European Union
Lithuanian leaders convey condolences over London terror
Lithuanian leaders on Sunday expressed condolences over the terrorist attacks in London, which took innocent lives. […]
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Politics
Websites of Lithuanian govt, ministries down due to power failure
Websites of the Lithuanian government, ministries and e-government are offline on Monday due to faults in electricity supplies. […]
Uncategorized
Lithuania starting to build fence on border with Russia
Lithuania is Monday starting to build a protective fence on the border with the Russian Kaliningrad region. […]
History
Lithuanians view Brazauskas as most deserved president
Algirdas Brazauskas is considered the president of Lithuania who has made the biggest contribution for the country, shows a poll carried out by Spinter Tyrimai (Spinter Surveys) company for the news portal delfi.lt. […]
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Advised to show solidarity with Poland in probe of Smolensk air crash
Lithuania’s parliament is advised to show solidarity with the neighboring Poland and state support to the resumed investigation of the 2010 airliner crash that claimed lives of then president Lech Kaczynski and another 95 individuals. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s consul general recalled from Almaty after reports of visa fraud
Lithuania’s consul general Regimantas Jablonskas was recalled from Kazakhstan‘s largest city of Almaty following reports about non-transparent visa issuing. […]
Society
Society
Lithuania’s emergency service warns of strong winds Friday
The Lithuanian Fire and Rescue Department has warned of strong winds in much of the country on Friday and urged people to be cautious. […]
Economy
CORPORATE
Why Paluckas is not aspiring for a seat in the Seimas?
Beginning from the election of the chairman of the social democrat party many questions were raised pertaining to the fact that Gintautas Paluckas not being a Member of Parliament. However, the before mentioned fact about […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania regrets US decision to withdraw from Paris climate deal
Lithuanian officials on Friday expressed their regret at the US decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. […]
Defence
Lithuanian border guards refuse entry to Russian military team
Lithuanian border guards late on Thursday detained a Russian military team on a transit train traveling from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to the capital of Moscow, a spokesman for the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service said. […]
Economy
PM pledges extra EUR 500 mln for pensions, children, poverty reduction in 2018
The Lithuanian government plans to earmark an additional 500 million euros in next year’s budget for pensions, children and poverty reduction, with more than 4 billion euros to be allocated for this purpose in total, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Friday. […]
Economy
Economy
Proposed tax reform: Higher income for lowest earners, fewer exceptions
The Lithuanian government of Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis has stepped back on its intentions of consolidating income-related taxes on the employee side, including the social insurance fees currently paid by the employee. The Cabinet has decided to shift its focus on reduction of the tax burden on the people with lowest income and unification of different tax regimes. […]
Culture
Seimas orders at least 90% of TV content in EU languages
Content in the official languages of the European Union (EU) should make at least 90 percent of rebroadcast television content offered in every package of programs, according to a bill approved by the Lithuanian parliament on Thursday. […]
Politics
Seimas passes alcohol use restrictions
Following lengthy public discussions and parliamentary debates, the Seimas on Thursday significantly tightened regulation of alcohol sales, use and advertising, with some bans to take effect in early 2018 and others in early 2020. […]
Economy
Society
Economy