Politics
Road Administration’s top exec sacked amid corruption suspicions
Daivis Zabulionis, deputy director of the Lithuanian Road Administration, has been sacked after nearly a year in office amid corruption suspicions. […]
Month: March 2017
Economy
Lithuania’s spending on social security among EU’s lowest
The Lithuanian government’s spending on social security was one of the lowest among all 28 members of the European Union (EU) in 2015, Eurostat said on Monday. […]
Defence
Lithuania plans to further raise number of troops, form 2 new batallions
Lithuania’s Defence Ministry intends continue raising the number of professional troops next year and form two new battalions in western part of the country. […]
Defence
Rukla hosting NATO batalion expects to heal social wounds
Before switching on the dictophone, Gintas Jasiulionis, elder of Rukla, a town in central Lithuania that is hosting the NATO enhanced Forward Presence battalion, asks BNS journalists to produce their press cards – he explains he wants to make sure he is not targeted by the Russian propaganda. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuanian, Swedish PMs to mull energy, investments in Stockholm
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is leaving for Sweden on Monday on a brief visit to discuss energy and investment matters with the country’s Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. […]
Economy
Šaučikovas to become CEO of 15Min, BNS Lithuania
Ramūnas Šaučikovas will become the CEO of 15min, one of the biggest news environments in Lithuania, and BNS Lithuania as of March 6. […]
Politics
Conservatives approve open elections
Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), the country’s largest opposition party, decided at its congress last Saturday to hold open election of candidates for the party’s leadership and president. […]
Society
Spelling of non-Lithuanian names should be considered when there’s will to approve
Lithuania’s parliament should discuss spelling of non-Lithuanian names in passports, when there is sufficient will to take the decision, says Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Society
Santariškės Clinic 1st to provide artificial insemination under new law
The Vilnius University’s Santariškės Clinic is the first one to start providing artificial insemination services after adoption of a relevant law – earlier this week, the hospital was granted a license extension, allowing it to provide services of artificial insemination and sex cell bank. […]
Uncategorized
Belarus could be Putin’s next target – Kasparov tells
Belarus could be the next country targeted by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin after Ukraine, Russian opposition figure Gary Kasparov, former world chess champion currently residing in the US, has said at a Vilnius conference. […]
Politics
Freetime
Saint Casimir Fair in Vilnius
Most of Vilnius downtown is celebrating this weekend St. Casimir’s fair (Kaziuko mugė in Lithuanian). One of the biggest events on the Spring calendar, the market transforms the centre of the Lithuanian capital into a giant open-air bazaar. […]
CORPORATE
The “Farmers” fad – “corrupt” media
The Lithuanian Farmer and Greens Union (LVŽS) and its leader Ramūnas Karbauskis have recently often spoken about the media attacking them being “corrupt”, though during the Seimas election campaign they spent almost twice as much […]
Freetime
Pioneering the emotional Lithuanian cuisine by getting back to the sweet roots
In the very heart of Užupis, there is a restaurant just as exceptional and alluring as the Užupis itself — Sweet Root. It may be presented as the pioneer of the local cuisine, but you will not find any traces of cliched Lithuanian food on the menu. Instead, they serve dishes made strictly from seasonal locally-grown ingredients, spiced with some true Lithuanian emotions, memories and habits. To top it off, the restaurant is about to release its own book—“Proud of Lithuania: A Fairy Tale by Sweet Root”. Margarita Knysh talked to the mastermind behind it and the owner of the restaurant, Sigitas Žemaitis, about the trends in the food industry, sustainability, and the search of the true spirit of Lithuania. […]
Economy
Some Lithuanian municipalities buy social housing above market price – state auditors
The Lithuanian State Audit Office has criticized some municipalities for the way of managing and distributing social housing. […]
Foreign affairs
Baltic states not among top 10 interests of new US Admin – US analyst
The security of the Baltic states is not among the top 10 issues on the agenda of the new US presidential administration, says US defence expert Samuel Gardiner. […]
Economy
Lithuania should improve tax collection figures – Dombrovskis
European Commission (EC) Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis has stated in Vilnius that Lithuania should give up some value-added tax (VAT) privileges amid projected growth of state spending, as well as improve the collection of VAT and residents’ income tax. He also stressed the substantial progress made by Lithuania in the implementation of earlier EU recommendations […]
CORPORATE
What is going on between Skvernelis and Karbauskis? One of them has become a hostage
Bronislovas Matelis departed the Farmer and Greens Union Seimas group, but he continues to take interest in the processes developing in it, he has been watching what has been going on between Prime Minister Saulius […]
European Union
President asks EC for reservation on social model
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has asked the European Commission (EC) to apply a reserve clause for the country to be able to have a bigger deficit of public finance during implementation of a structural reform – the new social model. […]
Uncategorized
Estonian MFA: Estonia continues to be a very pro-enlargement country
Exclusive interview with Sven Mikser, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, which is due to assume Presidency over the Council of the EU in July 2017. […]