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Society

Lithuania makes progress, but still has ‘pockets of poverty’

The Grand Chancellor of the Order of Malta, on a visit to Vilnius, says that Lithuania has made a big progress, but there are still many disadvantaged and vulnerable people in the country. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
European Union

Europe needs unity as never before – Grybauskaitė after meeting Merkel

Europe needs unity more than ever before, as it is challenged by crisis of identity and confidence, Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after meeting in Berlin with Germany‘s Chancellor Angela Merkel and four other leaders in the run-up to European Union (EU) summit. […]

Politics

What may happen to Lithuania’s new Labour Code? 3 scenarios

Lithuania’s parliament will on Saturday discuss President Dalia Grybauskaitė veto on the new Labour Code that is meant to liberalize relations between employers and employees. Under the Seimas statute, MPs should decide during the meeting whether the law should be discussed again or scrapped. […]

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CORPORATE

Stereotypes about emigration obscure reality

While the stereotypical perception of emigration in Lithuania holds that most emigrants are low-skilled labourers toiling in the agricultural farms of Norway or the UK, the reality is much more complex, experts say. “Economic reasons […]