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Milk producers of Lithuania, European states discard 5 t of powdered milk in Brussels

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

Approximately 150 milk producers from Lithuania and other European countries discarded about 5 tons of powdered milk outside the European Council building in Brussels on Monday in protest of sales of intervention powder on the market. […]

The Kaunas Bus Terminal after reconstruction

Central bus terminal opening in Kaunas after reconstruction

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

The Kaunas Bus Terminal is opening in Lithuania’s second-largest city on Monday after more than a year of reconstruction. The new facility will feature an underground parking area, a self-service parcel terminal, a supermarket and restaurants. […]

Lithuania to seek ways of keeping citizenship, not allowing dual passports – Seimas speaker

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s parliament will seek ways of allowing citizens living abroad to preserve their Lithuanian citizenship without referendum, says Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis. […]

Embattled MP Kildišienė asks election body to revoke mandate

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

MP Greta Kildišienė of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union on Monday submitted a plea to the Central Electoral Committee, asking to revoke her mandate. […]

Dinner in the sky above the Vilnius Town Hall

Lithuanian MPs, mayor want city museum in Vilnius

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

Vilnius City Mayor Remigijus Šimašius of the Liberal Movement has been urged by a group of parliamentarians to found a museum of the Lithuanian capital. […]

Invest Lithuania to look at attracting investors to Salcininkai district

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

Invest Lithuania, the government’s foreign investment promotion agency, will look at how to attract local and foreign investors to the district of Šalčininkai, in the southeastern part of the country, Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis said on Friday. […]

Lithuanian parties to agree on boycott of Belarusian electricity

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

Political parties of Lithuania intend to publish an agreement to commit to boycotting electricity from the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus close to the Lithuanian border. […]

Leadership of NATO intl battalion coming to Lithuania

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

Top commanders of the NATO international Allied battalion to be deployed in Lithuania are coming to Vilnius on Monday. […]

Lithuanian milk producers protesting in Brussels

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian milk producers are holding a rally in Brussels on Monday in protest of intervention powdered milk sale on the market, as this could slash prices of raw milk and its products. […]

PM Skvernelis thinks Polish TV channels should be available in Lithuania

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis thinks that more viewers in Lithuania should have access to Polish TV channels. […]

Prosecutors drop probe on Vilnaus students’ participation in camps in Russia

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian prosecutors have dropped an investigation into participation of Vilnius school students in camps in Russia, the Prosecutor General’s Office said on Monday. […]

Kildišienė to resign as MP amid car lease scandal

January 23, 2017 BNS EN 0

Greta Kildišienė is resigning as member of the Lithuanian parliament, Ramūnas Karbauskis, chairman of the ruling Lithuanian Peasant and Green Union (LPGU), told BNS on Friday. […]

Truck with EUR 1.4 mln worth of smuggling cigarettes busted in Lithuania

January 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian customs officers busted a Scania truck carrying 1.4 million euros worth of smuggled cigarettes in Kaunas in early hours of Wednesday. […]

President-elect Donald Trump is getting ready for inauguration celebration

Lithuanian economists see Trump’s possible trade wars as key threat

January 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian economists say global economy could be threatened, if the United States’ new President Donald Trump started waging trade wars, although the scenario does not seem very likely for now. […]

Lithuania’s official ethics chief vows to step down

January 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

Romas Valentukevičius said on Friday that he would resign as head of the Chief Official Ethics Commission. […]

Lithuania’s tax chief sacked

January 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuanian Finance Minister Vilius Šapoka has sacked Dainoras Bradauskas, head of the State Tax Inspectorate (STI), after a commission set up by the ministry recommended firing him for corrupt activities and gross official misconduct. […]

Seimas speaker urges chief official ethics watchdog to resign

January 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis on Friday urged Romas Valentukevičius, the head of the Chief Official Ethics Commission, to resign. […]

Stationing NATO troops in Rukla, Lithuania to benefit businesses

January 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

As the town of Rukla, central Lithuania, awaits deployment of more than 1,000 NATO troops, the military town has already improved the infrastructure and plans to do more work for 5.8 million euros before the arrival of the entire battalion in mid-2017, Verslo Žinios business daily said. […]

Lithuanian, Polish formins to mull bilateral issues, strategic projects in Warsaw

January 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius is leaving for Warsaw on Friday to discuss bilateral issues along with strategic energy and transport projects with Poland‘s diplomacy chief Witold Waszczykowski. […]

Zones of radioctive termination of the Astravyets nuclear power plant

Foreign Minister urges political groups to pool efforts against Astravyets N-plant

January 20, 2017 BNS EN 0

Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius on Thursday met with representatives of various political groups of the country’s parliament, urging them to pool their efforts over the Astravyets nuclear power plant under construction in Belarus some 50 km from Vilnius. […]