European Union
Year: 2017
Politics
Government to attach FCIS to Tax Inspectorate – intermin
Lithuania’s government intends to attach the Financial Crime Investigation Service to the State Tax Inspectorate, says Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas. […]
Society
University of Education and Vytautas Magnus Uni expect to merge by 2018
Lithuania’s Vytautas Magnus University (VDU) and the Lithuanian University of Education Sciences (LEU) expect to merge by the end of 2017, representatives of both universities said after meeting with Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis on Thursday. […]
Uncategorized
CORPORATE
Analyst – arrival of US Special Forces is not a signal to the Kremlin
The news that US Special Forces will arrive in Lithuania is not at all directed to the Kremlin, but Lithuania itself, military analyst Darius Antanaitis told LRT Radio. According to him it is likely that […]
Society
Rescue teams pull cars out of ditch, remove fallen trees amid heavy snow
Fire and rescue services had to pull cars that have slid off the road and to remove felled tree branches amid snowy and windy conditions in Lithuania on Wednesday and in the early hours of Thursday. […]
Society
Heath Ministry plans to regulate home births
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga said on Wednesday that he will appoint a working group to draw up legislation to regulate home births. […]
CORPORATE
SocDems – there are efforts to antagonise the coalition partners
Publications which keep appearing in the media have been trying to create antagonism between the Social Democrats and their coalition partners. […]
Society
Lithuania’s road death toll at lowest level since 1952
Some 189 people were killed on Lithuania’s roads in 2016, the lowest number since at least 1952, the Transport Ministry said on Thursday. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuania appoints a special ambassador over Belarusian N-plant
The Lithuanian Finance Ministry on Wednesday appointed Darius Degutis, a diplomat, as ambassador-at-large for issues involving the Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant under construction in Belarus, just 50 kilometers from Vilnius. […]
Economy
Tax chief probed for possible misconduct
Dainoras Bradauskas, the head of the Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate, may have committed disciplinary misconduct, the Special Investigation Service (STT) said on 4 January. […]
Defence
Peasants mull revising parliamentary agreement on defence
The Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU) is considering revising an agreement on the country’s foreign, security and defense policy guidelines that was signed by parliamentary parties almost three years ago, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Thursday. […]
Society
1st drunk-driving case in 2017 goes to court under tightened law
A 26-year-old man caught drunk-driving on the New Year’s night faces criminal liability under Lithuania’s tightened regulations, the Prosecutor General‘ Office said on Wednesday. […]
CORPORATE
Is the anchor of Baltic States security – Sweden – safe itself?
The threat posed by Russia is the most realistic threat facing Sweden today, however the Swedish response, reflected by the country’s defence budget, is held to be inadequate says LRT Radio contributor in Sweden Vaida […]
CORPORATE
Skvernelis promisses a breakthrough year – will he avoid Butkevičius‘ fate?
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis calls 2017 a tipping point. According to him we can expect radical and difficult reform this year, with immediate results. S. Skvernelis identified the topics of public sector, state company reform, […]
Politics
President wants tighter punishment for tax evasion after Labour Party trial
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday submitted proposed amendments to the Penal Code, suggesting tighter punishments for large-scale tax evasion. […]
Defence
Minister of Defence hopes all recruits to join voluntarily in 2017
Lithuania’s Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis hopes that all recruits will join the country’s Armed Forces voluntarily this year. […]
Society
Conservatives initiate special fund for southeast Lithuania
After the parliament voted down the earlier initiative for a special foundation for development of southeastern Lithuania, a group of MPs have again initiated the issue. […]
CORPORATE
Atmosphere heating up in the TS-LKD – chairman campaign begins
In February it will become clear what the fate of current Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrat (TS-LKD) Chairman Gabrielius Landsbergis will be; the party will vote for a new chairman. His main opponent is […]
Defence
Seimas’ speaker: MPs should be safe from impact of foreign states
Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis says that MPs need training by the State Security Department to be able to resist threats from the outside and influence of foreign countries. […]