Foreign affairs
Lithuania urges US retail giant Walmart to pull Soviet-symbol T-shirts from sale
Lithuania’s ambassador to the United States has called on America’s retail giant Walmart to remove T-shirts with Soviet symbols from sale. […]
Month: September 2018
Foreign affairs
Poland is Lithuania’s closest strategic partner in region – Skvernelis
Poland is Lithuania’s closest strategic partner in the region, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said after meeting his Polish counterpart, Mateusz Morawiecki, in Krynica. […]
Economy
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM named Man of Year 2017 in Krynica forum
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis was on Wednesday named Man of the Year 2017 in the Krynica Economic Forum in Poland. […]
European Union
Lithuania to back Ireland on border issue in Brexit talks
Lithuania vowed on Wednesday to support Ireland on the border issue in Brexit negotiations. […]
Society
Latvian navy sailor flown by Lithuanian military helicopter to Klaipėda hospital
A Latvian navy sailor on Wednesday was flown by a Lithuanian military helicopter to a hospital in Klaipėda, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said. […]
Society
Vaitekūnas resigns as head of Lithuania’s radio and TV watchdog
Edmundas Vaitekūnas is stepping down as chairman of the Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK), saying that his English is not good enough for the post. […]
CORPORATE
Even Grybauskaitė failed to bring them to the table: won’t even step foot in the presidential palace
Efforts to make peace between the ruling coalition and the opposition appear to be taking shape. According to Delfi sources, President Dalia Grybauskaitė invited Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis, Seimas Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis, Homeland Union – […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian PM visits Wawel Castle, pays tribute to late Polish President Kaczynski
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis on Wednesday arrived in Poland to take part in the Krynica Economic Forum. […]
Economy
Poland plans to boost shipments by Lithuanian railways – Skvernelis
Poland plans to boost railway shipments from Orlen‘s crude refinery in Mažeikiai, in northwestern Lithuania, to Poland, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Wednesday. […]
Politics
Ušackas announces decision to run for Lithuanian president next May
Vygaudas Ušackas, a Lithuanian diplomat and former foreign minister, announced on Wednesday his decision to stand in next May’s presidential election. […]
Politics
Seimas committee opens way for breakaway SocDems to get state subsidy
The Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs approved on Wednesday a draft law paving the way for the Lithuanian Social Democratic Labor Party (LSDLP) to get a state subsidy. […]
Energy
Lithuania not in talks with Belarus on electricity from N-plan
Commenting on Minsk’s statement that negotiations are underway with neighbors on the supply of electricity from its yet-to-be-finished Astravyets Nuclear Power Plant, the Lithuanian Energy Ministry reiterated on Wednesday that it is not holding any talks with Belarus and that a law bans selling power imported from the facility on the Lithuanian market. […]
Society
Politics
More than half of Lithuanian MPs publish info on their meetings – Transparency International
Seventy-five members of the 141-seat Seimas made public information about their meetings with interest groups and registered lobbyists during the Lithuanian parliament’s past spring session, up from 45 who did so a year earlier, Transparency International Lithuania said on Wednesday. […]
Economy
Fintech in Lithuania: can we take the leading position already?
Lithuania’s image on the international scene is promising: in 2017 alone, 35 fintech companies were established here, and a few weeks ago the 16+1 Heads of Government of China and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe agreed to set up a financial technology coordination centre and organise a high-level fintech conference in 2019. […]
Society
Lithuanian health minister doesn’t promise any concessions to tobacco producers
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga, who is putting forward proposals aimed at discouraging smoking, did not promise any concessions to the tobacco industry as he met with officials from the National Tobacco Manufacturers’ Association on Tuesday. […]
Politics
Lithuanian ruling part plans to force politicians declare their meetings with lobbyists
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LFGU) plans to make it mandatory for politicians to declare their meetings with lobbyists. […]
Society
Papal visit puts Lithuania in global spotlight – Vilnius archbishop
Pope Francis‘ visit to Lithuania in late September will place the country in the world’s spotlight, Gintaras Grušas, the archbishop of Vilnius, said on Tuesday. […]
Society
Health Ministry to improve its anti-smoking proposals
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Tuesday that the Health Ministry will have to improve its proposed package of measures to discourage smoking, adding that the government backs a ban on tobacco displays in shops, but it does not see sufficient arguments for plain cigarette packaging. […]