Brussels
European Union

Lithuanian president, EU leaders to discuss stalling Brexit in Brussels

Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė is on Wednesday leaving for Brussels to meet with other EU leaders and discuss the United Kingdom’s stalling exit from the European Union. […]

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Foreign affairs

Seimas speaker invites Palestinians to open Baltic representation in Lithuania

Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Seimas, invited Palestinians to set up a representative office for the Baltic countries in Vilnius and called for closer security cooperation between Lithuania and Israel. […]

Jüri Luik
CORPORATE

Jüri Luik: I think we can cooperate more

Estonia is often presented as a model country among the Baltic States, however it faces all the same security challenges as Lithuania and Latvia, ranging from defence spending to ensuring security in the face of difficult relations with Russia, to finally issues with NATO itself. The Lithuania Tribune interviewed Estonian Minister of Defence Jüri Luik at the Riga Conference 2018 to find out more, how the Northernmost Baltic State perceives security in our region. […]

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Politics

Seimas to ask for Constitutional Court’s opinion on dual citizenship referendum

After the Lithuanian parliament passes a resolution to hold a dual citizenship referendum, the Constitutional Court will be asked to assess whether the planned plebiscite is in line with the main law. […]

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Economy

Lithuanian social insurance surplus to grow 73 pct next year, pensions to rise 8 pct

The Lithuanian state social insurance fund Sodra‘s draft budget for 2019 targets a revenue surplus of 396.959 million euros, up by 167.942 million euros, or 73.3 percent, compared with the estimate for 2018. […]