Society
Culture minister backs idea of Vilnius Museum
Lithuania’s Culture Minister Liana Ruokytė-Jonsson has expressed support to the idea of establishing a Vilnius Museum in the country’s capital. […]
Year: 2017
Global LT
Dual citizenship only possible by changing Constitution – Constitutional Court
Dual citizenship can only be allowed by way of changing the Constitution, says Dainius Žalimas, chairman of the Lithuanian Constitutional Court, adding that amending the Citizenship Law will not be enough. […]
CORPORATE
Karbauskis and Skvernelis – who is the real leader?
While currently Ramūnas Karbauskis has the support of a significant portion of the LVŽS fraction, the more moderate Saulius Skvernelis is turning more and more “Peasant” heads, Lietuvos žinios paper reported. The scandal which engulfed […]
Society
EC Andriukaitis agrees that Lithuanian doctors should ‘work off’ in regions for degree
European Commissioner Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis of Lithuania in charge of health care and food safety agrees that doctors who receive degrees for money provided by the state should be put under the obligation of working it off in regions. […]
Society
Politics
MP Matelis leaves ruling party’s group in Seimas
MP Bronius Matelis has decided to leave the political group of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) in the Seimas. […]
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Skvernelis openly about the car lease scandal
Having met his first serious crisis Ramūnas Karbauskis has proven to lack resistance to criticism. This is how the words of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis could be interpreted. With Lietuvos Rytas revealing the murky background […]
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Belarus’ rhetoric after IAEA visit to N-plant site worries Lithuania – Formin
Lithuania is worried by Belarus’ rhetoric after experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said last week that the neighboring country had taken proper account of hazards to the Astravyets nuclear power plant construction site, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Thursday. […]
Defence
DefMin extends military helicopter repairs probe
Lithuanian Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis has extended until February 8 a probe into plans to send two military helicopters for repairs in Russia. […]
Society
International Holocaust Remembrance Day events begin in Lithuania
Events marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day are getting underway in Lithuania on Thursday. […]
Politics
Discussion about mandatory job placements for graduates makes sense – edumin
Lithuanian Education and Science Minister Jurgita Petrauskienė believes that there is a good reason to discuss a proposal to solve the problem of a shortage of professionals in the regions by making it mandatory for students who study free of charge to work in a certain location for a certain period of time after graduation. […]
Politics
Karbauskis: ‘Peasants’ group in Seimas ‘united as never before’
The political group of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) in the Seimas is united as never before, Ramūnas Karbauskis, its leader, said on Wednesday. […]
Politics
MEP Balčytis to run for SocDem Party leader, MEP Blinkevičiutė unlikely
MEP Zigmantas Balčytis will run for the post of leader of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP), but his colleague Vilija Blinkevičiutė is unlikely to join the leadership race after being chosen to head an important committee at the European Parliament (EP). […]
Foreign affairs
President Trump’s ally Giuliani may come to Lithuania in spring – ForMin
Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor and a political ally of US President Donald Trump, may come to Lithuania in the spring, Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius said on Thursday. […]
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Open letter to Jarosław Kaczyński
I have always been among a right winger politician in Lithuania who supported and support the party you founded with your late brother Lech in 2001 Law and Justice. […]
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Govt approves Baltic agreement on Rail Baltica
The Lithuanian government approved on Wednesday an agreement between the three Baltic countries on the development of the European standard-gauge railway Rail Baltica. […]
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Car rental scandal – will foundations of “Peasant’s” unity start to crumble?
Having been caught in the epicentre of scandal, Ramūnas Karbauskis’ ward Greta Kildišienė is relinquishing her Seimas member mandate – she has presented the Central Electoral Commission with her request to such effect. The opposition […]
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Karbauskis’ companions – no-one attempted to overthrow the government
Neither the Lithuanian Peasant and Greens Union (LVŽS) representatives in government, nor their coalition partners see any indications of attempts to overthrow the government. “I definitely do not wish to use such an expression. The […]
Culture
Corruption Index sends message to Govt to avoid SocDem mistakes
Lithuania’s decline on the annual Corruption Perception Index sends a message to the new government to avoid mistakes made by the earlier Cabinet of the Social Democratic Party and start specific tasks, says Sergejus Muravjovas, the head of the Lithuanian office of Transparency International. […]
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With protest against Trump rippling across globe, support is expressed in Vilnius
“The USA elected a new president, we respect the Americans’ decision. We have to get used to the fact that Donald J. Trump is the new US President who we will need to call if […]