The mission of the Women Political Leaders (WPL) Global Forum is to bring more women into politics and to encourage those already in politics to increase their influence in decision-making, its president said in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
World media rarely pays particular attention to Lithuania. Last week was an exception, but it was neither a reason to celebrate, nor to be proud. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling that secret […]
Skinest Baltija, a company controlled by Estonia’s railway services and investment group Skinest Rail, plans to take Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways) to court as the Lithuanian state railway company refuses to sign a contract, worth over 3 million euros, on the purchase of railway sleepers. […]
Around 10 American servicemen suffered minor injuries when four US armored vehicles collided with each other in the southern Lithuanian district of Prienai on Thursday, a military spokesman said. […]
More than 150 countries in the world still have laws that discriminate against women, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Thursday. […]
A major political corruption case involving MG Baltic, one of Lithuania’s largest business groups, and two political parties went for trial on Thursday, but the first hearing was adjourned to Friday due to the absence of MP Gintaras Steponavičius, a defendant. […]
1. Democracies, both new and old, have been facing numerous challenges in the 21st century. Growing populist and authoritarian tendencies, on the one hand, and the abundance of oligarchical symptoms in young democracies, on the […]
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė describes a recently completed parliamentary investigation into interest groups’ influence on political processes as “a political opinion of the Seimas” with no legal implications and waits for concrete proposals. […]
The Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats would receive the most votes in parliamentary elections, but the Liberal Movement, another opposition party, would not clear the 5 percent hurdle required to enter the Seimas, according to an opinion poll released on Thursday. […]
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that Lithuania has chances to secure more funding in the EU‘s post-2020 budget, but much will depend on further negotiations. […]
The annual Women Political Leaders (WPL) Summit is getting underway at the Lithuanian parliament building in Vilnius on Thursday. […]
Lithuanian Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis plans to revise the existing system of incentives to serve in the military after the Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that giving preference to people who have completed their military service over other applicants for public service jobs is unconstitutional. […]
The Lithuanian Justice Ministry will ask the Seimas to amend laws after the Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that a legislative provision that gives priority to people who have completed their military service over other applicants for public service jobs runs counter to the Constitution. […]
Lietuvos Geležinkeliai‘s (Lithuanian Railways) planned contract, worth over 3 million euros, with Skinest Baltija, a company of Estonia’s railway services and investment group Skinest Rail, on the purchase of railway sleepers is not in line with national security interests, the Transport Ministry said, based on an opinion from a special commission. […]
The European Court of Human Rights‘ ruling on a CIA prison in Lithuania is “impracticable”, Karolina Bubnytė, the Lithuanian government’s representative at the ECHR, says. […]
Lithuanian’s Constitutional Court ruled on Wednesday that the priority conscripts enjoy during competitions for civil service jobs runs counter to the Constitution. […]
The leadership of the Polish Senate will this week discuss the situation regarding Poland‘s support for the Association of Poles in Lithuania after allegations emerged that its management misused the received financial support. […]
Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas Viktoras Pranckietis says lawmakers should have enough time to adopt tax amendments this month. […]
Ghana‘s Foreign Minister Shirley Ayorkor is visiting Lithuania for the first time, the Baltic country’s Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. […]
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis is going to Brussels on Wednesday to present Lithuania’s position on the European Union‘s 2021–2027 budget to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. […]
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