The decrease in Lithuania’s population in 2000-2013 was the most pronounced across the European Union (EU), says director of the Institute of Human Geography and Demography Vlada Stankūnienė. […]
The parliament of Lithuania has adopted amendments to the Law on Excise Duty. The bill introduces higher excise duty rates on beer, wine and other fermented beverages, intermediate products, ethyl alcohol, cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos starting in March 2015. […]
The Vilnius unit of the Labour Party has approved a list of candidates to run for the Vilnius City Council. Jonas Pinskus was nominated as the party’s candidate for the mayor of Vilnius. […]
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Loreta Graužinienė has refrained from comments on President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s strong-worded statements on Russia, noting that the European Union (EU) should speak in one voice on the matter. […]
The Lithuanian parliament sent next year’s draft budget bill back to the government for improvement after the first reading on Tuesday. […]
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday again rejected a candidate for equal opportunities ombudsperson. […]
If stepped-up checks of Lithuanian trucks at the Russian border remain in place for an extended period of time, Lithuania’s transport sector would suffer substantial losses, which may hit hard the entire national economy, the economists have warned, adding that new Russia’s restrictions will undermine Lithuania’s competitive edge in the region, as far as re-exports of goods from the West to Russia are concerned. […]
After the mysterious hunt for a submarine off the coasts of Sweden, a Portuguese Air Force reconnaissance airplane Lockheed P-3C CUP was sent to Lithuania in late October to observe the Baltic Sea. […]
Lithuania on Monday presented a diplomatic note to Russian Ambassador to Lithuania Alexander Udaltsov, who was summoned to the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, over the discriminatory border crossing procedures imposed on Lithuanian vehicles by Russia, said Lithuanian Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrius Krivas. […]
The Union of Lithuanian Psychologists has issued a statement, criticizing a ban on airing a social video ad about LGBT rights on television. Broadcasters have refused to air the video, saying it would violate a controversial minors protection law, but psychologists claim censorship of this kind is what does harm to children rather than messages on LGBT people. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said that the statement of head of Federal Customs Service of Russia Andrey Belyaninov, who said that Lithuanian vehicle inspection was made stricter because the country is used to import illegal embargo goods from the entire European Union, is an accusation on the EU as a whole. She also said that solutions will have to be found at the European level. […]
The Seimas of Lithuania on Tuesday adopted amendments to the Law on Pubic Information, changing the way the commission for media ethics is formed. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė has called Russia “a terrorist state”. Moscow retorted by saying that Grybauskaitė should grow out of “communist youth” maximalism. Some extremists at the Russian Duma have even proposed to sever diplomatic relations with Vilnius. […]
Lithuania will provide assistance to Ukraine based on the country’s needs, Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Juozas Olekas told BNS on Tuesday. […]
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