A family
Politics

Family law: Critics dismiss as declarative, supporters speak demography

A family strengthening bill is making headway in Lithuania’s parliament, a law that opponents dismiss as a selection of declarations, while initiators say that the law is needed to shape the country’s family policies. […]

Margrethe Vestager
Economy

Vestager doesn’t comment on Lithuania’s chances to get Gazprom compensation

The European Union’s (EU) Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has so far refused to comment on the possibilities for European countries to get compensations from Russia’s Gazprom gas concern over past overcharging for gas, saying she did not know when the European Commission would complete the Gazprom anti-monopoly survey on its operations in Central and Eastern Europe. […]

Remigijus Šimašius
Politics

Polish party’s candidate to be proposed for Vilnius vice-mayor – Šimašius

Main issues have been agreed in the efforts to form a new coalition in the Vilnius City Council, and Edita Tamošiūnaitė of the Electoral Action of Poles in Lithuania – Union of Christian Families will be proposed for vice-mayor, says the Lithuanian capital’s Mayor Remigijus Šimašius. […]

Saulius Skvernelis
Economy

PM not to escalate conflict with Brussels over railway co’s fine

Lithuania’s Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the country would search for the least unprofitable solution over the nearly 28-million-euro fine imposed on state-run company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) by the European Commission, however, a conflict with Brussels will be avoided. […]

Rasa Juknevičienė
Defence

Juknevičienė re-elected as vice-chair of NATO Parliament Assembly

Rasa Juknevičienė, a member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats (conservatives), has been re-elected as vice-president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly for another year during the assembly’s session in Bucharest. […]