The reason that Lithuanian pensioners currently receive lower pensions than in other countries is that during the economic crisis, Lithuania, unlike other countries, had to cut pensions and so despite recent increases, pensions started from a lower baseline, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius told LRT Radijas. […]
Lithuanian Karolis Misiūnas who is studying at Cambridge University was ranked among the most influential Europeans under 30 years-old in the Forbes 30 Under 30. The Lithuanian scientist was ranked in the top 30 in Forbes science and healthcare category. […]
Non-taxable income should be increased instead of the minimum wage and that would put more money in the pocket of workers, according to Naglis Puteikis, a member of, and tapped to be leader of, Lithuania’s newest political party, Increase Tax-Exempt Income (NPD). […]
Lithuania is ranked ahead of its Baltic State neighbors, Latvia and Estonia, in the latest Bloomberg global innovation rankings – South Korea took number one spot in the rankings, which scored economies using factors including research and development spending and concentration of high-tech public companies. […]
President Dalia Grybauskaitė is leaving for a three-day working visit to Switzerland. The Lithuanian president will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos and visit the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN). […]
A student at Mykolas Romeris University, in Vilnius, got so upset after failing an exam that he threatened to kill members of the staff. […]
According to the Lithuanian National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-LT), the number of registered cyber-crime incidents grew by 15 percent over the last year. […]
Policymakers increasingly admit that Europe’s refugee relocation mechanism is stalling – countries like Lithuania feel it first-hand. Lithuania’s participation has not started on a high note – the only family (four persons) relocated under the mechanism is already suing the country for granting legal protection rather than refugee status. […]
Igoris Molotkovas, who sparked a massive manhunt operation in Vilnius last November after escaping police with a Kalashnikov, gave evidence in his case on Tuesday. […]
Raimondas Karpavičius, one of the candidates running for the presidency of the Lithuanian Football Federation (LFF), has quit the race on the eve of the voting. […]
After Lithuania legalized bankruptcy procedures for individuals three years ago, only 17 people have made use of the relief from their debts by declaring bankruptcy. Another 900 have started bankruptcy procedures which take three years. Lithuanians who want to go bankrupt faster and easier still prefer to do it in Latvia or the United Kingdom. […]
The European Commission could find additional funding for handling the refugee crisis by reviewing the European Union‘s budget, said Lithuanian Finance Minister Rimantas Šadžius. […]
Seimas Speaker Loreta Graužinienė has sent a request for information to the Special Investigation Service (STT) about Deputy Speaker Kęstas Komskis after Liberal MP Andrius Mazuronis requested that she probe whether Komskis was suitable for the post. […]
Many Lithuanians are still keeping large amounts of money at home rather than lodging it in a bank, according to a new survey. […]
The lawsuit against the Lithuanian state by a migrant family from Iraq who arrived in Lithuania last December under the European Union‘s refugee resettlement programme will help clarify refugee handling procedures, according to legal experts. […]
A new dormitory will be built at the Air Force Aviation Base in Šiauliai to house foreign soldiers on short stays during redeployment, exercises and for the NATO air policing mission. […]
Rotten WiFi, a Lithuanian WiFi watchdog startup in the UK, tested the WiFi connections of more than 350 universities around the world and found that Lithuanian universities dominated the top 10 in their rankings. Five of the top 10 positions belong to Lithuanian universities, and these also occupy the top 3 spots. […]
Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius is the highest paid member of the ruling government with Defence Minister Juozas Olekas a close second. However, many government ministers are paid significantly less. […]
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