With agreement reached on improvements to wage payment procedures, teachers are ending their strike on Friday. That said, the trade union, which initiated it states that the strikes could be renewed next year. […]
On Thursday, the Seimas voted in a final rejection of the LRT investigation conclusions. However, this does not mean that the majority will stop seeking to change the public broadcaster’s management. Already in spring, talks could turn to the Lithuanian national radio and television law, lrt.lt writes. […]
Lithuania is no longer a cheap country as regards food prices, Irma Gudžiūnaitė, Lithuania’s vice minister of justice, said on Thursday while presenting results of a comparison-based analysis of food prices in 12 different EU member states. […]
The Chief Official Ethics Commission (VTEK) has ruled that member of Seimas Gabrielius Landsbergis has not breached the public and private interest coordination in state service law (VPIDVTĮ) requirements to declare private interests in due time and as per procedure, a VTEK press release states. The inquiry was performed on the basis of a request by “Farmer” member of Seimas Agnė Širinskienė, lrt.lt writes. […]
The LRT Investigation Department has uncovered another Russian partner to Agrokoncernas. Fertiliser is also imported from the fertiliser factory Kuibyshev Azot, which is managed and whose shareholder is a member of Vladimir Putin’s United Russia, Viktor Gerasimenko. The head of the fertiliser factory supported V. Putin during the presidential elections and several years ago successfully ran in regional elections together with United Russia. The only shareholder of Agrokoncernas, “Farmer” leader Ramūnas Karbauskis sees no issue with such business partnerships, lrt.lt writes. […]
On Thursday, the final vote on the LRT investigation commission’s conclusions was held in Seimas. As Remigijus Žemaitaitis, who chaired the sitting, noted – this vote was unprecedented. Amendments proposed by Aušrinė Armonaitė and the conclusions‘ first article were approved, but the vote on the second article did not pass. When voting on the full conclusions project, the Seimas also did not approve it, lrt.lt writes. […]
While we are being taught to purchase gifts as early as possible and the late November Black Friday should help in distributing holiday shopper numbers, many of us still leave Christmas shopping to the last minute. Retailers interviewed by lrt.lt have observed this and note that they even hire extra staff for the Christmas period and change work schedules just so they can service the influx of customers, lrt.lt writes. […]
On Thursday, the Seimas should be holding its final vote on the LRT investigation commission’s conclusions. They propose to change LRT management, establishing a board, changing council member appointment procedures and shortening their terms, lrt.lt writes. […]
The Order and Justice Party is delegating its chairman Remigijus Žemaitaitis to run for Vilnius mayor. The politician himself confirmed this to Delfi on Thursday morning. […]
The head of the State Security Department (VSD) Darius Jauniškis and Second Investigation Department (AOTD) head Remigijus Baltrėnas aim to calm passions, which flared after Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis called upon the intelligence services. The intelligence heads do not reveal, regarding what the PM called on them, however they assure that they have observed no hints of unrest in Lithuania, lrt.lt writes. […]
Understanding that they may lack votes in Seimas to approve the LRT commission’s conclusions, the “Farmers” are seeking to reach their goals at any cost. According the Liberals, in order to approve the ad hoc commission’s investigation conclusions, the “Farmers” are taking to procedural manipulations, a press release from the Liberal Movement states according to lrt.lt. […]
Lithuanians is the only nation who preserved such a unique and symbolic baked treat as kūčiukai, says ethnologist Nijolė Marcinkevičienė. Today kūčiukai are more and more rarely baked at home so they lose their symbolic meaning. It is common that there is a variety of flavors of kūčiukai found on store shelves, however, they are very far from the traditionally baked Lithuanian goods. Therefore, according to an ethnologist, it’s very important to preserve the true secret of baking traditional kūčiukai so that traditional recipes continue to be transmitted from generation to generation. […]
After information being released at the Prosecutor General’s Office on Wednesday on spying for Russia in Lithuania, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis also responded. He says he values the efforts of law enforcement and intelligence institutions in seeking to ensure security and stability within the country. […]
In recent months, we hear ever more intensive discussions on the creation of a European military. The topic has been covered by figures ranging from the heads of the largest European Union country heads of state to the presidential candidates in Lithuania. However, one must note that it is an equally impossible to even begin implementing idea as, say, an EU Olympic team or football team. […]
On Wednesday morning, the news surfaced that Socialist People’s Front chairman Algirdas Paleckis was arrested as part of a spying investigation. According to Delfi sources at the police, A. Paleckis was arrested with evidence because he was gathering information in accordance to special services’ tasks. […]
Vilnius and Kaunas have the most active real estate market in Lithuania, while the third largest city of Lithuania – Klaipėda – up until now has been hiding in the shadows and has been forgotten by participants of the real estate market. Experts of international real estate advisory company Newsec say that the capital of Lithuanian seaside, if supported by decisive action of local authorities, may have the potential for rebirth, and a ‘blue wave’ effect may be created. This is best illustrated by the example of Kaunas that has been rapidly growing in recent years, the recovery of which has been driven by a clear and far-sighted vision of the city authorities and by the support of this vision’s business initiatives, a press release from Newsec states. […]
Luminor economists forecast economy to grow at 2.7% next year in Lithuania, as external economic environment is expected to deteriorate. The GDP growth will be detained by increasingly active seismic zones in global macroeconomic landscape. Economists suggest that in the eve of cyclical slowdown, three ideas could help to prepare for slowdown, a press release from Luminor states. […]
Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) deputy chairwoman Rasa Juknevičienė assures that the heads of the country’s intelligence services – the State Security Department (VSD) and Second Investigation Department (AOTD) – on Wednesday did not present any information linked to potential unrest in Lithuania, lrt.lt writes. […]
After performing an audit of the e.health system regarding potentially illegal actions and their financial harm, the Centre of Registers has called on prosecutors. According to Delfi sources, during the audit it was found that the system’s flaws must have been known already in 2015, however no one took to fixing them at the time. […]
After evaluating world and the country’s economic trends, the bank of Lithuania is lowering this year’s economic growth forecast from 3.4% to 3.2%. Next year’s insights are not changing, it is expected that in 2019, the economy will grow by 2.8%. Wages will continue growing faster than inflation, unemployment will consistently decline. […]
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