Gitanas Nausėda
Economy

Inflation behind rise in people living below poverty line in Lithuania – expert

Inflation and related growth in living standards were behind a rise in people living below the at-risk-of-poverty threshold in Lithuania last year, economist Gitanas Nausėda, an adviser to the SEB bank’s president, told BNS Lithuania. […]

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Economy

Fitch Ratings upgraded Lithuania’s credit rating outlook to “Positive”

Lithuania’s long-term rating outlook from “stable” became “positive”. It has been upgraded by the international credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings after the positive assessment of the fiscal policy pursued by the country. Currently, long-term and short-term credit ratings affirmed by the agency (A- and F1) remain unchanged, a press release from the Ministry of Finance states. […]

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Defence

Government approves new cyber security strategy

Lithuania’s government on Monday approved a new national cyber security strategy, drafted by the Ministry of National Defense after the parliament earlier backed a new version of the Law on Cyber Security. […]

Timur Yunusov (Timati)
Foreign affairs

MP suggests blacklisting Russian singer Timati

Lithuanian MP Laurynas Kasčiūnas, representing the opposition conservative Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, has turned to the country’s Foreign Ministry and suggested putting Russian singer Timur Yunusov (Timati) on the list of people declared persona non grata. […]

Dalia Grybauskaitė
Politics

Lithuanian president named most influential politician – surveys

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė remains the most influential politician in the country, the delfi.lt news website reports. […]