Defence
Year: 2017
Economy
Defence
Politics
Bastys impeachment panel asks for extension of work until June 1
The impeachment commission for Mindaugas Bastys, a member of the parliament’s Social Democratic Party group, will ask for extension its work until June 1. […]
Economy
Lithuania’s railway company turns to prosecutors over former executives’ operations
The new top executives of the Lithuanian state-run railway company Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai (LG) have turned to prosecutors over about 5 million euros in damages caused to the company by possibly non-transparent operations of its earlier chiefs. […]
Politics
Matulionis takes post as Prime Minister’s foreign policy adviser
Deividas Matulionis, Lithuania’s former ambassador to Germany, on Friday took post as foreign policy adviser to Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis. […]
Politics
Interior Ministry cancels competition for new financial crimes agency chief
Lithuania’s Interior Ministry has called off the competition for chief of the Financial Crimes Investigation Service. Minister Eimutis Misiunas said the step was taken with green light from the government about the need to revise the scheme of appointment and in preparation for restructuring of the institution. […]
Energy
EC, Gazprom should hold talks on new commitments – Energy Minister
The European Commission and the Russian gas giant Gazprom should hold negotiations on new commitments, as the current ones no longer reflect the reality and will have no effect upon Central and Eastern European gas markets, says Energy Minister Zygimantas Vaiciunas. […]
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Politics
OECD recommendations stop new Lithuanian lobbying law from being passed
The Lithuanian parliament on Thursday postponed the adoption of a new law on lobbying activities after the Foreign Ministry said that the version of the legislation proposed by the Seimas Committee on State Administration and Local Authorities was not in line with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s recommendations for transparency in lobbying, the head of the committee said. […]
Foreign affairs
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Lithuania says Gazprom’s commitments fail to prevent abuse of dominant position
Gazprom‘s proposed commitments in the Lithuanian and other Central and Eastern European gas markets do not meet the present-day realities and, in the long term, fail to ensure that the Russian gas giant will not abuse its dominant position and will not restrict competition, the Lithuanian Energy Ministry said on Thursday. […]
Economy
IMF mission starts work in Lithuania
A mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday is starting work in Lithuania. […]
Economy
New labour code needs to be supplemented – Grybauskaitė
If Lithuania’s new Labour Code is passed by the Seimas with the Tripartite Council-approved amendments and takes effect in July, the package will have to be supplemented immediately as it fails to ensure adequate protection of workers’ rights, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said. […]
CORPORATE
Surprise? In some regions Putin could make to the 2nd round of Lithuanian Presidential elections
At the general meeting between Education and Culture Committees which happened on Wednesday at the Parliament the issue of propaganda techniques in education and culture was discussed. Laurynas Kasčiūnas, who used to be the manager […]
CORPORATE
How many people would defend Lithuania in case of a military conflict?
If today we needed to defend our country, then 4 out of 10 Lithuanians would do that. This was shown by the latest survey. The data also revealed the link with how the quality of […]
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PM expects to dispel myths in meeting with his Polish counterpart
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis expects to discuss problems that overshadow bilateral relations and dispel existing myths during next week’s meeting with his Polish counterpart, Beata Szydlo. […]
Society
Government to put university reform plan for public discussion
The Lithuanian government was briefed on Wednesday about a reform of universities proposed by a prime minister-appointed working group, but decided to hold a public discussion of the project with the academic community before sending it to the parliament for approval. […]
CORPORATE
Analysts: we‘ve never had a Prime Minister like that
The rhetoric of Prime Minister (PM) Saulius Skvernelis is massive and this politician did not make the jump from the General Police Commissioner to the Prime Minister’s level. This was said to LRT.lt by the […]
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PM to meet with his Baltic, Polish counterparts in Tallinn next week
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is to meet with the heads of government of Latvia, Estonia and Poland in Tallinn next Monday. […]