Margrethe Vestager
Economy

Lithuania could agree on EC fine until last minute – Vestager

Lithuania could have found a solution until the last minute and avoid the 28-million-euro fine for its state-run company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG), the European Union’s (EU) Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said in Vilnius on Tuesday. […]

Šarūnas Keserauskas, Margrethe Vestager
Economy

Vestager sees separation of Lithuanian railway co’s operations as one of options

Separation of operations of the state-run railway company Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LG) is one of the ways of solving the competition offense, which led to a fine of nearly 28 million euros from Brussels, says the European Union’s Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager. […]

Margrethe Vestager
Economy

Vestager doesn’t comment on Lithuania’s chances to get Gazprom compensation

The European Union’s (EU) Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has so far refused to comment on the possibilities for European countries to get compensations from Russia’s Gazprom gas concern over past overcharging for gas, saying she did not know when the European Commission would complete the Gazprom anti-monopoly survey on its operations in Central and Eastern Europe. […]

At the Seimas
Politics

Standstill grips Lithuanian popularity survey

No major changes were reported in the ratings of Lithuania’s parties, personalities and the government in September, with opposition conservatives and the ruling Farmers and Greens Union topping the polls, shows the latest survey conducted for delfi.lt news portal. […]

Linas Linkevičius
Foreign affairs

Lithuania, India sign extradition treaty

The foreign ministers of Lithuania and India signed a bilateral treaty on extradition in Delhi on Monday, envisaging procedures for extradition of suspected offenders. […]