Politics
Lithuania’s Order, Justice party suspends Grazulis’ membership
The board of Lithuania’s opposition Order and Justice party decided during its meeting on Saturday to suspend the membership of MP Petras Gražulis for a year. […]
Year: 2018
Politics
Seimas starts discussions on closing shops on holidays, Sundays
The Seimas of Lithuania has started discussions on a proposal to close shops on holidays and the last Sunday of a month. […]
Politics
Liberal Movement’s rating plummets record-low – survey
If general elections were held in Lithuania now, the opposition Liberal Movement would fail to cross the minimum barrier stipulated by the law, a new survey shows. […]
Politics
Bakas threatens to leave LVŽS group if it launches new parliamentary probe
Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK), threatened on Friday to leave the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union‘s political group in the Seimas if it launches a new parliamentary investigation. […]
Politics
Vilnius court bans Bakas from calling MG Baltic ‘organized criminal group’
A Vilnius court on Friday prohibited Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Lithuanian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK), from calling MG Baltic, one of the country’s largest business groups, as “an organized criminal group”. […]
Politics
Lithuanian ruling party MPs want new probe into politics-business links
The ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union‘s (LVŽS) political group in the Seimas has decided to initiate a new parliamentary investigation into links between politics and business as a follow-up to a probe conducted the Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK). […]
Society
Ex-chief of defense fined EUR 2,500 for drink-driving
Lithuania’s former chief of defense Valdas Tutkus was on Friday found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol. […]
Economy
Seimas takes another step to setting ceiling on social security contributions
The Lithuanian parliament on Friday took another step toward adopting a part of the government’s proposed tax reform package, including setting a ceiling on social insurance contributions, shifting a part of these contributions onto the employee and taxing it at 19.5 percent, and using only central government budget funds to pay the basic part of pensions. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president plans to congratulate Estonia on its centenary in Estonian
Lithuania President Grybauskaitė, leaving for Tartu on Friday, plans to congratulate Estonia on its centenary in Estonian. […]
Society
Share of contraband cigarettes down slightly in Lithuania – survey
The contraband cigarettes market in Lithuania has shrunk this year, standing at 17.7 percent, and the state budget lost around 50 million euros because of that last year, a new survey shows. […]
Foreign affairs
Around 2,500 football fans cross Lithuanian border en route to Kaliningrad
Around 2,500 football fans crossed the Lithuanian border on Friday night, going on special trains to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. […]
CORPORATE
The nation’s love for the president fading: where Grybauskaitė made a mistake
Political scandals have been reducing President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s ratings for three months in a row now. Political scientists state that this was caused by both the corruption scandal, which drew the president in, as well […]
CORPORATE
“Farmer” unity breaking down: comrades stand against Karbauskis
Tax reform and a new parliamentary investigation are two barriers that the “Farmers” are obstructed by, apparently failing to find common ground within the Seimas group, lrt.lt writes. Some of the closest companions of Lithuanian […]
Sports
Society
Lithuania’s LiTak-Tak fails to get exports license following VSD info
LiTak-Tak, a Lithuanian producer of air traffic control systems and radars, has failed to get an exports license due to information provided by the country’s State Security Department (VSD). […]
Society
Severe drought remains in Lithuania’s five municipalities
Rain in parts of Lithuania on Friday night did not end severe drought in some areas, and it still remains in five municipalities – Šakiai, Alytus, Marijampolė, Trakai District and Kalvarija. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s vice environmin under fire after “post Soviet countries” event
Lithuania’s Vice Minister of Environment Martynas Norbutas has come under fire for attending a seminar for post-Soviet countries in the United States. […]
Society
Sculpture to French philosopher Sartre unveiled in Lithuanian resort of Nida
A sculpture was on Thursday unveiled in Lithuania’s western resort of Nida to commemorate French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre’s visit to the Curonian Spit resort in 1965. […]
Society
Immigration exceeds emigration in Lithuania in May – statistics
More people came to Lithuania in May than left, which is the first such month since 2004 when Lithuania joined the European Union, figures from the Statistics Lithuania have shown. […]
Politics
Amendments on KGB agents will be corrected, PM says
The amendments on the publication of the names of former KGB agents in Lithuania, who have voluntarily admitted their past collaboration, will be corrected, Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says following criticism by the State Security Department. […]