Viktoras Pranckietis
Politics

Seimas speaker urges academic ethics guard to resign amid anti-Semitism claims (Updated)

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis on Friday urged Vigilijus Sadauskas , ombudsman for academic ethics and procedures, to step down amid allegations of anti-Semitism after he proposed a reward for a research thesis about Jewish crimes in the 1900s. Sadauskas plans to stay on. […]

#Blockchain by Mantas Bartaševičius
Economy

Blockchain – revolutionary innovation that will help us in everyday lives

Blockchain could be used in car markets – then drivers should not rely solely on the seller’s persuasions, as they could see the whole history of the car they are going to buy in a decentralized network, says adviser to the Board of the Bank of Lithuania Ekaterina Govina. She and the director of Blockchain Centre Vilnius Eglė Nemeikštytė told about the practical uses of the promising technology that has been recently enjoying much attention. […]

Kęstutis Girnius
CORPORATE

Kęstutis Girnius. Self-ascribed patriots

Quite often, you hear the voices of those who doubt in Lithuanian patriotism, loyalty to the country. Caring for the state is one thing, accusing others of a lack of loyalty – is another, more […]

Iskander rocket system
CORPORATE

Not just Vilnius in the sights of the Iskander rockets

Russia deployed Iskander rockets, which are capable of carrying a nuclear payload, in Kaliningrad Oblast on Monday and intend to keep them deployed there permanently. After Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė’s dramatic announcement of it, mockery […]

Gitanas Nausėda
Politics

About the status of G. Nausėda, the Chief Advisor of the President of SEB Lithuania, the letter by MP Ž. Pavilionis

Mr. Peter Wallenberg, President of Wallenberg Foundations AB, and Mr. Magnus Schöldtz, Senior Advisor on international and government affairs.Your Foundation is one of the largest and most respectable investors in our country’s economy. I can bravely say that you are symbolizing investment in the Baltic countries from Scandinavia. This investment not only helped us to develop economic, but also the democracy in our country. […]

Saulius Skvernelis and Vilius Šapoka
CORPORATE

Second take on tax reform: what to expect

A workgroup formed in the cabinet should present proposals for tax reform, fair tax payment encouragement and incentivising reductions in the black market economy by spring. Economist Rūta Vainienė stated that in terms of reducing […]