Mantas Adomėnas
Politics

Prosecutors asks Seimas to strip 2 MPs of legal immunity

The Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office has asked the Seimas to lift the legal immunity of two lawmakers — Mantas Adomėnas of the conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) and Naglis Puteikis, a member of the Peasant and Green Union’s political group in the parliament — in separate defamation cases. […]

Euros
Society

Lithuanian spending on purchases lowest in Baltics but catching up with Latvia

The spending of Lithuanian households on essential goods remains the lowest in the Baltic states, however, is rapidly catching up with Latvia, shows an index of household spending published by the research company Baltic Market Insights (Baltmi). According to the survey, Lithuanians spend an average of nearly 2 euros more than Latvians during a single visit to the store, however, are still behind Estonia. […]

A happy Lithuanian child
Society

Survey finds Lithuanians to be happiest in Baltic states

Residents of Lithuania are happier than Latvians and Estonians, however, all in all, people of all three Baltic states are not as happy as the world population, shows a World Barometer published by Win/Gallup International and Baltic Market Insights. […]

Vytautas Bakas
Defence

Seimas panel initiating new deal on defence financing

The Lithuanian parliament’s National Security and Defence Committee has decided to initiate update of the agreement reached among political parties on defence spending. […]

Vladimiras Laučius
CORPORATE

V. Laučius – how to be friends with Russia

The comrades of the Seimas Speaker who advertised himself with the Russian ambassador Aleksandr Udalcov on the eve of January 13Kęstutis Smirnovas and Dainius Kepenis – stress that it is necessary to warm the currently chilly relations with Russia and be friends. In their opinion this should firstly be done in terms of culture, sports and public opinion formation. […]