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Former VU rector Juodka elected president of Employers’ Confederation
Benediktas Juodka, a former rector of Vilnius University and member of the Seimas, on May 19 was elected president of the Lithuanian Employers’ Confederation, or LDK, for a four-year term. […]
Politics
Lithuania’s Constitutional Court opens MP Pukas impeachment case
Lithuania’s Constitutional Court on Friday approved for consideration the case of MP Kestutis Pukas charged with sexual harassment. […]
Foreign affairs
Foreign affairs
Society
Cigarette packet with explosive thrown in Belarusian Embassy’s territory in Vilnius
A packet of cigarettes containing an explosive device was thrown into the territory of the Belarusian Embassy in central Vilnius on Thursday evening, local authorities said. […]
Defence
Defence
Polish airmen scrambled for 1st time from Lithuania over Russian warplane
Polish fighter-jets serving in the NATO air-policing mission in the Baltic states were for the first time scrambled over a Russian warplane flying above the Baltic Sea. […]
Defence
US special operations chief to visit parliament, observe exercise in Pabrade
General Raymond Thomas, commander of the United States Special Operations Command, is visiting Lithuania on Friday to meet with Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis and observe an exercise in Pabrade, central Lithuania. […]
Society
Lithuanian court tells prosecutors to ask US for more info on fraud suspect
A Vilnius court told the Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office to ask the United States for additional information about Evaldas Rimašauskas, a Lithuanian national who is wanted in America on large-scale fraud charges. […]
Economy
Society
Financial crimes body opens probe into US real estate of ex-president’s widow
Lithuania’s Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) has launched a pre-trial investigation regarding real estate owned by former President Algirdas Brazauskas‘ widow Kristina Brazauskienė and her family members in the United States. […]
Economy
Government to start paying child benefit of EUR 30-50 next year
Lithuanian Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says that the government keeps to its plan to next year start paying a monthly benefit for each child regardless of their parents’ income, but adds that the state cannot afford to pay more than 30 to 50 euros in so-called “child money“. […]
Economy
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Russian oppositionists gather in Vilnius
More than 100 politicians, civil society activists, academicians and journalists from various countries are expected to attend the fourth Vilnius Russia Forum, a two-day event starting in the Lithuanian capital on Thursday. […]
Society
Seimas hosts LGBT+ portraits for IDAHOT
IDAHOT (International Day of Homophobia and Transphobia), celebrated around the world on May 17, was also commemorated by the most prestigious Lithuanian institutions. In addition to Vilnius Town Hall being lit up in the colours of the rainbow, the gallery of the Lithuanian Parliament hosted an exhibition of Lithuanian LGBT+ community portraits taken by Samanta Matuizaitė (ARCANA FEMINA), organisers announced in a press release. […]
Politics
Conservatives propose to put alcohol sales restriction bill on hold
The opposition Homeland Union–Lithuanian Christian Democrats proposes that the parliament temporarily suspend debates on a controversial package aimed at sharply reducing access to alcohol until political groups in the Seimas reach consensus and muster enough votes to pass the legislation. […]
Society
Gays fleeing persecution in Chechnya find refuge in Lithuania
Gay men fleeing persecution in Chechnya have found refuge in Lithuania: Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius confirmed to BNS on Wednesday that two persons who suffered repression in the southern Russian republic have come to Lithuania. […]
Economy
Child money could be EUR 30-60 next year – Minister of Social Affairs
Discussions are in progress in Lithuania to grant child money to all families regardless of their income starting 2018, with the benefits for families raising 1-2 children at 30 euros and families with more children at 50 or 60 euros per every child, says Social Security and Labor Minister Linas Kukuraitis. […]
Economy
Karbauskis wants Govt to start preparations for specialized alcohol stores
Ramūnas Karbauskis, the leader of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union, has called for the government to be put under the obligation to draft legal acts by mid-2018 that are necessary for establishing specialized alcohol stores. […]