Politics
Government is set to fire chief vet
The Lithuanian government is planning to dismiss Jonas Milius, director of the State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS), from the job, Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius said on Thursday. […]
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Economy
Lithuania, another 11 EU countries call on Brussels to continue TTIP talks
Lithuania and another 11 European countries have called on the European Commission to make efforts to reach a free trade deal with the United States. […]
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Belarus disregards possibility of disaster in Astravyets N-plant
A Lithuanian official says that Belarusians do not consider the possibility of a disaster occurring in their nuclear power plant under construction 50 kilometers from Vilnius as they think that such accidents like those in Fukushima or Chernobyl are impossible in Astravyets. […]
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Energy
Key disagreements remain between Lithuania, Belarus over N-plant
Substantive disagreements remain between Lithuania and Belarus over the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction just 50 kilometers from Vilnius, the Lithuanian Environment Ministry said after the two countries’ experts ended their two-day meeting in Minsk on Wednesday. […]
Economy
Seimas committee backs president-proposed version of Labour Code
The Lithuanian parliament’s Social Security and Labor Committee has suggested backing President Dalia Grybauskaitė‘s veto of the new Labour Code. […]
Society
Seimas panel suggests to support president’s veto on assisted insemination
The Lithuanian parliament’s Health Affairs Committee on Wednesday decided to suggest that the Seimas supports the veto of President Dalia Grybauskaitė against the Assisted Insemination Law. […]
Culture
Lithuania picks Seneca’s Day as Oscar nominee
Seneca’s Day, a movie by director Kristijonas Vildžiunas, has been selected as the Lithuanian entry for Oscar candidate in the category of best foreign-language film. […]
Politics
SocDems, Peasant Union, Conservatives top popularity polls
Lithuania’s Social Democrats, the Peasant and Green Union, and Conservatives top the country’s popularity polls, shows he latest survey conducted for delfi.lt news portal. […]
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Russian ombudsman asks diplomat about Lithuanian weaponry for Ukraine
At a meeting with the European Union’s (EU) Ambassador to Russia Vygaudas Ušackas, Russia’s new Human Rights Ombudsman Tatyana Moskalkova asked questions about Lithuanian supplies of military munitions to Ukraine. […]
Politics
Profile of MP candidate in Lithuania – 48-yr-old with university degree
A 48.9-year-old Lithuanian man with a university degree who has declared 165,927 euros worth of property and has run for elections in the past – this is the profile of a statistical candidate for parliament published by Lithuania’s Central Electoral Commission. […]
Economy
IMF expects Lithuania’s GDP growth to reach 2.5% in 2016, around 3% in 2017
Lithuania’s economy should grow by some 2.5 percent this year and expand by around 3 percent next year, driven by strong wage growth that supports private consumption, experts from the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday at the conclusion of their visit to Lithuania. […]
Defence
Minister of Foreign Affairs’ cautious about German colleague’s bid of arms control
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius has given a cautious opinion about the idea proposed by his German counterpart, Frank Walter Steinmeier, to develop new international pacts on arms control in the wake of heightened tensions between NATO and Russia. […]
Economy
Lithuania may lose competitiveness if it abandons new labor code – IMF
Lithuania would not be able to remain competitive if it abandoned a new Labour Code that has been passed by the Seimas, but vetoed by the president, the International Monetary Fund said. […]
Politics
PM sees January developments over Druskininkai as ‘putsch’
Lithuania’s Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevičius says that a “putsch” was plotted against him while he was away on holiday in January. […]
Defence
Nota Bene agrees to return money to army for costly kitchen utensils
Nota Bene, a local company, agrees to return the money that the Lithuanian Armed Forces paid for costly kitchen utensils, dubbed by the media as “golden spoons”, and to take the items back from warehouses. […]
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Lithuanian, Belarusian experts resume Astravyets N-plant discussions in Minsk
Belarusian and Lithuanian experts are starting a two-day meeting in Minsk on Tuesday to discuss issues concerning the Astravyets nuclear power plant, which is under construction close to their common border. […]
Defence
Germany’s Karcher-Futuretech claims it didn’t supply kitchen utensils to Lithuanian army
Germany’s Karcher-Futuretech maintains it did not supply any kitchen utensils to Lithuanian company Nota Bene, which later sold the items to Lithuania’s Armed Forces, public relations chief of the German enterprise said. […]
Politics
Abromavičius, Šimonytė, Ušackas and Pavilionis among conservatives’ candidates for ministers
The opposition Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democratic announced that the party’s leader Gabrielius Landsbergis would be the prime minister, if the party is involved in formation of the government after the upcoming elections. […]
Politics
British regulator establishes violations in NTV Mir Lithuania broadcast
The United Kingdom’s audiovisual media regulator OFCOM has established violations in a broadcast of NTV Mir Lithuania. […]