”, I discussed the long efforts of Yevgeny Primakov’s clan to turn Ukraine’s conflict in the direction of conditional peace rather than war by imposing certain conditions and concluding everything with a peace agreement that is so useful to Russia. […]
Society
Lithuania issues most residency permits to Russians, Belarusians and Ukrainians
Most of the residency permits issued by Lithuania were given to Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian nationals last year, according to a report by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. […]
European Union
European Parliament approves new European Commission
The European Parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of Jean-Claude Juncker‘s new European Commission, allowing it to start its new five-year term on 1 November 2014 as planned, informs AFP/LETA. […]
Defence
Lithuanian Air Force commander on visit to Belgium and Italy
On 20-24 October, Commander of the Lithuanian Air Force, Colonel Audronis Navickas is conducting visits to Brussels (Belgium) and Florence (Italy), the Ministry of National Defence informs. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM welcomes new Norwegian ambassador
On Wednesday, Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius welcomed Dag Malmer Halvorsen, ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway, in Vilnius. […]
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Estonia to better mark border with Russia
The Constitutional Committee of the Estonian parliament supported a law amendment that allows the government to determine the location of Estonian-Russian temporary control line, which creates prerequisites for marking it better, maintaining and guarding it more effectively, Public Broadcasting reports. […]
Politics
President would not comment on whether Lithuanian interior minister should resign
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has refused to comment on the suitability of Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas to continue as interior minister. Meanwhile Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has asked the minister to stay on until investigation into corruption at the ministry is concluded. […]
Politics
Conservatives threaten to remove Lithuania’s minister of interior
The parliamentary group of the conservative Homeland Union will initiate interpellation against Minister of the Interior Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas, unless he resigns himself. This was confirmed by opposition leader Andrius Kubilius. […]
European Union
EU leaders honour Lithuanian customs officer killed in Kosovo
Leaders of the European Union (EU) on Tuesday paid tribute to those killed in EU civilian missions, including Lithuanian customs officer Audrius Šenavičius. […]
Society
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