Politics
Weather conditions in Vilnius delay German troops’ arrival
Weather conditions in Vilnius on Monday delayed the arrival of the first group of German troops to be deployed in Lithuania as part of NATO’s multinational battalion. […]
Year: 2017
CORPORATE
A nuclear payload in Astravyets – how to convince Europe it is a threat?
Members of Seimas have been clamouring that the government is doing too little in order to obstruct the construction of the Astravyets nuclear power plant which poses a serious threat to Lithuania. According to the […]
European Union
CORPORATE
Lithuanian-Polish relations take a new direction
Last year marked 25 years of renewed diplomatic relations between Lithuania and Poland. If anyone had reason to celebrate, political scientists note, it would be businessmen, retailers, members of the science and arts communities. At […]
Society
Global LT
Lithuania to seek ways of keeping citizenship, not allowing dual passports – Seimas speaker
Lithuania’s parliament will seek ways of allowing citizens living abroad to preserve their Lithuanian citizenship without referendum, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]
Politics
Embattled MP Kildišienė asks election body to revoke mandate
MP Greta Kildišienė of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union on Monday submitted a plea to the Central Electoral Committee, asking to revoke her mandate. […]
Society
Lithuanian MPs, mayor want city museum in Vilnius
Vilnius City Mayor Remigijus Šimašius of the Liberal Movement has been urged by a group of parliamentarians to found a museum of the Lithuanian capital. […]
Opinion
MEP Guoga: a chance for the new Government to clean up
It seems that the new Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is very determined to fight against corruption in his term. On the last day of 2016, the whole Ministers Cabinet was presented with the so-called ‘’Lithuanian corruption map 2016’’ which is based on surveys of Lithuanian society, business and civil servants. On Monday, the Prime Minister met with the head of the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Lithuania to discuss strengthening measures to fight against corruption, and so on. Promising beginnings! […]
Economy
Invest Lithuania to look at attracting investors to Salcininkai district
Invest Lithuania, the government’s foreign investment promotion agency, will look at how to attract local and foreign investors to the district of Šalčininkai, in the southeastern part of the country, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Friday. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuanian parties to agree on boycott of Belarusian electricity
Political parties of Lithuania intend to publish an agreement to commit to boycotting electricity from the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus close to the Lithuanian border. […]
Defence
Leadership of NATO intl battalion coming to Lithuania
Top commanders of the NATO international Allied battalion to be deployed in Lithuania are coming to Vilnius on Monday. […]
European Union
Society
PM Skvernelis thinks Polish TV channels should be available in Lithuania
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis thinks that more viewers in Lithuania should have access to Polish TV channels. […]
Society
Prosecutors drop probe on Vilnaus students’ participation in camps in Russia
Lithuanian prosecutors have dropped an investigation into participation of Vilnius school students in camps in Russia, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday. […]
Politics
Kildišienė to resign as MP amid car lease scandal
Greta Kildišienė is resigning as member of the Lithuanian parliament, Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), told BNS on Friday. […]
Economy
Truck with EUR 1.4 mln worth of smuggling cigarettes busted in Lithuania
Lithuanian customs officers busted a Scania truck carrying 1.4 million euros worth of smuggled cigarettes in Kaunas in early hours of Wednesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian economists see Trump’s possible trade wars as key threat
Lithuanian economists say global economy could be threatened, if the United States’ new President Donald Trump started waging trade wars, although the scenario does not seem very likely for now. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s official ethics chief vows to step down
Romas Valentukevičius said on Friday that he would resign as head of the Chief Official Ethics Commission. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s tax chief sacked
Lithuanian Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka has sacked Dainoras Bradauskas, head of the State Tax Inspectorate (STI), after a commission set up by the ministry recommended firing him for corrupt activities and gross official misconduct. […]