Politics
Year: 2016
Politics
Investigators raid home of Liberal Movement leader alleging €100k payment
The Lithuanian Special Investigation Service (STT) said on Thursday that it is investigating suspicions that a business group has offered a €100,000 bribe to Eligijus Masiulis, the leader of the Liberal Movement. […]
Economy
Lithuania kicks off rural tourism season
Some six hundred rural homesteads across Lithuania will welcome tourists from the country and abroad willing to spend their holidays in the peaceful environment of the Lithuanian countryside. […]
Energy
Lithuania calls on EBRD to avoid supporting projects linked to Belarus nuclear plant
Lithuania has called on the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to be particularly rigorous in examining projects linked, even indirectly, to the Astravyets nuclear power plant when considering investments in Belarus‘ economy or infrastructure. […]
Defence
NATO general to discuss Baltic defence plans in Vilnius
Salvatore Farina, a high-ranking NATO general on a visit to Vilnius on Thursday, will discuss the Alliance’s defence plans for the Baltics with Lithuania’s military and Ministry of National Defence officials. […]
CORPORATE
Former Vilnius mayor to run for parliament on ‘happiness platform’
Artūras Zuokas and his Lithuanian Freedom Union are returning to national politics by promising voters happiness. “You know, I have been studying happiness economy lately and it has two steps. One – economic prosperity, and […]
Politics
Lithuanian MPs want to amend citizenship law amid Litvak complaints
As the Migration Department and courts have been rejecting citizenship applications from Jews of Lithuanian origin, lawmakers are determined to amend the Law on Citizenship. […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania’s trade deficit narrows in 2016
Lithuanian foreign trade figures have improved early this year due to growing exports and falling imports. In the first quarter of 2016, Lithuanian exports of products and raw materials amounted to €5.2 billion, while imports […]
CORPORATE
EU releases funds for Lithuania-Poland gas pipeline
EU has released the first tranche of funding to build a natural gas connector between Poland and Lithuania. Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) has transferred the first EU support payment to AB Amber Grid […]
CORPORATE
Lithuanian businesses may have to begin publishing average wages
Companies employing three or more workers may have their average wages and their total Sodra contributions published under a new law. The proposal is part of the latest edition of the State Social Insurance Law. […]
CORPORATE
Lithuania to receive ‘less than 10% of €150m EIB startup funding’
The European Investment Bank granted €150 million to support innovative, risky startups and businesses in the Baltic countries and Finland but Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia may only get a little more than one tenth of […]
CORPORATE
Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists elects new president
During the 9th congress of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK), the confederation reelected Robertas Dargis for a second term as its president. During the 9th congress of the Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists (LPK), the […]
Culture
Exploring the cuisine of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Western Europeans invented the dining room in the late 18th century but in Lithuania a room dedicated to meals, the so-called stalava, had existed since the 16th century. […]
Energy
Lithuania launches ‘open consultation’ on new 2050 National Energy Strategy
Open consultations on the National Energy Strategy have begun with for the first time, the Lithuanian Ministry of Energy is organising consultations with interest groups whose comments will be considered when drafting the final strategy. […]
CORPORATE
Defence
Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs hit by cyber attack
The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs‘ website was inaccessible to visitors on Wednesday due to a cyber attack. […]
Politics
Linkevičius outlines Lithuania’s path to OECD membership in wake of Latvian acceptance
The fight against corruption and the overhaul of state-owned companies are the key challenges that Lithuania will face on its path to membership of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Wednesday. […]
Society
Jurors may return to Lithuanian courts
Lithuania’s government decided on Wednesday to reintroduce the position of public jurors in the country’s courts, also developing a process for their selection. […]
Energy
Society
Parliament to pass new ‘social model’ with updated Labour Code by July
Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said that an agreement has been reached with the leaders of all of the Seimas‘ parliamentary groups on the adoption of a so-called new social model, a package of laws including a new Labour Code, by July. […]