Economy
Year: 2017
Energy
Natural gas prices for households growing from July
Natural gas for residents and all household consumers in Lithuania will go up by 5-8 percent from July after expiry of the 2014 gas discount granted by Gazprom. […]
Politics
Seimas panel to vote on Bastys impeachment
The impeachment commission for Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the Lithuanian parliament’s Social Democratic Party group, should Wednesday vote on the decision whether there are grounds for initiating impeachment against the MP. […]
Uncategorized
President to travel to Estonia for state visit
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is scheduled to pay a state visit to Estonia next week. […]
Politics
MPs to turn to Constitutional Court over broader dual citizenship
Lithuanian parliamentarians intend to turn to the Constitutional Court for yet another interpretation of the possibility to expand the institute of dual citizenship. […]
Defence
Case of cyber attacks against Lithuania’s state institutions handed to court
Lithuania’s criminal police has closed the investigation of the cyber attacks against websites of state institutions. […]
CORPORATE
Kirkilas about departure to European Parliament: Balčytis isn‘t telling me anything
MP Gediminas Kirkilas said that he has “no idea” when his fellow member of the party Zigmantas Balčytis will refuse his MEP mandate and will give him the spot in the European Parliament. After he […]
Society
PM on alcohol use statistics: 5 liters change nothing
Lithuania’s 2016 per capita alcohol consumption figures released by the country’s statistics office are lower than those published by the World Health Organization, but Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that this does not substantially change the situation. […]
Economy
Lithuanian business set to explore India
India welcomes Lithuanian companies to explore its markets, said India‘s Minister of State (MOS) for External Affairs, Mr M.J. Akbar, in a meeting with business leaders of Lithuania. The exchange took place at the prestigious Confederation of Lithuanian Industry, in Vilnius on 26 May. The Confederation, which comprises 3,000 companies engaged in over 50 sectors, is headed by Mr Robertas Dargis, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the country. Lithuanian business is looking for new markets beyond Europe. […]
Defence
Society
Economy
Government yet to decide on use of 13 million euros paid by Alstom
The government has not yet made its decision on the use of 13 million euros paid by Alstom to the country as ordered by a London court in a case in which the French group’s Swedish energy unit Alstom Power was accused of corruption in Lithuania. […]
Society
Lithuania’s alcohol consumption down to 13.2 liters in 2016 – statistics office
Lithuania’s legal alcohol consumption per person aged 15 years and over last year amounted to 13.2 liters, down by 0.8 liters from 14 liters in 2015, according to preliminary figures from the country’s statistics office. […]
Foreign affairs
Construction of fence on Lithuania’s border with Russia to start next week
Construction of a fence on Lithuania’s border with Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave is expected to start next week. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign minister to take part in Baltic, Nordic and Visegrad Group meeting in Poland
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius on Tuesday is taking part in a meeting of foreign ministers of the Baltic, Nordic and Visegrad Group countries in Poland. […]
Foreign affairs
CORPORATE
Three letters and a solution to five problems
It looks like the current Seimas majority are seriously considering a debate on the problem of the three letters, i.e. w, q and x, in official Lithuanian documents. And it’s not just the draft proposal […]
Politics
EP committee postpones discussion on Lithuanian MEP Paksas’ immunity
The European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs has postponed discussion on Lithuanian prosecutors’ request to lift the legal immunity of MEP Rolandas Paksas until its next meeting in late June. […]
CORPORATE
What more Lithuanian politics – chaos or reform?
The Labour Code that have harmed the Social Democrats is affecting the Farmers Greens as well. It seems that they had the support to adopt it in the Parliament, this week they stopped the discussions […]
Society
Lithuanian educational game among the strongest projects from 15 countries
The educational game Robo Settlers developed by the Lithuanian Team SneakyBox was among the strongest projects from 15 countries at the annual Microsoft Imagine Cup Regional Finals. The Lithuanian project competed with another eight projects in the finals for the opportunity to vie for the top prize in Seattle, USA. […]