Juras Požėla
Politics

Lithuanian healthcare minister’s condition ‘improving’

The condition of Lithuanian Healthcare Minister Juras Požela, who is being treated at Vilnius University’s Santariškės hospital for acute pancreatitis, is improving, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius has said. […]

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CORPORATE

Chechens barred entry into Poland

A large group of Chechens have set up a camp in Brest, a Belarussian city next to the Polish border, in protest of having been barred from entering Poland. The Polish government has said that […]

Gediminas Kirkilas
CORPORATE

Former PM Kirkilas says he ‘would have resigned’ in defence minister’s place

Gediminas Kirkilas, former prime minister and a leading figure in the Social Democratic Party, has said he would have stepped down if he were in the shoes of Lithuania’s minister of national defence, without going […]

Ministry of National Defence
Politics

Public procurement violations in defence system ‘systematic’, president’s office says

Inspections of public procurement deals in the Lithuanian defence system over the past decade have revealed systematic violations, presidential adviser Živilė Šatūnienė says. […]