The leadership of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) expect to decide in the near future on a new candidate for the post of justice minister in the new coalition government, a spokesman for outgoing Social Democratic Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Wednesday. […]
The conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats will hold an early election for the party’s chairman on Feb. 11-12, Gabrielius Landsbergis, the conservatives’ current leader, said on Wednesday. […]
The parliament’s Committee on Culture and Culture Minister-designate Liana Ruokytė Jonsson on Wednesday criticized the outgoing government’s plan for marking the 100th anniversary of Lithuania’s statehood. […]
The Lithuanian military is buying 168 armored personnel carriers from Germany for around 1.6 million euros in total. […]
For our freedom and yours, we heard this motto during the independence movement in 1990 inviting everyone–Lithuanians, us Jews, and others–to rally to fight for independence. And we rallied, believing that in that Lithuania–the Lithuania of today–we would all be equal, and not just before God. We thought we’d be equal before memory, and before our history. As brothers and sisters. Are we equal in memory? Are we equal before history? […]
Lithuania’s Justice Minister-designate Julius Pagojus is stepping down as a member of the incoming Cabinet. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday that Julius Pagojus will not be able to hold the post of justice minister in his Cabinet. […]
Annual Lithuania’s GDP growth decelerated to 1.7% in the third quarter of this year. Seasonally and working day adjusted quarterly growth decelerated from 0.4% in the second quarter to 0.1% in the third quarter. Household demand remained the main driver of growth, while shrinking investments was the largest drag on growth, Swedbank announced. […]
Lithuania’s justice minister-designate Julius Pagojus came under criticism on Wednesday after the media unveiled that he had lost his driver’s license a year ago for drunk driving. […]
Lithuanian customs authorities on Wednesday said they busted a Russian citizen who had brought a gun, which usually fires rubber bullets, across the border from the Russian Kaliningrad region. […]
The Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat Party union Lithuanian Christian Democrats published a declaration regarding the situation in the party on 29 November. […]
Lithuania’s new Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis will make his first foreign trip to Latvia. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday appointed Rolandas Kačinskas, a top-ranking diplomat of the Foreign Ministry, as the country’s new ambassador to Greece. […]
Bored Panda, the panda-friendly, viral content creating web magazine, is joining the Vilnius Tech Park community. The startup, launched in Lithuanian in 2009, is busy filling the internet with creative posts, amazing artwork, fun picture galleries and articles in English and Spanish, Vilnius Tech Park announced in its press release. […]
In-depth discussion of the Lithuanian Labour Code, which some parties want enforced next summer, is scheduled for the parliament’s spring session, First Vice-Speaker Rima Baškienė says. […]
The European Union (EU) is currently faced with pressure from populists, Russia and the ISIS group that aim to create the atmosphere of fear and chaos, says the European Commission‘s (EC) representative in Lithuania Arnoldas Pranckevičius. […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Tuesday signed a decree to appoint a new Cabinet led by Prime Minister-designate Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Lithuania must ensure the representation of the interests of all persons living together, Julius Pagojus, the candidate to become the country’s next justice minister, said on Tuesday. […]
Danske Bank‘s chief economist for the Baltic countries believes that Lithuania’s incoming government should give priority to reforming the country’s education system in order to improve the situation in the labour market and help ensure sustainable economic growth, but he warns that possible differences in opinions between the ministry and the Seimas may prevent major changes from occurring. […]
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