Lithuania’s new Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas sees ensuring the safety of the Astravyets nuclear power plant, which Belarus is building just 50 kilometers from Vilnius, as one of his key tasks. […]
Lithuania will have to improve its reputation that has been harmed by the country’s inability to find common ground with its partners in Rail Baltica and to prove that it is not holding back the European standard-gauge railway project, Rokas Masiulis, the new transport minister, said. […]
The sort of cooperation found between the Liberal Movement (LS) and Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) during the 2008-2012 term will definitely not be appearing in this Seimas term and such fragmentation will only benefit the ruling coalition states political scientist Vytautas Dumbliauskas. […]
The government’s input in Lithuania’s cyber security is lacking, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after meeting with the new Cabinet on Wednesday. […]
Voting regarding the VAT exemption for heating costs did not demonstrate unity between Prime Minister Saulius SKvernelis and colleagues from the party which delegated him. The PM himself says that this happened only because party […]
Lithuania cannot support 14 strong and competitive universities, therefore, the network will be subjected to change, and the plan will be worked out along with the plan for the implementation of the government’s program, says the country’s new Education and Science Minister Jurgita Petrauskienė. […]
The Lithuanian parliament on Tuesday urged the government to draw up proposals for optimizing the network of state universities. […]
Lithuania’s parliament has taken the presidential veto into account, deciding to discard the latest amendments of the Civil Code. […]
Some 16 percent of the Lithuanian population have admitted paying a bribe over the past year, shows a survey published by the Special Investigations Service on Wednesday. In 2014, the number was 24 percent. […]
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė said at a meeting with the European Union‘s (EU) Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier that Lithuania’s position was to prevent discrimination of EU citizens, including Lithuanians, during the United Kingdom‘s exit from the organization. […]
A general reserve of national defence should be prepared in Lithuania’s education institutions, namely, schools and universities, says the ruling Peasant and Green Union’s leader Ramūnas Karbauskis who heads the parliamentary Culture Committee. […]
The new cabinet chancellor Milda Dargužaitė says she has come to reform state governance and is aware that she can expect much resistance. During a Tuesday Delfi conference on December 20, M. Dargužaitė spoke about reducing staff numbers and raising wages in the state sector without requiring extra funding. […]
After opening the final stretch of the Vilnius western bypass on Tuesday, Vilnius Mayor Remigijus Šimašius said the 105 million euro section will help solve traffic jam issues in the northern part of the Lithuanian capital. […]
The current legislative term in Lithuania will be half a year shorter than usual as the next parliamentary elections are likely to be held in the spring of 2020, the chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) said on Tuesday. […]
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Tuesday called on Lithuanians not to panic in the wake of Monday’s deadly truck attack in Berlin, saying that there are no signals of an increased threat of terrorism in the country. […]
Lithuania’s new Labour Code, which is part of the so-called social model package, will come into force next July. […]
International relations experts keep repeating that Russia is already in a hybrid war with the West. At Kremlin‘s command, Russian special services tampered with US presidential elections, are attempting to do the same with the […]
Seen as one of the most important Russian financed propaganda channels, the news agency Sputnik has so far been releasing their reports in more than thirty languages. The two year old Kremlin information project will be releasing “diverse opinions” in Lithuanian from now on as well, states is website. […]
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