Gintautas Kėvišas
Culture

President sees Vilnius opera house chief’s work as “shadow play”

Backstage operations of Gintautas Kevišas, the director of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theater (LNOBT), have turned into a “shadow play” and fall short of the requirement of transparent management and responsibility of an institution’s chief, says President Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]

Labour code
Economy

Government, employers, unions finish discussions on new labour code

Representatives of the Lithuanian government, employers and trade unions signed an agreement on a number of issues during the last meeting of the Tripartite Council on Wednesday, the Social Security and Labour Ministry said. […]

At the riflemen gathering
Defence

1st riflemen should get permits for semi-automatic guns by summer

Lithuania’s parliament adopted amendments allowing members of the Riflemen’s Union to keep semi -automatic guns in their homes last summer, however, not a single rifleman has been granted a permit yet. […]

Medicine
Economy

Minister of health asks producers cut medication prices

Lithuania’s Health Minister Aurelijus Veryga has asked pharmaceutical manufacturers to lower prices for Lithuania, while representatives of the manufacturers say the call may have no effect, if the pharmaceutical pricing system is not revised. […]