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Vaišnys: Russian propaganda is a part of its politics and its source – its president
Lithuanian schools need media literacy as a subject states Vilnius University Communications faculty dean Professor Andrius Vaišnys. […]
Month: December 2016
Foreign affairs
US Republican senators McCain, Graham to visit Lithuania next week
Two influential US Republican senators, John McCain and Lindsey Graham, are expected to visit Lithuania next week, the Foreign Ministry has confirmed to BNS. […]
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Bank of Lithuania forecast – how will we live next year?
Employers are struggling for employees still remaining in Lithuania and are raising wages at the fastest rate in the European Union, but emigration is hurting long term economic growth. […]
Foreign affairs
PM denounces attacks in Ankara, Berlin
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has denounced Monday’s attacks in Berlin and Ankara as “deplorable manifestations of hatred and weakness”. […]
Economy
Seimas likely to extend reduced VAT until next June
The reduced 9-percent VAT rate on district heating will remain in place until next June, the chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) said on Monday, admitting that municipalities have forced them to drop, at least for now, the idea of raising the rate to the standard 21 percent. […]
Politics
Karbauskis to propose upholding veto of Civil Code amendments
Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), says that he will propose that the party’s political group at the parliament should support the president’s veto of amendments to the Civil Code on insulting public figures. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuania has European Commission’s support on Belarus’ N-plant
Environment Minister Kęstutis Navickas says that Karmenu Vella, the EU commissioner in charge of environment, maritime affairs and fisheries, has assured him that the European Commission supports Lithuania in raising safety issues at the Astravyets nuclear power plant, which Belarus is building just 50 kilometers from Vilnius. […]
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Lithuanian ForMin condemns attack against Russian Ambassador
Lithuania’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Linas Linkevičius expressed his condolences to the family of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov, who was mortally injured in Ankara during a terrorist attack. ‘We condemn the attack during which Russian ambassador in Ankara was killed. We extend our condolences to his family,’ Minister Linkevičius wrote on his tweeter account. […]
Foreign affairs
Three diplomats appointed Lithuania’s foreign vice-ministers
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has appointed diplomats Neris Germanas, Darius Skusevičius and Albinas Zananavičius as new deputy foreign ministers. […]
Economy
President sees scrapping of reduced VAT on heating as untimely, improper
Raising the reduced 9-percent VAT rate on district heating to the standard 21-percent rate is an untimely and improper move, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Monday. […]
Politics
President to veto Civil Code amendments on insult of public figures
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Monday she would veto amendments to the Civil Code on insult of public figures. In her words, the law adopted by the Seimas facilitates persecution for criticizing the administration. […]
Society
Civil Code amendments threaten free speech
The adopted amendments to the Lithuanian Civil Code constitute a threat to free speech, says civil law expert Valentinas Mikelėnas, professor at the Vilnius University. […]
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Dargužaitė’s aims – lower governance costs and staffing reduction
“I definitely would not have taken this position had it just been for maintaining the bureaucracy. I am definitely not the most suitable person for that. I am entering from outside in order to make changes. The most important reforms we have in mind are increasing the effectiveness of institutions, the review of work processes and the implementation of the Lean system into the state sector, which would increase work effectiveness. […]
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In Vilnius post-boxes – a Russian invitation to a place “where living standards are 3x higher”
The average inhabitant of Kaliningrad is three times richer than an average Lithuanian. Living standards in the militarised Russian exclave are higher than in Lithuania. Such statements adorn pamphlets distributed into Vilnius post-boxes, with the […]
Politics
Peasant & Greens up on popularity scale, SocDdems down
Lithuania’s ruling Peasant and Greens Union, which triumphed in the recent parliamentary elections, saw its popularity grow, while that of their coalition partners, the Social Democratic Party, was cut in half from the September level, shows a poll published in the Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
Politics
PM to set up crisis centre under Government
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis intends to set up a Crisis Management Centre under the government, which would be activated in case of an emergency. […]
Society
Min of Social Affairs to involve NGOs, local Govts in efforts against poverty
Lithuania’s new Social Security and Labour Minister Linas Kukuraitis pledges a higher degree of inclusion of non-governmental organizations, local governments and local communities in the efforts to settle social issues. […]
Defence
Russia’s Baltkran among Lithuanian Railway co’s partner in large-scale deals
The state-run company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) that has lately drawn attention from the media and the law-enforcement over lack of transparency was also engaged in million-euro deals with Baltkran company registered in the Russian Kaliningrad region, delfi.lt news portal said. […]
Opinion
On Russian Propaganda, Anti-Semitism, and Lithuania’s Lessons
No-brainer questions in Vilnius A bizarre debate has taken place in Vilnius a few days ago: should our municipality rename a street dedicated to Kazys Škirpa, a former Lithuanian diplomat notorious for his rabid anti-Semitic […]
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Paluckas speaks of a “Peasant” trap for the SocDems
Vilnius vice Mayor and member of the Social Democrat Party (LSDP) presidium Gintautas Paluckas warns that the coalition with the Peasant Greens (LPGU) is a trap for the Social Democrats. In his opinion the Peasant […]