Foreign affairs
Year: 2017
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Economy
President signs Labour Code amendments into law
President Dalia Grybauskaite has signed into law amendments to the country’s new Labour Code. […]
Politics
MP Sakaliene leaves ruling party’s group in parliament to join Liberals
MP Dovile Sakaliene has decided to leave the political group of the ruling Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) in the Seimas and joint the group of the opposition Liberal Movement. […]
Politics
PM calls for parliamentary probe into allegations involving MP Skardzius
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis calls for a parliamentary probe into allegations that Arturas Skardzius, a member of the Seimas’ Energy Commission, represents the interests of wind energy companies he leases land to, and for a broader analysis of business groups’ influence on lawmakers. […]
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History
Kazys Skirpa: Saviour of Independence or Perpetrator of Crimes against Humanity
Kazys Skirpa (1895 – 1979) was the head of the Lithuanian Activist Front (LAF) and whom in 1941 rebels declared the prime minister of an independent Lithuania. It is worth reading and making known a […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
Court upholds extension of arrest of Lithuanian fraud suspect sought by US
The Vilnius Regional Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by a lawyer of Evaldas Rimasauskas, a Lithuanian national who is wanted in the United States on large-scale fraud charges, and upheld the Vilnius District Court’s decision to extend his arrest for three months. […]
CORPORATE
Prime Minister – real estate maintenance costs the state 180 million euro annually
For the first time ever it has been calculated how much real estate the country is in control of. “It is surprising that over 27 years there have been no attempts to take inventory of […]
CORPORATE
New alcohol related prohibitions looming in Seimas
The Seimas is looking at passing further restrictions linked to alcohol. The Healthcare Committee discussed the so called alcohol “bambaliai” [large plastic bottles of cheap beverages] on Tuesday. According to Vilnius Addiction Illness Centre deputy […]
Politics
European Parliament lifts Lithuanian MEP Paksas’ immunity
The European Parliament on Wednesday lifted the legal immunity of Lithuanian MEP Rolandas Paksas. […]
Culture
Defence
Society
Latest WHO data: Annual alcohol consumption at 16.3 liters per capita in Lithuania
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published latest and still unconfirmed data, which suggests that alcohol consumption in Lithuania is at 16.3 liters per every resident over the age of 15. Although the figure is lower than the earlier data, Lithuania is still the top drinker worldwide, a WHO official said. […]
Politics
Parliamentary speaker: Invaders wanted to make us deaf, blind
For five decades, Lithuanians were not allowed to talk about deportations and imprisonment in labor camps, says Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
Foreign affairs
Another 12 refugees relocated to Lithuania under EU program
Twelve refugees from Syria were relocated to Lithuania under the European Union (EU) program, the Migration Department said on Wednesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Society
Defence
Lithuania changing defense system acquisitions scheme
Lithuania’s parliament on Tuesday adopted a draft amendment on establishment of a centralized acquisitions institution, the Agency of Defense Resources, that would be in charge of all procurement for the defense system. […]