Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will attend a working dinner with US President Barack Obama and other heads of state at the White House to discuss ways to prevent nuclear terrorism threats on Thursday. […]
With about six months left to the next general election, cutting taxes is all the rage in the Lithuanian parliament. MPs have submitted several bills suggesting cutting value-added tax (VAT). Some proposals have been discussed more extensively than others, but there is still no clear agreement on a number of points concerning the cuts. […]
On Wednesday, the Seimas Ethics Commission has decided that the milk price regulation passed by the Seimas must be returned to the plenary meeting hall as soon as possible and be voted on again. […]
The Lithuanian government has greenlit using money from European Union structural funds to finance informal learning programmes in Lithuanian schools. […]
Lithuania’s former education minister Dainius Pavalkis has joined the team of advisers for European Commissioner Carlos Moedas whose office is in charge of research, science and innovation. […]
Russia and Belarus are likely to target infiltrating Lithuania’s Armed Forces via new recruits and conscripts, according to the Lithuanian Security Institutions’ annual report on Wednesday. […]
The Swedish clothing retailer H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) is opening its first store in Kaunas, Lithuania’s second city, this year. […]
Counter-terrorism efforts and the migration crisis will reduce the international community’s attention on the security situation in Eastern Europe and will have a negative effect upon Lithuania, according to Lithuanian intelligence assessments. […]
The Order and Justice party has at least two candidates in mind for the Interior Minister‘s post after Saulius Skvernelis announced he will be resigning after abandoning his position as an independent to run for the Peasant and Greens Union in upcoming elections. […]
The Lithuanian police officers’ union, the Officers‘ National Trade Union (NPPS) fear that reforms begun by Interior Minister Saulius Skvernelis may be scrapped by his successor and is threatening to use all legal means to make sure the succeeding minister will continue the reforms started by Skvernelis. […]
Real estate mogul Donald Trump, the potential nominee of the Republican Party in the United States‘ presidential election, has said that NATO might have outlived its usefulness. […]
Russian president Vladimir Putin has said that the war in Syria cost Russia 33 billion Rubles (or €430 million) but it may also generate billions of euros in arms sales for Russia. […]
Lithuania‘s status as a key transit country for re-exporting goods from West to East has started to wane significantly, with re-exports down by 10% in 2015 alone. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is planning to raise the issue of Belarus’ Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., this week. […]
Lithuania’s Competition Council, a regulatory body tasked with ensuring a healthy market and preventing monopolistic or over-dominant competitive acquisitions, has claimed that the Seimas‘ decision to regulate milk purchasing prices strangles competition, limits the personal freedoms of farmers, and possibly violates the constitution. […]
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