Economy
Outgoing PM restates need for reform of labour relations
Reform of the social model is vital, Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius restated a few times at the final meeting of the 2012-2016 parliament on Thursday. […]
Month: November 2016
Economy
Income tax reform to benefit those making under EUR 1,000 – PM candidate
Saulius Skvernelis, candidate for Lithuania’s new prime minister, says that no major tax reforms are planned for the nearest future, however, does not rule out revision of taxes linked with employment income, including the residents’ income tax and social insurance fees. […]
European Union
EU auditor calls on Lithuania to prepare for end of EU funding
With no major EU aid likely to be provided to Lithuania after 2020, the country should take efforts to ensure that the available European funds yield a return for the state, Rimantas Šadžius, a former finance minister and now a member of the European Court of Auditors (ECA), said. […]
Politics
Conservatives, Liberals, Order and Justice opt for opposition, Poles undecided
The conservative Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats, the Liberal Movement and the Order and Justice have opted to be in the opposition in the next Seimas and the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Christian Families Alliance (EAPL-CFA) expects to decide on Monday whether or not to support the new ruling majority in the parliament. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania has contacts with Trump’s entourage – Foreign Minister
Lithuania has contacts with people in US President-elect Donald Trump‘s entourage, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Wednesday. […]
Defence
Some 71% of Poles think Poland should defend Baltics in case of attack
Seventy-one percent of Poles think that their country should defend the Baltic countries if they were attacked, according to a public opinion poll published by the Polish daily Rzeczpospolita. […]
Economy
Uncategorized
Lithuania expects that ‘uncertainty period’ in Estonia won’t last long
Lithuanian experts say that the pro-Russian Centre Party may come to government in Estonia after Prime Minister Taavi Roivas on Wednesday lost a confidence vote in parliament. Lithuanian politicians, meanwhile, expect that the government crisis in the Baltic country will be resolved soon. […]
Defence
Is sleeping beauty Kaliningrad Oblast about to wake up?
In early October, the Estonian media reported that Russia was transporting, by ship, Iskander short-range ballistic missiles from Ust Luga (Leningrad Oblast) to the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad (ERR, October 7). This news sparked a wave of commentary by politicians and experts in the Baltic Sea region: most saw this nuclear-capable missile deployment as a provocation. […]
Foreign affairs
Trump’s victory shouldn’t change US ties with Lithuania – LPGU leaders
The victory of Donald Trump of the Republicans in the United States presidential election should not change the country’s relations with Lithuania, leaders of the Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union that won the recent parliamentary elections told BNS on the morning of November 9. […]
Society
Trump won the election, a Lithuanian won 9,000 EUR
While the world expresses surprise that Donald Trump has won the United States presidential election, one Lithuanian citizen from Southwest Lithuania rejoices having won 9,000 Euros. A year ago the man bet 1,000 Euros and believed that Clinton was going to lose and no one else but Trump will win the election. At that time betting offers at the betting company “TOP sport on the 45th US president’s victory ratio was of one to nine. […]
CORPORATE
Lucas – big and bad news for the Baltics
With the Donald Trump victory in the US presidential elections, the Baltic States can await uneasy times warns Edward Lucas, chief editor for The Economist and VP of the Centre for European Policy Analysis. According […]
Politics
Social Democrat “rebels” angered by Butkevičius
Four members of the Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) negotiation group released a public statement on Wednesday, right before the signing of the coalition agreement with the Peasant and Greens Union. The statement declares that some of the actions of the party Chairman Algirdas Butkevičius and the fraction prefect Irena Šiaulienė were not discussed with the negotiation group. […]
CORPORATE
Trump is President: questions Lithuania should ask itself
“I heard news – America is withdrawing, take care of yourselves. Talks that the USA is going to take care of Europe are no longer convincing.” Such was an unofficial statement to a group of […]
Foreign affairs
Grybauskaitė congratulates new USA President
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė congratulated the new USA President Donald Trump. […]
Politics
“Peasants” and SocDems triumph – the coalition treaty signed
The Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) and Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) leaders have signed the coalition treaty today. As agreed earlier, the LVŽS will delegate its representatives to the two highest posts after the President – those of Prime Minister and Seimas Speaker. […]
Foreign affairs
Pavilionis – all is going to be fine with D. Trump
Former Lithuanian ambassador the United States, Conservative member of Seimas Žygimantas Pavilionis states he was expecting the republican candidate Donald Trump to win, even if the victory is yet to be official. Pavilionis notes that there is no real drama in this, a democratic process concluded, the only issue being that Lithuania failed to establish connections with D. Trump’s entourage. […]
Politics
New coalation agreement to be signed tomorrow
The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) and the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) announced that the coalition agreement has been almost reached and will most likely be signed tomorrow, on November 9, the LPGU Chairman Ramūnas Karbauskis announced today. […]
Politics
Butkevičius denies that the SocDems are demanding for 4 ministries
The Lithuanian Social Democrat Party (LSDP) Chairman Algirdas Butkevičius claims that in their negotiations with the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens (LVŽS) party, his party did not demand four cabinet seats. […]
Politics
Karbauskis – I do not want to be a president
The Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) Chairman Ramūnas Karbauskis stated he does not intend to run for president. […]