Foreign affairs
Poland thanks Lithuania for naming Vilnius street after Kaczynski
Poland on Friday thanked Lithuania for naming a street in its capital Vilnius after late Polish President Lech Kaczynski. […]
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History
Pope Francis confirms Lithuanian Giedraitis as blessed
Mykolas Giedraitis, a secular Augustinian born in Lithuania in the 15th century, has been confirmed as blessed, the Vatican News website reports. […]
Society
Lithuania’s emigration rate falls, but more people leave than arrive
Lithuania’s emigration rate fell by 14.2 percent in the ten months of 2018 compared with a year ago, but the number of emigrants exceeded that of immigrants by 4,249 people, according to figures from Statistics Lithuania. […]
Politics
Ruling party moves to cut MP seats to 121
Lawmakers of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) say that will table a new draft constitutional amendment to reduce the number of members of the Seimas to 121, from the current 141 seats. […]
Politics
Health minister to table new hospital network reform amendments
Lithuanian Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga and several lawmakers said on Friday they are submitting new amendments to a healthcare network reform package to ensure that both public and private hospitals have access to compulsory health insurance funds. […]
History
Vilnius unveils plaque to mark 100th anniversary of Lithuania’s 1st government
A commemorative plaque was unveiled in Vilnius on Friday on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Lithuania’s first government. […]
Defence
Seimas panel head to propose to raise intelligence body funding by EUR 4 mln – media
Vytautas Bakas, chairman of the Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense, will propose to increase next year’s budget allocations for the Lithuanian State Security Department, or VSD, by 4.2 million euros, the daily Lietuvos Žinios reported on Friday. […]
Society
Lithuanian town of Vandžiogala unveils monument to Jews killed in 1941
A monument to the Jews who were killed in Vandžiogala in 1941 was unveiled in the small town in the district of Kaunas on Thursday. […]
Defence
Foreign affairs
Street named after late Polish President Kaczynski unveiled in Vilnius
A sign marking a Vilnius street named after late Polish President Lech Kaczynski has been unveiled on Thursday. […]
Politics
Agrokoncernas pledges to stop buying fertilizers from Rotenberg
Agrokoncernas, a business group owned by Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, has pledged to stop buying fertilizers from Russia company Minudobreniya as its key shareholder Arkady Rotenberg is subject to international sanctions. […]
Society
Lithuania’s top court adjourns hearing of gay rights case hearing
Lithuania’s Constitutional Court of Thursday adjourned the hearing of a case on the rights of gay people married abroad. […]
Politics
Politics
Lithuanian govt has no position on recognizing same-sex marriages, PM says
Lithuania’s government has no position on recognizing same-sex marriages, and the interior minister, as a politician, has the right to express his opinion, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says. […]
Politics
Seimas committee chair on same-sex marriages: it’s impossible
As Lithuania’s Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas mulled on Thursday a possibility that Lithuania could recognize same-sex marriages, Agnė Širinskienė, chair of the parliamentary Committee on Legal Affairs, says it’s now impossible. […]
Politics
Lithuania to issue residence permits to foreigners in same-sex marriages with Lithuanians
Following the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights, Lithuania is changing its rules and will issue residence permits to foreigners who entered into same-sex marriages with Lithuanian citizens abroad. […]
Politics
Lithuania could recognize same-sex marriages, interior minister says
Interior Minister Eimutis Misiūnas thinks that Lithuania could recognize same-sex marriages. […]
Politics
Karbauskis says Russian firm selling fertilizers to his firm not under sanction
Ramūnas Karbauskis, leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS), says his Agrokoncernas does not violate any international agreements as it purchases fertilizers from a Russian-owned company that is not subject to sanctions. […]
Economy
PM sees no grounds for new economic crisis
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says he sees no grounds for a new economic crisis to emerge, but adds that the government is accumulating a reserve to prepare for possible shocks. […]