The Liberal Movement political group in the Lithuanian parliament has proposed to boost funding for counter-terrorism effort by additional EUR 15 million starting in 2016. […]
The Bank of Lithuania has drafted a list of private banking services that it proposes should be made more accessible. If the proposal is endorsed by parliament, commercial banks will have to provide basic services like debit card administration, cash withdrawals and money transfers in the EEA to their clients at a fixed charge. […]
A Lithuanian charity ball in London celebrated the quarter-century anniversary of Lithuania’s independence and raised funds to be donated for suicide prevention. […]
The European Commission published its assessment of budgetary plans submitted to it by eurozone countries. Commenting on Lithuania’s 2016 national budget draft, the EC says it strays too much from fiscal discipline targets and that Lithuania might fail to keep structural deficit below 1 percent of GDP. Lithuania’s prime minister has responded that the government is not planning to revise the budget. […]
The National Audit Office of Lithuania has issued a warning that the draft state budget for 2016 is on the verge of breaching fiscal rules and that Lithuania is not ready to counter financial shocks. Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has dismissed the criticism and said that budget revenue figures improved due to better tax administration. […]
Petras Auštrevičius, a liberal member of the European Parliament, says that European policies need to change. The Lithuanian MEP believes, however, that Europe itself is a great structure and should not be changed. […]
The prime minister‘s spokeswoman Evelina Butkutė-Lazdauskienė says that even if Lithuania is shocked by the events in Paris, it is not frightened. […]
Chief advisor to the Lithuanian president on national security Valdemaras Sarapinas says that people running from war should not be called terrorists and Lithuania will stay committed to the European Union‘s (EU) refugee relocation plan. […]
In the previous articles of the series ‘Putin’s Russia: Kremlin’s Goals and Tools’, I analysed the theory and practice of Russia’s foreign policy and drew attention to the fact that Russia still uses the ammunition of USSR KGB – disinformation, influence agents, scandals (e.g., Edward Snowden’s story) and criminal activity: corruption, criminal world, drug trafficking and terrorism. So I will now move on to the cases of three countries and their policies – that, I believe, will be a perfect illustration of Kremlin’s capabilities. […]
The Minister of the Interior of Lithuania, Saulius Skvernelis, believes that Passenger Name Records (PNR) must be collected not only on external EU flights but on internal ones as well. According to the minister, Lithuania is ready to unilaterally launch the PNR system already in 2016. […]
A group in Lithuania collected 69,000 signatures under a petition which obligates parliament to consider a proposed bill on name spelling in personal identification documents. The initiative, calling itself “Talka – for Lithuania’s State Language”, seeks to pass a law saying that only Lithuanian characters can be used in passports and other official documents. Lithuania’s Polish-speaking community has been voicing demands to allow the use original non-Lithuanian name spelling in passports. […]
On 9-15 November, fighter aircraft of the NATO Air Policing Mission in the Baltic States performed one A-Scramble to intercept a foreign aircraft in international airspace above the Baltic Sea, the Ministry of National Defence reports. […]
The National Audit Office criticised Lithuania’s national budget for 2016, saying it was based on excessively optimistic tax collection expectations. Minister of Finance Rimantas Šadžius has dismissed the remarks. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that terrorism threat remains low in Lithuania, despite recent attacks in Paris. The head of Government added that a counter-terrorism unit will be reopened at the State Security Department (VSD). […]
Head of the State Security Department (VSD) Darius Jauniškis says the Lithuanian Government should consider creating a crisis management centre which would adequately respond to terrorist attacks. […]
Bullying remains a pandemic problem in Lithuanian schools and can sometimes lead to tragic consequence, including suicide. The Equal Opportunities Ombudsperson‘s Office has conducted a survey among school students, a fifth of whom said they were bullied for one reason or another. […]
Prior to leaving for Paris to participate in the Leaders’ Forum of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), President Dalia Grybauskaitė emphasised that everyone must join efforts and look at the fight against terrorism anew because this challenge needs a united response. […]
After Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris, Lithuania has taken additional measures at border crossing points, including more thorough inspections of people and vehicles. […]
Lithuanian political scientists, journalists and politicians comment on the coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris which left at least 129 people dead. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė left for the 70th UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, leader forum on Monday, November 16, in Paris. While in Frabce, the Lithuanian president is to honour the victims of a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris. […]
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