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Economy

Government okays raising minimum monthly salary to EUR 400

The minimum monthly salary will grow by 20 euros to 400 euros in Lithuania starting next year, under the proposal approved by the government on Wednesday. The move will require 16.2 million euros from the state budget. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Lithuania’s 2018 budget beyond means – president

Regardless of the projected overall budget surplus of the public sector, the 2018 state budget is in deficit, which shows that the country is living beyond its means, says President Dalia Grybauskaite. […]

Sodra main headquarters in Vilnius
Economy

2018 Sodra budget surplus projected to jump 55 pct to EUR 218 mln

The budget surplus of the Lithuanian state-run social insurer Sodra should be 218.3 million euros next year, which is an increase by 55 percent, or 77.2 million euros, from this year’s projected 141 million euros, according to the Sodra 2018 budget draft to be presented to the government on Wednesday. […]

Emanuelis Zingeris
Foreign affairs

MP Zingeris loses election to high Council of Europe post

Lithuania’s conservative MP Emanuelis Zingeris on Tues day lost the race for presidency of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to a parliamentarian from Cyprus. […]